Wanted! Monty Mole

A very well made Jump and Run of the early 8 Bit era. This here is the original Spectrum version from 1984, and after finishing the game I know why it's gotten it's reputation of being one of the best Spectrum games. It's not as hardcore J'n'R as Manic Miner for e.g., much more forgiving at the jumping parts with only a few times during the game where you need pixel perfect jumping and timing skills. Plus it also has some little adventure touches as in, pick up certain objects in the level to kill certain monsters. This starts in the first screen already where you need to pick up the bucket to be able to collect the coal, which is the whole point of the game :-). I knew of the games reputation but never played it before since this stream release and I am not regretting this decission. Game is awesome (if taken in context). The price point is pretty much perfect, 1.59 Euros for 2 hours of fun, and you can always try to beat it the old school way without the savegame feature, which will make every 8-bit era game significantly harder up to nigh impossible to beat.

The first in the series, The whole game is reference to the UK 1984 Miners strike. Watch out for Arthur Scargill!

Great, but the wall with the Genie doesn't vanish when you collect the sledge hammer. Is there a fix for this? Great game though - terrific. Also, there's no Coal to collect and the scoring system doesn't work.

1984년에 나온 몬티 몰 시리즈의 첫 작품. 위키에는 ZX스펙트럼과 코모도어64로 나왔다는데, 영상을 찾아보니 코모도어64판은 진행방식이 아예 다른 게임이며 본 스팀판에는 ZX스펙트럼판만 있음. 게임 실행은 잘 된다. 조작은 방향키와 점프만 하며, 에뮬 기능으로 키설정 변경 가능. 게임 자체에 대해 쓰자면 공략을 알면 엔딩까지 10~15분 정도 걸리는 짧은 분량인데, 두더지가 정말 잘 죽는다. 특히 낙사 판정이 묘하다. 초회차라면 에뮬 기능인 세이브로드를 적극 추천함. 공략은 단지 맵에 있는 석탄을 전부 먹으면 되지만, 일부 구간은 순서를 틀리거나 죽으면 진행 불가 상태가 된다. 그리고 상점 페이지에도 있는 내용으로, 첫 화면에서 왼쪽의 양동이를 먹어야 석탄이 생겨난다. 기타 아이템들은 적을 퇴치할 수 있지만 다 먹을 필요는 없다. 근데 석탄은 무조건 다 먹어야 엔딩을 볼 수 있다.