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matt
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| Posted on 14-04-2008 06:20 |
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Post your thoughts about Manic Miner here!
Edited by matt on 14-04-2008 06:21 |
  
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drunkpumpkin
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| Posted on 01-05-2008 00:18 |
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is there anyway to save progress at different levels |
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matt
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| Posted on 02-05-2008 21:11 |
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Unfortunately not, because of the high score board you have to start at level 1 each time! Nice idea for a future version though.  |
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andrewbroad
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| Posted on 03-05-2008 11:16 |
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Perhaps when you lose all your lives, you should get a choice between submitting a high score and continuing with infinite lives. |
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matt
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| Posted on 08-05-2008 05:35 |
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Another great idea for a future version... if there ever will be one...  |
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daz
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| Posted on 09-05-2008 20:36 |
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So when are you doing Jet Set Willy?
Thanks for doing this one - ideal for a Friday at work 
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matt
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| Posted on 10-05-2008 01:47 |
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You are in luck! It's under development:
http://www.darnkitty.com/jsw/
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andrewbroad
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| Posted on 10-05-2008 09:23 |
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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. |
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andrewbroad
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| Posted on 12-05-2008 04:37 |
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When the "Upload" button freezes on "Uploading...", it would be nice to be able to try again. |
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| Posted on 15-05-2008 19:03 |
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The left cursor keeps freezing on my PC is there any way of changing the control keys? |
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matt
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| Posted on 15-05-2008 21:02 |
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Hi croxtond, sorry what do you mean by The left cursor? |
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andrewbroad
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| Posted on 16-05-2008 10:55 |
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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. |
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matt
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| Posted on 16-05-2008 22:32 |
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Thanks for letting me know, this is new to me, I will have to investigate. |
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The Olympic Tennis has, of course, been the (latest) reason for my recent absence from the MM/JSW scene.
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, 
