Manic Miner Engine

Note, I'm offering the game engine free, donations are not for the use of the engine.  Just my time in maintaining code.  The engine can be used to create your own games using your own artwork and level design via editing configuration files found in media/config.

Graphics By Andy Noble (www.retrospec.sgn.net) 

(NB. I have borrowed Andy's graphics with his permission,

    why not check out his RetroSpec Site for conversions of 

other classic Spectrum Games, Such as Jet Set Willy)

(C) 1999-2023 Jason Brooks

E-Mail: ManicMiner@muckypaws.com

Web:    http://www.muckypaws.com

Requirements: -

• Windows 7 and Above
• Intel Mac OSX Mountain Lion and above
• Linux Ubuntu 20.04 with open GL2 extensions installed.
• Raspberry Pi4

The following is taken from the Bug Byte inlay :-

Miner Willy, while prospecting down Surbiton 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 prosperity, the civilisation was torn apart by war, and lapsed into a long

dark age, abandoning their industry and machines. Nobody, however, thought to tell the mine robots to stop working, and through countless aeons they had steadily accumulated a huge 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. Can YOU take the challenge and guide Willy through the underground caverns to the  surface and riches. In order to move to the next chamber, you must collect all the flashing keys in the room while avoiding nasties like

POISONOUS PANSIES and SPIDERS and SLIME and worst of all, MANIC MINING ROBOTS. When you have all the keys, you can enter the portal which will now be flashing. The game ends when you have been "got" or fallen heavily three times.

Manic Miner was one of my all time favourite ZX Spectrum Games back in the '80s The object of the game is simple, collect all the flashing items, find the exit and jump through it to get to the next level.  

Keys are :-

• Q, E, T, U, O, [, Cursor Left = Left
• W, R, Y, I, P. ], Cursor Right  = Right
• Z, X, C, V, B, N, M, Cursor Up  = Jump
• ENTER = Start or Go To Main Screen
• F1 (On Piano Screen) = Show how to play Manic Miner (From the Piano Title Page)
• F1 (In Game) = Lose A Life, But miner Willy Solves Current Cavern (Useful if you get stuck on a level.)

• Cheat Codes (In Game) = Supported (6031769, TYPEWRITER, PPPENGUIN, 716486)
• Cheat Codes = hold 8 9 0 to get extra lives

Cheat Codes = Press 7 and then the numbers 1 - 6 to change level, then release 7 first.

 = Level 1

1           = Level 2

 2         = Level 3

1 2         = Level 4

3       = Level 5

1   3       = Level 6

 2 3       = Level 7

1 2 3       = Level 8

 3     = Level 9

1     3     = Level 10

 2   3     = Level 11

1 2   3     = Level 12

3 3     = Level 13

1   3 3     = Level 14

 2 3 3     = Level 15

1 2 3 3     = Level 16

5   = Level 17

1       5   = Level 18

 2     5   = Level 19

1 2     5   = Level 20

3   5   = Level 21

1   3   5   = Level 22

 2 3   5   = Level 23

1 2 3   5   = Level 24

 3 5   = Level 25

1     3 5   = Level 26

 2   3 5   = Level 27

1 2   3 5   = Level 28

3 3 5   = Level 29

1   3 3 5   = Level 30

 2 3 3 5   = Level 31

1 2 3 3 5   = Level 32

 6 = Level 33

1         6 = Level 34

 2       6 = Level 35

1 2       6 = Level 36

   3     6 = Level 37

1   3     6 = Level 38

 2 3     6 = Level 39

1 2 3     6 = Level 40

ESC    = Boss Key

ALT+F4 = Exit To Windows

CMD+Q  = Quit from Mac

Please Raise Bugs via the official GitHub Repo:

https://github.com/muckypaws/Manic-Miner-Engine/issues