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andrewbroad
19 August 2008
Yes indeed. During every Olympics since 2000, I've been thinking that Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy should be Olympic sports. On your marks, Jet Set, go!

jetsetdanny
19 August 2008
It's no wonder, really. Great minds think alike . And speaking of the Olympics, isn't it a shame that Flash Manic Miner is not an Olympic discipline?

andrewbroad
19 August 2008
Oops - that ) wasn't supposed to come out as a smiley! The Olympic Tennis has, of course, been the (latest) reason for my recent absence from the MM/JSW scene.

andrewbroad
19 August 2008
Wow, Danny, I just put that exact quote from Goldfinger (up to "heaviness" in my last Olympic Tennis report, and now I come here and see you've used it too!

jetsetdanny
19 August 2008
"This is gold, Mr Bond. All my life, I've been in love with its colour, its brilliance, its divine heaviness. I welcome any enterprise that will increase my stock, which is considerable."

jetsetdanny
19 August 2008
"Do or do not." Okay, I have done it, in-between my holiday trips. I have reclaimed Gold in Manic Miner.

andrewbroad
08 August 2008
I was watching Twin Peaks: Episode 1 the other day, and one of the characters said, "Jeez, Louise!" - so that's where it comes from!

andrewbroad
08 August 2008
Wow: I thought I was about to die at about 1600, but recovered for my second-best-ever game of Cheese, Louise with 3902! (Round 22 - ironically my best-ever was 3958 on Round 20).

andrewbroad
03 August 2008
Try not. Do or do not. There is no try... This organisation does not tolerate failure... The amazing sound of the killing hawks... From a great height, from a great heigh...eigh...eigh...eig
ht.


jetsetdanny
03 August 2008
I have tried to regain Gold, but I have failed due to stupid loss of life in Caverns 12 and 36, with no points gained from it. So it looks like Andrew will be reigning in MM in August...

andrewbroad
03 August 2008
Thanks, Danny. Ironically, it's not the birds that are the killers, but the crumbling floors. I died from a very long fall.

jetsetdanny
03 August 2008
Well done, Andrew, congratulations!

andrewbroad
03 August 2008
I WON THE GOLD MEDAL ON MY FIRST VISIT TO THE KILLER BIRDS!!! I got to Cavern 42 without loss of life, then sacrificed two lives, then died in Cavern 43 with my all-time high of 83092.

andrewbroad
01 August 2008
I feel that July's routine has served its purpose: I am now much more confident of reaching Cavern 31, much more familiar with the route through each cavern, and much more aware of the risks.

andrewbroad
01 August 2008
So from now on, I'm only going to play Flash MM at the weekends and holidays, trying to reach later caverns, and to set new all-time world highs for selected caverns.

andrewbroad
01 August 2008
Well, I certainly won't be playing Flash MM between working-days anymore. It has taken a very heavy toll on me in July: I have started losing other goals, and am now extremely tired.

jetsetdanny
01 August 2008
And in August I will be watching your progress every two or three days, as I will be offline most of the time (holiday away from home!). And hoping that my medals will withstand your assault .

jetsetdanny
01 August 2008
And then you will face the formidable Killer Birds! Anyway, improving your all-time personal high by just 1 points in the 60000 pts. range is an achievement worth congratulating!

andrewbroad
31 July 2008
Clearly, I have a lot of practising to do before I'm ready to pass Cavern 31, and then the floodgates should open for me if Caverns 32 to 42 are basically the same as 12 to 22.

andrewbroad
31 July 2008
I played my least efficient game of the whole month to reach Cavern 30, then sacrificed two lives there, and it paid off as I flunked Cavern 31 really badly, taking only one item.

Shoutbox Archive
The aim of Manic Miner is to guide Miner Willy through each screen - collecing all keys and then reaching the exit without being caught by the guardians. Use the arrow keys to move, and SPACE, SHIFT, or 'Z' to jump. 'P' to pause. Full instructions are at the bottom of the page. For the full list of high scores, click here.
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Original game copyright 1983 Bug-Byte Ltd. This version developed by g2 development, based in part on the Manic Miner Javascript version written by Carl Woffenden.

August and September's top 20 high scores:

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World high scores

Pos. NameScoreCavern

Gold 1
 jetsetdanny83396 43
Silver 2
 andrewbroad83092 43
Bronze 3
 jetsetdanny82424 43

 4
 jetsetdanny81881 43
 5
 jetsetdanny52868 28
 6
 andrewbroad40885 22
 7
 twelfthcylon28949 17
 8
 twelfthcylon28665 17
 9
 christheneck24828 13
 10
 twelfthcylon19745 12
 11
 twelfthcylon18736 11
 12
 feral16020 11
 13
 feral14312 10
 14
 feral13850 9
 15
 zerobrian11608 7
 16
 zerobrian11303 7
 17
 zerobrian11056 7
 18
 tonydafony7477 5
 19
 yunaloves7073 5
 20
 tonydafony6276 4

Click here for the top 100 high scores!


Instructions

Guide Miner Willy:
Through each of the caverns.
He can walk on floors such as these:
These sorts of things will kill him.:
Avoid the guardians:
He must collect all of the items from each cavern:
And make it to the exit to get to the next cavern:

Use the arrow keys to move, and SPACE, SHIFT, or 'Z' to jump.
Press 'P' to pause the game, and 'P' again to unpause.

Manic Miner Forum

Author Manic Miner
matt
Super Administrator



Posts: 24
Location: E1 Londres
Joined: 05.07.05
Posted on 14-04-2008 06:20
Post your thoughts about Manic Miner here!

Edited by matt on 14-04-2008 06:21
Matthew Gordon Welcome to www.darnkitty.com !
Author RE: manic miner
drunkpumpkin
Member

Posts: 1
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Posted on 01-05-2008 00:18
is there anyway to save progress at different levels
Author RE: Manic Miner
matt
Super Administrator



Posts: 24
Location: E1 Londres
Joined: 05.07.05
Posted on 02-05-2008 21:11
Unfortunately not, because of the high score board you have to start at level 1 each time! Nice idea for a future version though.
Matthew Gordon Welcome to www.darnkitty.com !
Author RE: Manic Miner
andrewbroad
Member



Posts: 9
Location: England
Joined: 24.11.05
Posted on 03-05-2008 11:16
Perhaps when you lose all your lives, you should get a choice between submitting a high score and continuing with infinite lives.
Andrew Broad andrewbroad http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
Author RE: Manic Miner
matt
Super Administrator



Posts: 24
Location: E1 Londres
Joined: 05.07.05
Posted on 08-05-2008 05:35
Another great idea for a future version... if there ever will be one...
Matthew Gordon Welcome to www.darnkitty.com !
Author RE: Manic Miner
daz
Member

Posts: 1
Location:
Joined: 09.05.08
Posted on 09-05-2008 20:36
So when are you doing Jet Set Willy?

Thanks for doing this one - ideal for a Friday at work
Author RE: Manic Miner
matt
Super Administrator



Posts: 24
Location: E1 Londres
Joined: 05.07.05
Posted on 10-05-2008 01:47
You are in luck! It's under development:

http://www.darnkitty.com/jsw/

Edited by matt on 23-05-2008 09:09
Matthew Gordon Welcome to www.darnkitty.com !
Author RE: Manic Miner
andrewbroad
Member



Posts: 9
Location: England
Joined: 24.11.05
Posted on 10-05-2008 09:23
Another challenge in Manic Miner - besides the obvious one of going for the highest cavern you can reach - is trying to set the highest possible score for a cavern before losing your last life in that cavern.

I have set the perfect high scores for Caverns 1 to 10:
1500, 3302, 5251, 7137, 9002, 10720, 12543, 16787, 18089, 19807

Caverns 1 to 7 are simple, as they each have 5 items (100 points each), so you just have to get to your target-room as efficiently as possible, then commit suicide three times after taking all the items in that room.

Cavern 8 only has 4 items, so to set the perfect high for this cavern, you have to sacrifice two lives in earlier caverns.

You score 2500 for toppling the Kong Beast, but it doesn't count if you do it again, so to set perfect highs for Caverns 9 to 20, you have to sacrifice one life in Cavern 8, then pass it the next time without the time-penalty of toppling the Kong Beast (this doesn't help for Cavern 21 and beyond, as Cavern 21 has 10 items).

Cavern 9 only has one item, so to set the perfect high, you have to sacrifice one life before Cavern 8 and another in Cavern 8.

Caverns 10 to 13, 17 and 20 have 5 items each, so you don't have to sacrifice a life before Cavern 8.

Caverns 14 to 16 have 4, 3 and 4 items respectively, and Caverns 18 and 19 have 1 and 3 items respectively, so for these caverns, you have to sacrifice two lives beforehand: one in Cavern 8, and another in a room with 5 items.

There's also the matter of perfect entry-scores for each cavern, so you can tell if you're on par for a perfect high. For Caverns 2 to 7, these are...
1802, 3751, 5637, 7502, 9220, 11043
...and after Cavern 7, it depends on where you sacrifice your lives for your target-cavern.
Andrew Broad andrewbroad http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
Author RE: Manic Miner
andrewbroad
Member



Posts: 9
Location: England
Joined: 24.11.05
Posted on 12-05-2008 04:37
When the "Upload" button freezes on "Uploading...", it would be nice to be able to try again.
Andrew Broad andrewbroad http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
Author RE: Manic Miner
croxtond
Member

Posts: 1
Location:
Joined: 26.04.08
Posted on 15-05-2008 19:03
The left cursor keeps freezing on my PC is there any way of changing the control keys?
Author RE: Manic Miner
matt
Super Administrator



Posts: 24
Location: E1 Londres
Joined: 05.07.05
Posted on 15-05-2008 21:02
Hi croxtond, sorry what do you mean by The left cursor?
Matthew Gordon Welcome to www.darnkitty.com !
Author RE: Manic Miner
andrewbroad
Member



Posts: 9
Location: England
Joined: 24.11.05
Posted on 16-05-2008 10:55
Sometimes the left-cursor key doesn't work when I'm playing Flash MM on a laptop (never on my desktop), and I try to walk left by keeping it held down after a fall. I have to release it and press it again. I can't remember if I've seen the same bug with the right-cursor key.
Andrew Broad andrewbroad http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
Author RE: Manic Miner
matt
Super Administrator



Posts: 24
Location: E1 Londres
Joined: 05.07.05
Posted on 16-05-2008 22:32
Thanks for letting me know, this is new to me, I will have to investigate.
Matthew Gordon Welcome to www.darnkitty.com !

Current high scores    

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 jetsetdanny83396 
 andrewbroad83092 
 jetsetdanny82424 
 jetsetdanny81881 
 jetsetdanny52868 
 andrewbroad40885 
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 andrewbroad3902 
 andrewbroad2100 
 andrewbroad2096 
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 andrewbroad1994 
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