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	Manic Miner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Manic Miner is a classic platform game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 (later re-released by Software Projects).
		Miner Willy, while prospecting down Surbiton way, stumbles upon an ancient, long forgotten mine-shaft.
		On the ZX Spectrum flashing attributes were used to "animate" a Manic Miner logo while loading.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manic_Miner (1164 words)

	Miner Willy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miner Willy is the protagonist of a popular series of platform games for the ZX Spectrum and the commodore 64 home computers.
		The Miner Willy series were written by legendary computer game programmer Matthew Smith, during the early to mid-1980s.
		The series started in 1983 with the release of Manic Miner, and was followed up a year later with Jet Set Willy (one of the best selling video games of all time) and Jet Set Willy II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miner_Willy (195 words)

	Manic Miner Room-Format
		Manic Miner's collision detection algorithm for guardians is pixel-based, which means that you lose a life if a guardian touches Willy, another guardian or the pixels in a block on the screen.
		Manic Miner's crumbling algorithm can be exploited to create proper fast-crumbling floors, where there are a number of blank rows of pixels at the top of the 8x8 pixel-pattern, depending on how rapidly you want it to fall away.
		Manic Miner) use Sprites 0 to 3 for the Kong Beast graphics: the standing Kong Beast in Sprites 0 and 1, and the falling Kong Beast in Sprites 2 and 3.
	www.geocities.com /andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/mm_format.html (8915 words)

	Manic Miner Room Format
		Manic Miner level editor for Linux), but it is also proving useful for other tasks such as converting Manic Miner to run on other computers (e.g.
		Manic Miner has items which are `removed' in this way: Room 14 ("The Bank") has a colour attribute of 255 for the fourth item (which causes the fifth item to be removed also), and Room 15 has a colour attribute of 255 for the fifth item.
		Manic Miner: The Buddha of Suburbia, "The BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA : suburbs");
	www.icemark.com /dataformats/manic/mmformat_01.htm (8419 words)

	Manic Miner for Windows
		Manic Miner (the original or my version) is no match for Quake, you cannot meet Lara Croft there, and it doesn't have Napalm Strikes, as Worms 2 has.
		Believe it or not, I started working on my remake of Manic Miner on 1992 (which means it took me 7 years!!!) It was right after I had the pleasure of playing it on my PC using the PJPP emulator program.
		Note that the walkthrough video is of the original Manic Miner game (but the Windows version is so accurate that if you do the same, you'll get the same), and also that the video is quite long - a little over 23 minutes.
	www.xmixdrix.com /manicminer (1348 words)

	Flat Batteries - Manic Miner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It's easy to forget how important Manic Miner is, but if you mention the ZX Spectrum to anyone under 40 in the UK the chances are they'll say either Manic Miner or its sequel Jet Set Willy The reason for this is simple.
		All we'd had at home in the platform genre before this was Pitfall and although Mario was already in his third incarnation in the arcades he couldn't yet come close to Manic Miner.
		Despite Manic Miner being right at the start of the 8-bit computing era and the advancements that came after, Manic Miner remains the game that defines that age.
	www.flatbatteries.dsl.pipex.com /games/manicmin.htm (447 words)

	Miner 2049'er.... Do you think it inspired Matthew Smith? - AtariAge Forums
		Miner 2049er is sort of a platformer Pac Man style game; you "claim" each mining station (level) by walking over every inch of floor space, your progress denoted by patterns in each section of the floor turning solid as you walk over them.
		Manic Miner and kin are all jumping platformers where you have to roam about collecting all the various objects scattered on each screen.
		I remember reading that Manic Miner was supposedly based on Miner 2049'er (in Stuart Campbell's top 100 games in Your Sinclair), but if that's the case then Matt Smith took the word 'Miner' and not much else.
	www.atariage.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=48180 (529 words)

	The Spectrum Games Database - MANIC MINER
		Manic Miner is a single screen platform game with 20 excellent levels.
		The main follow up to Manic Miner was Jet Set Willy.
		Miner Willy meets the Kong Beast is a parody of the old Donkey Kong games.
	www.nvg.ntnu.no /sinclair/stevo/gamedbs/manicmin/manicmin.htm (724 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The answer might have been swordfish.) SEQUELS The main follow up to Manic Miner was Jet Set Willy.
		A prequel came in the form of Miner 2049'er, on the TRS-80.
		The reason for this is that Bug-Byte originally only had a contract to sell Manic Miner, they did not actually own it.
	www.nvg.ntnu.no /sinclair/stevo/gamedbs/manicmin.txt (409 words)

	WotR - Miner '69er
		In a good game, the difficulty should be cleverly implemented through good level design whilst still allowing the player to feel that he has comfortable control of the game.
		The difficulty in Manic Miner is implemented in the cheapest and crappest way possible: by putting obstacles in the player's way that you have to be at EXACTLY the correct pixel position to jump over.
		Maybe with a few more shuffles as you went a tiny bit further into the level just out of sheer bloody-mindedness, because you were a Spectrum owner and you HAD to make out this was actually fun, and not a horribly futile exercise in bitter frustration.
	www.wayoftherodent.com /reviews/rev_manicminer.htm (485 words)

	Manic Miner Review - GamersHell.com
		When a 16 year-old Mathew Smith took his bed room creation Manic Miner to Bug Byte, he was told by a lead programmer there (Eugene Evans) that "It won't work".
		Miner Willy is back with a vengeance, and a big sigh to all the older (and younger) GBA gamers
		Manic Miner is arguably THE father of all platform games after it, it featured continuous music, 20 FULL SCREEN levels and flicker free animation with a good difficulty curve (all gendre-defying on the humble 48k spectrum).
	www.gamershell.com /gba/manic_miner/review.html (702 words)

	Manic Miner - Tales from a Parallel Universe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Miner Willy is no exception to this rule.
		In case you hadn't noticed, this is a version of Manic Miner which I have edited with the Manic Miner Editor to produce a very different game!
		Andy Noble was kind enough to include my levels as a bonus in his fantasic PC remake of Manic Miner.
	uk.geocities.com /leetonks/Speccy/tales.html (370 words)

	Manic Miner GBA Screenshots Gallery Page 2/2 - GamersHell.com
		If you remember Captain Pugwash when he was in fl and white then you'll also doubtless recall that the original version of Manic Miner was one of the first platform games ever on the ZX Spectrum.
		Although most retro rereleases are a breath of fresh air, from a time when gameplay was always more important than graphics, truth be told Manic Miner was looking old-fashioned even before the 80s were over.
		Failing as it does to be any kind of historical record Manic Miner must survive purely on its own merits and to be honest it really doesn't come close to the likes of Super Mario World.
	www.gamershell.com /gba/manic_miner/screenshots.html?page=2 (321 words)

	Manic Miner: comp.sys.sinclair. by Fishyfish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Every element in the Manic Miner sly-o-vocabulary is bunged in, by an adept bunger who understands you don't admire games you can't play.
		Andrew Broad, without who's Manic Miner Screen Editor and Manic Miner Room Format website, this project wouldn't have got very far.
		The various good eggs on comp.sys.sinclair on whom this version of Manic Miner is based.
	www.fishyfish.net /manic (896 words)

	Manic Miner Technologies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		We at Miner Tech believe that playing Manic Miner is the only way to get them horny chicks...
		It's supposed to be a much improved version of Manic Miner taking advantage of the C64's power.
		I've uploaded some of the vital information from his pages (The Manic Miner Room Format document, The Quirky features in MM/JSW-document, Specsaisie V1.0 and Richard Halla's A Miner Triad-document.), which can be found in the Tools section
	jswremakes.emuunlim.com /mmt.htm (313 words)

	Lee's Peek n Poke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Even though the Spectrum was making waves and had some fabulous games behind it, when Manic Miner got out the world went mad for it.
		Based on Miner 2049'er, this game took a rather British humor to it and pushed the boat out.
		This set out lovely little Speccy off to the stars and made lots of Manic Miner clones that carried on well to the end of the Spectrum's life.
	peeknpoke.emuunlim.com /feature_gamingmomjetsetwilly.htm (148 words)

	Open Directory - Games: Video Games: Platform: Miner Willy Games: Manic Miner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Manic Miner (SAM) - Manic Miner (SAM version) review, by Jon Pillar from Your Sinclair.
		Manic Miner Technologies - Includes tools, articles, art, a history, maps, and sound.
		Manic Studios - Freeware games including a remake of Manic Miner.
	dmoz.org /Games/Video_Games/Platform/Miner_Willy_Games/Manic_Miner (180 words)

	Manic Miner, Software-Projects
		On further exploration, he finds evidence of a lost civilisation far superior to our own, which used automatons to dig beep into the Earth's core to supply the essential raw materials for their advanced industry.
		Nobody, however, thought to tell the mine robots to stop working, and through countless aeons they had steadily accumulated a hugh stockpile of valuable metals and minerals, and Miner Willy realises that he now has the opportunity to make his fortune by finding the underground store.
		When you have all the keys, you can enter the portal which will now be flashing.
	www.clive.nl /detail/22617 (237 words)

	Manic Studios
		Manic Studios is a company that makes both FREEWARE and SHAREWARE software for your PC.
		Manic Studios has made such programs like, Manic Miner, Joseph`s CD Player `99, Joseph`s Text Editor `99, Race Mania, Aliens and Asteroids Trilogy and many more!
		With the long wait for Manic Miner 2 almost over we are set to see the game appear sometime around March-April this year.
	skyscraper.fortunecity.com /tcpip/704 (296 words)

	Manic Miner by Software Projects for the Amstrad CPC
		Miner Willy, while prospecting down the Surbition way, stumbles upon an ancient long forgotten mine-shaft.
		On further exploration, he finds evidence of a lost civilisation far superior to our own, which used automatons to dig deep into the earth's core to supply the essential raw materials for their advanced industry.
		After centuries of peace and properity, the civilisation was torn apart by war, and lapsed into a long dark age, abandoning their industry and machines.
	www.cpczone.net /index.php?game=558 (356 words)

	Manic Miner: I & II · By Software Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Manic Miner: I & II · By Software Projects
		Manic Miner: I and II · Cheat Mode
		Unpause the game with [Space] again, and you should have nine lives.
	www.amigagames.com /gage/m/manicminer.html (42 words)

	Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy
		This page is dedicated to the classic Spectrum platform-games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy, originally written by Matthew Smith.
		Manic Miner Construction Set for the Commodore 64 (Commodore-emulator downloads)
		Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy (founded by Yours Truly!)
	www.geocities.com /andrewbroad/spectrum/willy (365 words)

	redkeyreddoor retrogaming :: Manic Miner running on an iPod
		Just like the title says: a working ZX Spectrum emulator for Apple's ubiquitous white tune-tablet, so you can be achingly contemporary and defiantly retro all at the same time.
		The download and installation procedure, described here, is a techies-only nightmare of confusing computer-work ("Have you made the external void?"), but for now you can see a video of Manic Miner running in iPod-o-vision via this post.
		The man behind Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy is back from the dead -- and making a new ZX Spectrum game.
	www.redkeyreddoor.com /?p=1033 (159 words)

	Manic Miner (SAM)
		The reason for this little trip is to take a look at one of the classlest classics of all.
		It is of course Manic Miner, that never-bettered platform leap-about.
		The plot behind the game is that Miner Willy, Surbiton's noted spelunker, has tumbled down a mineshaft.
	www.ysrnry.co.uk /articles/sammanicminer.htm (445 words)

	IGN: Manic Miner Comes to GBA
		February 4, 2002 - Back in 1983, a little game by the name of Manic Miner hit the ZX Spectrum system in Europe.
		Can't say for sure if this game qualifies as a "classic," considering that it never really made it big in the US and we're just guessing at it's popularity.
		Players will have to avoid such clever enemy characters such as evil penguins and vicious toilets to reach the goal of collecting all the goodies in the area.
	gameboy.ign.com /articles/324/324008p1.html (246 words)

	Annoyances.org - re: no longer able to drag pics from IE to desktop (Windows XP Discussion Forum)
		(manic miner: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 10:11 am)
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	www.annoyances.org /exec/forum/winxp/1106595858 (194 words)

	Open Directory - Games: Video Games: Platform: Miner Willy Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner Yahoo Webring - Web ring for the Miner Willy series.
		Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy - Dr. Andrew Broad's links to all manner of Willy-related sites.
		Technical information for the Miner Willy series - Disassemblies and room formats for Manic Miner and both versions of Jet Set Willy.
	dmoz.org /Games/Video_Games/Platform/Miner_Willy_Games (163 words)

	redkeyreddoor retrogaming :: New Spectrum game from Manic Miner / Jet Set Willy author
		ZX Spectrum legend Matthew Smith was interviewed live at the Screenplay games festival in Nottingham today -- you can read the entire interview below.
		And he had some surprising news for fans of his unforgettable early-'80s Speccy titles Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy -- he's making a new Spectrum game.
		When pressed on whether this would be a third outing for his Willy, Matthew said that "[it] won't be starring Miner Willy except by agreement with the new publishers." That's Advanced Mobile Solutions, who currently own the rights to Jet Set Willy and are reportedly planning a JSW-themed racing game for cellphones.
	www.redkeyreddoor.com /index.php?p=76 (286 words)

	CPC GAME REVIEWS - M (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Manic Miner has long been regarded as a classic game, and rightfully so.
		The prequel to Jet Set Willy, the game has you playing Miner Willy as you traverse underground caverns, collecting enough keys in each one to open the exit and allow you to proceed.
		Each cavern is only one screen in size, but they are jam-packed with enemies (weird and wonderful!), platforms, keys and other obstacles, making them seem a lot bigger.
	www.cpcgamereviews.com /m (1363 words)

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