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Message: 6188

Author: andrewbroad

Date: 26/06/2007

Subject: Re: Easter-eggs / Willy the Hacker

 

Daniel wrote:

"Manic Mining Robot's Day Out" is "a secret bonus crap game"
attached to Vidar Erixen (Erix1)'s game "Maria vs. Some Bastards".
It can be run by pressing "0" (zero) on the startup screen of the
latter game.

This information is not "secret" any more. It was revealed by Erix1
himself back in messages # 3454 and # 3457, and it can also be
found at http://equ.in/ox/spectrum/eggs/.

At least /my/ Easter-eggs are still secret. I'm amazed that nobody
has claimed to have discovered any them after all these years! ;-)

To Andrew Broad:

In view of the above, I think that it would be proper to give
"Manic Mining Robot's Day Out" a separate mention on your list of
games. I wouldn't go as far as to suggest it should have a separate
entry, but surely a proper mention in "48K JSW Tidbits" would be
justified?

AFAICT, at the moment its existence is only mentioned indirectly,
as a source of inspiration for Drunken Master's "You Robot!"
project.

I believe that its "secret" status justifies NOT including it in 48K
JSW Titbits. Besides, there's enough information in my List for any
JSW-completist to discover it without using SPECSAISIE PrintHeaders
(at least until You Robot! is released and removed from Future Games).

P.S. Thanks for the tip about "Willy Takes a Trip", Andrew.
What about "Willy the Hacker"?

When crossing the top of "The Right-Hand Edge of the Map" [27] from
right to left, it is impossible to jump over the foot on the right,
and therefore impossible to collect the item.

POKE 56116,4 (Hex DB34: 04) puts a Water-cell at (6,18), which is
possible to jump onto if you stand to the right of the foot with your
legs apart.

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Dr. Andrew Broad
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