MultiDude — Timex TS2068 / TS Pico
Port version: 0.3.10
Original game: RetroSouls Team / Denis Grachev.
2026 by Outsoftware using ChatGPT & Codex

AUDIO AND LEVEL-NAME UPDATE
Corrected AY music during gameplay and level transitions. Screen clearing
no longer erases font and level-name data, including IVAN VERSUS BLOCK.
The 0.3.9 title-percussion correction is retained. Both TAPs contain the
same corrections.

LOADING
Use a Timex TS2068 with native ROM and your setup's native tape-loading
procedure. For TS Pico copy MULTIDUDE.TAP to SD and use your system's native
BASIC loading procedure. The normal TAP is MultiDude.tap. Normal and Pico
are two loaders of one edition. Keep the TAP available until loading ends.
Credits and cover pauses are intentional. The program selects actual Timex
Mode2 with per-line colors. Do not substitute a Spectrum ROM or boot a snapshot.

CONTROLS
O/P: left/right. Q/A: up/down, subject to the selected character's movement.
SPACE: next eligible character; the same can remain selected if no other
character is eligible. R: restart the same room. At the between-level message
release the keys and press a fresh key to continue.

EDITABLE BASIC
At the first credit pause, BREAK (CAPS SHIFT+SPACE) stops the program.
LIST displays the lines; you can enter 999 REM x and use RUN.
For the verified RUN route keep the tape before COVER. After game takeover,
a cold load lets you return to BASIC.

CHECKS AND LIMITS
Compared the original Spectrum 128K and Timex TS2068 in the same ZEsarUX build. Checked Pico cold loading, BREAK/LIST/edit/RUN, about 35 seconds of title playback, gameplay audio, progression from the first level to IVAN VERSUS BLOCK, continuation to the second level and R restart. The message bitmap, font, names and colors match captured original data.

Emulator tests use native Timex ROM, Pico firmware and declared HLE transport services. Normal uses the same corrected game code and retains its earlier loader qualification; no new normal cold-load test was performed. Audio comparison does not claim bit-for-bit identity or perceptual perfection. Full campaign and physical hardware remain unverified.
