Let's Compare: Manic Miner

[TL]

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

[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.

[TL]

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.

[thedamnedunited]

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

[TL]

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!

Have fun and comment away on any of them! 

[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!

Have fun and comment away on any of them! 

[dougtitchmarsh]

So - the winner :

Spectrum version (of course)
Runner Up - C64

The version I want to play next : GBA

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

[TL]

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.

[thedamnedunited]

The Spectrum version was the first game I ever played on a home computer!

Not a bad one to start off your gaming CV !