Personal Compuer Games

1st April 1984
Manic Miner

Author: CA
Publisher: Software Projects
Machine: Commodore 64

 
Published in Personal Computer Games #5

Manic Miner

It was a great game on the Spectrum and this is almost an exact copy. So it must be great, right? Wrong. It's disappointing, completely failing to exploit the Commodore's superior capabilities.

CA

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Scores

Commodore 64 Version
Graphics4
Sound4
Ease Of Use8
Originality1
Lasting Interest8
Overall7

Summary

Must be great, right? Wrong. It's disappointing, completely failing to exploit the Commodore's superior capabilities.

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