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Manic Miner: A ten-cavern challenge

Author: Andy Ford

Year: 2019

Language: English

 

A cut-down version of MM featuring a mere ten caverns, with three difficulty levels to choose from ("Easy", "Fair" and "Hard"). The game features custom title and loading screens and a new font.

The game was released in April 2019.

 

Number of rooms: 10

Highest documented scores:

 

       When played on the Easy difficulty level:

       - upon reaching the swordfish sign: 25,465 points;

       - upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 27,740 points.

 

       When played on the Fair difficulty level:

       - upon reaching the swordfish sign: 17,941 points;

       - upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 19,209 points.

 

       When played on the Hard difficulty level:

       - upon reaching the swordfish sign: 17,710 points;

       - upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 18,905 points.

 

 

Download links

 

homepage

Homepage

The game's home page on JSW & MM Community

   

download

Official release

Official release ZIP with the game file in TAP format, the Readme and some screenshots

   

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Direct game download

Game file in TAP and TZX formats

   

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Spectrum Computing

The game's page on Spectrum Computing

   

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JSW Central

RZX walkthroughs of the game showing the highest documented scores

 

 

Video

 

A walkthrough of the game on the JSW Central YouTube channel

 

Download the JSW Central video in its original Full HD quality or in an AI-upscaled 4K version

internetarchive

 

 

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