Subj : Re: Manic Miner review, by Shaun Bebbington.
To   : Shaun Bebbington
From : Andreas Kohlbach
Date : Sat Apr 21 2018 16:06:14

On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 01:25:45 -0700 (PDT), Shaun Bebbington wrote:
>
> For anyone who grew up with an 8-bit personal computer in the 1980s,
> you would have almost certainly known about the Miner Willy games,
> created by Matthew Smith. These games, Manic Miner, and Jet Set Willy
> I and II, are considered classics on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and one
> way or another, these were ported across to the more popular micros of
> the day. There was even an unofficial version for Sinclair ZX81 which
> sported high resolution graphics, and it's actually pretty good
> too. The poor Commodore VIC-20, however, was left out, and whilst
> Perils of Willy was okay for younger children and a reasonable effort
> all considered, it wasn't a patch of any of the Willy games for more
> powerful 8-bits such as the Speccy.

I saw Manic Miner first on the Commodore 64 port. I don't like
platformers, so didn't like it. Have to admit though it's cult game.
--
Andreas

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