Hi everyone and welcome to the April 2017 edition of the Which Is Best?
Last month I placed two Amiga shooters against each other,...X-Out & Z-Out, I can announce X-Out gained the victory with 20 votes with Z-Out claiming 15, Z-Out was storming ahead at the beginning by 12 votes to 5 but then X-Out started to crawl back to the point it was 14 all but in the end it overtokk Z-Out and claimed the victory,...nowhere near as many votes this time as the previous comparrison (Turrican vs Turrican II) but maybe it was all down to not many liking those games.
This month I'm going to test your loyalties and place two classic original ZX Spectrum platforms games against each other, one slow methodical and challenging, the other fast and furious, they are Manic Miner and Chuckie Egg, which do you think is the better game?!, only your votes will determine that,...happy voting! :-D
P.s, I will only count the votes stated in the comments below and on the Youtube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4mmpOSd0rY
All the best, Zeus.
I'd go with chuckie egg cos that's pretty enjoyable and I've always found Manic Miner to be about as fun to play as it is to watch loading. Not very.
I like both games games but I would have to go with Chuckie Egg, it's more enjoyable to play and less frustrating.
Dizzy
I enjoy both, but Chuckie Egg wins this one. Manic Miner, like Jet Set Willy has a tendency to rely on trial and error gameplay which ruins things while Chuckie Egg is just fun from start to finish. 😃
Manic Miner is the winner gaining 51 votes to Chuckie Egg's 37.
Chuckie Egg was actually racing ahead in the early stages and was leading up to the mid 20's in votes but it was all down to the votes on the WOS forum site where they were clear Manic Miner fans by voting for that game in droves BUT everyone still had high respect for Chuckie Egg as no'one can deny it really is a great game and I myself prefer it over Manic Miner for It's sheer playability,...so bit sad it lost here.
Thanks for all who took part, the May 2017 edition will be up in a day or so.
Zeus.
Chuckie Egg for me hand over fist
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I never could get past Processing Plant 😂
Quote from: Shaun M. Neary on 21:18, 17 May 17
I never could get past Processing Plant 😂
That's exactly why I like Chuckie Egg more.
On the Beeb I got to the 3rd time around where there were twice as many blue birds and the big yellow bird was out immediately.
On Manic Miner I was lucky if I could get past Eugene's Lair.
Quote from: arnoldemu on 09:16, 18 May 17
That's exactly why I like Chuckie Egg more.
On the Beeb I got to the 3rd time around where there were twice as many blue birds and the big yellow bird was out immediately.
On Manic Miner I was lucky if I could get past Eugene's Lair.
Eugene is easily done, it's just a case of timing the jump from right to left as the egg man is dropping. But those Pacmen can't be avoided on the following screen. That said, I was still able to progress further on Manic Miner than I was on JSW. I gave up on the Nightmare Room.
I can clock both games ;D