Goldmine on Memotech MTX512

[Bemmu]

Great review. This was probably the best MTX game I had at the time. I think you can actually drop down from the ladder to ride on the cart, and there's also at least one other screen if you walk further to the right.



[duhmez]

If you check out Bagman for Arcade on Mame, you will see from where this game clearly drew its inspiration.

[AlfredRusselWallace]

"I got me bag of swag" LOFL you have a way with words steve

[jboypacman]

Neat looking game along the lines of the old Bagman game i used to play in the arcade.

[PSI236]

Is this hooked up through RF? Just out of interest.

[DocHackenbush]

Bagitman! Old arcade classic. Though a bit different here in sound and graphics...

[LeShark75]

@neojake999gamer. Have you seen Miner Dig Deep on the 360?

[neojake999gamer]

Looks like this could have a place on XBox Live or PSN. I think there is a game for NES that's similar to this as well.

[SteveBenway]

@neojake999gamer There seem to be many different versions of this, with different names on different systems :)

[JASONMOORE87]

LMAO "I wonder if i die if i jump off of here"

[SteveBenway]

@JASONMOORE87 More modern platformers would let you jump and live. Life for your average platform character was hard, back in the day ;)

[JASONMOORE87]

@SteveBenway agreed :D

i had how health now regenerates for one thing.

[wrestletube1]

A diamond mines port is what this looks like.

[ReplayRetro]

The phrase "i bet i die if i. . . ." always ends badly, one of the few times in life a theory is confirmed.

I think you can ride that thing at the bottom by lifting yourself up on the handrail things and dropping onto it, don't like this game as much as the others but would still provide a good distraction

[STONEYKAT1]

Was this game ever on trs 80 color?

[SteveBenway]

@STONEYKAT1 I believe something very similar was, from what I've read in other comments :)

[dpsinoh]

Looks like a clone of Bag Man

[AfroedNinja]

Famous last words!! @ 3:03

too funny :)

Pretty cool game

[pocketmego]

LOL

"I wonder if I'd die if I jump off of here."

Another good one on this machine. Shame we never saw its release here.

[SteveBenway]

@pocketmego I should put that on a T-Shirt :D

[OldSchoolNYCGamer]

This does remind me a little bit of Tutankham here and there.

[SteveBenway]

@OldSchoolNYCGamer The underground mining and fetching of stuff... yeah, there are similarities :)

[RetroGamerVX]

Lol@'im screwed', yes,i usually skip the instructions. I do love those weird noises:)

[RetroGamerVX]

Lol@'im screwed', yes,i usually skip the instructions. I do love those weird noises:)

[SteveBenway]

@RetroGamerVX I think the sound was one of the best features :D

[RetroGamerVX]

Lol@'im screwed', yes,i usually skip the instructions. I do love those weird noises:)

[mathowlett]

Reminds me a bit of Bounty Bob Strikes Back.... ish... sort of...

[SteveBenway]

@mathowlett That and a few similar games, I suspect :)

[djp1100]

Looks like a hard but cool game.

[SteveBenway]

@djp1100 It's not bad :)

[SushiSunshine2000]

The characters in this game do look a bit like the PBS logo, which I'm not sure if you're familiar with PBS because it's an American TV company.

[SteveBenway]

@SushiSunshine2000 I'll take your word for it. We don't have that over here, that I'm aware of :)

[17R3W]

I actually want to play that.

[SteveBenway]

@17R3W I can understand that. It has a certain charm :)

[AtsumaKarin]

Another (imo) good game for the system. :)

I like the concept of the game and I guess I'll let this game off for not running at sonic speed as this is more about platforming than reflexes. :P

Good SWILL! :D

[SteveBenway]

@AtsumaKarin It's not a bad game. Not .entirely my cup of tea, but I'd have definitely spent some time on it back in the day, if I'd had it then

[markvergeer]

Bagman - wow this looks quite a bit like the game I played on the C64 quite a bit. But the character's sprite is just hidious! That glowing thing it does is just epilepsy inducing I'd say.

[SteveBenway]

@markvergeer Seems it's very similar to a few games. No surprise, given all the games on the MTX seem to be clones. I totally agree about the main character. He's none too handsome :D

[hobekastoo]

This is based on Bagman.. I always wanted to do an updated version of this as I used to like playing it on the C64. It's nice to play the original on MAME too.

I must say Steve I'm so pleased I stumbled over your channel it's brilliant to see these titles that I've never seen or knew existed before.

Keep it up fella, nice one!!

[SteveBenway]

@hobekastoo I'm glad you're enjoying it. I do like to add plenty of rare or lesser known games in with the more popular stuff :)

[ComradeZX]

how much is boxed sinclair zx spectrum 128k with all cables worth (working)

cheers steve. ill give you a shout out

[SteveBenway]

@ComradeZX A boxed 128 (not one of those "plus" models with the tape deck included), could go for as much as £90, but in the current economic climate, you could also see quite a bit less. I paid £50 for mine 2 years ago.

A 128 Plus 2 probably wouldn't fetch much more than £30, and possibly a lot less.

[ghettoflyer]

I agree you should be able to use the pick axe on the guy.

[Starxxon]

BagMan, the arcade game, was created by a french company. The main character in Bagman actually shouts french words using a crude speech synth voice.

The original has much smoother controls and colourful sprites, but it's still a hard game even though there's no flashing blob thing and you CAN use the pick-axes against the guards in the original.

A popular clone was called "Bag-It-Man" and was released on several 8-bit computers like the C64, Atari 8-bit and on the Coco/Dragon.

[mortundad]

@Starxxon Valadon Software made "Bagman" in 1984 if I´m not mistaken.

[mortundad]

@mortundad I´ve checked it out and it was released in 1982 by Valadon Automation, so this is clearly a clone of "Bagman".

[Fawltykog]

Gilligan's Gold on the ZX Speccy did this resemble oh yes indeed!

[SteveBenway]

@Fawltykog I haven't seen that one, but it doesn't surprise me that there are games this looks similar too. Pretty much all games on the MTX are generic :)

[RPKGameVids]

This is totally my sort of game.

[M3wtwo666]

Classic retro-gaming quote there, Steve! "Is that a sound effect or has my TV de-tuned itself?" ;-)

[SteveBenway]

@M3wtwo666 Indeed. It would've been an added bonus on a ZX81 game :D

[Fuzzy192006]

I think you could speed this up by a factor of 2, and it would still be boring.

[SteveBenway]

@Fuzzy192006 I dunno. It wasn't a thrill a minute, but not that bad either.

[Fuzzy192006]

@SteveBenway Give me Lode Runner any day.

[FuyuAkiWorld]

greqat review