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Message: 6858
Author: jetsetdanny
Date: 09/08/2015
Subject: Andrew's Easter eggs
Andrew Broad wrote in message 6188 on 26 June 2007:
> At least /my/ Easter-eggs are still secret. I'm amazed that nobody has claimed to have discovered any them after all these years! ;-)
Well, it's high time to claim the discovery of at least one of them, then. The TAP file of "Manic Miner: Neighbours - Allana Truman" contains a bonus game "Reverse Manic Miner". It is a version of the classic where you play through the caverns in reverse order, starting in "The Final Barrier" and finishing in "The Central Cavern".
"Reverse Manic Miner" offers an interesting concept, a smart solution to some technical problems which arise with the transformation (thanks to a patch by John Elliott) and a slightly strange playing experience.
An RZX recording of the game can now be downloaded from The RZX Archive.
There is an additional block of 64 bytes of data called "LordDance" within the TAP files of Party Willy 48K. I don't know how to activate it, though, to see what it is. Any ideas?
I should add that Andrew mentioned the existence of an Easter egg in "Manic Miner: Neighbours - Allana Truman" back in message 5089 on 18 November 2005, and the existence of an Easter egg in "Party Willy" back in message 6139 on 24 April 2007.
Daniel
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