
SPOT*On - Code Lists


TOPIC CODES
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AD	Adult	sexually oriented software
AG	Adventure: Graphic	animated graphic adventure
AH	Adventure: Dungeon Crawl	monster bashing & treasure hoarding
AI	Adventure: Icon/Menu	icon/menu input adventure, static pictures
AP	Adventure: Illustrated	text input adventure, static pictures
AR	Adventure: RPG	character advancement adventure
AT	Adventure: Text	text input adventure, no pictures
BC	Board game	traditional tabletop-style games
BK	Book	=
BU	Business	commercial & financial - accounting, stock control, analysis, etc.
CA	Cartoon	=
CB	Company: Books/Magazines
CC	Company: H/w & S/w sales
CD	Company: S/w duplication
CE	Company: Events/Courses
CG	Card game	bridge, cribbage, poker, pontoon, etc.
CH	Company: H/w sales
CI	Company: Import/Export
CM	Company: Mktg/Dist
CN	Company news & features
CO	Compilation	=
CP	Company: Publisher/Man'r
CR	Company: H/w repairs
CS	Company: S/w sales
CT	Company: Tele-sales/ads
CU	Company: User group
CX	Company: Exchange/Rental
DO	Domestic	household - cars, cookery, diet, garden, home finance, etc.
ED	Educational	academic subjects - tutorials & teaching aids
EX	Exhibition / Fair	-
FE	Feature	-
FI	Fiction: Illustrated
FP	Fiction: Prose
GA	Gambling: Games	games of chance & acquisitiveness
GU	Gambling: Utilities	betting predictive & analysis tools
HA	Hardware: Add-on
HB	Hardware: Robot
HC	Hardware: Cassette
HD	Hardware: Disk
HJ	Hardware: Joystick
HK	Hardware: Keyboard
HL	Hardware: Leads/Cables
HM	Hardware: Music
HP	Hardware: Printing
HR	Hardware: RAM/ROM
HT	Hardware: Telecom/Netwrk
HV	Hardware: Monitor/VDU
HW	Hardware
HX	Hardware: Graphics
HZ	Hardware: Sound/Speech
IN	Industrial	costing, construction & maintenance of buildings & machinery
LP	Music LP/Cassette	=
MD	Music Demo
MI	Miscellaneous products	=
MZ	Magazine	=
PA	Programming: Assem/Mcode	programming tools for assembler & machine code
PB	Programming: BASIC	programming tools for BASIC
PG	Programming: General	programming tools for generic apps & non-BASIC 3GLs
PZ	Puzzle	mental torment for masochists
QZ	Quiz	question & answer games
RA	Arcade: Adventure	quest arcade games
RB	Arcade: Gang beat-em-up	hand-to-hand group combat arcade games
RC	Arcade: Vehicle Combat	vehicle combat arcade games
RF	Arcade: Solo beat-em-up	hand-to-hand single combat arcade games
RI	Arcade: Pinball
RK	Arcade: Action	multi-genre arcade games
RM	Arcade: Maze	maze search & destroy arcade games
RP	Arcade: Platform	ladders and/or levels arcade games
RS	Arcade: Shoot-em-up	ranged combat arcade games
RV	Arcade: Race 'n' Chase	vehicle racing arcade games
SA	Sport: Action	sports activity games
SI	Simulation	trains / planes / automobiles, etc.; drive / pilot / navigate
SM	Strategy: Management	finance & resource management games
SP	Sport: Management	sports management games
SW	Strategy: War	large-scale / long-term military campaigns
TC	Tactical combat	small-scale / short-term military engagements
TM	Tape magazine	=
TN	Telephone service	telephone-access bulletin boards & games, dial-up & voice
TV	Television program	=
UA	Utility: Astronomy	astronomical aids & tutorials
UC	Utility: Copy/Backup	inter-media file transfer, legal & otherwise
UD	Utility: Database/Filing	information storage, retrieval & analysis
UE	Utility: Electronics	electrical circuitry design & testing
UF	Utility: Fonts & UDGs	character set design & manipulation
UG	Utility: Game Des/Editor	game designers & editors
UH	Utility: Hacker/Security	program/data file incursion & protection
UI	Utility: I/O Handling	computer-peripheral interface management
UM	Utility: Music	music composition, compositions & performance
UN	Utility: Media Admin	storage media management
UP	Utility: Prediction	divining the future - astrology, cartomancy & other such nonsense
UR	Utility: Maths & Science	maths & science practical aids
US	Utility: Spreadsheet	=
UT	Utility: Telecom/Netwrk
UV	Utility: Visual/Screen	screen design & manipulation - animation, banners, sprites, etc.
UW	Utility: WP/Text Editor	word processing & text editing
UX	Utility: Graphics	drawing & painting tools
UZ	Utility: Sounds/Speech	sound effects & speech simulation


REFERENCE CODES
@	attachment
=	Poster
1	Full-page ad
2	Two-page ad
A	Author
B	BASIC
C	Code
D	BASIC+Code
E	Advert
F	Feature
G	LivingGuide
H	Hack/Poke
I	Information
K	Multipage ad
L	Letter
M	Map
N	News/Note
O	Offer
P	Preview
R	Review
S	Solution
T	Tips
V	CoverGame
X	Classified
Y	CompoEntry
Z	CompoResult


MAGAZINE CODES
@@	attachment
AC	ACE
BK	Big K
C9	C&VG Yearbook
CA  Computer Answers
CC	Computer Choice
CD	Die Speccy CD 1996
CG	Computer Gamer
CR	Crash
CS	Crash Tips Special
CT	Computing Today
CV	Computer & Video Games
EC	Electronics & Computing Monthly
GA	Gordo's Adventures
GC	Games Computing
GG	Good Map Guide
GM	Games Machine
HW	Home Computing Weekly
HX	Home Computing Weekly supplement
KG	Kamikaze Guide
MA	Micro Adventurer
MU	Micro Update
NE  New Computer Express
PC	Practical Computing
PG	Personal Computer Games
PM	PCN Micropaedia
PN	Personal Computer News
PT	Personal Computing Today
PW	Popular Computing Weekly
PX	Popular Computing Weekly supplement
S2	SSD-II
S9	Sinclair User Annual
SA	Sinclair Answers
SJ  Sinclair Projects
SP	Sinclair Programs
SU	Sinclair User
TG	Trainspotter's Guide
TV	TV Gamer
WM	Which Micro? & Software Review
YC	Your Computer
YR	Your Spectrum
YS	Your Sinclair
YT	YS Smash Tips
ZC  ZX Collection
ZU	ZX User
ZX	ZX Computing


HOST CODES
CR	CO	www.crashonline.org.uk	Crash - The Online Edition	Matthew Wilson	matthew@mjwilson.demon.co.uk
S2	S2	icemark.net/zx/SSD-III/servlet/ssd/title/exact	SSD-III (exact match)	Benedikt Eric Heinen	beh@icemark.ch
S2	S3	icemark.net/zx/SSD-III/servlet/ssd/title/substr	SSD-III (sub-string match)	Benedikt Eric Heinen	beh@icemark.ch
SA	DA	www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/sincansw	The Type Fantastic (SA section)	Jim Grimwood	jg27paw4@globalnet.co.uk
SU	DU	www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/sincuser	The Type Fantastic (SU section)	Jim Grimwood	jg27paw4@globalnet.co.uk
SU	SM	www.sincuser.f9.co.uk	Sinclair User Magazine Online	Dave Foreman	dave@sincuser.co.uk
YR	YU	www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4	Your Spectrum Unofficial Archive	Jim Grimwood	jg27paw4@globalnet.co.uk
YR	DR	www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/yourspec	The Type Fantastic (YR section)	Jim Grimwood	jg27paw4@globalnet.co.uk
YS	DY	www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/yoursinc	The Type Fantastic (YS section)	Jim Grimwood	jg27paw4@globalnet.co.uk
YS	YY	www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles	Your Sinclair Rock'n'Roll Years	Nick Humphries	nick@egyptus.co.uk
ZX	DZ	www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/zx-comp	The Type Fantastic (ZX section)	Jim Grimwood	jg27paw4@globalnet.co.uk


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