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Manic Miner (1983)

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Manic Miner is a platform game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith. It was published by Bug-Byte in 1983, then later the same year by Software Projects. This is the first game in the Miner Willy series, the design was inspired by Miner 2049er (1982) for the Atari 8-bit family.

Manic Miner was then followed up a year later with Jet Set Willy and Jet Set Willy II. Another game in the series, The Perils of Willy, was released solely for the VIC-20. Andre's Night Off was published as a type-in listing in the June 1984 issue of Computer & Video Games. In addition, quite a few unofficial sequels, remakes, homages and updates have been release

For me Manic Miner is one of the most influential platform games of all time, and I don't think you can call yourself a true retro gamer unless you have played this game. Therefore, today I wanted to pay homage to Manic Miner by exploring all the numerous ports officially released.

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