The Tipshop

Friday 30 January 2009

It was my birthday yesterday. Apart from it letting me get this update prepared, it also saw me getting a Speccy T-Shirt as a pressy from my ever-loving Wife, Jo - hurrah!

Eq sent in the complete solution to Dwarfs of Lewsh.

Archie Robins sent in corrections to the POKEs for Grefell and Specimen II: The Apple Quest, and new POKEs for Cannon Bubble, Columns, Egghead 5: Egghead Round the Med, Moggy, Phantomas Saga: Infinity, Phantomasa 2, Phantomasa v.2 and Phantomasa.

LaSole sent in POKEs for ACE 2088 and Gift From The Gods.

Mike_Myers is once again demonstrating that sleep is overrated, sending in wodges of stuff - Cheats: Jet Set Willy 64: Flash Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy: Soul Miner and Manic Miner: Matthew Smith 2008 Remix Maps: Capitan Sevilla (original by him), and Firelord, Flying Shark, Great Escape, The and Sir Fred (from Micromania issues); Partial solutions: Capitan Sevilla; POKEs: Agent Orange, Artura, Clever & Smart, Clever & Smart, Coliseum, Dynamite Dan, Firelord, Gonzzalezz, Jaws, Jet Set Willy 1-1, Jet Set Willy 64: Flash Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy: Soul Miner, Manic Miner: Matthew Smith 2008 Remix, Movie, Navy Moves, Renegade and Zhak and Tips: Manic Miner: Matthew Smith 2008 Remix. Phew!

The mysteriously named "Un Aventurero" sent in solutions to Extraordinarios Casos del Dr. Van Halen Caso 2: El Cuervo de la Tormenta, Los, Extraordinarios Casos del Dr. Van Halen Caso 3: Cantos de Anubis, Los, Extraordinarios Casos del Dr. Van Halen Caso 4: Tristes Alas del Destino, Los, Extraordinarios Casos del Dr. Van Halen Caso 5: Ultimo Acto, Los, Extraordinarios Casos del Dr. Van Halen Volumen 2 Relato I: Las Calles del Miedo, Los and Extraordinarios Casos del Dr. Van Halen Volumen 2 Relato II: Las Ruedas de Ezequiel, Los.

Added maps for Afterburner , Albatrossity , Clever & Smart , Drakkar , Hostages , Mortal Kombat , Nonocross , Sabotaje , Saigon Combat Unit , Sigma 7 and Sir Gawain.

Wednesday 31 December 2008

The last update of 2008 - if I get this done in time!!!

I'm up against the clock here, so hopefully this update will go correctly! Before I start, I'd just like to say a HUGE thanks to everyone who has submitted material to The Tipshop over the past year.. The amount of new material coming in never ceases to amaze me. Thank you all. Right, last one of the year - here we go!

Alberto Otero Mato sent in POKEs for Nonocross.

The mysterious surnameless Andy sent in a ream of tips for Lord of the Rings.

Another surnameless person (though most folk know what it is), Eq sent in his tips for Snowman, The.

Regular Good Egg LaSole sent in his POKEs for Bomberman and Vindicator!.

Another regular Good Egg, Mike_Myers has been as busy as usual. As well as scanning in maps for Magnetron, MASK III: VENOM Strikes Back and Rambo III, he has also sent in bug reports for Ghost Hunters, Operacion Conquista, Pasion por el Water and Pitufos, Los; maps for Ghost Hunters and Operacion Conquista; POKEs for A-Maze, Automania, Bazooka Bill, Ghost Hunters, Gyroscope, Pasion por el Water, Rambo and Super Robin Hood; solutions for Operacion Conquista, Pasion por el Water and Pitufos, Los and tips for Rescate Atlantida. Cor!

Pavel Plíva sent in POKEs for B.A.D..

Rob Livsey sent in a hack for Test Match Cricket.

TomCaT sent in tips for Gunfright and Micronaut One (the latter transcribed from Sinclair User).

While looking through CASA for something else entirely, I noticed a complete solution for Claws of Despair, The which I'd missed out when doing the initial sweep of the site.

Added maps for Aliens , Another Brick on the Wall 2 , Another Brick on the Wall , B.A.D. , Chicks&Bricks , Collywobbles , Crazy Caverns , Frightmare , Mini Fly and Moon Wind.

Added RZX Archive links for Armalyte , Bully Embassy , Compendium , Crux 92 , Gemini Wing , Gilligan's Gold , Operacion Conquista , Pasion por el Water , Pitufos, Los , Rupert and the Ice Castle , Ship , Star Trip and Ultimate Warrior.

Sunday 30 November 2008

Happy Birthday, WOS!

Archie Robins sent in POKEs for Super Chopper.

La Sole sent in POKEs for Android Two, Automania, Danger Mouse in Double Trouble, Danger Mouse in Making Whoopee!, Phantomas 2 and Phantomas.

Mike_Myers sent in bug reports for 13 Rue del Percebe and Turmoil; POKEs for Automania, Dictator, Eric, the Floaters, Indiana Jones, the Temple of Doom, Mad Mix Game, Mario Bros, Pang, Scooby Doo, Sir Fred, Three Weeks In Paradise, Turmoil and Uridium; Complete solutions for 13 Rue del Percebe and tips for Sir Fred.

Alberto Garcia sent in a bug report for Cozumel. Juan Pablo López-Grao kindly translated and forwarded it for us.

Alberto Otero Mato sent in tips for Danger Mouse in the Black Forest Chateau.

I found a cheat for Fridge Frenzy. Or, at least, it seems like a cheat!

Added a cheat for Desperado from Micro Hobby. Juan Pablo López-Grao kindly translated it for us.

Matt Westcott sent in tips for iLogicAll.

Paul E Collins sent in tips for Sergeant Seymour Robot Cop.

After last month's technical hiccup, I've managed to process the RZX Archive links. Here we go: 13 Rue del Percebe, Action Fighter, Alien Storm, Artura, Beverly Hills Cop, Big Nose's American Adventure, Bobby Yazz Show, The, Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Riot, Captain Kelly, Ceasefire 2: Night Run, Change It!, CJ in the USA, CJ's Elephant Antics, Codename Mat, Cyberbig, Deep, The, Doctum, Flash Beer Trilogy, Galactic Trooper, Gotcha, Great Gurianos, Insector Hecti in the Interchange, Jet Set Willy 64: Willy and the Dodecahedron, Krakout, Manic Miner: Ma Jolie, Manollo: El Cavernicola, Ms. Pac-Man, Oriental Games, Outcast, Raster Runner, Scramble Spirits, Sergeant Seymour Robot Cop, Star Bowls, Street Fighter, Street Hassle, Stuntman Seymour, Tarzan Goes Ape, Tuareg, Tusker, U.N. Squadron, Wizard Willy and Zly sen Frantiska Koudelky.

Added maps for Cyberbig, Eurorun, Gotcha, IXL, Punchy, Shackled, Silkworm, Star Bowls, Tuareg, Worse Things Happen At Sea and Zly sen Frantiska Koudelky.

Thursday 30 October 2008

Loads of POKEs this month - keep up the good work, folks!

New face "La Sole" sent in POKEs for 19 Part 1: Boot Camp, 3 Deep Space, 3DC, 3D-Tanx, 4x4 Off-Road Racing, 911 TS, Abyss, Academy, Defence, 3D, Maze of Gold, 3D, Monster Chase, 3D, Painter, 3D, Star Wars, 3D and Vortex, 3D.

Last month's new face Nyuzga sent in POKEs for Android One, Arkos, Bombfusion, Bumpy, Deviants, Hypa Raid, Hyperblaster, Impossible Mission, Jet-Story, Mountie Mick's Death Ride, Ninja Commando, Uridium Plus and Victory Road.

Mike_Myers sent in POKEs for Arcadia, Chip's Challenge, Saimazoom and Starquake; and tips for Alchemist.

Gandulf sent in POKEs for iLogical. Thanks also to Juan Pablo López-Grao for letting me know about these as well.

An anonymous person sent in POKEs for Babaliba and Saimazoom. I'm unsure if it was an of the above folk, but thank you whoever it was!!

Endi sent in his map for Dizzy Lord.

Simon Brattel posted a previously undiscovered cheat for Forbidden Planet on the WoS forums. Thanks to the almost-anonymous Stu for letting me know about this.

I've added a complete solution for Quest For The Golden Eggcup written by Vaxalon, which was hidden away in the instructions text file on WoS.

Added maps for Artura , Atrog , Dead or Alive , Deep, The , Diox , Doctum , Down to Earth , Duck Out! , Egghead 5: Egghead Round the Med , Glub , Gremlins 2: La Nueva Generacion , Havoc , Jet Set Willy: Willy's Afterlife , Kraj , Manollo: El Cavernicola , Meltdown , Mision Subterranea , Outcast , Rockfall , Shanghai Karate , Shanghai Warriors , Sorcery , Spi-Droid , Turmoil , U.N. Squadron and Valhalla.

I've not been able to add the RZX Archive links for this month, as I just noticed tonight that the batch processor I use died on me. Hopefully I'll get it back up and running shortly. Tch, eh?

Tuesday 30 September 2008

Another update in time - hurrah!

Mike_Myers sent in even more POKEs for Babaliba as well as for Alien 8, Cookie, Gunfright, Nightshade, Psycho Pigs U.X.B. and Sheer Panic.

Malorie Jempson sent in some previously undiscovered tips for Dizzy.

A new POKEr on the horizon - Nyuzga sent in POKEs for Cannibals and Psycho City.

Shaun Bebbington sent in tips for splATTR.

CASA has been updated, so we now have new tips/solutions for Escape from the Shire, Million Dollar Great Jewel Heist, The, Murder at Hamilton Halls, Murder Hunt and Quest for the Holy Grant Cheque, The all by Terri Sheehan and for Firelance by Terri and Alastair.

Added RZX Archive links for Anarchy , Artura, Cannibals , Corsarios , Dead or Alive , Duck Out! , Gremlins 2: La Nueva Generacion , Havoc , Jet Set Willy: Strangel , LA Drugs Bust , Moving Target , Popeye 3 , Psycho City , Pugly Ugly - The Journey Longest, La , R.A.M. , Rallybug , Shanghai Warriors , Sorcery and Wolfan.

Added maps for Aliens US Version , Gift from the Gods, Jet Set Willy: The Deadly Mission , Pugly Ugly - The Journey Longest, La , Untouchables, The , Vera and Viaje al Centro de la Tierra: Version Extendida.

Wednesday 27 August 2008

Some major non-Speccy news at the start of this update!

Said Major Non-Speccy news: The SpecChum formerly known as Jo Doran and I got married on the 2nd August. Hurrah! I'm finally a respectable married man. Well, a married man (Well, married. Ed)

Mike_Myers sent in additional POKEs for Abu Simbel Profanation and POKEs/tips for Babaliba. The Babaliba POKEs are for the Spanish version, but hopefully I'll get a few minutes to convert them for the English re-release. He also sent in new POKEs for Bomb Jack II, Cauldron and Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants, The.

Steve McGarry replied to an old plea for HAYLP for Hobbit, The.

Rob Livsey sent in tips for Football Manager.

Philip Kendall sent in a cheat for Operation Wolf he found buried in an instructions file on WoS.

John Fotou sent in some POKEs for Rick Dangerous.

Added maps for Carlos Michelis 3 , Evaristo El Punky , Freddy Kruger Live , Funky Punky , G.I. Hero , Lode Runner , Official Father Christmas Game, The , Paco Jones , Ten-Pin Challenge , Toilet Truble , Ultracop and Wriggler.

Added RZX Archive links for 3-D Noughts and Crosses , American 3D Pool , Ball Breaker II , BMX Ninja , Boovie 2 , Bubble Trouble , Chernobil , Crashout , Duel, The: Test Drive II , Funky Punky , Light Corridor, The , Mac Man , Mines , Mugsy , One for the Road , Pop Stars , Repton , Rockfall , Room Ten , Smashout!! , Ten-Pin Challenge and Toilet Truble.

Thursday 31 July 2008

Another 2 updates in the one month - I'm too good to you all (ahem. Ed)

Mark Cantrell sent me a copy of the maps he sent out with the pre-Zenobi releases of Gods of War, The and Jester Quest.

Jacob Gunness provided 2 maps from CASA for House of Horrors and Lone Brave.

GoodBoy sent in cheats for Big Nose's American Adventure, Golden Axe, Mystical and Tarzan Goes Ape.

Mike_Myers sent in POKEs for Batman and BeTiled!.

Pavero sent in POKEs for Phantomasa. He also let me know that Viktor Drozd's POKEs for Batman - The Puaj Edition work for all games created with 3D Game Maker. He also very helpfully listed them all, so I have added entries for 3D Game Maker, Angel, Archaic, Bully Embassy, Carlos Michelis 3, Crusader, Dark Castle, Day in the Life of Arnold, A, Detornator, Evaristo El Punky, Freddy Kruger Live, Fu Manchu, Gateway to Hell, Halls of Doom, The, Just One of Those Days, Last Mohican, Manollo: El Cavernicola, Mars Red, Mundo de Mister Emulator, El, New World, Psycho Monsters, Que Locura y yo Sin Armadura, Retorno de la Primera Dinastia, El, Ronder III, Seti 1, Spirit of Ninja, The, Stars, Stripes, Mr. Bush, Stroll in the Bleak Forest, A, Submariner, Ultimate Warrior and Z80 Attack - all credited to Viktor.

Added maps for Archaic , Ares , Batman - The Puaj Edition , Bloody Paws , Bloody , Bully Embassy , Crusader , Dark Castle , Day in the Life of Arnold, A , Fireman Sam , Gnoni , Just One of Those Days , Master, The , Pac-Land , Phantomasa in the Land of the Grunge Wizards , Phantomasa , Poder Oscuro, El , Rio Blanco , SAS: Operation Thunderflash!! and Stroll in the Bleak Forest, A.

Added RZX Archive links for Astroball , Bedlam , Blockbusters , Block-Dizzy , Exploding Wall , Kendo Warrior , Lone Wolf - The Mirror of Death , Master, The , Micro Mouse Goes De-bugging , Oh Mummy , Pulsoids , Running Man, The , Soviet , Super Space Invaders , Titanic Blinky , Trader Trilogy, The and Who Said That?.

Monday 07 July 2008

A VERY overdue June update, and coming in at 122 new entries, it's a bit of a biggie! (fnar! Ed)

Archie Robins sent in a POKE for Costa Capers

Marco A. G. Pinto sent in POKEs for Bedlam, Muncher, The, Renegade and Space Rocks.

While I was helping locate authors for WoS, Neil Balharrie let me know about a previously undiscovered cheat for his game, Rock 'n' Roll. Erm, it's still undiscovered - he can't remember it either (Tch! Ed).. Anyone fancy having a try?!

Speaking of previously undiscovered cheats, Richard Lane sent in a well-hidden one for Midnight Resistance. This one has been discovered. Arf!

Philip Bee sent in a cheat for Izzy Wizzy.

Ralphy No te lo digo sent in a POKE for Bruce Lee.

Mike_Myers has evidently decided that sleep is just something that happens to other people, as his latest batch of stuff contains [deep breath]: Bugs: Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Dynamite Dan, Everyone's A Wally, Mapsnatch, Mario Bros and Pyjamarama; Cheats: Jet Set Willy 128K, Manic Miner: Eugene - Lord of the Bathroom, Manic Miner: The Hobbit, Skool Daze and Titanic; Partial solutions: Dragon's Lair II: Escape from Singe's Castle; POKEs: 911 TS, BASIC, BraveStarr, Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Dragon's Lair II: Escape from Singe's Castle, Football Director II, International Match Day, Italy 1990, Jet Set Willy 128K, Jet Set Willy, Manchester United Europe, Manchester United, Manic Miner: Eugene - Lord of the Bathroom, Manic Miner: The Hobbit, Mapsnatch, Match Day II, Match Day, Operation Wolf, Orc Attack, Pentagram, Tuneles Marcianos, Vindicator! and Yie Ar Kung-Fu Solutions: Everyone's A Wally, Gremlins - The Adventure, Herbert's Dummy Run, Mega-Corp and Pyjamarama Tips: Underwurlde... PHEW!!!

The good folks at CASA have been busy: Tips/Solutions for Hob's Hoard, Landfall on Rollus and Masterclass [Doreen Bardon and Terri Sheehan]; Solutions for Mystery of the Indus Valley and Philosopher's Stone, The [Juan Duc]; Solutions for By Right of Birth, Flush Gordon, Fortress of Keler, Leo Wanker's Quest, Locks 'n' Keys, Malice in Wonderland, Moonquake, Mouse Man, Murder, The, Murder, Nameless One, The, Operation Thunderbowel, Pendant Of Logryn, The, Prisoner, The, Protect, Survive, Quest for the Poorly Snail and Revenge of the Space Pirates and tips for Where Is Zeus [Terri Sheehan].

Added RZX Archive links for Cesta Bojovnika , Dragon Spirit , Dragon's Lair , Fallen Angel , Free Climbing , Hero Quest , Italia '90 - World Cup Soccer , Jet Set Willy: It's Wet Jelly , Manchester United Europe , Mapsnatch , Mayhem , Mystical , Pharaoh's Tomb, The and Starstrike II

Added maps for Dizzy XII: Underground , Gyron Atrium , Iron Lord , Mambo , Mariano the Dragon in Capers in Cityland and Smagly 3: Or Kill'em All!.

Saturday 31 May 2008

A massive pile of stuff this month - hurrah!

Alberto Otero Mato sent in POKEs for Lost Caves.

Bernard Wood sent in a solution for Theme Park U.K..

I found a quick hack for Train Spotter, and updated the POKEs for Mithos.

Malcolm sent in a cheat for Star Pilot.

Woody sent in POKEs for Automania, Lunar Jetman, Mikie and WEC Le Mans.

Archie Robins sent in corrections for Dustin, Gunfighter, Snoball In Hell and Survivors, The POKEs as well as providing new ones for Luna Atac and Stardust.

Marco A.G. Pinto sent in POKEs for Jet Set Willy: It's Wet Jelly and Wizard's Lair.

Mike_Myers sent in a ton of stuff - a correction for the level code of Don Quijote; Bug reports, tips and solution for Guerra de las Vajillas, La; POKEs and cheats for Jet Set Willy 64 , Jet Set Willy 64: Dragon , Jet Set Willy: Jet Set Emily: Baby on the Go and Jet Set Willy: Maria's Revenge; a hack for Jet Set Basic; POKEs for Army Moves , Babaliba , Herbert's Dummy Run, Jet Set Basic; tips for Atic Atac , Aventura Original, La , Jabato , Manic Miner: comp.sys.sinclair , Meganova , Mortadelo y Filemon II , Templos Sagrados, Los and tips & solution for Zipi y Zape. Phew!

Added maps for Gyron Atrium and Mariano the Dragon in Capers in Cityland.

Added RZX Archive links for Alien Research Centre , Astro Blaster , Book of the Dead , Bosconian '87 , Double Take , Down to Earth , Future Knight , Gothik , Grange Hill , Guerra de las Vajillas, La , Gunfighter , Hit , Jet Set Willy: The Time Hole , Jet Set Willy: Willy the Hacker , Neverending Story, The , People From Sirius , Rebel Planet , Sai Combat , Senda Salvaje , Warlord , World Series Basketball , Xevious and Zipi y Zape.

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.