Post by jetsetdanny in The Perils of Willy ZX comments

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Two questions, please:

1. Is "Highriser" the name of the publisher (like Software Projects Ltd. used to be) or rather the author's nickname?

2. Information on the web states that the original VIC-20 game had 33 screens. This version has 32. Is one screen missing or is there some confusion (like the title screen was counted for the VIC-20 one, or something)?

highriser4 years ago

1) I use the nickname 'Highrise' - this wasn't available on itch.io so I used Highriser - but it's just my personal nickname.
2) The original Vic game has 32 screens. The listing of 33 in the advertising was either a mistake, or they advertised it as having 33 and just ran out of space, I'm not sure which.

highriser4 years ago(+1)

by the way, the game is written using a reverse engineering version of the Manic Miner engine which is modified to use the different sized screens.

jetsetdanny4 years ago (1 edit)

Thank you for your reply.

highriser4 years ago

thanks. I am now also updating the downloadable zip file here to include 'Manic Miner Presto' which is a variant of Manic Miner that runs faster.