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

11. Manic Miner - 2000

Author: Aaron Fell

Year: 2000

Language: English

Manic Miner - 2000 is a MM remake that was originally posted on the alt.binaries.comp.sinclair newsgroup. Stuart Brady announced its existence on the MM & JSW Yahoo! Group in January 2000.

For many years, nothing was known about the identity of the game's author. The creator’s name was generally spelled "FELL" (all in capitals), likely because it was unclear whether this was a surname or some kind of abbreviation.

In December 2025, JSW Central was contacted by Mr Tony Fell, who explained that his son was the author of the game. He was Scottish, born in Wick, Caithness. His full name was Aaron Fell and he worked for CCP Games in Reykjavík, Iceland, on the online game EVE. Unfortunately, Aaron passed away in 2013, aged only 37.

Number of rooms: 20

Highest documented score:

- upon reaching the swordfish sign: 37,006 points;

- upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 38,438 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)