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Versions and minor mods of the original Manic Miner

 

Manic Scroller

Authors: Mark Woodmass (Woody) / Daniel Gromann

Year: 2008 / 2018

Language: English

 

A double-width variant of Manic Miner with stretched graphics and horizontal scrolling. It was created by Woody, who posted it to comp.sys.sinclair in December 2008. It was available as a snapshot in SZX and SNA formats, but the game suffered from a critical bug: the new code corrupted the graphics in "The Final Barrier" (as well as on the title screen), creating a multiple-death scenario upon entrance to this cavern and thus making the game incompletable.

Daniel Gromann fixed the game in 2018 (by restoring the graphics data in question to the area occupied by the source code remnants at #9400 - #9CFF) and released it on the tenth anniversary of the original upload, in TAP and TZX formats, with a custom BASIC loader, loading screen and slightly modified title screen and scrolling message.

The name of the game was inspired by the title of a thread on World of Spectrum started by Mr. Anonymous.

 

Number of rooms: 20

Highest documented score:

- upon reaching the swordfish sign: 37,685 points;

- upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 38,936 points.

 

 

Download links

 

jswcentralspecial

JSW Central

ZIP with the 2018 game file in TAP and TZX formats, Woody's original 2008 SZX and SNA files and the Readme

   

directdownload

Direct game download

Game file in TAP and TZX formats

   

spectrumcomputing

Spectrum Computing

The game's page on Spectrum Computing

   

rzxarchive

RZX Archive

RZX walkthrough of the game

 

 

 
Screenshot gallery

 

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Screenshots of the left and right half of each room are provided below.

 

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The 'Game Over' screen looks the same as in the original Manic Miner.