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Wendos PDS/Wendos Interactive

2006-12-01T01:31:40Z

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Originally called Wendos PDS, created several pieces of Software for the CPC, including EuroWACCI, though probably the best piece was CrazyFruit.

Now called Wendos Interactive and supplies Open Source PC Software.

Headed by Damian Hart and [[Philip DiRichleau]], other programmers have included W.T.Ratt, The L-F-B, and someone curiously known only as 'The Wife'.

Roland

2006-12-01T01:17:44Z

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Roland was Amstrads idea of a recurring character in very early Amsoft Games.

Appearances in

(Very Incomplete List)

[[Roland Ahoy]]
[[Roland goes Digging]]
[[Roland in Space]]
[[Roland in Time]]

Roland

2006-12-01T01:16:38Z

PdR:

Roland was Amstrads idea of a recurring character in very early Amsoft Games.

Appearances in

(Very Incomplete List)

[[Roland Ahoy]]
[[Roland Goes Digging]]
[[Roland In Space]]
[[Roland in Time]]

Roland

2006-12-01T01:16:01Z

PdR:

Roland was Amstrads idea of a recurring character in very early Amsoft Games.

Appearances in

(Very Incomplete List)

[[Roland Ahoy]]
[[Roland Goes Digging]]
[[Roland In Space]]
[[Roland In Time]]

Roland

2006-12-01T01:15:30Z

PdR:

Roland was Amstrads idea of a recurring character in very early Amsoft Games.

Appearances in :

(Very Incomplete List)

[[Roland Ahoy]]
[[Roland Goes Digging]]
[[Roland In Space]]
[[Roland In Time]]

Roland goes Digging

2006-12-01T01:14:12Z

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[[Roland]]'s home had been invaded by aliens who want nothing better than to eat him alive, and the poor hero is armed with nothing more than a spade.

Since his home is on several levels, it's possible to dig a hole in the floor and make them drop through, hopefully to their deaths - except it's not going to be that easy.

If he digs a hole and they fall through it, they can climb out again and they're not happy. This is not good.

If he hasn't properly complete the hole (it takes three digs to manage it) and they fall into it, they get real angry, real quick, and hunt hom down with a passion. This is really not good.

If our good hero can hit them with the spade (alright, dig once more, but hitting them sounds better), they fall through the floor below, but survive because it's not far and they're pretty hardly. This isn't too bad.

If he can get them to drop through two floors at once, this is not good for them, and they die. This is good for [[Roland]].

At the end of each level, the game starts again, but with more aliens.

On the whole, [[Roland]] Goes Digging is roughly on the same level of Oh Mummy! Surprisingly addictive to some but for reasons that aren't at all obvious.

Roland

2006-12-01T01:12:49Z

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Roland was Amstrads idea of a recurring character in very early Amsoft Games.

Roland in Time

2006-12-01T01:11:21Z

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One of the better Platform style games - and one of the first to be produced - complete with a semi-decent rendition of the the theme from Doctor Who.

[[Roland]] has to jump between ten different times zones using his phone box, collecting crystals.

Spread over 52 screens of varying difficulty, along with several hidden areas that are less than obvious and sometimes hard to find.

Oddly addictive and good fun to play.

Roland goes Digging

2006-12-01T01:10:43Z

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Roland's home had been invaded by aliens who want nothing better than to eat him alive, and the poor hero is armed with nothing more than a spade.

Since his home is on several levels, it's possible to dig a hole in the floor and make them drop through, hopefully to their deaths - except it's not going to be that easy.

If he digs a hole and they fall through it, they can climb out again and they're not happy. This is not good.

If he hasn't properly complete the hole (it takes three digs to manage it) and they fall into it, they get real angry, real quick, and hunt hom down with a passion. This is really not good.

If our good hero can hit them with the spade (alright, dig once more, but hitting them sounds better), they fall through the floor below, but survive because it's not far and they're pretty hardly. This isn't too bad.

If he can get them to drop through two floors at once, this is not good for them, and they die. This is good for Roland.

At the end of each level, the game starts again, but with more aliens.

On the whole, Roland Goes Digging is roughly on the same level of Oh Mummy! Surprisingly addictive to some but for reasons that aren't at all obvious.

Star Printers

2006-11-30T20:22:28Z

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The Star NLQ/LQ/LC dot matrix printers, are worth mension on the CPC Wiki, only because they were also available with a CPC adapter, allowing them to connect directly to the CPC.

The Star LC10 was, according to many, the perfect printer to attach to a CPC.

[[Category:Hardware]] [[Category:Peripherals]] [[Category:Printers and printer ports]]

TasPrint

2006-11-30T20:08:41Z

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TasPrint

2006-11-30T20:07:59Z

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One of the [[Tasman Software]] suite of programs designed to work to ''Tasword'', TasPrint could also be used from basic if required.

Added five fonts to a printer, most especially to correct the lack of descenders on the Amstrad [[DMP1]]. These new fonts were of high quality and included a Script and Data font.

Amstrad DMP1 printer

2006-11-30T20:05:00Z

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Amstrads first printer. DMP Stands for Dot Matrix Printer.

A very basic unit which had no descenders on letters such as y,j,q, or p, leaving for a very strange looking printout. This could be corrected (when using [[TasWord]]), but using the [[TasPrint]] program, but the effect was often not totally satisfactory.

It took only tractor feed paper and had no option or ability to accept single feed sheet.

Ribbons were tiny in comparison to other makes and ran out very quickly - they were, however, very easy to re-ink a few times.

[[Category:Peripherals]] [[Category:Printers and printer ports]]
[[Category:Stub]]

Amstrad DMP1 printer

2006-11-30T20:04:11Z

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Amstrads first printer. DMP Stands for Dot Matrix Printer.

A very basic unit which had no descenders on letters such as y,j,q, or p, leaving for a very strange looking printout. This could be corrected (when using TasWord), but using the TasPrint program, but the effect was often not totally satisfactory.

It took only tractor feed paper and had no option or ability to accept single feed sheet.

Ribbons were tiny in comparison to other makes and ran out very quickly - they were, however, very easy to re-ink a few times.

[[Category:Peripherals]] [[Category:Printers and printer ports]]
[[Category:Stub]]

Amstrad DMP1 printer

2006-11-30T20:03:52Z

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Amstrads first printer. DMP Stands for Dot Matrix Printer.

A very basic unit which had no descenders on letters such as y,j,q, or p, leaving for a very strange looking printout. This could be corrected (when using TasWord), but using the TasPrint program, but the effect was often not totally satisfactory.

It took only tractor feed paper and had no option or ability to accept single feed sheet.

Ribbons were tiny in comparison to other makes and ran out very quickly - there were, however, very easy to re-ink a few times.

[[Category:Peripherals]] [[Category:Printers and printer ports]]
[[Category:Stub]]

MicroDesign Plus

2006-11-30T18:00:57Z

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Produced by ComSoft.

There were only really two secsessful attempts at creating some form of DTP for the CPC, one was PowerPage, the other was MicroDesign.

Microdesign Plus was the updated version of the latter, available with a large collection of fonts and clip-art.

Like all such programs, it could be difficult to use, but the end result was often well worth the effort.

Because of its ability to produce a full A4 page of graphics of relatively high definition, it was used by WACCI to created many of the images used in the publication, as well as full page adverts.

Stunt car racer

2006-11-30T17:50:28Z

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Racing game in which the player drives a stunt-car around a series a raised courses of increasing difficulty against a computer controlled player.

It is interesting to note that it played identically to the Amiga, ST, and PC versions of the game, the only real difference being the quality to the graphics and the 16 bit versions ability to play against another player.

Tas-Spell

2006-11-30T17:39:41Z

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Program to add Spell checking ability to Tasword.

Like it's parent program, it did its job well but was overshadowed by the far more powerful Prospell.

Roland in Time

2006-11-30T17:36:14Z

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One of the better Platform style games - and one of the first to be produced - complete with a semi-decent rendition of the the theme from Doctor Who.

Roland has to jump between ten different times zones using his phone box, collecting crystals.

Spread over 52 screens of varying difficulty, along with several hidden areas that are less than obvious and sometimes hard to find.

Oddly addictive and good fun to play.

EuroWACCI

2006-11-30T15:20:20Z

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[[Image:Eurowacci6.gif|right|thumb|250px|Issue 6 of EuroWACCI - contents]]

EuroWACCI was a disczine edited by [[Philip DiRichleau]], former editor of WACCI. It combined selected content from WACCI with new reviews and articles, in an attempt to make WACCI more open to the European scene.

It had similar presentation to [[ATM]], with a basic MODE 2 text scroller written by [[ChaRleyTroniC]].

Six issues were published.

User talk:86.13.172.22

2006-11-30T15:12:54Z

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Hello Philip :) --[[User:ChaRleyTroniC|ChaRleyTroniC]] 00:32, 27 November 2006 (CET)

Hello Richard :)