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

4. Manic Miner III: Tales from a Parallel Universe

Author: Lee Tonks (BLOOD!)

Publisher: Cheese Freak Software

Year: 1996

Language: English

Manic Miner III: Tales from a Parallel Universe is the first MM remake of the internet era. It features a Miner Willy from a parallel universe who, "just like his counterpart in this reality, has fallen into a mine packed with dangers and must escape from 20 lethal caverns in order to locate the untold treasures of an ancient civilisation. However, in this universe things are subtly different..... ".

The game features a custom basic loader, a custom loading screen created using a cartoon of Matt Smith Lee Tonks found on NVG and a rewritten scrolling message. The room layouts have been changed, but the graphics and the guardian sprites and movements have not been modified.

Manic Miner III: Tales from a Parallel Universe was released in May 1996; then in the summer of that year it was included in the snapshot pack in Issue 6 of the Emulate! online magazine.

Number of rooms: 20

Highest documented score:

- upon reaching the swordfish sign: 36,012 points;

- upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 37,270 points.

Download links

Direct game download	Game file in TAP and TZX formats

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)