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Message: 4174
Author: john_elliott_uk
Date: 03/05/2004
Subject: Re: JSW64: Manic Miner
--- In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, andrewbroad
> Notable differences between MM and JSW64:MM :
For the case of 'after completing all 20 rooms', there's a comment
> * 128K music;
> * "Items collected / Time" instead of "Score / High Score"
> * the sound of collecting items;
> * collected items are retained after losing a life, or after
> completing all 20 rooms and going back to the start;
in mm64.zsm where the reset code should go. But I'd have to make
'reset item taken flags' into a subroutine.
> * the sound of rushing air on completing a level sounds higher-
This is because the score isn't incrementing, there not being a score.
> pitched and seems faster than in MM;
> * Willy can walk left through wall-blocks at head-height, and
That's correct. Just like in the original, the swordfish doesn't
> related quirky features;
> * no half-speed horizontal guardians, hence "Amoebatrons' Revenge"
> is impossible (as it was in my new JSW:MM until I tweaked one of
> their start-positions by hand);
> * no swordfish on completing "The Final Barrier" (unless it's
> because I had to use WRITETYPER to reach "Solar Power Generator").
appear if you're using either cheat mode. And (if I got it right) the
cheat string should be TYPEWRITER not WRITETYPER.
> I can't believe you're already knocking out games based on JSW64!
JSW64:MM was actually mostly written before I released JSW64. If you
play the W variant of JSW64, you'll find that it's got all the Manic
Miner rooms (you have to jump into the toilet in one of the bathrooms).
As for the Dragon conversion, that rather surprised me as well.
> So how would you describe the release-status of JSW64 (and Dragon
Oh, I think they've reached the point where it's possible to use
> 32 JSW, and JSW64:MM) at this time - beta or gamma? I assume it's
> beta because they're only in the Files section here, not yet on your
> website. So I put JSW64 in "Other Future Games" the last time I
> updated my List of MM/JSW Games.
them to write games. There's still the occasional bug (trying to use
the WRITETYPER cheat in JSW64 itself crashes; this has been fixed in
JSW64:MM and JSW64:Dragon).
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