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More Tea Vicar
Author	Gavin Callard
Filename	mtv.zip
Year	2008
Position	40
Format	ZX80 1K, ZX81 16K, Cambridge Z88, Jupiter ACE, ZX Spectrum 16K and Sinclair QL
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Description	Gavin Callard continues to amaze us, with this triple-platform release (now released for many more platforms) of More Tea Vicar as inspired by the C4 series Big Breakfast. Gavin says - That I don't know much about the three platforms I am writing on is why this is so bad. (That and the fact that I spent a comfortable total of two and a half hours on them in total!). Those are my excuses and I'm sticking to them! He also tells me that the ZX80 and ZX81 versions are snapshots for the emulator "eightyOne", and the z88 version runs under the z88Dream emulator for Windows. (Get it here) The ZX81 version is especially badly programmed, and needs a RAM-pack on top of the default memory. (DP - Doesn't everything though?). Screenshot is from the Cambridge Z88 version. Enjoy the game as I did (three times over), and I learned how to use a new emulator to boot! *Update 24/02/08* - Gavin has now also written a version of the game in Forth for the Jupiter ACE which I have added to the downloadable zipfile. The Jupiter ACE version also runs on the EightyOne emulator. To restart the game on the Jupiter ACE after winning, type "main" and hit <ENTER>. Gavin tells me that the Jupiter ACE version is a textbook example of how NOT to write a Forth program. It may eventually crash if run for long enough, due to not freeing up used space on the stack. This has undoubtedly pushed Forth the crapness experience of CSSCGC 2008! *Update 26/02/08* - Gavin has now pledged to release this game on every single platform that is permitted in CSSCGC 2008 (and that is quite a few of them), so I will keep playtesting and adding the different "ports" to the downloadable MTV.zip file as he sends them in. Today I have added his ZX Spectrum version to the downloadable zipfile. *Update 11/03/08* - I have added Gavin's Sinclair QL version to the download.
Comments	The game is certainly crap, but hey if it's good enough for a mainstream TV channel, then it's crap enough for us! You just can't underestimate the glee I had as I undertook the surreal experience of having to playtest the game many times, not least on the Cambridge Z88 when I knew nothing about that platform until last year. So, I admire the style of this multi-platform release. Educational it was too, from an emulation learning standpoint. The game has probably resulted in the creation of many more machine categories in the CSSCGC than any previous game before it, so for that at least it will be well remembered! Also, it begs the question "What was the most useful piece of software released for the Z88?" Was it this, or did it have a huge underground p*rn market? We never did get a Sam Coupe version though. Talk about seriously missed opportunities! tut tut. To be fair though, I believe there was an issue with keyboard mappings on the Sam Coupe emulator on Gavin's PC. And so, the CGC remains "Sam Coupe-less" for another year. In any case, kudos for writing the FORTH version for the Jupiter ACE, one of only two crap games ever (intentionally) written for that platform in its entire history! I also believe this to be the only ever crap game entry for the "Sinclair QL". Brilliant, and hence this oversized write-up. Just don't let actually playing the game spoil all of these CGC-firsts!