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Irrespective of the accuracy of this post or not, thanks HAL for making it, it is appreciated, I am sorry to hear about the loss of both Chris and Tommy Barton, certainly Tommy's name was one a lot of folks who are old (!) remember from early Spectrum gaming days. If it is not inappropriate to ask, was Chris' death related to covid, looking at the date of his funeral etc? The artwork looks good, are they the original pieces? Did Matthew Smith attend either out of interest?

The only positive thing is if MS makes some kind of money from it. Can't even think it will attract new players to the original really.

Merry Christmas all, and to all a good night!

Don't know if anyone else has seen this, apologies if so, saw it on the Spectrum Discord group.

This opinion has been raised before, it is valid, Next games can often look like Amiga games (but not quite as good imo) however it does not mean you have to make them look that way, you can use original Spectrum palettes etc, and could realise a MM / JSW game but just using a few more colours, which would be a real benefit I think, a multicolour Miner Willy, and nasties too. The palette used in Melchior's Mansion is an example of keeping the original Spectrum look but using the new HW. I have backed all 3 KS for the Next, it's a great machine and worth supporting, as are the team behind it, in truth, it does lack some good games I think, there are quite a few games now, but few real quality games imo for it. It is improving though. It would be incredible if a new MM / JSW came out for the Next, and would likely capture the imagination of a lot of people. I have touted the idea of a crowdfunded version of MM / JSW for the Next - imagine if MS could be recruited, and paid, to work on it? Or even NS for that matter! We can but dream ...

Brilliant work!

Only had a few quick goes so far, it is very hard, and you have a distinctive style, both visually, and sound wise, in fact the title music makes me think of That's the Spirit on the Spectrum, don't know if that was an influence to the game? Or maybe Danny if you did the music? I read how it's a series of mini tunes that play one after another. Anyway, bravo for the effort! Thank you very much for doing it!

Just thought I would post this here out of interest and in case anyone had anything to offer about it. https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=86938

I use a Macbook pro, I really should get this to work as well and create my masterpiece! 😉

Bravo to everyone involved, real bit of JSW history here, thank you.

I hope your underground cinema club showed plenty of Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский Tarkovsky's use of colour in particular is superb. I can't think of another director of that era except perhaps Kubrick who made film scenes look like still life due to the colour used. It would be good if MS made a lot of money if MW became some kind of cultural logo, a bit like the Nike tick.

You are a smooth operator Igor for sure!

Those curtains are incredible!

Good luck with that list, it's very impressive, surely you will have done more versions of JSW than anyone if you manage to achieve all of these? I am sure Danny can tell us who holds the record for most versions of JSW at this time Danny, that is the original version?

Thanks for posting that Danny, I knew of Henry's Hoard but never realised it was Martyn Brown who had created it, whose name I have always associated with Team17 since my Amiga owning days. Very sad, 57 is very young by today's typical ages. He seems to be well remembered though.