Manic Miner written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith
Copyright (C) 1983 by Bug-Byte

Dragon 32 version by Roy Coates
Copyright (C) 1983 by Software Projects

Converted for use on the Tandy Color Computer
By Stephen J. Woolham
1st March, 2012


The Story
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Miner Willy, while prospecting down Surbiton way, stumbles upon 
an ancient, long forgotten mineshaft. On further exploration, he 
finds evidence of a lost civilisation far superior to our own,   
which used automatons to dig deep into 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.

Aim of the game
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Miner Willy is trying to strike it rich and collect all the keys 
to the mine in which he works. This is his first appearance, we 
shall see him again in "Jet Set Willy".

Gameplay 
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In each of the twenty caverns are several flashing keys, which 
you must collect before your oxygen supply runs out. Having 
collected the keys in one cavern you must then go to the exit to 
go on to the next one. You must avoid nasties like POISONOUS 
PANSIES, 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 'gotten' or fallen heavily 
three times.

Controls
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Left Arrow       	= MOVE LEFT   
Right Arrow		= MOVE RIGHT  
Shift or Space		= JUMP

P                	= PAUSE                  
Any key          	= CONTINUE                 
S                	= MUSIC ON                  
Q                	= MUSIC OFF