Software Amusements
All games below presented by Software Amusements.
Notice: Spectrum Next Games by Software Amusements...
Digital versions available here via itch.io: Have already been updated to include .snx versions of each game.
Physical (2020) Screen Stars Compilation on SD Card: Shipped as already updated to include .snx versions of each game.
Physical (2018-2019) versions available via SD Card:
Q] See a black screen but can hear music playing or see graphics corruption?
A1] If copying the games off our older autobooting SD cards (actually autoboots a .tap file via autoexec.bas) to your own SD card, you will need to rename the .sna to .snx for each game you own i.e. Dungeonette.sna -> Dungeonette.snx and also ensure you have copied it's GAME <dir> ...the game will then boot correctly from the Next browser when you run the .snx file from your own SD card. If using your own SD card, please ensure you are using the latest public release Next firmware and OS distro.
A2] The physical games on SD card were originally supplied by default to run at 50Hz over HDMI usually via config.ini. On newer versions of the Next OS on power on and bootup, you can press and hold 'D' if using HDMI, 'V' if using VGA or 'R' for RGB to force the selection of display output.
A3] With regards to some very early SD cards we provided, it's possible that the OS on the card is now mismatched to the latest Next firmware. A limited amount of initial Batch-1 Dungeonette SD cards also had a display bug that was patched shortly after at code level. In these cases, please contact us at the email below if you find you're not able to run your older game(s) correctly using the above methods first.
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P.S. You may also find this YouTube video handy if you wish to update the older OS supplied on the original game SD card(s) yourself...