CSSCGC - ZX Spectrum XAMPP

Spectrum XAMPP 

XAMPP port for Spectrum 2010(c)

This is NOT a game. It's a developer tool that includes Apache,MySQL & Php.

Ported & Compiled for Spectrum by Firelord Quality Games LTD.

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Introduction taken from the XAMPP home site 

(http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html)

"Many people know from their own experience that it's not easy to 

install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to 

add MySQL, PHP and Perl.

XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, 

PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - 

just download, extract and start.

At the moment there are five XAMPP distributions:

-XAMPP for Linux 

-XAMPP for Windows 

-XAMPP for Mac OS X 

-XAMPP for Solaris 

-XAMPP for zx spectrum.

All the versions are free except the spectrum version where you must send money to Firelord!!!

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Game Official Review

CSSCGC 2010 :  https://csscgc2010.zxlife.net/Games#L5

SpectrumXAMPP

Author: Firelord

XAMPP port for Spectrum 2010(c) This is NOT a game. It's a developer tool that includes Apache, MySQL & PHP. Ported & Compiled for Spectrum by Firelord Quality Games LTD.

This, our first entry to the 2010 compo arrived on the day of opening from Firelord.

If you are a software developer like me, you might be familiar with the XAMPP toolset.  Well, I was quite excited when Firelord sent me an email saying that he had successfully ported it to the ZX Spectrum (16K or 48K version wasn't stated however). I say successfully in the broadest sense of the word however...

Excitedly, I booted it up and was reassured by the intro screen but after that, things did tend to go downhill a bit.  After some initial warnings and prompts, the start-up process hit one brick wall after another, each feeling like a slap in the face.  Not only was some kind of virus attacking the MYSQL server, but my log file was apparently decorated with firewall and port issues.  Obviously my humble speccy was straining at this point as familiar ZX BASIC error codes came in.  Eventually I had to pull the power plug from my machine, but it was too late - I now have another lifeless speccy to use as a doorstop.  Another one bites the dust.... just like this app.

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Installation :

Just connect your spectrum to your router and run the .SNA file provided .

By Firelord Quality Games!

* You will need a spectrum emulator to run this game! Just open the TAP/SNA/Z80/TZX file from within the emulator. (Eg. You can visit http://torinak.com/qaop press F9 and then select OPEN)

** This is a Crap Games Competition entry.It was never meant to be a serious game! You were warned! :)

*** You can find the source code for free in many ways!

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You can play/try online the game here (from torinak.com/spectrumcomputing.co.uk ):

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/playonline.php?eml=2&downid=143925