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The Manic Miner intelligence testI've spent the morning watching various teenagers playing 8 bit games. One thing that really struck me is Manic Miner seems to be quite good at showi…
... that really struck me is Manic Miner seems to be quite good ... Cavern first time, and work out what happens on the conveyor ... -
The Manic Miner intelligence testI've spent the morning watching various teenagers playing 8 bit games. One thing that really struck me is Manic Miner seems to be quite good at showi…
... (and a recording) to figure out that you could just fall ... there a LEVEL 2 on Manic Miner??? Gosh, after 20 yrs I ... -
Level DesignWith all the talk on the excellently amusing Manic Miner Intelligence thread, it got me thinking about the perfect level designs in the iconic game. …
I like the structure of Manic Miner too - I think a tough ... open, you can rapidly get out of your depth, which puts ... -
MK-14. Huge lot of questions.Let's start questions about it! Ding! 1. Are they though (i mean they won't break until a day ;D)? 2. Is there gaming on it? :-P 3. How the prices a…
... made a slightly wonky case out of ply-wood and cannibalised ... Duty on it (or even Manic Miner for that matter (cue thousands ... plugging their latest version of Manic Miner Mk-14))
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Best of HomebrewWhat are everyone's favourite homebrew games? I haven't played many but have been impressed by the quality of those that I have played.
[B]Manic Miner[/B]?
Certainly one ... from to pick an all-out best.
If it ... -
3D Racers...what's your favourite?I'm talking along the lines of outrun and super hang-on A personal fave is Nightmare Rally (more for the loading screen), I really wanted to like lo…
... stand out as typical examples of the genre. Things like Manic-Miner / Egghead ... -
3D Racers...what's your favourite?I'm talking along the lines of outrun and super hang-on A personal fave is Nightmare Rally (more for the loading screen), I really wanted to like lo…
... stand out as typical examples of the genre. Things like Manic-Miner / Egghead ... -
3D Racers...what's your favourite?I'm talking along the lines of outrun and super hang-on A personal fave is Nightmare Rally (more for the loading screen), I really wanted to like lo…
... stand out as typical examples of the genre. Things like Manic-Miner / Egghead ... -
3D Racers...what's your favourite?I'm talking along the lines of outrun and super hang-on A personal fave is Nightmare Rally (more for the loading screen), I really wanted to like lo…
... in the finer points of Manic Miner and Chuckie Egg.[/QUOTE]
Manic Miner or single-screen platormers are ... wowed me when it came out and I've been playing ... -
Nether EarthJust looking at the Top 100 games and this ones pretty high. Anyone like this back then (or now ?). Had a quick go, didnt play it much back in the …
... it 10/10. Cant work out why, was re-released in ... 50 WOSsers would have voted Manic Miner the worst game ever or ... ; naturally it's a 5 out of 5. -
Nether EarthJust looking at the Top 100 games and this ones pretty high. Anyone like this back then (or now ?). Had a quick go, didnt play it much back in the …
... getting these votes.
Manic Miner, Elite or another 'famous' game ... for it. Just cant work out why Nether Earth. Its like ... trying to topple the usual Manic Miner/Elite games !
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Nether EarthJust looking at the Top 100 games and this ones pretty high. Anyone like this back then (or now ?). Had a quick go, didnt play it much back in the …
... getting these votes.
Manic Miner, Elite or another 'famous' game ... for it. Just cant work out why Nether Earth. Its like ... trying to topple the usual Manic Miner/Elite games !
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Horace in the Mystic WoodsCame here wondering what people were saying about this only to discover that, for some reason, no one's started a thread yet, not even Bob Smith. And…
... in the WoS Java emulator out of curiosity. In spite of ... a few attempts to work out, but all of them seemed ... possibilities and the nods to Manic Miner are nicely conceived.
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Powering up a Speccy after long-term storage.Staying at my folks for Christmas. Feels good to be back in God's country again, even if it is -12C outside at the moment. :-o Anyway, I was plannin…
... joy - just got a very out of tune image with what ... the moment I'm thinking Manic Miner...). ;) -
Powering up a Speccy after long-term storage.Staying at my folks for Christmas. Feels good to be back in God's country again, even if it is -12C outside at the moment. :-o Anyway, I was plannin…
... joy - just got a very out of tune image with what ... the moment I'm thinking Manic Miner...). ;)[/QUOTE]
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Android emulatorsso, bear with me, im reasonably new to mobile phones and especially games and emus on mobiles I'm sure its been mentioned before but im not sure what…
i managed to get manic miner loaded on it last night ... .....................cant even work that one out thats prolly why you changed ... -
Android emulatorsso, bear with me, im reasonably new to mobile phones and especially games and emus on mobiles I'm sure its been mentioned before but im not sure what…
... ;501681]i managed to get manic miner loaded on it last night ... .....................cant even work that one out thats prolly why you changed ... -
Character movementI have always liked manic miner and so want to try an write my own version. My first attempt is just focusing on the character movement, left right a…
OK. So Manic Miner/JSW made its left/right character animations out of 16x16 ... /> Some horizontal moving sprites in Manic Miner/JSW have separate left-to ... -to-left animations (such as Miner Willy himself), so first focus ... -
ReminiscingG'day all, Does anyone else in this forum reminisce often? I'm thinking that because I'm coming towards a milestone birthday in just over a month an…
... dunno what year that was out
getting krakatoa and ... me from the local woolies.. manic miner / jetman.. (and yep I still ... -
What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
... `Jet Set Willy` also starring Miner Willy which i am sure ... see how Manic Miner goes, i [B]just[/B] figured out how to ... get out of the third room ... to it. :x
Manic Miner, Target: Renegade, and Atic Atac ... -
Most difficult Spectrum game/sIs there a certain Spectrum game (or more than one) which you found difficult/impossible to complete? I always used to find Chuckie Egg 2 extremely …
... Broad's Jetset Willy or Manic Miner games:
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Spectranet updateOK, so I've not written an update here for a while...so here's a quick summary, the gory details are on the Spectranet news page on my wiki. * Hardw…
... of the ROMs not getting paged out).
I will in ... the things you can do "out of the box" as it ... DivIDE Plus or issue 2 ROM of the ZX Interface 1 ... they work with issue 1 ROM of the ZX Interface 1 ... just in case they are out of spec on these motherboards -
Elite to release a new Spectrum hardwareIt seems a rumor to me, but they say Elite is going to release a new Spectrum-like gadget for the 30th Speccy anniversary. It seems a ZX Spectrum-Li…
... iPod Touch & iPad - TV-Out / Keyboard Support Coming Soon[/SIZE ... first update) for TV-out on iPhone 4, 4thGeneration ... (Requires, separately sold, Apple TV-Out Component Cable or Apple VGA ... 1983 and 1984 respectively. Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy are ... -
Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... different machines, with games like Manic Miner, Ant Attack, The Hobbit, Jetpac ... the Speccy screen was laid out in such a convoluted and ... the calculations needed to work out the memory address or a ... it's simple to work out any pixel's address and ... -
Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... different machines, with games like Manic Miner, Ant Attack, The Hobbit, Jetpac ... the calculations needed to work out the memory address or a ... it's simple to work out any pixel's address and ... -
What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
[I]Manic Miner[/I], eh? I pretty much ... :
Gotta love [I]Manic Miner[/I]... it's not my ... at it, but eight times out of ten it's still ... -
What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
[QUOTE=GreenCard;513488][I]Manic Miner[/I], eh? I pretty much ... :
Gotta love [I]Manic Miner[/I]... it's not my ... at it, but eight times out of ten it's still ... -
Jet Set Willy 2What did everybody make of Jet Set Willy 2? I remember at the time i disliked it, I thought it was a cash in, and hated the way they just expanded t…
... when a new version came out with even more rooms and ... ]loved[/i] JSW2 more than Manic Miner and JSW combined, and still ... game ever until Cybernoid came out.
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Completing gamesWhich games are you determined to finish this year? I really have to finish Lords of Midnight. Also Lords of Chaos. I've completed it on the Amiga b…
... far easier to complete than Manic Miner , not being great at the ... recruiting, he can often wipe out an entire defended keep on ... -
Mr Beep / ipod gameCongrats to Mr Beep who did the music for a new ipod game... Air Supply The game looks very old skool with simple 80's style graphics, plus with th…
... game (Manic Miner-esque) as theres lots of Mario clones out there for ...
