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Friday 31 December 2010
The last update of the year (done at silly o'clock as I'll be busy tomorrow. Erm, today)

Added some tips for Xcel by MadMekon, reproduced from the WoS forums.
sand[mHm] sent in POKEs for Anaconda , Crimbo , Forest Raider Cherry , Hypsys , IBall II , Mine Worker and Phaeton and a cheat for Insector Hecti in the Interchange.
LaSole sent in POKEs for Addaladda, Android Pit Rescue, Autostopista Galactico, Avenger, Destroyer, Fireflash, I, of the Mask, Knight Tyme, Neverending Story II, The, Proteus, Sentinel, Spellbound and Stormbringer
Mike_Myers sent in a bug report, map, POKEs, Solution and tips for Super Lopez - El Senor de los Chupetes.
Martin 'Pugsy' Pugh sent in POKEs for Arc of Yesod, The, Nodes Of Yesod and Scooby Doo.
GoodBoy sent in a cheat for Score 3020.
Mark Szeliga Szolkowski sent in POKEs for Loco Bingo.
Pavel Plíva sent in POKEs for Crimbo.
Phantomas sent in POKEs for Them.
Added maps for Aladdin's Cave , Ball Breaker , Ballbreaker II , Brat Attack , Crimbo , Expedice , Forest Raider Cherry , Genesis: Dawn of a New Day , Logic , Mine Worker , Nebulus , Phaeton , Qang , Quack-Shot , Return of the Jedi , Score 3020 , Sid Spanners , Super Scramble Simulator , Time Machine and V.
Added RZX Archive links for Agent 99 , Aladdin's Cave , Anaconda , Bugsy , Crimbo , Forest Raider Cherry , Genesis: Dawn of a New Day , Logic , Mercs , Sid Spanners , Silvestrovska Pecka , Star Wreck , White Door, The: Crisis at Christmas and Zahada Bermudskeho Trojuhelniku.

Tuesday 30 November 2010
Happy 15th Birthday, WoS!

Phantomas let me know that the POKE for Two Gun Turtle didn't work. Unfortunately the one he provided didn't work either. I've updated it and I think it works now (I hope!)... He also sent in a solution for Super Lopez - El Senor de los Chupetes.
sand[mHm] sent in a cheat for Kolobok Zoom 2: In The Unfair World and POKEs for Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future , Genesis: Dawn of a New Day , Ghost Castle 2 , Klademiner , Magic Tokens , Mega Xonix , Petulant Poogslay Powerful Parade 1.3 , Ruff And Reddy In The Space Adventure and Teodoro no Sabe Volar.
Matthew Wilson sent in another POKE for Fairlight II
Jp sent in patched versions of Cobra and Mikie and POKEs for Impossible Mission.
LaSole sent in a map and POKEs for Triaxos, POKEs and tips for Falcon the Renegade Lord and POKEs for Lode Runner , Stop Ball and Yabba Dabba Doo!.
Mike_Myers sent in cheats and POKEs for Afteroids and POKEs for Exolon , Nosferatu the Vampyre and Ramon Rodriguez.
Pgyuri sent in a patch for Sheepwalk.
Steve Brown provded POKEs for Anaconda. Thanks to Martijn van der Heide for forwarding them onto me.
Added maps for Aladdin , Carlos Sainz , Ghost Castle 2 , Mercs , Metal Man , Power Magic , River Raid , Sito Pons 500cc Grand Prix , Sol Negro and Zybex.
Added RZX Archive links for Examen, El , Ghost Castle 2 , Gran Hazana, La , Olimpo en Guerra , Sach-Mat , Super Lopez - El Senor de los Chupetes and Supervivencia.

Sunday 31 October 2010
Happy Halloween! Just in time, eh?

A very hard-working SpecChum by the name of Lady Eklipse contacted me to say that she has converted every POKE on Tipshop into a downloadable POK database file. She plans to regularly maintain this database. I've not had time to create a proper link on Tipshop (forgot to ask Nick) but I didn't want this fantastic bit of work to go unmentioned this month. You can download it here: http://eklipse.ho.com.ua/AllTipshopPokes.rar
La_Sole sent in POKEs for Borzak, Cosmic Wartoad, Dynamite Dan II, Road Runner, Roadrunner, Robin Of The Wood, Sacred Armour of Antiriad, The and Superman - Man of Steel
Pavel Plíva sent in POKEs for In Deep , Karlos und Schatze der Azteken and Kyd Cadet II: The Rescue of Pobbleflu.
Pgyuri sent in POKEs for Jumping Jack to change the keys.
Stu sent in POKEs for Horace in the Mystic Woods.
Juan Duc sent in solutions for City of Ehdollah, The and Ghoulies.
TomCaT sent in POKEs for Viaje al Centro de la Napia.
Ralphy sent in POKEs for Jungle Jie and Mad Caverns.
Alberto Otero Mato sent in POKEs for Teodoro no Sabe Volar.
Added maps for Amo del Mundo , Chip's Challenge , Egypt , Ghost Castle , Heroes '92 , In Deep , Karlos und Schatze der Azteken , Kyd Cadet II: The Rescue of Pobbleflu , Lost Caves , Mercs , Mister Gas , Mluvici Balik , Ostrov Kanibalu , Paris-Dakar, Peklo , Pick Out 2 , Rychle Sipy 2: Stinadla Se Bouri , Rychle Sipy: Zahada Hlavolamu , Skandinavie , Smaily , Spellbound Dizzy , Super Stock Car , Tango and Teodoro no Sabe Volar.
Added RZX Archive links for Amo del Mundo , Denis Through The Drinking Glass , Egypt , Heroes '92 , In Deep , Invincible Island , Jet-Story , Karlos und Schatze der Azteken , Kyd Cadet II: The Rescue of Pobbleflu , Mluvici Balik , Ostrov Kanibalu , Peklo , Pick Out 2 , Planet of Shades , Rychle Sipy 2: Stinadla Se Bouri , Rychle Sipy: Zahada Hlavolamu , Skandinavie , Stronghold , Tango , Teodoro no Sabe Volar , Zakliaty Zamok Programatorov and Zip-Zap.

Friday 01 October 2010
This update is only a day late - not too bad, considering my track record of late!!

La_Sole sent in corrected and additional POKEs for Devil's Crown; POKEs for >, River Rescue and Rocman and tips, POKEs and a map for William Wobbler.
Pavel Plíva sent in POKEs for Horace in the Mystic Woods and Oddi the Viking.
Micheal Farrell sent in a cheat for Dark Sceptre.
The enigmatic Stu sent in POKEs for Oddi the Viking.
Skarpo sent in a tip for Slubberdegullion.
Phantomas sent in a tip for Super Lopez - El Senor de los Chupetes.
Andy Ford sent in POKEs for Henry's Hoard.
Added maps for Big Ben Strikes Again , Day In The Life, A , Enchanted , Horace in the Mystic Woods , JINJ , Kurashiku Nihongo Monsuta Shiro 3 , Myla Di'Kaich , Oddi the Viking , Pickles and Pearl , Safecracker , Soviet and Telefony.
Added RZX Archive links for Big Ben Strikes Again , Horace in the Mystic Woods , Kurashiku Nihongo Monsuta Shiro 3 , Lost! , Oddi the Viking , Safecracker and Vinnie Vole's Existential Nightmare.

Tuesday 31 August 2010
Quite a small update this month - still, at least it's on time! (Hopefully. Ed)

La_Sole sent in POKEs for 1985 - The Day After, Mugsy, Mugsy's Revenge, Superman: The Game and Volcanic Planet.
Ralf, Bandit compiled a complete solution and map for Mystery of Arkham Manor, The.
Added RZX Archive links for Archeo, Demon From The Darkside, Fuksoft, Krtek, Mystery of Arkham Manor, The, Nelo & Quqo and the Last Butifarreisson, Perseus and Andromeda, Podraz 4, Satochin and Sherlock Holmes: Traja Garridebovia.
Added maps for Archeo, Lost!, Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster Castle, Nelo & Quqo and the Last Butifarreisson and Paris-Dakar.

Friday 06 August 2010
Another month, another late update. Tch, eh?! Welcome to the July update [Cough]

GoodBoy sent in a cheat for Joe Blade III.
La_Sole confirmed the POKEs we had for Gyron worked as well as supplying additional ones. He also sent in POKEs for Dam Busters, The, Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge, Gyron, Lunattack, 3D, Red Baron, Seiddab Attack, 3D, Shaws III, Strangers from Outer Space and Super Cars. He also (also) sent in a map for Strangers from Outer Space.
Pavel Plíva sent in POKEs for Binary, Cheril Perils, Invasion of the Zombie Monsters and Sir Ababol.
A new person on the scene (unless he's sent stuff in under a different psuedonymnymn... pseudonynmn... erm, fake name) called Sand/mayHem sent in POKEs for Albatrossity, Battery's Not Precluded, Cheril Perils, Invasion of the Zombie Monsters, Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers, JINJ, Kilopede, Klademiner, Mariano the Dragon in Capers in Cityland, Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster Castle, Shoot Redux, Sir Ababol, Uwol, Quest for Money and Zombie Calavera Prologue.
Added maps for Binary , Cheril Perils , Chrobak Truhlik , Dokonala Vrazda II: Bukapao , Double Take , F.I.R.E. , Invasion of the Zombie Monsters , Kirel , Paris-Dakar , Sir Ababol and Zombie Calavera Prologue.
The RZX Archive links this month include some ones from June which didn't appear in the last update due to a technical glitch (Which translates to you filed the emails in the wrong folder! Ed).. Erm, moving swiftly on.. So here is the list: Amazing Rocketeer, The , Binary , Bored of the Rings , Cheril Perils , Chrobak Truhlik , Delta Charge , Dokonala Vrazda II: Bukapao , Excalibur: Sword of Kings , Firefly , Five Doctors, The , Flappy , Flash Gordon , Flight to Kharkhan , Fuksoft II , Galaxias , Gyron Atrium , Help!!! , Indiana Jones 2 , Indiana Jones 3 , Indiana Jones: A Chram Zkazy , Invasion of the Zombie Monsters , Jabato , Jason of the Argonauts , Mesto Robotu , Preliminary Monty , Sir Ababol , Starglider , Theatre Europe , Xenophobe and Zombie Calavera Prologue (PHEW!).

Sunday 04 July 2010
Here's the June update... In - erm - July (clod! Ed)

Josep Coletas Caubet very kindly allowed us to reproduce his numerous solutions from the CAAD website. Thanks also to Juan Pablo López-Grao for setting this up.
La_Sole sent in replacement POKEs for Terrahawks as well as POKEs for Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing and Rambo III.
Bad Beard sent in corrections for the POKEs for Muncher, The.
Andy Ford sent in a hack for Ghost's Revenge, POKEs for Jet Set Willy II and tips for Urban Upstart.
GoodBoy sent in a cheat for Prison Riot.
Pavel Plíva sent in POKEs for Preliminary Monty and Trooper: Point 5 and POKEs/tips for Flappy.
Pgyuri sent in a map for Zig Zag.
Ralphy sent in POKEs for Bruce Lee and tips for Equipo A, El.
Shaun Bebbington sent in tips for Trooper: Point 5.
Saiwong sent in a complete solution for Toadrunner.
Added maps for Flappy , Metropolis , Muncher, The , Preliminary Monty and Super Hero.
Added RZX Archive links for Aggressor , Legotron , Toadrunner and Trooper: Point 5.

Sunday 30 May 2010
More Real-Life business meant I had to leave off a batch of Spanish tips - they'll be here next month!

Nick Humphries (why does that name sound familiar? Ed) sent in tips for Yes, Prime Minister.
La_Sole sent in a map for Hacker as well as POKEs for Enduro , Fridge Frenzy , Gold Mine , Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers , Hacker , Hard Cheese , Molar Maul , Pickpocket , Pitfall II: Lost Caverns , Rocky Horror Show, The , Spawn of Evil , Tower of Evil , TT Racer and Zig Zag.
Pavel Plíva sent in POKEs for Heart Stealer.
BadBeard allowed us to use the map/solution for Toadrunner which he, Pavero and saiwong had worked on.
Juan Pablo López-Grao sent in a bug report and solution for Cozumel.
Pgyuri sent in POKEs for Zig Zag.
Added maps for Fliperman (erm the stronger expletive beginning with F. Ed), Heart Stealer, Kong's Revenge and Total Recall
Due to a technical glitch (read: you're an idiot. Ed), an entire batch of RZX Archive entries were missed out - Ball, 3D , Beach Volley , Dukes of Hazzard, The , Extraordinarios Casos del Dr. Van Halen Volumen 2 Relato II: Las Ruedas de Ezequiel, Los , Forest at World's End , Hammer-Head , Heritage , Lethargy: The Apathetic Dream , Max Headroom , Moggy Adventure , Steel Force , Total Recall , Viaje al Centro de la Napia and Wells & Fargo.
Speaking of the RZX Archive, there weren't any notification emails sent out about RZX Archive updates because of some work being done to the notification server - so I'll hopefully merge this month's lot into next month's update (because you'd never miss out a batch, would you?! Ed).

Friday 30 April 2010
My first censored Updates page - hurrah. Or something.

La_Sole sentin POKEs for Cosmic Cruiser, Exploding Fist +, Fist II: The Legend Continues, Frank Bruno's Boxing, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Give My Regards To Broad Street, Highway Encounter, Pedro, Stonkers, View to a Kill - The Computer Game, A, Way of the Exploding Fist, The and Yie Ar Kung-Fu and corrected an existing POKE for Living Daylights - The Computer Game, The. He also sent in a map for Frankie Goes To Hollywood and tips for Friday the 13th.
Mike_Myers sent in tips and POKEs for Back To Skool.
Pavel Plíva sent in POKEs for Gloop Troops and Kyd Cadet. Mambrino also sent in similar POKEs for Kyd Cadet, but with a couple of typos.
Gus sent in a complete solution for Duckerman (replace D with F).
Jose Roberto sent in POKEs for Mercs.
Juan F. Ramirez pointed me to a map for V from Input Sinclair issue 10.
Added maps for Gloop Troops , Kyd Cadet , Ognom and Thunderbirds.
Added RZX Archive links for Callemania 2008 , Genghis Khan , Ghost Castle , Gloop Troops , Heart Stealer , Kong's Revenge , Kyd Cadet , Laser Squad , Ognom , Penalty Soccer , Star Wars , Stars & Stripes and Street Cred' Boxing.

Wednesday 31 March 2010
It's been a busy month in Real Life, so there was a bit of midnight oil burnt trying to get this update out in time!

BadBeard sent in text-based maps for Movie and Phantom Club to go with POKEs to jump to rooms.
Jose Roberto sent in POKEs for Myth: History in the Making.
LaSole sent in a map and POKEs for That's The Spirit; as well as Archon II: Adept , Archon , Archon , Braxx Bluff , Rupert and the Ice Castle , Rupert And The Toymaker's Party , Skyfox , Spy vs. Spy II: The Island Caper , Spy vs. Spy III: Arctic Antics , Spy vs. Spy and West Bank.
Mike_Myers sent in a bug report and POKEs for Skool Daze
Ralphy sent in POKEs for Arkanoid.
Flavio M Matsumoto sent in POKEs for Black Tiger.
Added maps for Crime Busters , Frontline , Hunchback - The Adventure , Knight Tyme , Match Day II , Match Day , Phantom Club , Rescate En El Golfo , Saboteur II , Soldier of Fortune , Stormbringer and Xanthius.
Added RZX Archive links for Crime Busters , Extraordinarios Casos del Dr. Van Halen Caso 5: Ultimo Acto, Los , Frontline , Hunchback - The Adventure , Jet Set Willy 64: What Willy Did Next , Manic Miner Turbo , Meganova , Murphy , Ninja Scooter Simulator , Pogotron and World Rally.

Sunday 28 February 2010
Nearly got caught out with the short month! (An update out late? Unheard of! Ed)

LaSole sent in a partial solution for Mission 2: Project Gibraltar. He can complete the game, but there's a section needed to get the game completely completed (erm? Ed) which he's stuck at. Anyone fancy helping out?! As well as this, he sent in POKEs for Fantastic Voyage, Frenzy, Impossible Mission II, Orc Attack, Psytron, Robot Factory, Tau Ceti - The Special Edition and Tunnel, 3D
Good Egg Chris Walsh answered a plea for Haylp for Dungeon Master, The.
Mike_Myers' destruction of the Extraordinarios Casos del Dr. Van Halen series continues - he has submitted a huge selection of bugs, tips, maps, POKEs and solutions for 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 , Extraordinarios Casos del Dr. Van Halen Volumen 2 Relato II: Las Ruedas de Ezequiel, Los. He also submitted a map for Tuareg from Micromania 10 (2nd Age) and tons of tips for Skool Daze.
Paul Fisher sent in POKEs for Jet Set Willy 16K.
Pavel PlÃva sent in POKEs for Moggy Adventure and Viaje al Centro de la Napia.
Ralphy sent in some additional POKEs for Manic Miner.
Added maps for Cerius II: Interalia , Count Duckula 2 , IBall II , Moggy Adventure , Phantomas in Atari Land , Real Ghostbusters, The , Swords and Sorcery , Treasure Hunt , Triple Comando , Vampire's Empire and Viaje al Centro de la Napia.
Added RZX Archive links for Dark Sceptre , Extraordinarios Casos del Dr. Van Halen Volumen 2 Relato I: Las Calles del Miedo, Los and Lala Prologue.

Saturday 06 February 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! (It was almost Happy Valentines! Ed)

Things have been a tad manic of late, so the January update is a tiny bit overdue - cough.
I've finally finished updating Tipshop with Jim Grimwood's numerous corrections. The final corrections are for Virus, Witch Hunt and Wolfman. He also provided a new solution for Voodo Castle. My sincere thanks to him for the huge amount of work he put into this.
I corrected a dozen or so broken links stemming from when RZX Archive changed its linking method. Thanks to Skarpo for letting me know about the first one which led me to finding the others.
Archie Robins sent in cheats and tips for Pussy: Love Story from Titanic.
LaSole sent in his map for 20-20 Vision, POKEs for Blue Thunder , Bounty Bob Strikes Back , Costa Capers and Night Gunner and a solution for Mission 1: Project Volcano.
Mike_Myers has been giving the Extraordinarios Casos del Dr. Van Halen series of games a severe kicking, and has sent in tips, maps, bugs, POKEs and solutions for all 5 of them!!
Pavel PlÃva sent in POKEs for Cheril of the Bosque, Lala Prologue and Pussy: Love Story from Titanic
Skarpo sent in a complete solution for Heritage.
Arkos sent in tips for Helter Skelter.
Alessandro Grussu sent in his hint sheet for That's the Spirit.
Added maps for Box Reloaded , Cheril of the Bosque , Frightmare , Heritage , Hobbit, The , Jet Set Willy 64: Miles Mad Mission , Lala Prologue , Pussy: Love Story from Titanic , Robin Hood and Tubaruba.
Added RZX Archive links for Abadia del Crimen, La , Arquimedes XXI , Aventura Original, La , Battery's Not Precluded , Bounty Bob Strikes Back , Box Reloaded , Cheril of the Bosque , 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 , Poltergeist , Quest For The Golden Eggcup , Spirits , That's The Spirit , To the Manor Bourne and Xeno.

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