Wow - what an amazing video! I think it's the best and most comprehensive I've seen. Certainly the longest! ;-)
Good to see that some people in Moscow are spending their time wisely :-) I look forward to your video of the remake, which will reveal much more...
1) I made the Speccy version first, then the CPC. The C64 was ported by someone else.
2) Your employers didn't know much about the mission, so their instructions were vague. They've just heard something about 'guards' and a 'rocket'. Don't think of the missions happening one after another. Imagine there's only ever one mission, based on your skill level. (so mission 2 is in a parallel universe where you are a better ninja).
3) My girlfriend at the time was called Nina Jane. A coincidence that the word is almost ninja! I was going to name the 'rocket' after her, but changed it so she was the lead character.
4) As someone in the comments says, the reward was for discovering pirate companies - not individual people. So I don't know of it ever happening.
5) From level 2 in the remake you start finding Intel Points which explain everything :-D
6) I didn't! It was a bug introduced by having 2 tapes in 1 box. Not enough testing time I guess.
7) Mission 8 WAS possible, if you picked the correct route. But maybe it was accidentally changed before publication. It does seem very short. Or maybe a duplication error - the 'guard on wrong layer' error was due to 1 single bit being recorded incorrectly on the master tape.
8) In the remake, the teleport is dramatically different on late levels (8 and 9). You'll know it when you see it!
9) There are tons of extras in the remake. All the bits wished for in saboteur2.ru before it vanished. The Sab1 remake is longer, but the Sab2 remake is 'deeper' if that makes sense. And a bit more is explained in Deep Cover, the Speccy-only text adventure.
10) My publisher is moving from Steam to Epic, so I need to update my website. And they're selling mobile versions differently now, so the unlockable downloads aren't available. But by the time you read this, hopefully all the links will be updated on
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Huge thanks for an amazing feature on Saboteur 2!
Regards, Clive.