Date   : Tue, 01 May 2007 18:07:53 +0100
From   : RS432@... (Mick Champion)
Subject: Repton 2 - which version?

Matt Forbes wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> Spent a good few hours yesterday playing (emulated) Repton 2, only to 
> remember about half-way through that there were some versions that 
> were incompletable, thanks to a bug in the program.  Not wishing to 
> waste too much time, and end up chucking the laptop out of the window, 
> I gave up and got on with some work (which I should have been doing in 
> the first place).
>  
> Looking at the disk images that I've downloaded from the STH website, 
> I've got three different versions, (repton2.ssd, repton2-alt.ssd and 
> repton2-alt2.ssd) some with red text on the status page, some with 
> blue.  Also, some of them show the "watch out for speech" banner on 
> the loading screen.
>  
> Can anyone tell me which of these is a completable game, as I'd love 
> to finish this monster (never managed it as a kid), and don't want to 
> waste hours!
>  

I have a version Repton 2 that speaks before loading "Superior Software 
presents Repton 2...Watch out for speech... coming soon"  All the levels 
can individually be done on this version, although I never managed to go 
from start to end in one hit. Too many places where you had to lose a 
life to alter a fly's direction if I recall correctly.  Had to use 
password re-entry. Got to end screen and it prompts you to do it all 
again without passwords. No chance.....for me anyway!

Mick