JSW Central - Resource Centre for ZX Spectrum games based on Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy game engines

Resource centre for ZX Spectrum games
using Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy game engines

I. Manic Miner (MM)

Games using Matthew Smith's original Manic Miner game engine for the 48K Spectrum

2. Manic Miner 2

Author / publisher: Schultze

Year: 1985

Language: German

Manic Miner 2 is the oldest known remake of MM. It was already available to fans on cassettes in the times of "the real hardware", a long time before the emulation of the ZX Spectrum on modern computers and the internet.

The game features a custom-made loading screen. The solar beam is inactive in the penultimate cavern. The game has the infinite lives POKE applied by default.

An Italian version of the game called La miniera 2 ("The Mine 2") was released by Load 'n' Run on its Italian tape 20 in October 1985. It featured an edited title screen, no room names (blank spaces) and a protagonist called Jack il Curioso. It followed up on the release of the Italian version of the original MM called La miniera.

Number of rooms: 20

Highest documented score:

- upon reaching the swordfish sign: 38,778 points;

- upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 40,223 points.

Download links

Direct game download	Game file in TAP and TZX formats, including the original German version and the Italian version extracted from the Load 'n' Run tape

Load 'n' Run collection	Italian Load 'n' Run tape 20 with La miniera 2 in TZX format

World of Spectrum	The game's page on WoS

Spectrum Computing	The game's page on Spectrum Computing

Speccy Screenshot Maps	The game's map on Speccy Screenshot Maps

JSW Central	RZX walkthrough of the game showing the highest documented score

RZX Archive	RZX walkthrough of the game on the RZX Archive (showing a completion of the game which is inferior to the best publicly available recording)