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[oky2000]

Thelen, on Mon Mar 8, 2010 12:23 PM, said:

Also great music

Amen. Music in SAP format?

[Tezz]

Thanks Jose, I'm working on MM everyday now again after a break for a few months and getting distracted with other things. I'm working hard on it preparing everything for the final build.

[Tezz]

oky2000, on Sun Aug 28, 2011 4:49 PM, said:

Thelen, on Mon Mar 8, 2010 12:23 PM, said:

Also great music

Amen. Music in SAP format?

Thanks goes to Miker for the music.. The idea I had early on with the music was that it builds in it's intensity as your air decreases during each level to create some further intensity.
I'll make sure to include the sap with the release.

[UKRetrogamer]

Tezz, on Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:11 AM, said:

I'm wondering whether it's worth having keyboard control at all on the Atari conversion?

If it doesn't add too much work, I'd add or keep the keyboard controls.

I've always found keyboard control more responsive for platformers. Especially pixel-perfect ones like Matthew Smith's classics.

I'm only up the road in Bolton, so if you ever need a Beta tester...

[Tezz]

UKRetrogamer, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:16 PM, said:

Tezz, on Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:11 AM, said:

I'm wondering whether it's worth having keyboard control at all on the Atari conversion?

If it doesn't add too much work, I'd add or keep the keyboard controls.

I've always found keyboard control more responsive for platformers. Especially pixel-perfect ones like Matthew Smith's classics.

I'm only up the road in Bolton, so if you ever need a Beta tester...

yea, I'll probably include the original keyboard control too. I'm preparing a playable beta (this week hopefully) with the first few levels to get some feedback from people who know the original inside out.

[high voltage]

Urgh, the Miner 2049er rip-off on A8, looks better than on the Speccy rubbish mind you.
Joystick was always a dodgy option on Spectrum, as the interface themselves were never really useful and the joystick control responses very bad.

Edited by high voltage, Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:24 PM.

[Tezz]

I prefer to call it Miner 2049er inspired.

[Heaven/TQA]

aehm... why Miner inspired? a man running around on platforms and jumping? but where is the "painting of the floor and platforms" then?

[Tezz]

Heaven/TQA, on Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:57 AM, said:

aehm... why Miner inspired? a man running around on platforms and jumping? but where is the "painting of the floor and platforms" then?

Matthew has mentioned in several interviews that he got the idea for MM after playing Miner 2049er.

Interviewed here by Iain Lee (now a Retrogamer writer amongst other things) back in 2001 for the documentary "Thumb Candy"

Edited by Tezz, Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:51 AM.

[Heaven/TQA]

Matthew looks like he really stayed long in Holland... and even gets there from time to time...

[high voltage]

99% of early UK video/computer games were rip-offs of their US counterparts, that's just the way it was.

[Jacques]

Any news concerning release date?

[Tezz]

It should be completed in a few weeks now as I've been working on it continuously. I'm in the process of putting the first complete build together ready to be beta tested.

[Jacques]

Nice, can't wait!

[Pengwin]

Great work Tezz... Really looking forward to playing this on my 800XL

[José Pereira]

Almost...

[Jacques]

Tezz, on Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:56 AM, said:

It should be completed in a few weeks now as I've been working on it continuously. I'm in the process of putting the first complete build together ready to be beta tested.

And, and, and? Can't wait!

[Pengwin]

What's the latest word on this project? Still eagerly waiting to play this on my 800XL