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using Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy game engines
Versions and minor mods of the original Manic Miner
Manic Miner - Highscore Challenge
Author: Andy Ford
Year: 2018
Language: English
A version in which the player can play only one room at a time and whose object is to obtain the maximum possible score for a cavern. The idea was inspired from a topic on the World of Spectrum forums.
Upon loading the game, the player is presented with a menu list of the standard caverns and has to press A to T to select one. The selected cavern will then become the starting and only one to play. The caverns are completely unaltered from the standard game, as are the scoring counts.
Upon completion of a cavern, once all the air has been removed, the game will purposely freeze. At this point the player can make a note of their score. To restart the cavern at this point the player needs to press BREAK (Caps+Shift).
Minor changes to the game engine were applied: there are infinite lives provided, a loss of life will cause both the cavern and the score to be reset, the teleportation cheat (603179) is disabled and there is no demo mode.
The game was released in March 2018.
Number of rooms: 20
(but only one room can be played at a time)
Highest documented score: n/a
(The entire game cannot be completed.)
The list of high scores for each room is kept on the project's home page.
Download links
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The game's homepage on JetSet Willy & Manic Miner Community |
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Game file in TAP and Z80 formats |
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Game file in TAP and TZX formats |
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The game's page on Spectrum Computing |
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RZX walkthroughs of each of the 20 rooms |
Screenshot gallery |
Loading screen
Room selection screen
The rooms look the same as in the original game, except for the scores, which are lower than in the original (with the exception of "Central Cavern"). The screenshots that follow show the end results, after the game has frozen in each room. Some of the scores attained may be known all-time highs, while others may be inferior to the best scores that have been reported.
