Manic Miner - Tales From a Parallel Universe
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Designed by the infamous BLOOD! (l.d.tonks@bra0202.wins.icl.co.uk)
(c)1996 Cheese Freak Software

Manic Miner programmed by Matthew Smith
(c)1983 Bug Byte Software

Manic Miner Editor by Rich Swann
Printed by YS, supplied by Henning and typed by BLOOD!

Title Screen produced by BLOOD using a cartoon of Matt Smith I found on
NVG, PaintShop Pro for Windows, Melbourne Draw, and BMP2SPEC (a cunning 
little utility I wrote to port my Windows graphics to the Speccy).


INSTRUCTIONS
It is rumoured that there are an infinite number of parallel universes
where every possibility is played out. Things in these other dimensions
may be very similar to our own reality, but subtly different because of
certain decisions which were taken differently.

Miner Willy is no exception to this rule. Previously, thousands of
Speccy owners had thrilled to his adventures in his battle to escape the
Manic Mining machines, but now Cheese Freak Software brings you the
escapades of ANOTHER Miner Willy from a parallel universe! Just like his
counterpart in this reality, Willy has fallen into a mine packed with
dangers and must escape from 20 lethal caverns in order to locate the
untold treasures of an ancient civilisation. However, in this universe
things are subtly different..... Can Miner Willy emulate the antics of
his trans-dimensional counterpart, or are the Speccy owners of the other
universe doomed to a life with no Jet Set Willy?


GAME CONTROL
Three keys are used to control the game:
Q,E,T,U or O          - Move left
W,R,Y,I or P          - Move right
Shift to space        - Jump

Also :
A to G 		      - Pause
H to ENTER	      - Music On/Off


FOR THE EASILY FOOLED
In case you hadn't noticed, this is a version of Manic Miner which I
have edited with the Manic Miner Editor to produce a very different
game! All 20 screens have been replaced (and the scrolly message!) and
should prove a new challenge for MM addicts. I can't pretend that my
screens are as good as Matt Smith's originals, but I GUARANTEE that
they're much better than the very crap 'Manic Miner 2' snapshot which
has been doing the rounds on the Internet.

I haven't changed many graphics, for two reasons :
1) The graphics were very good anyway
2) I'm crap at drawing
You won't recognise any of the rooms anyway - it's completely different.
They're not all rock hard either - some are easy and some are like The
Warehouse.....Eeek!

I'm not asking for anything for this - it's free, just play it and enjoy
it. And when you've done, why not grab a copy of the editor and have a
go at redesigning it yourself? The editor's free too. I'm just too nice.
I'd like to see any of your creations.....


Regards,
Blood.

p.s. The screens are as follows. If you want to take a peek at 'em, use
the level skip cheat or watch the demonstration......

 1. Slightly to One Side Cavern
 2. Brass Penguins?
 3. Bernard Matthews' Personal Hell
 4. Sealed with a Glasgow Kiss
 5. Future Echoes
 6. Pac Up Your Troubles
 7. Altar of 7th Day Advent Hoppists
 8. Alan Sugar's Take-Over Bid
 9. Perils of a Bad-Hair Day
10. Dr. Jones WOOD Believe This!
11. Revenge of Brian's Phone Bill! (dedicated to Brian 'No Binaries!' Gaff)
12. Alan Sugar must DIE!
13. The 'Difficult to Edit' Cavern
14. Crashing More Often Than a ZX81!
15. Matthew Smith's Unpaid Royalties
16. Zucchini! Or Something.... (dedicated to the hard working YS team)
17. Farmer Barleymow's DDT Store
18. Eye o' Oktup (dedicated to 'dat ole looney...bwah!)
19. Warp Core Breach
20. Join the Jet Set (with apologies to Richard Hallas!)

*============[ l.d.tonks@bra0202.wins.icl.co.uk ]=============* 
|                    The Infamous BLOOD!                      | 
|         The Speccy's not dead - it was just resting!        | 
| Who needs 500Mb of rendered intro when Jetpac fits in 16k?! | 
*===========[ http://spodbox.linux.org.uk/~blood/ ]===========*