Description
You play the role of Miner Willy, a bold explorer and adventurer. He discovers a network of underground caverns used by an advanced but now extinct civilization, and realizes that the mines contain lucrative metal ores. Through 20 caverns, you must collect all treasures before all time (air) runs out, watching out for the nasty guardians, the obstacles, dead falls, quicksands and all elements to be found in a classic platform game.
Alternate Titles
- "Manic Miner: ZX Spectrum HD" -- iPad title
- "Manic Miner starring Miner Willy" -- Tag-lined title
- "Manic Miner 32" -- Windows title
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Author
The author of the game,
Matthew Smith, wrote
Manic Miner and the follow-up game
Jet Set Willy before the age of 18. He wrote
Manic Miner while working for
Bug-Byte Software. When he left to join
Software Projects he took the licence with him together with the follow-up game.
Sequel
There was an unreleased sequel to
Manic Miner called
Mattie Goes Mining. The idea for this title was to improve upon the Commodore 64 version of
Manic Miner. This may have included the use of multi-color graphics and other graphical or sonic improvements. There was once a news article about the title (the source is unknown) which says that the game was at an "advanced state" at the time of the article. They stated that there would be "many improvements" to the original game to take advantage of the Commodore 64. That was all that was ever heard of the game, and it never surfaced anywhere. Just who was developing the title is unknown as well.
Awards
The game was voted #2 in the "Top 25 Platformers of All Time" poll in Retro Gamer Magazine (Issue 37).
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Caltrus.
