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Message: 6752

Author: minertech

Date: 23/03/2012

Subject: Re: Spectrum version of Oric version of Manic Miner - beautiful but

 

Hi. I´m afraid the Spectrum version of the Oric version of Manic Miner is nowhere near completed. I found the file on an old hard drive, and uploaded it just for keep sake (as an oddity/unfinished project). The Oric-version had quite a few advanced features not found in the Speccy-version (like two conveyor belts going in opposite directions at the same time). To finish the game, I will have to do a lot of additional coding or convert it to Jet Set Willy 64, but that will probably never happen.

Is "Maria vs. Some Bastards" completable?

Eh... maybe?. There are a few really well hidden objects, but I guess those shouldn´t count if you play the easy version. Come to think of it, it´s possible I did a few end-game-corrections in revision D, and then left them out in revision E.
I´ll look into it, and give you a real answer (could be I´ll have to release revision F...)

In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, jetsetdanny wrote:

It is very nice to see the Oric version of Manic Miner, released, if I understand correctly, by Vidar Eriksen. Thank you, Erix1!

I had a go at the game yesterday and found that it is impossible to complete. There is no way of reaching the portal in the second room ("asdfasdf") before the time runs out - that's unless I am missing something, of course, but I tried both the upper way and the lower way repeatedly and couldn't make it.

I had a look at the rooms which follow in JSWED and I can say I would love to be able to play the game to the end. Could we ask MinerTech for a completable version, please? Also, Erix1, would you consider releasing the final product as a .TAP file, this being more elegant than a .Z80 snapshot?

A tip for those who may want to see the game in JSWED: the .Z80 file won't load, but if you run it in an emulator and save it as a .SNA file, it will load without any problems.

And on an unrelated subject, if Erix1 is around: Is "Maria vs. Some Bastards" completable? I remember struggling with it some years ago and not being able to complete it - there were some items I could find no way of collecting.

Cheers,

Daniel

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