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|pages=47–54}}</ref> The Commodore 64 version was positively received by the reviewers of Zzap!64; it was given a 90% overall rating.<ref>http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=006&page=017&magazine=zzap</ref> The game was a bestseller in the UK Spectrum charts.<ref>http://ysrnry.co.uk/ys2.htm{{Dead link|date=April 2017}}</ref> Crash magazine gave the Spectrum version 94/100.<ref>http://www.crashonline.org.uk/20/monty.htm</ref>
|pages=47–54}}</ref> The Commodore 64 version was positively received by the reviewers of Zzap!64; it was given a 90% overall rating.<ref>http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=006&page=017&magazine=zzap</ref> The game was a bestseller in the UK Spectrum charts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ysrnry.co.uk/ys2.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-02-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214171933/http://ysrnry.co.uk/ys2.htm |archivedate=2012-02-14 |df= }}</ref> Crash magazine gave the Spectrum version 94/100.<ref>http://www.crashonline.org.uk/20/monty.htm</ref>


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* [http://sid.oth4.com/series/01/mp3/Rob_Hubbard_-_Monty_on_the_Run_6581.mp3 ''Monty on the Run'' theme] ([[MP3]]) {{broken link|date=March 2009}}
* [http://sid.oth4.com/series/01/mp3/Rob_Hubbard_-_Monty_on_the_Run_6581.mp3 ''Monty on the Run'' theme] ([[MP3]]) {{broken link|date=March 2009}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpsN14TFy90 ''Monty on the Run'' theme song on Youtube]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpsN14TFy90 ''Monty on the Run'' theme song on Youtube]
* [http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2012/05/monty-on-the-run TGWTG's Video Retrospective on the series which contains footage of the Famicom version.]{{Dead link|date=April 2017}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120517230718/http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2012/05/monty-on-the-run/ TGWTG's Video Retrospective on the series which contains footage of the Famicom version.]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB5dhnvgliM ''Monty on the Run'' gameplay video]{{Dead link|date=April 2017}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160509110250/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB5dhnvgliM ''Monty on the Run'' gameplay video]
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* [https://archive.org/details/C64GVA250-MontyOnTheRun ''Monty on the Run'' longplay] in [[Internet Archive]]
* [https://archive.org/details/C64GVA250-MontyOnTheRun ''Monty on the Run'' longplay] in [[Internet Archive]]

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Monty on the Run
Commodore 64 cover art
Developer(s)Peter Harrap
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)Rob Hubbard
SeriesMonty Mole
Platform(s)Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, ZX Spectrum, Family Computer Disk System
Release
July 1985
  • Commodore 64
    • EU: July 1985
    ZX Spectrum
    Amstrad CPC
    Commodore 16
    Famicom Disk System
    • JP: July 31, 1987
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single player

Monty on the Run is a computer game created by the software house Gremlin Graphics and released in 1985 for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 16, written by Peter Harrap for the ZX Spectrum with music by Rob Hubbard.

On the run from the authorities after his intervention in the Miners' strike, Monty the mole must escape from his house and head for the English Channel and freedom in Europe. In traditional platform game fashion, along the way he needs to collect various objects and solve puzzles to complete his escape. Before the game, five objects must be chosen to form Monty's Freedom Kit. Choosing the wrong items will leave the player unable to pass certain screens. This also acted as an anti-piracy measure, since the objects were only given numbers onscreen meaning the player had to refer to the accompanying manual. The final screen sees Monty boarding a ferry to France. This was then the starting point for the follow-up Auf Wiedersehen Monty.

The game has a sense of British surrealness similar to Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy - in gameplay it is more similar to the latter. Enemies patrol every screen, water is deadly to the touch and Monty runs the risk of being squashed by the many pistons.

A remake, titled Monty's Great Heart-pounding Escape (モンティのドキドキ大脱走, Monti no Doki Doki Dai Dassō) was created for the Family Computer Disk System in 1987 by Jaleco.

Commodore 64 version

The Commodore 64 version was produced by Micro Projects Ltd, joint owned by Anthony Clarke and Jason Perkins, with graphical input by Mark Rodgers and music by Rob Hubbard.

The music for the Commodore 64 version is regarded as one of the best computer game scores for that platform. The main game theme was, according to Hubbard, inspired by "Devil's Galop", the theme tune to the radio serial Dick Barton. It was rated #1 on Skytopia's list of The All-Time Top C64 Game Tunes [1] and was also rated #2 in Hardcore Gaming 101's Top 100 Western Video Game Music of all time.[2]

Family Computer Disk System version

Jaleco's remake of the game bears very little resemblance to the original version. For instance, Monty Mole has been replaced with a human on the run from prison and now has to escape through various Aztec-like temples. The only real association the game does have with the original is Gremlin's copyright and the familiar "in-game" theme playing on the title screen.

Like many Famicom Disk System titles, Monty's Great Heart-pounding Escape is little known outside Japan as the game was never ported to cartridge for a Western NES release.

Reception

The game was reviewed in 1990 in Dragon #158 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column, as part of the Mastertronic MEGA Pack of 10 games previously released in Europe. The reviewers normally gave a game a rating from 1 to 5 stars, but they gave this game an "X" for "Not recommended", stating "It crashed every time we tried to play it".[3] The Commodore 64 version was positively received by the reviewers of Zzap!64; it was given a 90% overall rating.[4] The game was a bestseller in the UK Spectrum charts.[5] Crash magazine gave the Spectrum version 94/100.[6]

References

  1. ^ Skytopia : Greatest Commodore 64 games music - Reviews
  2. ^ http://hg101.kontek.net/vgm/wvgm2011.htm
  3. ^ Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (June 1990). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (158): 47–54.
  4. ^ http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=006&page=017&magazine=zzap
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2012-02-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ http://www.crashonline.org.uk/20/monty.htm
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