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using Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy game engines
II. Jet Set Willy (JSW48)
A. New games using Matthew Smith's original Jet Set Willy game engine for the 48K Spectrum and its modifications
39. Manic Mining Robot's Day Out
Author: Vidar Eriksen (Erix1)
Publisher: Manic Miner Technologies
Year: 2003
Standalone version (by Daniel Gromann): 2008
Language: English
Manic Mining Robot's Day Out is a "secret bonus crap game" attached to Maria vs. Some Bastards, a game by Vidar Eriksen (Erix1). It can be launched on the initial screen by pressing "0".
Information about the game was revealed by Vidar Eriksen himself in messages 3454 and 3457 on the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy Yahoo! Group; in the former he described it as "just compilation of screens and graphics" he "had to edit out of Maria vs some bastards".
A standalone version of the game, with an added loading screen, created by Daniel Gromann, has been available on the internet since 2008.
The 128K Russian hack of Maria vs. Some Bastards, available on TRDos ReCracks, also contains Manic Mining Robot's Day Out, which can be launched there not by pressing "0" on the initial screen, but by bringing up the cheat menu by pressing "c" and then choosing option 7.
In the 2019 Bug-Fixed Edition of Maria vs. Some Bastards, released by the Jet Set Willy & Manic Miner Community Team, a typo in the scrolly for Manic Mining Robot's Day Out was corrected.
Number of edited rooms: 28
Number of rooms accessible without cheating: 28
Number of items to collect: 28
Bugfix needed after original release? NO
Spare lives at the start: 6
Completable without loss of life? YES
Starting time: 7:00 am
Best documented completion time with no loss of life: 7:35 am
Download links
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Game file in TAP and TZX formats |
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2019 Bug-Fixed Edition of Maria vs. Some Bastards on JSW & MM Community |
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A 128K Russian hack of Maria vs. Some Bastards from TRDos ReCracks |
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The game's page on WoS |
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The game's page on Spectrum Computing |
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The game's map on Speccy Screenshot Maps |
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RZX walkthrough of the 2019 Bug-Fixed Edition of the game |
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Video of the walkthrough on YouTube |
Video
A review by Njenkin
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