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using Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy game engines
Versions and minor mods of the original Manic Miner
Dumb Miner
Author: Mark Woodmass (Woody)
Year: 2008
Language: English
Dumb Miner is MM hacked so that Willy first falls repeatedly through the platforms in "Central Cavern", at an accelerating rate, then starts going up at a decelerating speed, and then starts falling again. This renders the game, according to one comment, "somewhat amusing yet completely unplayable". In fact, at the turning point of Willy's movement cycle it is possible to make him face left - after which he is still falling/rising vertically - or right, which causes him to fall diagonally and get killed against a Fire cell or the Manic Robot.
It is possible to access the other caverns using the teleportation cheat (6031769). Willy's behaviour there is the same as in "Central Cavern", with the exception of "The Final Barrier", where, after Willy's movement is reversed and he starts going up, at the top of his upward curve, he gets stuck below the fence.
The game was an entry in the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2008.
Number of rooms: 20, but the player cannot advance beyond the first room unless they use the teleportation cheat.
Highest documented score: N/A (The game cannot be completed.)
Download links
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Info about the game on Crap Game Finder |
Game file in SZX format |
Screenshot gallery |
Falling or rising in "Central Cavern"
Stuck in "The Final Barrier"
