MANIC MINER / Software Projects 1984


Miner Willy, while prospecting down Surbiton way, stumbles upon an ancient long
forgotten mine-shaft. On further exploration he finds evidence of a lost
civilisation far superior to our own, which used automatons to dig deep into
the 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.
In order to move to the next chamber, you must collect all the flashing keys in
the room while avoiding 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 'got'
or fallen heavily three times. 


LOADING INSTRUCTIONS MSX MANIC MINER

1. Connect lead to your MSX machine from ear socket on recorder. 
2. Rewind tape to beginning. 
3. Set volume control to the required level.
4. Type LOAD"MANIC",R 
5. Press key marked Return on your MSX Machine. 
6. Press play on your cassette recorder. 
7. Your program will now load and auto run. 

If the program does not load first time, repeat instructions but try a
different volume setting.


TO MOVE USE KEYS: 

START GAME      = SPACEBAR
LEFT            = S,F,H, OR K
RIGHT           = D,G.J, OR L
JUMP            = SHIFT KEYS
INCREASE VOLUME = P
DECREASE VOLUME = Q
WAIT            = W
ABORT GAME      = STOP KEY

OR YOU CAN USE A JOYSTICK 


MSX conversion by Cameron Else from the original Spectrum game by Matthew Smith.

