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Re: "Demakes"

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On 10/10/2011 20:27, deKay wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Is there anywhere that houses a collection of Spectrum "demake" versions
> of later non-Spectrum games? You know, like Doom and stuff.

I guess that's a "no" then. I'd be interested in a list like that too, 
although I get the feeling that the number which have actually been 
completed is vanishingly small in comparison to the ones that got as far 
as a one-level demo (if that) before the programmer got bored. It 
depends whether you count stuff like Minesweeper clones though.

As far as ports of full-scale releases from "bigger" platforms are 
concerned, the first ones to spring to mind are:

Abe's Mission: Escape
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0014930
Wolfenstein 2004
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017189

And in the undoubtedly larger category of puzzle-type things that 
started out on Flash / mobile, there's stuff like:

BeTiled!
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0018058
W*H*B
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023478

You could probably get a fairly comprehensive list by sifting through a 
WOS Infoseek query for 'games made since 1994 that have a game listed in 
the "inspired by" field':

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekadv.cgi?what=1&regexp=&yrorder=2&year=1994&type=0&players=0&turns=0&memory=0&language=0&country=0&licence=o&inspire=on&feature=0&publi=0&release=0&format=0&scheme=0&scorder=1&score=0&have=1&also=1&sort=1&display=1&loadpics=0

... but that doesn't distinguish between remakes of old and new games, 
so there might be a lot of sifting to do.

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"Demakes" deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> - 2011-10-10 20:27 +0100
  Re: "Demakes" "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2011-10-19 05:28 +0100
    Re: "Demakes" deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> - 2011-10-19 10:20 +0100
      Re: "Demakes" "Johny B Good" <invalid@ntlworld.com> - 2011-10-19 13:26 +0100
  Re: "Demakes" Matthew Westcott <gasman@raww.org> - 2011-10-19 16:36 +0100
    Re: "Demakes" deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> - 2011-10-20 09:18 +0100

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