Title: Let's Compare: Manic Miner
Post by: TL on April 23, 2013, 22:42:07 PM
Post by: TL on April 23, 2013, 22:42:07 PM
To celebrate the birthday of the Spectrum we will look at how this legendary game for Spectrum compare against its many ports to other systems:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NDEWuju0o4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NDEWuju0o4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NDEWuju0o4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NDEWuju0o4)
Title: Re: Let's Compare: Manic Miner
Post by: TrekMD on April 23, 2013, 22:50:55 PM
Post by: TrekMD on April 23, 2013, 22:50:55 PM
That sure was interesting! I was quite impressed by the SAM Coupé version! The GBA is expected to have a nice upgrade to the visuals, so not surprised by that.
Title: Re: Let's Compare: Manic Miner
Post by: TL on April 23, 2013, 22:58:24 PM
Post by: TL on April 23, 2013, 22:58:24 PM
Quote from: "TrekMD"That sure was interesting! I was quite impressed by the SAM Coupé version! The GBA is expected to have a nice upgrade to the visuals, so not surprised by that.
Many people regard the Sam Coupe version to be the best. The Sam is basically a "Super Spectrum" after all.
Title: Re: Let's Compare: Manic Miner
Post by: thedamnedunited on April 23, 2013, 23:11:29 PM
Post by: thedamnedunited on April 23, 2013, 23:11:29 PM
Brilliant video !
Now of course they are all very very similar, but if we are gonna be picky at some of the minor (*miner* - get it ?) differences here goes :
Dragon 32 - Black and White - really ?
C16 - screen size
464 & MSX - horrible sound
BBC - too yellow
Neo Geo Pocket - Dont like the scrolling
Oric 1 - poor graphics and too gaudy
Sam Coupe - quite liked the " graphical upgrade"
Amiga - music too too fast
DOS - game played too fast bit could have been running on a fast PC
Windows - too red and yellow
GBA - Brilliant - loved this modernised take on it
So - the winner :
Spectrum version (of course)
Runner Up - C64
The version I want to play next : GBA
Now of course they are all very very similar, but if we are gonna be picky at some of the minor (*miner* - get it ?) differences here goes :
Dragon 32 - Black and White - really ?
C16 - screen size
464 & MSX - horrible sound
BBC - too yellow
Neo Geo Pocket - Dont like the scrolling
Oric 1 - poor graphics and too gaudy
Sam Coupe - quite liked the " graphical upgrade"
Amiga - music too too fast
DOS - game played too fast bit could have been running on a fast PC
Windows - too red and yellow
GBA - Brilliant - loved this modernised take on it
So - the winner :
Spectrum version (of course)
Runner Up - C64
The version I want to play next : GBA
Title: Re: Let's Compare: Manic Miner
Post by: TL on April 23, 2013, 23:15:29 PM
Post by: TL on April 23, 2013, 23:15:29 PM
Quote from: "thedamnedunited"Brilliant video !
If you liked this video you might want to watch some of the other videos this guy has done, there is a full thread listin HERE! (//http)
Have fun and comment away on any of them!Â
Title: Re: Let's Compare: Manic Miner
Post by: thedamnedunited on April 24, 2013, 10:05:54 AM
Post by: thedamnedunited on April 24, 2013, 10:05:54 AM
Quote from: "The Laird"Quote from: "thedamnedunited"Brilliant video !
If you liked this video you might want to watch some of the other videos this guy has done, there is a full thread listin HERE! (//http)
Have fun and comment away on any of them! :)
Title: Re: Let's Compare: Manic Miner
Post by: dougtitchmarsh on April 24, 2013, 20:29:24 PM
Post by: dougtitchmarsh on April 24, 2013, 20:29:24 PM
Quote from: "thedamnedunited"So - the winner :Yeah Speccy has to be the big winner here, but the C64 and BBC Micro versions were great too. The first thing I thought as the video finished was "where do find the GBA version?" Google here I come
Spectrum version (of course)
Runner Up - C64
The version I want to play next : GBA
Title: Re: Let's Compare: Manic Miner
Post by: TL on April 26, 2013, 19:22:04 PM
Post by: TL on April 26, 2013, 19:22:04 PM
The Spectrum version was the first game I ever played on a home computer!
Never played any other versions of the game but the Sam Coupe iteration looks like the winner to me.
Never played any other versions of the game but the Sam Coupe iteration looks like the winner to me.
Title: Let's Compare: Manic Miner
Post by: thedamnedunited on April 27, 2013, 14:58:52 PM
Post by: thedamnedunited on April 27, 2013, 14:58:52 PM
Quote from: "The Laird"The Spectrum version was the first game I ever played on a home computer!
Not a bad one to start off your gaming CV !
Title: Re: Let's Compare: Manic Miner
Post by: TL on June 16, 2013, 15:57:58 PM
Post by: TL on June 16, 2013, 15:57:58 PM
The Atari XL/XE version which is sadly missing from the video already posted:
Manic Miner Atari XL/XE Playing Levels1-7 (//http)
Manic Miner Atari XL/XE Playing Levels1-7 (//http)
Title: Re: Let's Compare: Manic Miner
Post by: TrekMD on June 16, 2013, 16:10:32 PM
Post by: TrekMD on June 16, 2013, 16:10:32 PM
That's a pretty good version! I wonder why it was left out of the comparison video.
Title: Re: Let's Compare: Manic Miner
Post by: TL on June 19, 2013, 19:57:13 PM
Post by: TL on June 19, 2013, 19:57:13 PM
The One reviewed the ST version of Manic Miner, as well as the sequel Jet Set Willy, but strangely the game was never actually released! 
(http://i.imgur.com/e9UmWBd.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/K4XQETe.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/e9UmWBd.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/K4XQETe.jpg)