Monty on the Run Review
Time for us to make the Monty on the Run Review – a splendid platform game. There is a say that there always is a before and after – and here we really have this in videogaming.
Who hasn’t played Manic Miner? Well, I guess all you have – all those rooms with rare objects transforming in living objects. So, the after is Monty on the Run, but I would even stretch myself to say the after deluxe.
The gameplay is awesome and you are tickled to challenge every cell in your brain. The trickyness becomes more complex the longer into the game you come – I remember that competition by friends and corperation where one was better than the other one and handing the joystick in between accordingly.
This games promise you a lot of hours of gamefun – and now with emulators you can actually save your progress – this is really an addon that gives more joy to play the game to the end.
Graphically this games hits the top and the feeling in steering Monty is on the smoothest level and fulfills the total gaming experience. This game is a must play – no excuses made here.
In the Magazine
INNOCENT or not, Monty has escaped from gaol and plans to flee the country aboard a waiting ship in Monty on the Run. From the safe house he must get through the maze of tunnels and sewers, picking up cash and objects en route. He needs cash for his new life and objects to help him through the dangers that lurk in the maze of platformed areas. Not all objects will help him — some are extremely dangerous to Monty and some completely useless. Cash lies about the place — heavily guarded by nasty teapots — together with bouncing grandmother clocks, Hush Puppy dog lookalikes, machines which will flatten Monty and low flying insects.
As he goes through each section the nasties become more bizarre. Climbing up ropes, jumping across lakes and somersaulting onto platforms, are all within Monty’s capabilities. Each of his skills are constantly tested throughout the game as the nasties stamp about after Monty. The animated graphics are a great improvement on the early Monty games. No doubt the quality of this new game will ensure that we will see a mole lot more of Monty games.
Colette McDermott Sinclair User Review Issue 43 – October 1985
From the cover
Super fit and desperate for freedom, Monty makes his daring escape from Scudmore Prison. Hounded by the bastions of law and order, our frightened hero finds refuge with the criminal underworld who offer him his chance to breath fresh air and bask in the sunlight once again.
Moving from safe house to hideout to underground lair, Monty must select the correct five elements of his freedom kit from the many he’s offered and not miss out on the hidden gold coins that will make him a mole of leisure. At last he’s free but can he make the cross-channel ferry on time?
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Monty on the run review rating
As written before, this is a must play game – this is part of 8bit gaming history. I promise you that after playing this game you will hunt for all the sequels and want to play them aswell. We give it full rating.
