/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8241110
looks like a technician ted rip off which had 21 levels i might add

>>6933161
Technician Ted for the Speccy

>>6933482
>Willynician is a subgenre of action-adventure video games. The term is a portmanteau of the games Jet Set Willy and Technician Ted for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Willynician games feature a large interconnected world map the player can explore, though access to parts of the world is often limited by doors or other obstacles that can only be passed once the player has acquired special items, tools, weapons or abilities within the game. Acquiring such improvements can also aid the player in defeating more difficult enemies and locating shortcuts and secret areas, and often includes retracing one's steps across the map. Through this, Willynician games include tighter integration of story and level design, careful design of levels and character controls to encourage exploration and experimentation, and a means for the player to become more invested in their player character. Willynician games typically are sidescrolling platformers, but can also include other genre types. Though popularized on microcomputers during the 1980s, the genre saw a resurgence starting in the 2000s due to a number of critically praised, independently developed games such as Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

>>6933137
The correct term is Willynician.

>Willynician is a subgenre of action-adventure video games. The term is a portmanteau of the games Jet Set Willy and Technician Ted for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Willynician games feature a large interconnected world map the player can explore, though access to parts of the world is often limited by doors or other obstacles that can only be passed once the player has acquired special items, tools, weapons or abilities within the game. Acquiring such improvements can also aid the player in defeating more difficult enemies and locating shortcuts and secret areas, and often includes retracing one's steps across the map. Through this, Willynician games include tighter integration of story and level design, careful design of levels and character controls to encourage exploration and experimentation, and a means for the player to become more invested in their player character. Willynician games typically are sidescrolling platformers, but can also include other genre types. Though popularized on microcomputers during the 1980s, the genre saw a resurgence starting in the 2000s due to a number of critically praised, independently developed games such as Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
What are some of your fav Willynician games? For me, the GBA Castlevania games represent the high watermark of the genre.

>>6928673
>Willynician is a subgenre of action-adventure video games. The term is a portmanteau of the games Jet Set Willy and Technician Ted for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Willynician games feature a large interconnected world map the player can explore, though access to parts of the world is often limited by doors or other obstacles that can only be passed once the player has acquired special items, tools, weapons or abilities within the game. Acquiring such improvements can also aid the player in defeating more difficult enemies and locating shortcuts and secret areas, and often includes retracing one's steps across the map. Through this, Willynician games include tighter integration of story and level design, careful design of levels and character controls to encourage exploration and experimentation, and a means for the player to become more invested in their player character. Willynician games typically are sidescrolling platformers, but can also include other genre types. Though popularized on microcomputers during the 1980s, the genre saw a resurgence starting in the 2000s due to a number of critically praised, independently developed games such as Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

>>6930185
What are some other good Willynicians for the Speccy?

What are the most utterly brill, smashing, cracking and mega hidden gems for the Speccy? For me it’s the absolutely mega Technician Ted, a smashing little single-screen platformer with utterly brill graphics and cracking gameplay.

>>6905808
Cracking thread! The best game on the Speccy is the utterly mega Technician Ted, the graphics and gameplay are utterly brill, a right little corker.

>>6905819
Brill thread, utterly mega. One of the most utterly brill games on the Speccy is Technician Ted, have some cracking memories playing that one, a right little corker!