Manic Miner (c) 1983 Bug-Byte Software Ltd 

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR MANIC MINER



Author: Mathew Smith



MANIC MINER will run on any 48K Spectrum

To load MANIC MINER, simply enter:

LOAD ""



- then hit the ENTER key and follow the computer's prompts.

Leave the tape running until the game starts up.



THE GAME



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 beep 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 hugh 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. Can YOU take the challenge and guide Willy through

the undergraound caverns to the surface and riches. In

order to move to the next chamber, you must collect all the

flashing keys in the room while avoiding nasties like

POISONOUS PANSIES and 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.



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 KEMPSTON JOYSTICK COMPATIBLE



If you enjoy this game, look out for other Bug-Byte programs

at you local computer shop, branches of BOOTS, W.H. Smiths,

or in our advertising in the computer press and elsewhere.



Think you can write a better game than this? We'd love to

see it. Send a copy n cassette to:



The Programming Department, Bug-Byte,

Mulberry ouse, Canning Place, Liverpool, L1 8JB



For free appraisal of its worth, without any obligation to

donate the program to our range. Or simply send a A.A.E. for

details of our terms for contributed programs.



(c) Bug-Byte 1983

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The program "MANIC MINER" its documentation and artwork are

strictly the copyright of Bug-Byte. It is illegal to make a

copy of MANIC MINER without authorisation from Bug-Byte and

legal action will be taken against anyone found doing so. It

is also illegal, and expressly forbidden, to lend or hire

out the program by way of trade.



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Complete Instructions typed in by Paul Thompson, April 2003