Saboteur 2 Remake

[Alex Rider]

Починено еще 2 бага модифицированной версии:

• Труба на фоне неба отбражалась черной, а все остальное оружие - белым
• Последняя перфолента не подсвечивалась как в оригинале

Thanks to @JaggedGaming
Как всегда, дебаги во вложении, релизы в первом сообщении темы.

Положил все архивы на всякий пожарный в облако.

[Alex Rider]

Камрад JaggedGaming запилил шикарнейший разбор Саботера 2 с прохождением!

[Alex Rider]

JaggedGaming задал Клайву немного вопросов. Клайв ответил под видео.

Dear Clive,
Thank you for the whole series of Saboteur games. Saboteur II is one of the best ZX Spectrum games.
If you don't mind answer these questions on Saboteur II please.
1) What was the development order of Saboteur II for different platforms - C64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad? Was one of them primary and other are just a port? Or maybe all of them were developed simultaneously.
2) 00:50:45 We can see task "Kill enemy guards" in every mission. But indeed killing guard is not needed for successful finishing the mission. It is possible to finish all missions without any enemy elimination. Why did you add this task to the missions?
3) 00:48:12 We can see Nina Jane in Hi-Score table. And the name of Ninja in the game is also Nina. Inscription on the Rocket in pre-release version was Nina. Who is Nina (if it is not a big secret)?
4) 00:02:30 Did a lot of people write on this notice?
5) 00:37:40 Why did you create this large empty space in dungeon?
6) 00:08:47 Did you know about infinite paper tape bug before release of Saboteur II?
7) Mission 8 is considered to be impossible to complete. There is only 550 time units. It is definitely not enough to take paper tape in lower left corner. The only way is to take second paper tape in box with infinite paper tape. That gives a chance to finish the mission with 10-15 time units left. Was it a wilful decision to leave 550 time units in release version. Have you tried to complete mission 8 during testing process?
8) As I understand the teleport was not finished due to the memory limitation. What was the initial idea of teleport realization?
9) What other ideas were planned, but did not fit memory/time limitations? What features of the game are parts of unimplemented ones?
10) Download links are not working. http://www.clivetownsend.com/downloads2.php
Also can't find all three games at Steam Store.
What happened?

[Destr]

Клайв ответил под видео

Чёрт ногу сломит под видео, где он там что ответил?
Раз уж вопросы привёл, так и ответы-бы не поленился, а то эдак сообщение считай ни о чём...

[Xela]

Чёрт ногу сломит под видео, где он там что ответил?

в комментарии к вопросам и ответил:


Clive Townsend
1 day ago

Wow - what an amazing video! I think it's the best and most comprehensive I've seen. Certainly the longest! ;-)
Good to see that some people in Moscow are spending their time wisely :-) I look forward to your video of the remake, which will reveal much more...
1) I made the Speccy version first, then the CPC. The C64 was ported by someone else.
2) Your employers didn't know much about the mission, so their instructions were vague. They've just heard something about 'guards' and a 'rocket'. Don't think of the missions happening one after another. Imagine there's only ever one mission, based on your skill level. (so mission 2 is in a parallel universe where you are a better ninja).
3) My girlfriend at the time was called Nina Jane. A coincidence that the word is almost ninja! I was going to name the 'rocket' after her, but changed it so she was the lead character.
4) As someone in the comments says, the reward was for discovering pirate companies - not individual people. So I don't know of it ever happening.
5) From level 2 in the remake you start finding Intel Points which explain everything :-D
6) I didn't! It was a bug introduced by having 2 tapes in 1 box. Not enough testing time I guess.
7) Mission 8 WAS possible, if you picked the correct route. But maybe it was accidentally changed before publication. It does seem very short. Or maybe a duplication error - the 'guard on wrong layer' error was due to 1 single bit being recorded incorrectly on the master tape.
8) In the remake, the teleport is dramatically different on late levels (8 and 9). You'll know it when you see it!
9) There are tons of extras in the remake. All the bits wished for in saboteur2.ru before it vanished. The Sab1 remake is longer, but the Sab2 remake is 'deeper' if that makes sense. And a bit more is explained in Deep Cover, the Speccy-only text adventure.
10) My publisher is moving from Steam to Epic, so I need to update my website. And they're selling mobile versions differently now, so the unlockable downloads aren't available. But by the time you read this, hopefully all the links will be updated on www.clivetownsend.com ������
Huge thanks for an amazing feature on Saboteur 2!
Regards, Clive.

[goodboy]

"the 'guard on wrong layer' error was due to 1 single bit being recorded incorrectly on the master tape"
очень сомнительный ответ, такая-же ошибка (два охранника на слой) есть и в CPCверсии

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[Alex Rider]

И поэтому же не хочется верить в почти-не-проходимость 8 уровня и в неведение про ящик с бесконечными перфолентами...

[Bedazzle]

И поэтому же не хочется верить в почти-не-проходимость 8 уровня и в неведение про ящик с бесконечными перфолентами...

Чего пристали? Сорок лет прошло, что знаешь - забудешь за такое время. Да и другими проектами он тоже занимался, всяко можно и напутать, и напривирать по деталям.
А скорей по глубоким глюкам просто не знает.

[abelenki]

https://habr.com/ru/companies/timeweb/articles/729996/

[vlad-kras]

Не пойму я эти странные странности.

zx spectrum saboteur 2 mod
theALFEST
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160 просмотров 4 июн. 2023 г. УКРАЇНА
About month ago I started working on this project. The goal is to reverse engineer and optimize zx spectrum 48k version of the game. Now my mod is about 2.7 times faster than original and I keep working on it. Also some of the bugs of original game were fixed.

Пишут на ютуб-канале, что с месяц назад начата работа по оптимизации саботера 2, то есть в мае примерно. Это очередная попытка реверс-инжиниринга или это клон здешней оптимизации ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h8YiVQ1kU0