Stawicki vs. The Originals
by
John Dalthon
ZX Spectrum 128kB
Contribution to
Speccy.pl Party 2017.1
26.08.2017
Graphics:
Maciej Stawicki
David A.
Nick Bruty
Raffaele Cecco
Javier Cubedo
Ivan Horn
Mark R. Jones
Drew Northcott
David Perry
John M. Phillips
Malcolm J. Smith
Mike Smith
Ignacio Ruiz Tejedor
Music:
Yerzmyey
David Whittaker (in hidden parts)*
Moral Support:
Speccy.pl
Code** / Graphics / Idea:
Dalthon
At the end of the 1980s, some of the games that you could
get in Poland (there was no official distribution) had no
loading picture or were damaged by Multiface.
This production is a homage to Maciej Stawicki, who created
16 alternative versions of the games' loading pictures
practically within a year.
It is worth mentioning that the speed matched the quality
of the work - his creations not only did not differ from
the originals but most of them surpass the original works.
Back in 1987, with only two existing graphic programs and
without access to a scanner or mouse, creating such artworks
would not be possible without an indisputable talent.
ENJOY THE SHOW
If you liked Yerzmyey's music for more go to:
https://yerzmyey.bandcamp.com/
* taken from games:
BraveStarr - 1987 (c) Probe Software Ltd
Elevator Action - 1987 (c) Binary Design Ltd
** except for routines:
Exomizer 2.0 algorithm/decoder (c) Magnus Lind & Metalbrain
Sound Tracker player (c) Jarek 'Bzyk' Burczynski
FZX font format/driver (c) Andrew Owen & Einar Saukas
Xor-shift random number generator (c) Patrik Rak
Line draw & Scanline fill (c) John Metcalf