LRUN mdv1_ql_games_bas: THE QL TYPE-IN GAMES ARCHIVE
For the most part, this isn't my own work, other than the act of typing in the listings. If ever I do write a program for the QL, it'll be hosted on the "My Programs" page. This page lists the QL type-in games that were published in magazines from mid-1984 to some time around 1987, and which are listed on The Type Fantastic - if I find any more I'll be sure to post them here, eventually.
As of 26th December 2020, QL entries for the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition are also hosted here to make them more accessible, not that there are many of them - but one of them is my work.
The QL's screen display was quite bizarre - a resolution of 512×256 stretched vertically into rectangular pixels for an aspect ratio of "not quite 4:3" - but that's Sir Clive for you. Screenshots have been taken at 512×256, so one QL pixel equals one PC pixel, for accurate preservation purposes - but they will be expanded to 1024×688 on this display, which is an just about correct for the QL's aspect ratio, even if the upscaling does make for pixels of weird sizes on the PC screen that look like they've been smeared with Vaseline.
Naming conventions for Jim Grimwood's Type Fantastic are used in this index. A second title given in brackets indicates that either the listing was part of a larger article, or the magazine attempted to rename it.
The ZIP files are not QL ZIPs. As well as the relevant file in .MDV format, and in _bas format in a folder marked "files" (both made and exported by "Grandpa" QLAY, at this point), they contain the original article from the magazine (probably found on the World of Spectrum archive), the text of that article, and a screenshot - maybe more than one. Unzip these on your PC (or Mac), then deal with the bits that will actually run on the QL emulator of your choice.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Any programs containing user-defined graphics may be compromised by add-on ROMs - such as Toolkit II or QLAY's NFA ROM. To see these programs as the author intended, disable the extra ROMs and start the QL emulation with the JS ROM only.
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