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Message: 6299
Author: andrewbroad
Date: 12/11/2007
Subject: Manic Miner vs Jet Set Willy
I have just posted the following message to WoS:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18309
[Re: Duel of the games 4! Super conundrum! Manic Miner vs Jet Set
Willy]
I love them both - as a player, and as the author of several MM/JSW
games.
The original MM has better room-design, while the original JSW,
though the rooms are rather bare, has a better atmosphere.
MM has Crumbly cells, which give a dimension of challenge not present
in JSW. It also has Eugene, switches, Kong Beasts, Skylabs and solar
power.
JSW has ramps, ropes, arrows and Maria - and a class of quirky
features based on the non-detection of an Earth-cell to the left of
Willy's head.
JSW64 combines all of the above to get the best of both worlds, with
many new features besides.
There's a time for linear games where each room is a set challenge,
and a time for branching games where the emphasis is on exploration.
The JSW game-engine allows many styles of geography - from linear to
fully connected. Hierarchical geography is perhaps the most
appealing - the happy medium between having plenty of choices and not
getting frustrated by the difficulty of working through them
systematically.
--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
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