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Bomb Jack 2Does anyone like this sequel? To me it's a dull, unexciting, badly-designed, visually-horrible mess, even before you consider how great the original …
... their sweaty hands on it first.
crash smashes below ... % Iss. 63 (Apr '89)
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was there a "perfect game"?i would say bruce lee, what about you? EDIT - trusting my memory i would say bruce lee, but i just downloaded , first got a good impression, just th…
... perfect (as in 100% review score perfect) because they have no ... are sketchy too.
manic miner is a bit too fiddly ... -
was there a "perfect game"?i would say bruce lee, what about you? EDIT - trusting my memory i would say bruce lee, but i just downloaded , first got a good impression, just th…
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2 Manic miner
3 atic atic
still after 15 / 20 years
was there a "perfect game"?i would say bruce lee, what about you? EDIT - trusting my memory i would say bruce lee, but i just downloaded , first got a good impression, just th…
My vote for perfect games go to...
Manic Miner
Target: Renegade
I remember that Your Sinclair's choice for best Spectrum game ever, ever, ever was 3D Deathchase. But I must admit I found that quite repetitive.was there a "perfect game"?i would say bruce lee, what about you? EDIT - trusting my memory i would say bruce lee, but i just downloaded , first got a good impression, just th…
[quote]manic miner is a bit too fiddly ... a great level - impossible at first, but it's perfectly fair ...Manic miner (yes MORE!!!!)you can also do the manic miner cheat from the retro gamer your sinclair 94 on both the css and jils 3 screen april fool versions of the game too, ji…
... screen five on my (real) Manic Miner game but I didn't ... .co.uk/temp/manicminer3d.html"]'Manic Miner 3D'[/url] page with it ... a full new 20 screen Manic Miner game eventually.
I ... , as I did with the first 2 screens for the April ...what a 14 year old thinks about emulationi am 14 years old i really like emulation. i dont emulate the ps1 and ps2 but i do emulate the sinclair spectrum. thanks to this website i can get lo…
and by your nickname you might have enjoyed "manic miner" allready? ;)
hope you will find LOTS of great games on WOS, coz ya know..
first gameplay, second graphics! ;DJeff Minter - But who was YOUR first coding hero?Im still massively a fan of anything Jeff does, despite the fact he usually picks likely to die platforms. I remember in 88 when I was first discove…
When I first started playing I was impressed ... /> Similarly I was impressed by Manic Miner but didn't know who ... it.
So, the first coding "hero" that I knew ...RapscallionIts amazing how the same games get mentioned time and time again. Just 4 a change, I was wondering if there are any fans of Rapscallion out there. C…
... loved it, it was the first game we got for the ... in the shop actually put Manic Miner in the case instead so ...is it easy to learn z80 machine codewell is it?
Machine-code is best learned gradually, I think - by ... studying the disassemblies of [I]Manic Miner[/I] and [I]Jet Set ... : Party Willy[/I]
* [I]Manic Miner: Allana Truman[/I] (to be ...Best use of colour in a spectrum gameEven though the spectrum couldn't manage individual colours per pixel like the Commodore and Amstrad, some games managed to achieve very effective fu…
... - really distinctive. It gave a Manic Miner clone it's own personality ... Lightforce, The Muncher and the first Turtles game. Some of the ...Time Capsule Spec-GamesOkay, another question for you all. Imagine you've got to put just five-ten Spectrum games into a time capsule for future generations to enjoy (just …
... would be:
1) Manic Miner (sorry! :) ) - simple, easy to play ... this is one of the best adventures around. Period. :)
best. 2 characters, lots of puzzles ... smacking shoot-em up. The best IMO).Time Capsule Spec-GamesOkay, another question for you all. Imagine you've got to put just five-ten Spectrum games into a time capsule for future generations to enjoy (just …
... and when I please, particularly after seeing what other people decide ... into 16k.
[B]Manic Miner[/B] - Perhaps the game most ...Your first game.Ok ... I am a little bit new to using the WOS forum, I made an earnest attempt at seeing if this topic had already been beaten to a pulp ... but appa…
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edit: First 'wow' moment of course was Manic Miner, though ;). I'm ...Your first game.Ok ... I am a little bit new to using the WOS forum, I made an earnest attempt at seeing if this topic had already been beaten to a pulp ... but appa…
I think my first memory of a Speccy game is Manic Miner. But I ... 't really know what the first game was I bought.
Your first game.Ok ... I am a little bit new to using the WOS forum, I made an earnest attempt at seeing if this topic had already been beaten to a pulp ... but appa…
First game I played on the Speccy was the pack-in Spectral Invaders.
First game I bought was Manic Miner for ?5.95 - a lot of money in those days! :)What band-related name would you give a Spectrum game?Blitzkrieg Bop - Shoot'em up with rock'n roll background music (AY, please!) Howling at the moon - Remake of Knightlore The KKK took my baby away - T…
... (Disneyland After Dark)
- a great platformer similar to Manic Miner set in ... the Disneyland, just after dark.
First speccy game you ever ever played..Just having a play on Jet-Pac (on my +2 I hasten to add as I would never play a denied game on an emulator...no sireee ;) ) and suddenly realised tha…
... or the nm keys.
First game i played with him ... skool daze, bak to skool, manic miner, jet set willy (hours of ... , like 023 jet pac, 102 manic miner etc.Sam Coupe Manic MinerDoes anyone remember how to get past the haunted house level of Manic Miner on the Sam Coupe? There is a large orange pumpkin sitting in the bottom l…
Blimey, SAM's Manic Miner has all different levels from ... probably because I only saw first level and I played it ...Sam Coupe Manic MinerDoes anyone remember how to get past the haunted house level of Manic Miner on the Sam Coupe? There is a large orange pumpkin sitting in the bottom l…
No, SAM Manic Miner has 3 banks of levels: the first bank is (more-or-less-except-for-a-few-very-minor-changes) the originals ... the other 2 banks are the new levels.Chess games for PCs or consolesCan anyone recommend any modern chess games? I used to play when I was young (i.e. I used to load Cyrus and lose consistently) and I'm thinking of jo…
... /> despite mine and my dads best efforts :)
i did try ... was always swayed more towards manic miner and chuckie egg :) damn them ...For The Attention of Andrew BarkerAndrew,I have gone away and thought about the last weeks events and have come to a decision and it must be you that i talk too about what i intend to…
... of this place when i first arrived here, and that led ... and the childhood memories of manic miner, elite, etc. Christmas present well ...What speccy game or games did your parents or siblings like?Just thought this might be an interesting topic over Chrimbo... My older sister was never really into games in a big way, but there were a few games…
when we first got the speccy, the first game we got was manic miner (coughcopiedcough) and me, my dad, my sister and my mum all sat round playing it for hours a day / night for months constantly :)UnityI know it's not Speccy related, but I've just read on Jeff Minter's forum at [url="http://www.yakyak.org"]www.yakyak.org[/url] that the UNITY project…
... it is one of the best shoot em ups ever)
Manic Miner. Big sprites (in my best Doree (Whale) voice ...For Gods Sake Help Me Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am a member of the Football365 forum and they are currently holding a poll of the greatest video games ever. There are only a couple of speccy ga…
... trick, I'll say the best game on the Spectrum is ... know Matthew Smith said Manic Miner was based on Miner 2049er but, having ... played Miner 2049er on emulators, they ...Spectrum loading screen on Ch4?Hi all, this evening I caught a glimpse of a Spectrum loading screen on Channel 4! Just a brief flash, with the borders and some big writing in the m…
Just spotted it after Hollyoaks on C4 - The words ... the style of the spectrum Manic Miner loading screen, complete with border ...Fuse Emulator & Manic MinerHi All I am trying to run Manic Miner on two different Spectrum emulators on my Mac. Thing is when I load the game in Miner Willy just keeps jumpi…
... I load the game in Miner Willy just keeps jumping up ... /> Type Manic Miner into the search box
Click the first tzx link ...ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 31 January 2005Monday 31 January 2005 A dose of Chickenpox meant I FINALLY had time to put this update online. And very good it is, too.. The update, not the Chicke…
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Manic Miner: Eugene - Lord of the Bathroom ...First arcade/handheld/comuter game you ever played.Whilst sat in a traffic jam in Milton "Evil" Keynes today I was thinking "What was the first arcade/handheld/computer game I ever played" I narrowed…
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First Arcade Game - Space Invaders, at ... it).
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First Computer Game - it was either ... 1983. The first Spectrum game I played was Manic Miner later that ...Lunar Jetman is rubbish i think Lunar Jetman id rubbish, a great shame as jetpac is one of my favourite games. on load-up Lunar Jetman looks fantastic but it is too diffi…
... bits.
Same for Manic Miner (never did get into JSW ... Head Over Heels is the best isometric game there is on ...
