Description
A demo for the ZX Spectrum by Northern Brigade, first shown at Riverstead Byte Fest in 1990.
Provenance
Donated by the creator’s family in 2021. The tape was sticky with binder breakdown and was baked at low temperature before a single careful read. The image matches a checksum published by the original distributor.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
8faa8874b1d34f6d41b8b55fdafbdb9de45f1434e0d2534386b32096b3d5bed1- Last verified
- Oct 29, 2026, by Vigil
- Emulation profile
- LZE-ZXS-6 · lz-z80 core
- Copies
- Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
- Original carriers
- Kept in cold storage in Vancouver
Access
Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms.
In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-ZXS-6, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on the ZX Spectrum.
Cite as: Northern Brigade, Halftone Tide (1990). Lazarus Archive, LZ-34214.