The Tipshop

Sunday 27 April 2008

Lots of POKEs for this month's update - keep up the good work, folks!

Archie Robins sent in POKEs for Turrican II.

Carl Clayton sent in another bug report for Back To Skool.

Darren Shacklady sent in POKEs for Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing.

Jose Roberto sent in POKEs for Target; Renegade.

Mike_Myers sent in POKEs for Bruce Lee, Bubbler, Commando, Dr. Doom's Revenge, Jack The Nipper, Kokotoni Wilf and Sacred Armour of Antiriad, The, as well as correcting a typo in the existing Cauldron POKEs. He also sent in a map for Dr. Doom's Revenge (which I'll link to as soon as it goes online at WOS).

Added links to the RZX Archive for Ares , Bloody , Cisco Heat , Jackson City , Mountie Mick's Death Ride , Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote , SAS: Operation Thunderflash!! , Soccer Challenge , Star Inheritance: Black Cobra and Time Cop.

Added maps for JINJ , Killer Kong , Knight Tyme and Lords of Midnight, The.

Friday 28 March 2008

A small update this month, but at least it's on time!

Archie Robins sent in POKEs for Ku-Ku and Motor Massacre.

Mike_Myers sent in a POKE for Starquake... He sent in other POKEs as well, but they were more or less identical to existing ones.

Added RZX Archive links for Aliquid Simplex , Fireman Sam , Game for Anything , Heavy on the Magick , Iron Lord , Jet Set Willy: The Man Who Sold The World , Monstrland: Testimony of The Ancient , Mystery of Ancient Castle , Predator 2 , Rescate Atlantida , Smagly 2 , Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper and Wild Bunch, The.

Wednesday 27 February 2008

Loads of POKEs from assorted folks, and tips straight from the author of the games.

Stu sent in a correction for the type-in hack for Shadowfire.

Archie Robins sent in corrections for Future Bike Simulator and Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, as well as Arcade Creator, Ghost's Revenge, Pengy, Pool and Wheelin Wallie.

Stu and Bob Smith sent in POKEs for Farmer Jack and the Hedge Monkeys!

Mike_Myers sent in POKEs for Rick Dangerous 2, Rick Dangerous and Saboteur II.

Patrik Rak sent in cheats for Atomix II: Hexagonia, Atomix, Qang and Star Dragon, and tips for Podraz 4.

Rafael Molina sent in POKEs and tips for Quadrax.

Stephen Preston sent in solutions for Girl Who Was Death, The and Prisoner, The, as well as a map for the latter.

Stu sent in POKEs and a type-in hack for Carrier Command.

StuBruise from the WoS forums sent in POKEs for Atic Atac and Starstrike, 3D. Thanks to Whizzbang for sending them in.

Tomislav Kolakovi sent a POKE for Neverending Story II, The.

Added RZX Archive links for Abadia del Crimen, La , Count Duckula 2 , F.I.R.E. , Kick-Box Vigilante , Legend of the Amazon Women , Mr. Weems And The She Vampires , Muncher, The , Neverending Story II, The , Realm of the Undead , Sooty and Sweep and Viaje al Centro de la Tierra.

Added maps for Blip Blop, Citadel and Harry the Magical: Harry and the Orden.

Tuesday 05 February 2008

Just a tad late with the January update (A tad? It's practically Valentines! Ed)

CASA has been updated again. Added solutions for Marie Celeste Adventure (Doreen Bardon) as well as partial solutions for Jewel of Scotland, tips for Hounds of Hell and Hounds of Hell, Jack, the Beanstalk, Jennifer's Dolly and Journey, The (Terri Sheehan).

Archie Robins sent in POKEs for Deep Space.

Carlos Gandarillas sent in POKEs for Doctum.

Manuel Ferreira Moreno provided POKEs for Viaje al Centro de la Tierra: Version Extendida. Thanks to Juan Pablo López-Grao for sending these on.

Leslie.wss sent in POKEs for Wizard of Wor.

MadMekon sent in a (partial) map for Metropolis, and tips for Strangeloop.

Mark Szolkowski sent in a partial solution for Stranded 2.5.

Colin Attle (AKA Ladderman) sent in maps for Anarchy, Black Magic, Captain Pytron, Hades Nebula, Master Blaster and Victory Road

Skarpo sent in a solution for Realm of the Undead.

Added maps for Arkanoid , Bard's Tale, The , Bazooka Bill , Cabal , Deja Vu: The Remix , Fast Food , Flunky , Heartland , Jet Set Basic , Jet Set Willy 64: Manic Miner: James Bond , Jet Set Willy: Jet Set Emily: Baby on the Go , Jet Set Willy: Manic Miner , Jet Set Willy: Willy's Hoard , Khazzad-Dum , Krakout , Last Mission, The , Manic Miner: Jet Set Willy , Masters of the Universe - The Arcade Game , Moonshade , Realm of the Undead , Skuldugery , Skyway , Starbyte , Starfighters and Wiking.

Added RZX Archive links for 2112 AD , Atomix II: Hexagonia , Bangers & Mash , Blazing Thunder , Braxx Bluff , Captain Pytron , Cassette 50 , Drakkar , Jet Set Basic , Jet Set Willy 64: Manic Miner: James Bond , Jet Set Willy 64: Willy in the Islands of Mystery - Part 1: Exploration , Jet Set Willy: Manic Miner , Jet Set Willy: Marina: The Fire Quest , Jet Set Willy: ylliW teS teJ , Jonny Quest , Mambo , Manic Miner: Jet Set Willy , Manic Miner: reniM cinaM , Official Father Christmas Game, The , Outlaw , Pamela The Zombie Hunter , Podraz 3 , Podraz 4 , Podraz 5 , Podraz 5 , Podraz 6 , Santa's Christmas Caper , Scaramouche , Sentinel , Streaker , Turrican II and Yogi Bear & Friends: The Greed Monster.

Friday 28 December 2007

A belated Merry Xmas, folks. This update has loads of maps, and two complete solutions for the same game!

The kind-of-anonymous Stu transcribed a type-in hack for Hysteria.

Fuzzix sent in tips for Great Escape, The.

James Weatherley sent in a PDF containing a map and solution for On Reflection.

Speaking of On Reflection, Lee Tonks also sent in his own complete solution (it's his game, after all!).

Woody sent in POKEs for Pamela The Zombie Hunter. Thanks to Martijn van der Heide for passing them on.

Ladderman (AKA Colin Attle) sent in his maps for Championship Jet Ski Simulator, City Slicker, Crosswize, Dalek Attack, Gyroscope II and X-Out.

Added maps for Astro 2008 , Atomix II: Hexagonia , Atomix , ATP Tour Simulator , Buggy Boy , Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation , Chase H.Q. , Chevy Chase , Christmas Cracker , Combat School , Full Throttle II , Full Throttle , Operation Thunderbolt , Overlander , Pandemia , Summer Santa , Thrusta and WEC Le Mans.

Added RZX Archive links for Astro 2008 , Biff and Full Throttle II.

Sunday 25 November 2007

Lots of maps this month - keep up the good work, folks!

Archie Robins sent in POKEs for Monster Muncher and Road Frog.

Colin Attle (AKA Ladderman) sent in maps for Dick Tracy, Dominator, Fernandez Must Die, Gutz, House Jack Built, The and How to be a Hero.

Juan Pablo López-Grao sent in a cheat for Light Corridor, The, originally provided by author Zydro.

Added RZX Archive links for A-Team, The , BeTiled! , Boulder Dash , Chevy Chase , Mutants , Sideral War and Thanos.

Added maps for Astro 2008 , Bloodwych , Chip Run , Molecule Man , Survivor , Sweevo's Whirled , Sweevo's World , SWIV , Tai-Pan and Thanos.

Sunday 28 October 2007

I wasn't expecting to get this update out in time, but BST and insomnia fixed that!

CASA has been updated again, so we now have solutions for Nemo's Island (Doreen Bardon); House of Horrors (Jacob Gunness); Detective (Matt Barringer) and Dildo, the Dark Lord, Get Me to the Church on Time!, Giant Killer and Quest for the Holy Snail (all by Terri Sheehan). Thanks - as always - to the Webmaster of CASA, Jacob Gunness, for allowing us to reproduce these.

Archie Robins sent in a POKE for Deep, The.

Colin Attle (AKA Ladderman) has been a busy chap - he sent in his new maps for Forgotten Worlds, Huxley Pig, I, Ball, KGB Superspy, King Tut's Treasure, Kung-Fu Master, Last Duel, Motorbike Madness, Mystical and Skateboard Construction System

Added RZX Archive links for 19 Part 1: Boot Camp , Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Darius+ , Deviants , Dominator , Nick Faldo Plays the Open , P-47 Thunderbolt , Perico Delgado Maillot Amarillo , Tour 91 and Train: Escape to Normandy, The.

Added a map for Sokoban.

Monday 08 January 2007

A little belated, but.... HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This is a reasonably small update, but it feels like I've been working on it for ages...

The search script has been modified. Any search phrase which is 3 or less characters will result in an exact match search. Thanks to Eq for the suggestion, and Nick for doing it (about 5 minutes after I asked!)...

Updated loads of game names and associated map links to match changes at WoS.

Ladderman (AKA Colin Attle) sent in his maps for Deadly Evil, Dream Warrior, Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters, E-SWAT, Final Fight, Flak, Gunboat, Maze Mania, Miami Vice, Mission Elevator, S.A.S. Combat Simulator, Samurai Warrior, Skate Crazy, Super Chopper, Trap Door, The, Tube, The, Turbo Boat Simulator and Xevious

Eq sent in tips for Ball Breaker.

A kind soul sent in POKEs for Day In The Life, A and a note of Velesoft's POKEs for Fire and Ice and Viktor Drozd's POKEs for Colony.

Mike_Myers has been a very busy chap - he sent in tips & cheats for Manic Miner - 2000, Manic Miner 2, Manic Miner 3: Tales from a Parallel Universe, Manic Miner 4, Manic Miner 5: Los Peligros del LSD, Manic Miner 6: The Buddha of Suburbia and Manic Miner 7; and a solution and tips for Manic Miner #2 , Manic Miner 2 , Manic Miner 3: Tales from a Parallel Universe , Manic Miner 4 , Manic Miner 5: Los Peligros del LSD , Monty on the Run , Pheenix , Terror-Daktil 4D and Three Weeks In Paradise. He also sent in a POKE for the Spanish re-release of Chequered Flag which I did for the English version.

Marco A.G.Pinto sent in a POKE for Aquarius.

Added RZX Archive links for Deja Vu: The Remix, Jet Set Willy: Escape of the Snails , Jet Set Willy: Jet Set Emily: Baby on the Go , Jet Set Willy: Jet Set Willy in Paris , Jet Set Willy: Stupid , Jet Set Willy: The Sun Is No Longer Producing Heat , Jet Set Willy: We Pretty , Jet Set Willy: Where's Woody? , Pole Position and Thunderbirds.

Saturday 05 May 2007

April's update in, erm, May.. Oops!

The mysteriously named Stu submitted corrections for Cybernoid, Dragon's Lair, Star Wars. He also provided new hacks for Cannon Bubble, Dark Star and Forbidden Planet.

Colin Attle sent in maps for 007: Spy Who Loved Me, The , Great Fire of London, The , Ninja Warriors, The , Pitfall II: Lost Caverns , Riddler's Den and Toobin'.

Roy Goodall sent in replacement POKEs for Wizball.

Woody sent in POKEs for Blind Alley.

Saso Tomat sent in a tip for Horace and the Spiders.

Mike_Myers sent in a bug report for Back To Skool; a cheat for Tute; POKEs for Dun Darach , Game Over and Jet Set Willy: Party Willy and tips for Dun Darach , Horace Goes Skiing , Jet Set Willy: Party Willy and Skool Daze.

Added RZX Archive links for 007: Living Daylights, The , Armageddon , Butch - Hard Guy , Death Wish 3 , Dimension Omega , Explorer XXXI , Horace Goes Skiing , Hungry Horace , Hydrofool , Jet Set Willy: Party Willy , Mezi Vezemi , Mined-Out , Rebelstar , Slaine, the Celtic Barbarian , Sword Slayer and Tommy.

Added new maps for Android 1: The Reactor Run , Horace and the Spiders , Horace Goes Skiing , Hungry Horace , Iron Sphere , Mezi Vezemi , Obliterator , Ramparts , Sleep Walker , T.L.L. and Tranz Am.

Saturday 30 June 2007

Maps and RZX files galore this month! (and the update's on time! Ed)

Colin Attle (AKA Ladderman) sent in his new maps for Erik: The Phantom Of The Opera, Firefly, Future Knight, Gemini Wing, Light Force, Soldier Of Light, Super Cars, Super G-Man and Transmuter.

Adramelek sent in a cheat for Chuckie Egg 2.

Chris Smith sent in a cheat for Cybex. He should know about it - he wrote the game, after all!

Mike_Myers sent in some tips for Herbert's Dummy Run and updated his tips for Pyjamarama.

The boys and girls at the RZX Archive have been busy.. Added new links for: Bloody Paws , Cosmic Sheriff , Heartland , Jet Set Willy: Bizarre , Jet Set Willy: Fantasy World Willy , Jet Set Willy: J4 - The Fourth Remix , Jet Set Willy: Jet Cat Frosya , Jet Set Willy: Manic Mining Robot's Day Out , Jet Set Willy: Soul Miner , Jet Set Willy: The Continuing Adventures , Jet Set Willy: The Fucked Internet Trilogy , Jet Set Willy: Willy Comes Home , Jet Set Willy: ZX Willy the Bug Slayer , Liberator , Magnetron , Nosferatu the Vampyre , Subterranean Stryker , Super Pipeline II , Super Tetris , Tai Chi Tortoise , Tetris , Tetris , Zombi and Zulu Wars.

Added maps for 007: Licence to Kill , 007: Live and Let Die , 007: Living Daylights, The , Amoto's Puf , Jet Set Willy: Where's Woody? , Lancelot , North & South , Sex Tetris (What the..? Ed) , Slaine, the Celtic Barbarian , Tetris , Tetris and Tres Luces de Glaurung, Las.