JSW and Manic Miner had their clones, but Technician Ted was the closest I can think of in terms of the main sprite's walking and jumping movement. Was anything else an even closer copy?
Yes, I have to 'fess up a bit that Finders Keepers was a bit like JSW and MM. That's why there are two scrolling mazes in there and other bits that I added to try and make it a bit different :).
Can't believe no ones said "Knightlore and Alien 8" yet. Those two were so close that people even wrote into Crash complaining.
Mind you, people also wrote into Crash saying that Sabre Wulf was a copy of Atic Atac, which I could never understand, as to me AA and SW played very differently.
I miss Crash, by the way. I mean the Crash we had until 1986, after that it started to go downhill.
I miss Crash, by the way. I mean the Crash we had until 1986, after that it started to go downhill.
They ruined it when they put Nick Roberts to the forefront of everything with his embarrassing "crucial" and "street-cred" nonsense. I hope he's mortified by it these days :-)
That's just reminded me. I got home the other day and the missus was watching The Chase on ITV. There was a guy in the final and my immediate thought was he looked like Mike "Skippy" Dunn from Crash/YS, but 30 years older. Double my surprise at the end when Bradley Walsh called him Mike. Unfortunately I missed the interviews at the start so didn't get his full name.
Can't believe no ones said "Knightlore and Alien 8" yet. Those two were so close that people even wrote into Crash complaining.
Mind you, people also wrote into Crash saying that Sabre Wulf was a copy of Atic Atac, which I could never understand, as to me AA and SW played very differently.
I miss Crash, by the way. I mean the Crash we had until 1986, after that it started to go downhill.
Yes, Crash was awesome and the best mag for a few years. It did go downhill and turned quite juvenile from 1987 onwards
They ruined it when they put Nick Roberts to the forefront of everything with his embarrassing "crucial" and "street-cred" nonsense. I hope he's mortified by it these days :-)
That's just reminded me. I got home the other day and the missus was watching The Chase on ITV. There was a guy in the final and my immediate thought was he looked like Mike "Skippy" Dunn from Crash/YS, but 30 years older. Double my surprise at the end when Bradley Walsh called him Mike. Unfortunately I missed the interviews at the start so didn't get his full name.
got any links to the pages?
might be funny to read
Surprised no one has come up with Wizards Lair yet, which blatantly mashed both Sabre Wulf and Attic Attack. The curious thing is that Steve Crow actually knew his stuff, and made the excellent Starquake on his own. (Alright, it is slightly Underwurldy. But no eagles.)
On a similar note, Nodes of Yesod was closer to Underwurlde, and Robin 'O the Wood was also a clone of Sabre Wulf (IMHO), and then Arc Of Yesod was a clone of Nodes..
On a similar note, Nodes of Yesod was closer to Underwurlde, and Robin 'O the Wood was also a clone of Sabre Wulf (IMHO), and then Arc Of Yesod was a clone of Nodes..
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Yes, I have to 'fess up a bit that Finders Keepers was a bit like JSW and MM. That's why there are two scrolling mazes in there and other bits that I added to try and make it a bit different :).
Mind you, people also wrote into Crash saying that Sabre Wulf was a copy of Atic Atac, which I could never understand, as to me AA and SW played very differently.
I miss Crash, by the way. I mean the Crash we had until 1986, after that it started to go downhill.
They ruined it when they put Nick Roberts to the forefront of everything with his embarrassing "crucial" and "street-cred" nonsense. I hope he's mortified by it these days :-)
That's just reminded me. I got home the other day and the missus was watching The Chase on ITV. There was a guy in the final and my immediate thought was he looked like Mike "Skippy" Dunn from Crash/YS, but 30 years older. Double my surprise at the end when Bradley Walsh called him Mike. Unfortunately I missed the interviews at the start so didn't get his full name.
Yes, Crash was awesome and the best mag for a few years. It did go downhill and turned quite juvenile from 1987 onwards
might be funny to read
On a similar note, Nodes of Yesod was closer to Underwurlde, and Robin 'O the Wood was also a clone of Sabre Wulf (IMHO), and then Arc Of Yesod was a clone of Nodes..
Going back to Stephen Crow though..
Wizard's Lair = Atic Atac
Starquake = Underwurlde
Firelord = Sabre Wulf
Even YS got silly towards the end, from about 1992 the captions to screenshots became increasingly (though sometimes funny) infantile.
I'd add Project Future to that list of games which were clearly influenced by Ultimate, but ended up being popular and respected in their own right.