Subj : Re: Manic Miner review, by Shaun Bebbington.
To   : Andreas Kohlbach
From : Shaun Bebbington
Date : Sat Apr 21 2018 13:52:45

On Saturday, 21 April 2018 21:06:15 UTC+1, Andreas Kohlbach  wrote:
> 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
>
> My random toughts and comments
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ZZap!64 wasn't exactly gushing about Jet Set Willy II at the time, I think they
 were lukewarm at best. But Speccy fans [mostly] love it. No game is for
everyone though, I agree. I do like the VIC-20 version though.

Regards,

Shaun.

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