https://bbcmicro.co.uk/jsbeeb/play.php? ... ssd&noseek
So I checked it out, to see if it was completable (which I think it is but ... grr meteors!)
Anyone done anything on this?
I'll post some comments on it, as they occur to me, but for starters ...
The colours are different (the opening level is red, while the red level is blue - the other blue levels are also blue, the pink levels are red, the cyan levels are pink, and the levels where Repton's head is cyan have a cyan background, but Repton's head is green.
There are pre-game instructions, which give the famous "Five Labours of Repton" we know and love:
1634 Diamonds
4744 Earth Sections
64 Transporters
18 Monsters
42 Puzzle-pieces (mentioned separately)
but in the actual game the totals are different (1652 Diamonds, 4805 Earth) and, correspondingly, a couple of the levels are a little different.
The instructions give the final messages as "REPTON 2 IS ENDED", but the actual message assembled reads: REPTON IS COMPLETE (with the IS where you expect the 2 to be) and there's a weird little asterisk in the N.
I worked out that the totals are all achievable (unlike the original Repton 2 release!) unfortunately I didn't manage to complete the game - so I don't know if that works (grr, got killed in the last meteor dash across level 1 ... I swear the meteors are even harder in this version)
As for a breakdown of level differences, I think it's only 5 levels that are affected.
Level "B" (the only one that's red in the Release) has quite a few differences, including one that makes the two stacked eggs harder to deal with.
Level "C" (the one accessed from the bottom left of Level "A") has some minor differences that don't affect the gameplay
Level "E" (the one with those four transporters leading to it) has a lot more diamonds and earth in places that are empty in the released version.
Level "G" (the toughest level - I call it the Torture Chamber) you start in a different place, and the "missing diamond" is missing in this version too
(but because the totals are different in this version it doesn't matter)
Level "H" (The Arena with the two hatching monsters) after collecting the puzzle piece, you can actually go down and collect some earth sections "twice"
Those are the main differences I can remember ...
Oh, and you know the way that the individual levels would reset (with all diamonds, rocks, earth, etc. back in place) when you revisit them? In this version, that happens every time you use a transporter!
It's not that much harder to complete - other than the fact that you don't have the option to use saved-states, so you need the same unlimited time, endless patience, and ability to predict completely random meteors we all needed for the released version!
Has anyone else encountered this game?
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