Indie Retro News: Gilligan's Mine

One other new 12 months heads up for you all, as we have just lately been instructed by means of Fb, that Clebin Video games has launched the prime quality ZX Spectrum 128k remake of the 1980’s sport of Gilligan’s Gold / Bagman. A sport which spawned numerous newer variations for the Amiga and C64 similar to Bagman Strikes Again, Bagman Comes Again, and Tremendous Bagman. To coincide with this information, we have got the most recent footage of the sport under, in addition to a bit of information concerning the gameplay itself.

This is the most recent… ” The purpose of the sport is to navigate the mine, utilizing minecarts, ladders and lifts, accumulate all of the gold baggage and produce them to your wheelbarrow earlier than the time runs out. Bandits chase you relentlessly across the mine, however you’ll be able to evade them by using a minecart, or knock them out by dropping gold baggage on their heads. There are additionally axes scattered round to disable the bandits. Watch out to avoid wasting an axe to enter the sealed cavern”.

“My hope with this remake is to take what that was nice concerning the originals (the novel ideas, use of technique and number of sport mechanics) and repair among the obtrusive flaws (the primitive graphics, finicky controls and insane issue stage). Gilligan’s Mine additionally provides two new ranges with totally different graphical themes”.

Launch Notes : 31 December 2024

I am more than happy to announce the complete 1.0 launch of Gilligan’s Mine. This launch accommodates the next enhancements over the beta:
A lot of fantastic new music all through the sport, with huge because of the proficient Lee Bee. In addition to title display, sport over screens and so forth, Lee has produced particular person tunes for every stage.
A brand new ‘spooky’ Degree 2, bringing the extent depend as much as 4.
A selectable ‘simple’ mode with solely 2 bandits and a bit additional time.