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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.Screenshots
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Alternate Titles
- "Manic Miner: ZX Spectrum HD" -- iPad title
- "Manic Miner starring Miner Willy" -- Tag-lined title
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User Reviews
Take a shine / to Manic Mine / ur | ZX Spectrum | Ashley Pomeroy (233) |
Roy Coates' loving adaption of the classic game, and not before time! | Dragon 32/64 | drmarkb (112) |
Critic Reviews
Home Computing Weekly | Commodore 64 | Feb 21, 1984 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
100 |
Crash! | ZX Spectrum | May, 1989 | 92 out of 100 | 92 |
Commodore User | Commodore 16, Plus/4 | Jun, 1986 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | Amiga | May, 1990 | 870 out of 1000 | 87 |
Tilt | ZX Spectrum | Mar, 1984 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
83 |
Eurogamer.net (UK) | ZX Spectrum | Oct 17, 2007 | 8 out of 10 | 80 |
The One for Amiga Games | Amiga | Feb, 1992 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
80 |
Amiga Power | Amiga | May, 1991 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
67 |
Advance | Game Boy Advance | Dec, 2002 | 60 out of 100 | 60 |
Amiga Format | Amiga | May, 1990 | 25 out of 100 | 25 |
Forums
Topic | # Posts | Last Post |
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SAM Coupe port | 4 | Rola (8288) Jul 14, 2012 |
Trivia
1001 Video Games
Manic Miner appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.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.Cheat code
The cheat code 6031769 is based on Smith's driver license number (slightly changed).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
- ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
- February 1991 (issue #41) - Included in the list Greatest Games of all Time, section Platform-based Games (editorial staff choice)
- Commodore Force
- December 1993 (Issue 13) – #78 “Readers' Top 100”
- Commodore Format
- April 1991 (Issue 7) - listed in the A to Z of Classic Games article (Great)
- November 1994 (Issue 50) – #16 The All-Time Top 50 C64 Games
- Computer and Video Games
- Golden Joystick 1983: Winner best Arcade style Game
- Retro Gamer
- October 2004 (Issue #9) – #3 Best Game Of All Time (Readers' Vote)
- May 2007 (Issue #37) - #2 in the "Top 25 Platformers of All Time" poll
Related Web Sites
- Abandonia (downloadable Manic Miner versions for C64, Amiga and DOSBox)
- Fan-remake of Manic Miner (Barak Ori's remake runnable on Windows 95-XP)
- Manic Miner Remake (Flash online version of Manic Miner on darnkitty.com)
- Retrospec - Manic Miner (Free downloadable remake of Manic Miner - for DOS, PlayStation One, Blitz Basic, Windows and Macintosh)
- Wikipedia (free Encyclopedia entry)
- World of Spectrum (downloadable releases; additional material; remakes links; player reviews; magazine references; magazine adverts)
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