On Saturday, 21 April 2018 21:06:15 UTC+1, Andreas Kohlbach  wrote:   
   > On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 01:25:45 -0700 (PDT), Shaun Bebbington wrote:   
   > >   
   > > For anyone who grew up with an 8-bit personal computer in the 1980s,   
   > > you would have almost certainly known about the Miner Willy games,   
   > > created by Matthew Smith. These games, Manic Miner, and Jet Set Willy   
   > > I and II, are considered classics on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and one   
   > > way or another, these were ported across to the more popular micros of   
   > > the day. There was even an unofficial version for Sinclair ZX81 which   
   > > sported high resolution graphics, and it's actually pretty good   
   > > too. The poor Commodore VIC-20, however, was left out, and whilst   
   > > Perils of Willy was okay for younger children and a reasonable effort   
   > > all considered, it wasn't a patch of any of the Willy games for more   
   > > powerful 8-bits such as the Speccy.   
   >   
   > I saw Manic Miner first on the Commodore 64 port. I don't like   
   > platformers, so didn't like it. Have to admit though it's cult game.   
   > --   
   > Andreas   
   >   
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   ZZap!64 wasn't exactly gushing about Jet Set Willy II at the time, I think they   
    were lukewarm at best. But Speccy fans [mostly] love it. No game is for   
   everyone though, I agree. I do like the VIC-20 version though.   
      
   Regards,   
      
   Shaun.   
      
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