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Thursday 31 December 2015
I hope you all had a Merry Xmas, and a Happy New Year (when it comes. Ed)

Mike_Myers has been a busy chap - he's sent in more POKEs for Clever & Smart, Knight Lore and Riddlers Den. He also provided a bug report, map, EXTENSIVE POKEs and solution for Adventure H: Robin Hood; bug report and POKEs for Jet Set Luis; tips, map and solution for Riddler's Den; tips and POKEs for Trashman and POKEs for Happiest Days of Your Life, The, Rock n Wrestle and Transmuter.
Eq provided a correction to a tip for Axe of Kolt, The.
Mark McDougall provided information about some of the POKEs for Knight Lore.
Andy Ryals provided POKEs for Chrimblast.
GoodBoy provided POKEs for Rastan.
Pavel Plíva provided POKEs for Christmas Gift Hunt.
Added RZX Archive links for Adventure H: Robin Hood, Chrimblast, Christmas Gift Hunt, Ice Station Zero and Rabbit in Nightmareland.

Monday 30 November 2015
Happy 20th Birthday, World of Spectrum!

Mike_Myers provided additional POKEs for Dun Darach, Riddler's Den and Super Robin Hood; bug reports, tips and solutions for Jaws: The Text Adventure and Super Robin Hood; cheats and POKEs for JetSet Willy III.
Archie Robins provided corrections for Omega Dimension, Pacman, Pyromania - Tried By Fire; cheats for Cesta Bojovnika and Mystery, The; POKEs for Aahku al Rescate, Balowwwn!, Biogen, Bloody Paws, Blues Brothers, The, Bootee, Brad Zotes, Brisca, Bronx, Capricornio 2, Cesta Bojovnika, Cicibanova Abeceda, Classic Japanese Monster Castle 3, Classic Japanese Monster Castle, Corsarios, Dice, Dogmole Tuppowski vs. the Mesmerizing Meemaid From Miskatonic, D'Veel' NG, Golden Basket, Guerrero Ninja, Hyper Space Postal Service, Infiltrado 2: Return To Reactor, Insert Coins 2, Insert Coins, Isidoro, Jet Man Silly, JetPaco, Journey to the centre of the Nose, Julieta Noseque, Julifrustris in the City, Komando 2, Lala Lah, Lala The Magikal, Leonardo's Lost Last Invention, Lost Tapes of Albion, The, Lost Treasure, The, Mah Jongg, Maritrini, Freelance Monster Slayer, Maxim the Cat, Mega Meghan, Micro Inc, Monono, Monty's Last Strike, My Rendition of Horace to the Rescue 2, My Rendition of Horace to the Rescue, Mystery, The, Nestling, Nightmare on Halloween, Ninjajar, Oddi the Viking, Ossuary, Pacman II: Razbunarea lui Phantom, Pacman, Page's Castle Quest, Pandemia, Perestrojka, Petter the Pacifist, Phantomas Tales #4: Severin Sewers, Prayer Of The Warrior, The, Pyromania - Tried By Fire, Pyromania II - Chopper Rescue, Quad, Quest for Witchcraft, R2-D2, Ramire the Vampire, the mushroom of Cheshire, Ramiro, el Vampiro, Retroracer, Rigor Mortis, Robot Santa, R-Swype, Sami Troid, Sector, Sgt. Helmet Training Day, Shuttlebug!, Sir Ababol 2, Sir Ababol DX, Sir Ababol, Sir Froggy, Sir Vamperi, SKURFF, Sun Bucket, Tea And Sympathy, Thunderturds, Un Dos Azul, Una Extrana History, VADE RETRO, Vamperi, Willy the Wasp and Zombi Terror and tips for Sir Ababol 2.
Pavel Plíva sent in POKEs for Rabbit in Nightmareland.
Added RZX Archive links for Danger Maze, Infeasible Game, The, Jet Set Luis, Jumpcollision and Rabbit in Nightmareland.

Friday 30 October 2015
Lots of new POKEs, tips for a SAM game and a rather belated compilation of RZX Archive updates

Andy Ford provided new POKEs for Knight Lore.
Mike_Myers provided additional POKEs a modified map and tips for Alien 8; POKES for Knight Lore and tips and POKEs for R-Swype.
Lee Tonks was just pipped to the post by Pavel for a few POKEs. He did, however, get there first with POKEs for Knightmare 2 ZX and Order of Mazes, The
Pavel Plíva sent in POKEs for Cap'n Rescue The Escape, Rabbit in Wonderland and Red Planet
BadBeard sent in POKEs for Aquanoids and Bathyscaphe.
Bob Collins provided a map and solution for the SAM Coupe game Days of Sorcery.
GoodBoy sent in POKEs for Knightmare 2 ZX.
Andy Ryals provided POKEs for Lirus!.
JP provided POKEs for Day In The Life, A.
Added RZX Archive links for Adventures of Bouncing Bob - Summer Breeze, The, Aquanoids, Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes, Bathyscaphe, Bubble Monkey Bros, Cap'n Rescue The Escape, Cap'n Rescue, Complica DX, Crime Quiz, Doctor What!, Horace Miner 2, Post Mortem, Rabbit in Wonderland, Red Heat, Red Planet, Reverse Manic Miner, Spindizzy and Young Ones, The. Apologies to Daren (and all) for taking so long to do this!

Monday 05 October 2015
Better late than never, eh?!

Archie Robins provided a ton of new POKEs. Corrections for Munch Man; updates for Silent Service, Spiker: Basic Training; new tips/POKEs for Jokers Wild and new POKEs for A.R.C.O.S., Apulija-13, Axel K., the Lost Bills, Bluber 2014 Xmas Remix, Brian vs. the Bullies, C is for CRABBY!, Cap'N Rescue, Captain Drexx, Catch a Hare, Chard, The, Charm, The, Cousin Horace, CSU, Dark Tricks, Deadly Labyrinth of Lord Xyrx, Dogmole Tuppowski - The New Adventures, Donkey Kong Reloaded Again, Double Dragon II: The Revenge, Double Take, DreamWalker: Alter Ego 2, Encyclopaedia Galactica Remixed, Escape from Asylum, Escape from Colony 8, Find The GreenRoom, Flash Beer Trilogy, Frogger, Funky Fungus, Genektik, Glaufight, Gloop Troops, Godkiller, Goku Mal, Gyruss, Happy Hour, Heart Stealer, Hectic, Hedgehogs, Highrise Harry, Hombre que susurraba a las balas, El, Horace Miner 2, Horace Miner, Izzy Wizzy, Justin & The Lost Abbey, Knights & Demons DX, Knights & Demons, Kyd Cadet III, Larry The Lander II - Cosmic Carnage, Larry the Lander, Laserwarp, Mimzoid Death Dude, Monsters In Hell, Moonshade, Ninja Grannies, Odyssey 1, Phantomasa v.2, Sky Runner and Slippery Sid.

Friday 31 July 2015
JUST in time for July!

I FINALLY got round to fixing the links to maps hosted on WoS. Shout loudly if you spot any I've made a mess of!
Andy Ford continues to find more POKEs for Back To Skool and Skool Daze, including a downloadable .POK file.
Alessandro Grussu sent in a map/tips/solution for Young Ones, The from http://c64.tin.at, a C64 tips site. I contacted the Webmaster - Martin Brunner - for permission to reproduce them, and he very kindly agreed. A link to the original text file is included, as it doesn't HTML-ize brilliantly
Pavel Plíva sent in POKEs for Godkiller 2 - Exile and Zombo.
Einar Saukas sent in POKEs and tips for Complica DX.
Lee Tonks sent in POKEs for Ah Diddums, Arcadia, Dex and Scramble Spirits.
Added (slightly backdated) RZX Archive links for 2088 , 4 Minute Warning , Baldy ZX , Biz, The , Clovece, nehnevaj sa! , Dallas , Dead Flesh Boy , Dobyvani Hradu 2 , Flype , Godkiller 2 - Exile , Grell and Fella , Hobbit, The 128K Edition , Jaws: The Text Adventure , Oceano , Stormfinch , ThunderJaws and Zombo.

Saturday 06 June 2015
Welcome to the May update (eh? Ed).. Shh! Archie Robins appears to have decided sleep is something that happens to other people

Archie Robins sent in a HUGE amount of hacks in TAP format. He sent these in months ago - it's just taken me ages to process them all. Ready? 100 Kilometri, 19 Part 1: Boot Camp, 1942, 1985 - The Day After, 1994 - Ten Years After, 1999, 20 Tons, 2003, 20-20 Vision, 2088, 2112 AD, 3 Deep Space, 3-D Monster Chase, 3DC, 3D-Tanx, 4x4 Off-Road Racing, 720 Degrees, 911 TS, A.T.A.C., Aaargh!, Abu Simbel Profanation, Abyss, Academy, Accelerator, ACE 2: The Ultimate Head to Head Conflict, ACE 2088, ACE, Acro Jet, Action Biker, Action Farce II, Action Fighter, Action Force II, Action Force, Action Reflex, Ad Astra, Addams Family, The, Adder Attack, Advanced Pinball Simulator, Adventurer, Adventures of St. Bernard, The, After the War, Afterburner, Aftermath, Agent Orange, Agent X II, Agent X, Ah Diddums, Airborne Ranger, Airwolf II, Airwolf, Aladdin's Cave, Alchemist, Ali Baba, Ali-Bebe, Alien 8, Alien Destroyer, Alien Evolution, Alien Highway, Alien Storm, Alien Swarm, Alien Syndrome, Alien, Aliens, Aliquid Simplex, Alpine Games, Altered Beast, Amaurote, Anarchy, Android One, Android Pit Rescue, Android Two, Androids, Andy Capp, Anfractuos, Ano Gaia, Ant Attack, Antares, Antics, Antteroo, APB, Apollo 11, Apprentice, The, Aquaplane, Aquarius, Aquasquad, Arc of Yesod, The, Arcade Creator, Arcade Flight Simulator, Arcade Trivia Quiz, Arcadia, Arcadian, The, Archaeologist, The, Archaic, Archon, Arcticfox, Arena!, Arena, Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh, Arkanoid Editor, Arkanoid, Arkos, Armageddon, Armageddon, Army Moves, Artura, Assassin, Assassin's Guild, The, Assault Course, Asterix And The Magic Cauldron, Asteroids, Astro Blaster, Astro Marine Corps, Astroball, Astroclone, Astronut, Astroplaner, ATF, Athena, Atic Atac, Atlantis, Atom Ant, Atomic Robo-Kid, Attack of the Empire, Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes, ATV Simulator, Auf Wiedersehen Monty, Automania, Avalon, Avenger, Avenger, Axe of Kolt, The, Axons, B.C. Bill, Babaliba, Back To Skool, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, Back To The Future, Backpackers guide to the universe, Badlands, Ball Breaker, Ball Crazy, Ballbreaker II, Ballooning, Bananaby, Bangers & Mash, Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax, Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior, Barbarian, Barchou, Bardic Rite, The, Bargain Basement!!!, Barmy Burgers, Barrowquest, Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing, Base, The, Basil the Great Mouse Detective, Bat Attack, 3D, Batman: The Caped Crusader, Batman: The Movie, Batman, Battle Command, Battle of the Planets, Battle of the Toothpaste Tubes, Battle Valley, Battlezone, Batty, Bazooka Bill, BC's Quest for Tires, Beach Buggy Simulator, Beach-Head II, Beach-Head, Beaky, the Egg Snatchers, Beamrider, Bear A Grudge, Bear Bovver, Beast, The, Beatcha, Bedlam, Bedlam, Beebul, Benny Hill's Madcap Chase!, Bestial Warrior, BeTiled!, Beverly Hills Cop, Beyond the Ice Palace, Biff, Big Bad John, Big Ben Strikes Again, Big Nose's American Adventure, Big Trouble In Little China, Big Trouble!, Bigfoot, Biggles, Billy Bluebottle, Billy Bong, Billy the kid, Bionic Commando, Bionic Ninja, Birds, the Bees, The, Bite the Dust, Biz, The, Black Beard, Black Hawk, Black Lamp, Black Magic, Black Tiger, Blade Alley, Blade Warrior, Blaster, Blasteroids, Blazing Thunder, Blind Alley, Blind Panic, Blinkys Scary School, Blizzard Pass, Blob The Cop, Blockade Runner, Blood Brothers, Blood 'n' Guts, Blood Valley, Bloodwych, Blue Max, Blue Thunder, BMX Kidz, BMX Ninja, BMX Racers, BMX Simulator, Bobby Bearing, Bobby Yazz Show, The, Bob's Full House, Bobsleigh, Body Works, Boid, Bomb Jack II, Bomb Jack, Bomber Bob in Pentagon Capers, Bombfusion, Bombscare [2], Bonanza Bros., Bongo, Bonkers, Booty, Bored of the Rings, Bosconian '87, Boulder Dash Construction Kit, Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Riot, Boulder Dash III, Boulder Dash, Bounder, Bounty Bob Strikes Back, Bounty Hunter, The, Bow, The, Bozy Boa, Brain Damage, Brain Sport, Brainache, Brainstorm, Brainstorm, Brat Attack, BraveStarr, Braxx Bluff, Break Neck, Breakaway, Breakout, Breakthru, Brian Bloodaxe, Brick Breaker, Bride of Frankenstein, Bristles, Bronx Street Cop, Bruce Lee, Bubble Bobble, Bubble Buster, Bubble Dizzy, Bubble Run, Bubble Trouble, Bubbler, Buccaneer, Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Bug Blaster, Bugaboo the Flea, Bug-Eyes, Buggy Boy, Buggy Ranger, Bullseye, Bumpy, Bustout, Butcher Hill, By Fair Means...or Foul, Byte Bitten, C5 Clive, Cabal, Caesar the Cat, Cagara, Call Me Psycho, Calling, The, Camelot Warriors, Cannibals from Outer Space, Cannon Ball, Cannon Bubble, Canyon Warrior, Capitan Sevilla, Capitan Trueno, Captain America in the Doom Tube of Dr Megalomann, Captain Blood, Captain Dynamo, Captain Fizz, Captain Kelly, Captain Planet, Captain Pytron, Carlos Sainz, Carrier Command, Casey Jones, Cashdash, Castle Master II: The Crypt, Castle Master, Catch 23, Caterpilla, Catwalk, Cauldron II: The Pumpkin Strikes Back, Cauldron, Cavelon, Caveman, Cavemania, Cavern Fighter, Caverns of Kontonia, Caves of Doom, Ceasefire 2: Night Run, Ceasefire, Centipede, Centipod, Centropods, Centurions, The, Cerius, Chain Reaction, Challenge of Iythus, The, Challenge Of The Gobots, Chambers Of Death, Chambers of Horrors, Championship Run, Chaos, Charlie, the Chocolate Factory, Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation, Chase H.Q., Chefs Mate II, Chefs Mate, Chequered Flag, Chevy Chase, Chicago's 30, Chickin Chase, Chiller, Chimera, Chinese Juggler, Chip's Challenge, Chiron, Cholo, Chopper Mission, Chopper X-1, Choy-Lee-Fut Kung-Fu Warrior, Chronos, Chubby Gristle, Chuckie Egg 2, Chuckie Egg, Chuckman, Cisco Heat, City Slicker, Classic Axiens, Classic Invaders, Classic Muncher, Cliff Hanger, Cloud 99, Cobra Force, Cobra, Codename Mat II, Codename Mat, Colditz Story, The, Colin The Cleaner, Coliseum, Collision Course, Collywobbles, Colony, Colour Clash, Columns, Comando Quatro, Comando Tracer, Combat Lynx, Combat School, Combat Zone, 3D, Combat Zone, Comet Encounter, Commando, Confused, Confuzion, Con-Quest, Contact Sam Cruise, Continental Circus, Cookie, Cop-Out, CORE, Corona Magica, La, Corruption, Cosmic Cruiser, Cosmic Debris, Cosmic Guerilla, Cosmic Pirate, Cosmic Sheriff, Cosmic Shock Absorber, Cosmic Wartoad, Costa Capers, Count Duckula 2, Count Duckula, Countdown to the Death, Covenant, The, Cowboy Kidz, Crack Down, Crack It! Towers, Crack-Up, Crazy Balloons, Crazy Bugs!, Crazy Cars II, Crazy Cars, Crazy Crane, Crazy Er*Bert, Crime Busters, Critical Mass, Crossfire, Crosswize, Cruising on Broadway, Crusader, Crystal Castles, Cubey, Cuddly Cuburt, Curse of Sherwood, The, Cyber Rats, Cyber Zone, Cyberbig, Cybernation, Cybernoid II: The Revenge, Cybernoid, Cyberun, Cybex, Cybo Run, Cybotron, Cycles, The, Cyclone, Cylu, Cyrox, Deathchase, Deep Space, Defenda, 3D, Dracman, Escape From Omicron, Fernando Martin Basket Master, Fruit Machine, Horrorscope, Interalia, Invasion of the Body Snatchas!, Invasion, Lunar Attack, Lunattack, 3D, Maze of Gold, 3D, Painter, 3D, Panic, Pasteman Pat, Pool, Robin Hood - Legend Quest, Sceptical, Seiddab Attack, 3D, Snookered, Space-Wars, 3D, Starfighter, 3D, Starstrike II, Starstrike, 3D, Super Car Trans Am, Tank Duel, 3D, Tres Luces de Glaurung, Las and Tunnel, 3D (Phew!!!)
Still with Archie - he also sent in a big batch of new POKEs for Animated Strip Poker, Bestial Warrior , Big Baps , Birds, The , Blob, The , Borzak , Bricky , Capitan Sevilla , Castle Master II: The Crypt , Castle Master , Castle Quest , Centipede , Chambers of Horrors , Cheril Perils , Cosa Nostra , Covenant, The , Death Pit , Defender , Dekorating Blues , Frank N Stein Re-booted , Galactic Jail Break , Gamex , Ghost Castle , Gimme Bright , Grand Prix Driver , Harrier Attack! , Heroes of Magic , Hobbit (Vah-ka's Cut), El , Jai Alai , Jaws Revenge , Judge Dredd , Kong's Revenge , Lala Prologue , Land of Mire Mare , Little Big Tony , Loco Bingo , Majikazo , Moggy Adventure , More Tea, Vicar? , Mpthrilla: The Metal Miner , Nelo & Quqo and the Last Butifarreisson , Poli Diaz , Potty Planter , R.A.M. , Ratul & Zeki , Rebelstar - Search for the I.O.N Gun , rEdIvIvUs , Rescate En El Golfo , Retro Fusion Game, The , Retroinvaders , Senda Salvaje , Snake , Sol Negro , Solo , Spider's Web , Spyship SOS , Stamp Quest , Starblitz , Starbuster , Steel Force , Stomping Stan , Stranded , Strip Black-Jack , Strip-Dice , Teodoro no Sabe Volar , Tetris II Returns , Trabajo Basura , Trog , Tuneles Marcianos , Valley of the Dead and Zbylut Owrzodzien w Kamiennym, Kurwa, Zajebanym Czarcim Kregu; hacks for Intercepteur Cobalt and tips for Zepherus.
JP sent in a few of the same POKEs as Archie for Land of Mire Mare and Retroinvaders.
Patrick Furlong sent in a cheat for Advanced Pinball Simulator.
Andy Ford sent in some POKEs for Winer Milly. He also appears to have a grudge against Back To Skool and Skool Daze, having POKEd all kinds of weird and wonderful things out of them!

Tuesday 28 April 2015
So... Has anything happened here in the last couple of months? Nah - not much. Cough

Tipshop should now (mostly) be back up and running in its new WoS server home. Eternal thanks to Lee Fogarty for his superb work at getting all of this back up and running!
I've HOPEFULLY re-processed the 3 or so months worth of updates and corrections that had been done from the last backup of a non-corrupted Tipshop database. The last couple of backups were of a b0rk3d version, so I had to restore from an earlier version and re-do some work. Ho hum. Anyway - if you spot anything that I've missed, shout. Loudly.
There's still a bit of work to be done with the move, so the old @tipshop email address isn't working. I've updated the email form page with an alternate one to use until it is.
And now in non-move-related news....
deKay and Oblo provided POKEs for the updated version of Castlevania: Spectral Interlude.
CodenameV provided a correction for one of the maps for Ghost Castle (I'd linked a map for a completely Ghost Castle game - doh!).
Andy Ford sent in a hack for Technician Ted; POKEs for BMX Racers, Herbert's Dummy Run, Knight Lore, Prize, The, Pyjamarama and Spectral Invaders.
Richard Dymond (via Andy Ford) provided POKEs for Manic Miner.
Archie Robins sent in POKEs for Rallybug.
PopoCop provided tips for GraviBots.
Pavel Plíva provided POKEs for Leovigildo!, Rescue Lander and Tales of Grupp, The.
TomCaT provided tips for Terramex.
John Metcalf provided cheats for Bite the Dust, Crystal Kingdom Dizzy, Top Cat in Beverly Hills Cats and Turbulence and tips for Helter Skelter.
Added RZX Archive entries for Castlevania: Spectral Interlude, Ian's Night Out, Jack Charlton's Match Fishing, Leovigildo, Little Dragon 2, Solitaire, VADE RETRO, Warlock, Willy Takes a Trip, Winer Milly and X=Y=Z.

Thursday 26 February 2015
Happy New Year! Happy Valentines! Happy .. Oh, forget it (Yes, you're just a tad late. Ed)

Philip M. Anderson sent in POKEs for Through the Trap Door.
FrankT provided the POKEs for Chuckie Egg 2, and converted the type-in for Sam Stoat Safebreaker.
Myrck provided POKEs for Flying Shark and Ghouls 'n' Ghosts.
Hikaru provided POKEs and a cheat for Dominator.
Einar Saukas, Ub880d and MattLamb provided tips for X=Y=Z.
John Metcalf provided a map for Wizards Spell
PopoCop provided tips for Space Crusade.
Archie Robins provided new/updated POKEs for Devil's Descent, G-Loc, Lunar Rescue, Mithos, Predator, Tomahawk and corrections for the type-ins for Brain Sport, Mental Block. He also provided new POKEs for 4x4 Off-Road Racing, Bedlam, BeTiled!, Black Magic, Chefs Mate II, Chefs Mate, Crystal Castles, Dodge City, Dragons of Flame, E-Motion, Espada Sagrada, La, Feud, Flipi, Forgotten Worlds, Giant's Revenge, Gordello Incident, The, Grand Prix Simulator 2, Heroes Of The Lance, High Noon, House Jack Built, The, Kljuc, Last Ninja Remix, Logo: Part I, Mega Fruit, Mot, Mr. Heli, Panic, Pathetic Pablo Bros, The, Poogaboo, Race Fun, Sea War, Seymour - Take One!, Sideral War, Skyway, Stunt Car Racer and Turbo Out Run and tips for Dodge City and Gordello Incident, The.
Andy Ryals provided POKEs for Androide Xmas 2014 Remix, Balachor's Revenge, Bluber 2014 Xmas Remix, Dex, Ice Slider Z and Uroboros.
GoodBoy provided POKEs for Impossaball.
JP provided POKEs for Subway Vigilante.
Pavel Plíva provided POKEs for Balachor's Revenge and Pentacorn Quest.
Oblo provided POKEs for Castlevania: Spectral Interlude, Cray 5 and Pentacorn Quest.
Added RZX Archive links for Balachor's Revenge , Dodgy Geezers , Eric Bristow's Pro-Darts , Fahrenheit 3000 , Gold Rush , Ice Slider Z , Impossible Mission II , Kidnap , Page and the Curse of the Pharaoh , Pentacorn Quest, Rescue Lander , Stay Kool , Tales of Grupp, The , Terry the Turtle , Uroboros and Wanderers - Chained in the Dark.

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