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Message: 6188
Author: andrewbroad
Date: 26/06/2007
Subject: Re: Easter-eggs / Willy the Hacker
Daniel wrote:
>At least /my/ Easter-eggs are still secret. I'm amazed that nobody
> "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/.
has claimed to have discovered any them after all these years! ;-)
> To Andrew Broad:I believe that its "secret" status justifies NOT including it in 48K
>
> 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.
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.When crossing the top of "The Right-Hand Edge of the Map" [27] from
> What about "Willy the Hacker"?
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.
--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
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