Repton 3 Prelude Level 8

[gorganalmighty]

Somehow Repton just doesn't seem right with modern graphics. BRING BACK MY BBC MICRO!!!

[LordTriax]

That's an excellent solution to the rock-and-diamond puzzle - I never thought of that!

[stupidrubbish]

For me, it's definitely harder on the Beeb. I think it may be because of the way the spirits speed up when Repton is still on the BBC Micro version, so the trick is not to stop I suppose.

[stupidrubbish]

The other thing about this level is I always found the section with the spirit trapped in just two squares rather unfair in the BBC Micro version. I could only free it without losing a life about 60% of the time. On the Archimedes and PC versions however I never found it a problem.

[SentinelProxima]

That's interesting; the collision detection is actually slightly more generous on the BBC Micro version, so I'm not sure why you found it harder.

[stupidrubbish]

I solved the large rock puzzle by going across the top of it to the top left  corner and then going diagonally down and right - your solution is very interesting.

[reptongeek]

That was in fact his solution originally, then he saw mine. It's modified slightly from what I did, but my route to the key is more or less the same