Manic Miner

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Manic Miner
Publisher Bug byte
Senior Developer Matthew Smith
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 1983
platform Amiga , BBC Micro , DOS , Dragon 32/64 , Schneider / Amstrad CPC , SAM Coupé , C64 , C16 , Game Boy Advance , iOS , MSX , Windows , Windows Phone , ( Sinclair ZX81 ), ZX Spectrum , Oric Atmos
genre Jump 'n' run
Game mode Single player
control Keyboard or joystick
language English

Manic Miner is a classic platform or jump-'n'-Run game, the first time for the home computer ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith written by the software company Bug-Byte was published in the 1983rd The successor was Jet Set Willy .

The Briton Matthew Smith was born in London in 1966 and wrote this hit game as a 17-year-old in just six weeks. As background music, he chose the classical piece of music In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg , a composition from the 19th century that is often interpreted .

goal of the game

The game consists of 20 levels in which miner Willy - the character, a miner - has to collect several flashing keys before the oxygen runs out in this level. As soon as all the keys of a level have been collected, the character must be led to a flashing door through which you can get to the next level. In the way of Miner Willy there are a number of agile enemies such as crawling spiders, hopping kangaroos and penguins, robots, monsters, and even opening and closing toilet seats. The game ends when Miner Willy touches one of these enemies three times or falls from a great height.

The lovingly programmed and imaginative game has a cheerful feel and despite the simple knitting pattern - even from today's perspective - is not exactly easy to play. Even die-hard “Manic Miner” fans have been trying their hand at this game for decades without ever having successfully completed it.

The levels of the game

The game consists of a total of 20 levels, which are named as follows in the English version (with the best possible translations into German):

  1. Central Cavern ("Central Cave")
  2. The Cold Room ("The Cold Room")
  3. The Menagerie ("The Animal Show")
  4. Abandoned Uranium Workings ("orphaned nuclear reactor", analogously)
  5. Eugene's Lair ("The Lair of Eugene")
  6. Processing Plant ("Factory")
  7. The Vat ("The barrel")
  8. Miner Willy meets the Kong Beast ("Miner Willy meets the Kong Beast", a reference to Donkey Kong )
  9. Wacky Amoebatrons ("Crazy Amoeba")
  10. The Endorian Forest ("The Forest of Endor " - a proper name from Star Wars)
  11. Attack of the Mutant Telephones ("Attack of the Mutant Telephones")
  12. Return of the Alien Kong Beast ("Return of the Alien Kong Beast")
  13. Ore Refinery ("Ore Refinery")
  14. Skylab Landing Bay ("landing site of the Skylab ")
  15. The Bank ("The Bank")
  16. The Sixteenth Cavern ("The 16th Cave")
  17. The Warehouse ("Das Warenhaus")
  18. Amoebatrons' Revenge ("Revenge of the Amoeba")
  19. Solar power generator ("solar power generator")
  20. The Final Barrier ("The Final Hurdle")

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