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Message: 5316

Author: Jeremy

Date: 15/12/2005

Subject: Re: Daniel's request to Sendy, Andrew and DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!

 

> > 3. Quote credited to: "DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!"
> >
> > "A REAL gamer knows that Sonic and Alex Kidd before him wouldn't
> > have existed, that Donkey Kong and Mario wouldn't have existed if
> > it wasn't for Willy. That Rayman and Crash Bandicoot wouldn't have
> > existed if it wasn't for Willy. So all these so-called

progressive

> > gamers can stick that in their pipes and smoke it cos' Willy will
> > outlive any fashionable game character til' the year 3005. That's
> > what I say!"
>
> These games aren't my specialist subject, I must admit, but didn't
> Manic Miner reference Donkey Kong in "Miner Willy meets the Kong
> Beast" and "Return of the Alien Kong Beast"?
>
> Donkey Kong for the Spectrum was released in 1986, but I'm pretty
> sure arcade games of that exact genre existed before Manic Miner.
>
> --
> Dr. Andrew Broad

You are correct..

Donkey Kong surfaced in 1981 and Miner 2049'er in 1982. Manic Miner
appeared in 1983, taking ideas from both games (Mathew Smith has been
quoted on this several times), followed by Jet Set Willy in 1984. The
sequel to Miner 2049'er, Bounty Bob Strikes Back was released in
1985. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Willy was as popular
in the US and Japan as it was in Britain (and some other European
countries). I think in all probability, you'll get nothing but a
blank stare if you mention a Willy game to an American (of any age)
whereas most people on both sides of the Atlantic have heard of
Donkey Kong and Mario.

I had my first computer, a Spectrum 48K when it was first released in
1982. Manic Miner was one of the first games I ever played. Here I
am, now aged 33, with multiple shelves adorning 2 of the rooms in my
bedroom, all taken up by hundreds of games (well ok, pc games...). I
have more controllers than I know what to do with, including a 2-
player X-Arcade. Do I qualify as a "real" gamer? (note however, that
I have *never* owned a console, as my computers have always been game
machines as far as I'm concerned)

;)

 

 

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