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Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:50 am
by Kweepa
Manic Miner. Pfff. It's not a patch on the Vic original I found recently.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:22 pm
by PeteProdge
djnzx48 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:16 am
That's an interesting point actually, should the Bug Byte and Software Projects versions be listed as separate games? Then we can find out whether impossible triangles beat those up and down threshing things in the Warehouse. Plus it might give the other games more of a fighting chance!
EDIT: Wow, I never realised until just now that those Warehouse sprites are supposed to be rotating. I always thought that they were just extending up and down. Mind blown...
Good point. It makes me wonder how very-very-similar versions should be treated. Not just from different software houses, but things like the 48K and 128K versions. Renegade, for example, has an extra move in 128 mode, on top of the convenience of the levels all being present without multi-load.
I'm almost considering running a poll...
- have Manic Miner's Bug Byte and Software Projects versions treated as two games
- treat both Manic Miner's Bug Byte and Software Projects version as the same game, attribute to 'Bug Byte/Software Projects'
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:12 pm
by Ast A. Moore
PeteProdge wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:22 pm
Renegade, for example, has an extra move in 128 mode
Yeah, I grew up playing the 48K version, so I never figured out how to get that extra move to work.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:12 pm
by R-Tape
This is craven and mendacious manipulation of the constituency boundaries in a shameful attempt to put Manic Miner at an unfair disadvantage. I motion a vote of no confidence in Peter Tramiel-Prodge as chair of the M vote.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:40 pm
by PeteProdge
R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:12 pm
This is
craven and
mendacious manipulation of the constituency boundaries in a
shameful attempt to put Manic Miner at an unfair disadvantage. I motion a vote of no confidence in Peter Tramiel-Prodge as chair of the M vote.
I'm fairly sure it's going to do really well. If I do split across Bug Byte and Software Projects versions, then MM fans will probably group together to pick the leading version, pooling all their votes into that. According to Wikipedia, the gameplay is exactly the same, there are just some minor baddy sprite differences on certain levels.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:48 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Why not make a poll with only two options:
- Manic Miner
- Anything else
Thus, the anti-MM union (I'm the CEO) might have a chance
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:20 pm
by R-Tape
I have a dossier.
You name it, it's in there - names, emails, PMs, overheard Commodian sympathies expressed in coffee shops. All of it a plot to discredit our most beloved game.
It can be deployed within 48 hours, I hope I don't have to use it.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:36 pm
by Ast A. Moore
R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:20 pm
All of it a plot to discredit our most beloved game.
Okay, okay. Even though
Micronaut One is clearly technically superior, I’m willing to concede.
Myth it is. Sheesh.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:24 pm
by MonkZy
I have never played Manic Miner
. Before I vote I will play MM.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:50 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:20 pm
I have a dossier.
[...] overheard Commodian sympathies [...]
It can be deployed within 48 hours, I hope I don't have to use it.
Ok, ok, I can explain it... my only connection with C64 was a work as an advertizing model... you know... I needed money, that's all... I've always been loyal to the Spectrum... IT'S WAS JUST A F*CK*NG ADVERT! JUST A F*CK*NG ADVERT!!!
This thread should have never been made! *sigh*
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:50 am
by R-Tape
MonkZy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:24 pm
I have never played Manic Miner
How the bloody hell did you manage that?!
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:49 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
R-Tape wrote: ↑Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:50 am
MonkZy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:24 pm
I have never played Manic Miner
How the bloody hell did you manage that?!
Not all heroes wear capes!
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:15 am
by Ast A. Moore
R-Tape wrote: ↑Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:50 am
MonkZy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:24 pm
I have never played Manic Miner
How the bloody hell did you manage that?!
By following the strict “no overhyped games” policy, obviously.
Okay, I think I’ll . . .
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:39 pm
by MonkZy
R-Tape wrote: ↑Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:50 am
How the bloody hell did you manage that?!
I have no idea. I certainly cannot claim to have avoided the game on purpose. I have loaded Manic Miner on to my Baremulator and have given it a play. My original choice would have been Micronaught One followed by Movie, two games I spent some hours playing, now I am not so sure.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:16 pm
by Ast A. Moore
MonkZy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:39 pm
My original choice would have been Micronaught One
Then stick with it, buddy!
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:24 pm
by R-Tape
Just a reminder for Prodge, don't forget to include Manic Miner in the poll.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:08 pm
by namco
R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:24 pm
Just a reminder for Prodge, don't include Manic Miner in the poll.
Fixed that for you!
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:33 pm
by Ast A. Moore
namco wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:08 pm
R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:24 pm
Just a reminder for Prodge, don't include Manic Miner in the poll.
Fixed that for you!
Or halve the poll results for it, since it’s got two
Ms.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:43 pm
by R-Tape
Guys, I like a joke as much as the next man, but Manic Miner is a serious matter - please save your japes for the tap room.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 11:18 pm
by R-Tape
Microbot by Softek please.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 11:57 pm
by Ast A. Moore
R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:43 pm
please save your japes for the tap room.
No, we’ll leave that for the Best Games Beginning with T poll:
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:00 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
This going to end bad...
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:02 am
by cthutu
My favourite game beginning with M was Mutant Monty.
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 2:09 pm
by PeteProdge
cthutu wrote: ↑Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:02 am
My favourite game beginning with M was Mutant Monty.
You've nominated that one an hour too late!
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: discussion
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:04 pm
by cthutu
PeteProdge wrote: ↑Mon Jun 11, 2018 2:09 pm
cthutu wrote: ↑Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:02 am
My favourite game beginning with M was Mutant Monty.
You've nominated that one an hour too late!
I don't hang around the forums as much as I should.