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   Shaun Bebbington to ArcadeAge   
   Re: Manic Miner review, by Shaun Bebbing   
   21 Apr 18 12:30:44   
   
   On Saturday, 21 April 2018 19:44:41 UTC+1, ArcadeAge  wrote:   
   > Fans of Edvard Grieg or Monty Python will be delighted to hear or see one   
   thing or other that seems familiar. Btw., if you don't own a VIC-20 (I don't)   
   and like me don't succeed immediately trying to get the game running in VICE,   
   here's what I did:   
   > - Create an empty D64 file (I used x64, but this should work with the VIC-20   
   emulator as well)   
   > - use Starcommander in DOSBOX to copy (F5) the PRG to the D64 image   
   > - enable an additional 16K of RAM in the emulator   
   > - enable emulation of a 1541   
   > - autostart/mount the D64 to run the game   
   >   
   > Many thanks to Shaun Bebbington for bringing this newsgroup back to life!   
   >   
   > Chris   
      
   Thanks for the feedback. When I'm inclined to write reviews of Commodore games,   
    I'll post them here for people's consumption.   
      
   Regards,   
      
   Shaun.   
      
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