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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1983 video game</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1983 video game</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Manic_miner_bugbyte.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/Manic_miner_bugbyte.jpg/220px-Manic_miner_bugbyte.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="345" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Manic_miner_bugbyte.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="252" data-file-height="395" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cassette inlay</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_publisher" title="Video game publisher">Publisher(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bug-Byte" title="Bug-Byte">Bug-Byte</a> (June 1983)<sup id="cite_ref-ycjune83_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ycjune83-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hcw28june83_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hcw28june83-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Software_Projects" title="Software Projects">Software Projects</a> (Nov 1983)<sup id="cite_ref-pcw8dec83_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pcw8dec83-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <a href="/wiki/Amsoft" title="Amsoft">Amsoft</a> (1985)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game designer">Designer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Smith_(games_programmer)" title="Matthew Smith (games programmer)">Matthew Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_programmer" title="Video game programmer">Programmer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Matthew Smith (Spectrum)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ZX_Spectrum" title="ZX Spectrum">ZX Spectrum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amstrad_CPC" title="Amstrad CPC">Amstrad CPC</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Micro" title="BBC Micro">BBC Micro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commodore_16" title="Commodore 16">Commodore 16</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dragon_32/64" title="Dragon 32/64">Dragon 32/64</a>, <a href="/wiki/MSX" title="MSX">MSX</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oric_computers" class="mw-redirect" title="Oric computers">Oric</a>, <a href="/wiki/SAM_Coup%C3%A9" title="SAM Coupé">SAM Coupé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tatung_Einstein" title="Tatung Einstein">Tatung Einstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memotech_MTX" title="Memotech MTX">MTX</a>, <a href="/wiki/PMD_85" title="PMD 85">PMD 85</a>, <a href="/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance" title="Game Boy Advance">Game Boy Advance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mobile_phone" title="Mobile phone">Mobile</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">1983</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_genre" title="Video game genre">Genre(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Platform_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform game">Platform</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mode(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Single-player" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-player">Single-player</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Manic Miner</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Platform_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform game">platform game</a> written for the <a href="/wiki/ZX_Spectrum" title="ZX Spectrum">ZX Spectrum</a> by <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Smith_(games_programmer)" title="Matthew Smith (games programmer)">Matthew Smith</a>. It was published by <a href="/wiki/Bug-Byte" title="Bug-Byte">Bug-Byte</a> in 1983, then later the same year by <a href="/wiki/Software_Projects" title="Software Projects">Software Projects</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pcw_ms_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pcw_ms-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first game in the <i><a href="/wiki/Miner_Willy" title="Miner Willy">Miner Willy</a></i> series, the design was inspired by <i><a href="/wiki/Miner_2049er" title="Miner 2049er">Miner 2049er</a></i> (1982) for the <a href="/wiki/Atari_8-bit_computers" title="Atari 8-bit computers">Atari 8-bit computers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bigk_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bigk-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Retro Gamer</i> called <i>Manic Miner</i> one of the most influential platform games of all time,<sup id="cite_ref-retrogamer48p4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrogamer48p4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it has been ported to numerous home computers, video game consoles, and mobile phones. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gameplay">Gameplay</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Gameplay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manic_Miner_Screenshot.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5a/Manic_Miner_Screenshot.png/220px-Manic_Miner_Screenshot.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/Manic_Miner_Screenshot.png 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="192" /></a><figcaption>The first room: "Central Cavern"</figcaption></figure> <p>In each of the twenty caverns, each one screen in size, are several flashing objects, which the player must collect before Willy's oxygen supply runs out. Once the player has collected the objects in one cavern, they must then go to the now-flashing portal, which will take them to the next cavern. The player must avoid enemies, listed in the cassette inlay as <i>"...Poisonous Pansies, Spiders, Slime, and worst of all, Manic Mining Robots..."</i> which move along predefined paths at constant speeds. Willy can also be killed by falling too far, so players must time the precision of jumps and other movements to prevent such falls or collisions with the enemies. </p><p>Extra lives are gained every 10,000 points, and the game ends when the player has no lives left. Above the final portal is a garden. To the right is a house with a white picket fence and red car parked in front. To the left is a slope leading to backyard with a pond and tree; a white animal, resembling a cat or mouse, watches the sun set behind the pond. Upon gaining his freedom, the game restarts from the first level with no increase in difficulty. </p><p>The in-game music is <i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Hall_of_the_Mountain_King" title="In the Hall of the Mountain King">In the Hall of the Mountain King</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-auto_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/wiki/Edvard_Grieg" title="Edvard Grieg">Edvard Grieg's</a> music to <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen" title="Henrik Ibsen">Henrik Ibsen's</a> play <i><a href="/wiki/Peer_Gynt" title="Peer Gynt">Peer Gynt</a></i>. The music that plays during the title screen is an arrangement of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Danube" title="The Blue Danube">The Blue Danube</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ManicMinerLoadingScreen.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/ManicMinerLoadingScreen.gif/220px-ManicMinerLoadingScreen.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/ManicMinerLoadingScreen.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="192" /></a><figcaption>Animated loading screen</figcaption></figure> <p>There are some differences between the Bug-Byte and Software Projects versions: </p> <ol><li>In "Processing Plant", the enemy at the end of the conveyor belt is a bush in the original, whereas the Software Projects one resembles a <a href="/wiki/Pac-Man" title="Pac-Man">Pac-Man</a> ghost.</li> <li>In "Amoebatrons' Revenge", the original Bug-Byte amoebatrons look like alien octopuses with tentacles hanging down, whereas the Software Projects amoebatrons resemble the Bug-Byte logo.</li> <li>In "The Warehouse", the original game has threshers travelling up and down the vertical slots, rotating about the screen's X-axis. The Software Projects version has <a href="/wiki/Penrose_triangle" title="Penrose triangle">Penrose triangles</a> (i.e. the Software Projects logo) instead,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which rotate about the screen's <a href="/wiki/Z-axis" class="mw-redirect" title="Z-axis">Z-axis</a>.</li> <li>The Bug-Byte cheat code was the numerical sequence "<i>6031769</i>", based on Matthew Smith's driving licence.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Software Projects version this changed to "<i>typewriter</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Amstrad_CPC" title="Amstrad CPC">Amstrad CPC</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/BBC_Micro" title="BBC Micro">BBC Micro</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Commodore_16" title="Commodore 16">Commodore 16</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dragon_32/64" title="Dragon 32/64">Dragon 32/64</a>, <a href="/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance" title="Game Boy Advance">Game Boy Advance</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mobile_phone" title="Mobile phone">mobile phones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/MSX" title="MSX">MSX</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oric_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Oric 1">Oric 1</a>, and <a href="/wiki/SAM_Coup%C3%A9" title="SAM Coupé">SAM Coupé</a>, </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SAM_Coupé"><span id="SAM_Coup.C3.A9"></span>SAM Coupé</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: SAM Coupé"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SAM_Coup%C3%A9_Manic_Miner.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/SAM_Coup%C3%A9_Manic_Miner.png/220px-SAM_Coup%C3%A9_Manic_Miner.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/SAM_Coup%C3%A9_Manic_Miner.png 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="192" /></a><figcaption>SAM Coupé version (1992)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/SAM_Coup%C3%A9" title="SAM Coupé">SAM Coupé</a> version, programmed by Matthew Holt, like the ZX original requires pixel-perfect timing, and both graphics and audio, the latter by <a href="/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_Fuka" title="František Fuka">František Fuka</a>, were greatly updated. In addition to the original twenty caverns, forty additional caverns were included in this release. Levels were designed by David Ledbury, and winners of a competition run by SAM Computers Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PMD_85">PMD 85</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: PMD 85"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The game was ported for Czechoslovak Computers <a href="/wiki/PMD_85" title="PMD 85">PMD 85</a> in 1985. The authors of the PMD 85 version are Vít Libovický and Daniel Jenne. They made it as accurate as they could.<sup id="cite_ref-mm_orig_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mm_orig-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BBC_Micro">BBC Micro</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: BBC Micro"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/BBC_Micro" title="BBC Micro">BBC Micro</a> version does not have the Solar Power Generator, instead containing a completely different room called "The Meteor Shower". This has the "reflecting machines" from the Solar Power Generator, but there is no beam of light. Instead, it has meteors which descend from the top of the screen and disintegrate when they hit platforms, like the Skylabs in Skylab Landing Bay. It also has forcefields which turn on and off, and the layout is completely different. </p><p>Also, the last screen (which is still called "The Final Barrier") is complex and difficult (unlike the Spectrum version, which is considered to be fairly easy) and has a completely different layout. It also features the blinking forcefields. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Amstrad_CPC">Amstrad CPC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Amstrad CPC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Amstrad_CPC" title="Amstrad CPC">Amstrad</a> version was effectively the same as the Spectrum version by Software Projects, except that Eugene's Lair was renamed "Eugene Was Here", and the layout of "The Final Barrier" was again completely different (but is more similar to the Spectrum version than the BBC version). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dragon_32/64"><span id="Dragon_32.2F64"></span>Dragon 32/64</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Dragon 32/64"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dragon_Manic_Miner.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6d/Dragon_Manic_Miner.gif/220px-Dragon_Manic_Miner.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Dragon_Manic_Miner.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="192" /></a><figcaption>Dragon version of <i>Manic Miner</i> (1984)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Dragon_32" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragon 32">Dragon 32</a> version, programmed by Roy Coates, had two extra rooms (i.e. 22 altogether) and a cheat mode accessed by typing "P", "P", "ENGUIN". To retain the resolution of the original, the Dragon version used PMODE 4 in black/white mode.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oric/Atmos"><span id="Oric.2FAtmos"></span>Oric/Atmos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Oric/Atmos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Programmed by Chris Larkin, the <a href="/wiki/Oric_computers" class="mw-redirect" title="Oric computers">Oric</a> version has 32 screens instead of 20.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commodore_16">Commodore 16</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Commodore 16"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Commodore_16" title="Commodore 16">Commodore 16</a> version was limited in a number of respects - this was mainly due to the initial lack of developer material for the C16 machine, and a two-week deadline to produce and test the game, then generate a master tape for the duplication house. Other issues were the lack of a <a href="/wiki/Fast_loader" title="Fast loader">fast loader</a> system for the C16 cassette deck, and as a result it took about seven minutes for the game to load, and a bug resulted in the game entering the first screen as soon as the tape had finished loading instead of waiting for the user to start the game. Further issues related to the lack of music and in game sound, and the way that video memory was mapped in the C16, this resulted in a number of the screens having to be removed so that load time and video mapping could be correctly handled.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1217379840">.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 1em 1em;text-align:center;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .vgr-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output 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td,.mw-parser-output .vgr-reviews tr:last-child th{border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .vgr-title,.mw-parser-output .vgr-subtitle,.mw-parser-output .vgr-awards tr td:first-child{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mw-collapsed .vgr-title{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews table tr td:first-child,.mw-parser-output .vgr-awards td{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews table tr td.vgr-center{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews .vgr-stacked{border-top:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews{width:100%;float:none;clear:both;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews table{display:table}.mw-parser-output .video-game-reviews caption{display:table-caption}}</style><div role="complementary" class="video-game-reviews skin-invert vgr-single"><div class="vgr-title">Reception</div><table class="vgr-awards wikitable notheme"><caption>Award</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Publication</th><th scope="col">Award</th></tr><tr><td><i>Crash</i></td><td>Crash Smash<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>In August 1983, sales of Bug-Byte's original ZX Spectrum release of <i>Manic Miner</i> took the game to the top of the UK video games charts replacing <i><a href="/wiki/Jet_Pac" class="mw-redirect" title="Jet Pac">Jet Pac</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-pcncharts_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pcncharts-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Commodore 64 version, released by Software Projects, reached the number one position in early 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-cvg30charts_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cvg30charts-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It went on to become the best selling Commodore 64 game and third best selling ZX Spectrum game of 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The SAM Coupé version scored 84% in <i>Your Sinclair</i><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 88% in <i><a href="/wiki/Crash_(magazine)" title="Crash (magazine)">Crash</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Manic Miner</i> was the winner of "Best Arcade Style Game", and placed third in the "Game of the Year" category at the 1983 <a href="/wiki/Golden_Joystick_Awards" title="Golden Joystick Awards">Golden Joystick Awards</a> voted for by readers of <i><a href="/wiki/Computer_and_Video_Games" title="Computer and Video Games">Computer and Video Games</a></i> magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Manic Miner</i> was placed at number 25 in the "<i><a href="/wiki/Your_Sinclair" title="Your Sinclair">Your Sinclair</a></i> official top 100"<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spectrum games of all time, and was later voted number 6 in the <i>Readers' Top 100 Games of All Time</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1991, <i><a href="/wiki/ACE_(magazine)" title="ACE (magazine)">ACE</a></i> magazine listed <i>Manic Miner</i> and its sequel <i>Jet Set Willy</i>, along with <i><a href="/wiki/Hunchback_(video_game)" title="Hunchback (video game)">Hunchback</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Impossible_Mission" title="Impossible Mission">Impossible Mission</a></i>, and the <a href="/wiki/Mario_(franchise)" title="Mario (franchise)">Mario series</a>, as the greatest platform games of all time, calling <i>Manic Miner</i> "the first great home computer platform game".<sup id="cite_ref-acegreatestgames1_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acegreatestgames1-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The game was #97 on <a href="/wiki/Polygon_(website)" title="Polygon (website)">Polygon's</a> 2017 retrospective list of the 500 best games of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unofficial ports exist for the <a href="/wiki/Acorn_Archimedes" title="Acorn Archimedes">Acorn Archimedes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acorn_Atom" title="Acorn Atom">Acorn Atom</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Acorn_Electron" title="Acorn Electron">Acorn Electron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atari_ST" title="Atari ST">Atari ST</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Z88" title="Cambridge Z88">Cambridge Z88</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commodore_128" title="Commodore 128">Commodore 128</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/HP48" class="mw-redirect" title="HP48">HP48</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/MS-DOS" title="MS-DOS">MS-DOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neo_Geo_Pocket_Color" title="Neo Geo Pocket Color">Neo Geo Pocket Color</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_64" title="Nintendo 64">Nintendo 64</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orao_(computer)" title="Orao (computer)">Orao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Playdate_(console)" title="Playdate (console)">Playdate</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/PlayStation" title="PlayStation">PlayStation</a>, <a href="/wiki/PMD_85" title="PMD 85">PMD 85</a>, <a href="/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer" title="TRS-80 Color Computer">TRS-80 Color Computer</a>, <a href="/wiki/VIC-20" title="VIC-20">VIC-20</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Zune" title="Zune">Zune</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/ZX81" title="ZX81">ZX81</a>. </p><p>The sequel to <i>Manic Miner</i> is <i><a href="/wiki/Jet_Set_Willy" title="Jet Set Willy">Jet Set Willy</a></i>, and was followed by <i><a href="/wiki/Jet_Set_Willy_II" title="Jet Set Willy II">Jet Set Willy II</a></i>. Software Projects also released a game in the style of <i>Manic Miner</i> for the <a href="/wiki/VIC-20" title="VIC-20">VIC-20</a> called <i>The Perils of Willy</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Manic Miner 360</i> was released for the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live_Indie_Games" title="Xbox Live Indie Games">Xbox Live Indie Game</a> in June 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A homage to the <i>Manic Miner</i> loading screen appears in one episode of the 2005 British sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Barley" title="Nathan Barley">Nathan Barley</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Roller_Coaster_(video_game)" title="Roller Coaster (video game)">Roller Coaster</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blagger_(video_game)" title="Blagger (video game)">Blagger</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sir_Lancelot_(video_game)" title="Sir Lancelot (video game)">Sir Lancelot</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manic_Miner&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ycjune83-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ycjune83_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/your-computer-magazine-1983-06/page/n201/">"Advert: The Computer Fair: Earls Court 16th-19th June 1983"</a>. <i>Your Computer</i>. 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