Manic Miner for VIC-20

[Kweepa]

I recently ported Manic Miner to the VIC-20.
I tried to make it as faithful to the gameplay as possible, despite the different screen format (22x23).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mq4n40TOpc
http://www.kweepa.org/step/vic20/miner-20180201b.zip
Apologies if you've already seen this...

[I noticed that the C64 game doesn't require you to flick both kong switches, so I thought ha! I can improve on that! And made it mandatory. Then I read the Retro Gamer Matthew Smith screen by screen commentary and, oops, neither does the Spectrum version.]

[R-Tape]

Nice one!

How fast is it running? Looks like 25 fps rather than 12.5 to me.

[Kweepa]

It's running at 50Hz.
Two enemies update per frame.
I had to split the frequency of Willy's update left/right and up/down so that the jumps weren't too long given the freaky aspect ratio.
IIRC, he updates left/right every third frame.

[R-Tape]

IIRC, he updates left/right every third frame.

Perfect then, but it doesn't half look speedy.

[Pegaz]

It's running at 50Hz.
Two enemies update per frame.
I had to split the frequency of Willy's update left/right and up/down so that the jumps weren't too long given the freaky aspect ratio.
IIRC, he updates left/right every third frame.

This is a great game, one of the best Manic Miner ports I've seen.
It's really a pleasure to play, definitely better than the c64 version...
Well done!

[Spud]

Looks pretty amazing. How long did it take to code it?

[Kweepa]

Pegaz, thanks!
Spud, about a month...

[Kweepa]

Bump to say that Matthew Smith commented on my video. Woop!