Colin The Cleaner - Bug FIXED - ZX Spectrum

Devlog

• The Prodigal Ralph Returns...
  April 15, 2024 by retrotechtive

  Now (thanks again to @retrotap!) I have the original 'Ralph On Alpha 2' release - and have imported the graphics and levels into a second .TAP file using my bug-fixed Colin The Cleaner (v7) version of... Continue reading

  
• A pox on ye, ladders! (i.e. another bug fixed!)
  April 10, 2024 by retrotechtive

  So, it turns out - thanks to discovery by my good friend @retrotap (see YouTube for his channel), that level 15 - the last level dagnammit! - had a bug, where you could move down a ladder where a coll... Continue reading

  
• Squishing more bugs!!
  April 08, 2024 by retrotechtive

  I noticed another bug, unlikely to occur in reality due to the order you'd have to do things being more work than most players would ever try to do... but... If you went down a ladder after collecting... Continue reading
• Moah Speed! pt.2 - ladders
  April 08, 2024 by retrotechtive

  New assembly routine added to draw the ladders. Speeds things up a little bit more :)... Continue reading
• Another bug fix and Credits correction
  April 07, 2024 by retrotechtive

  This update was mainly to address yet another bug in the game, whereby if you happened to be standing where the exit would appear when you collected the last collectible, it would not register and whe... Continue reading
• Moah Speed! (for Platforms)
  April 07, 2024 by retrotechtive

  There is now a V3 of Colin's bug fixed antics for you to try out! This version includes some new assembly language code, replacing the BASIC platform rendering code. It works in exactly the same way (... Continue reading
• .TAP file version of Colin The Cleaner uploaded
  April 06, 2024 by retrotechtive

  Added a .TAP version of the game to the downloads list. This should make it generally more accessible to all, and easy to archive too... Continue reading
• Fixing a 1987 ZX Spectrum game I didn't write
  April 04, 2024 by retrotechtive

  I saw this game being played on this YouTube video: Colin The Cleaner - bugs and all I wanted to know why this game had such obvious issues, and so loaded it up into the FUSE emulator and broke into t... Continue reading