Talk:Manic Miner

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6031769 ... well, in some Bug-Byte versions this combination didn't work. one had to type 60731769, inserting '7' after the initial 60. My copy of the game had this problem, and I found out the correct combination after many attempts. Has anybody anybody met similiar problems?

Why is the cheat listed twice (cheats & trivia)? This seems to me unnecessary (CMIIW). physicsboff 21:04, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
The listing under the Cheats section is the actual cheat. The listing under the Trivia section is the trivia about the cheat. --Frodet 21:39, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
About the cheat, I don't think it has ever been confirmed to be Matthew's number. It was always "alleged".First time I saw it here so I am wondering whether there's a final confirmation of this. OTOH since the trivia is mentioned in the actual cheat section there's no reason to repeat it in the trivia section.--Arheos 17:50, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Yes, Arheos, that's precisely my point. Thank you. CMIIW 17:14, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Has it been removed? I searched to find information about the cheat, but it is not on the page. Why?? --194.251.240.114 03:47, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] ZX81 version

There is a ZX81 version of Manic Miner; see [1]. If you want to argue the fact it's an "emulation era" release and therefore shouldn't be counted, please do so, but please don't just revert with sarcastic comments in the edit summary. Happy Christmas --Pak21 01:40, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

fair enough, just looked like someone had enjoyed an early xmas tipple.. Should we add all the platforms then, such as the PC [2] ? Also, what do you think about modifying the "infobox" to include all the platform. Ta, and xmas greets, --Oscarthecat 08:32, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
  • I think I'd split the releases into two sets: those done in the 80s/early 90s as "real" commercial releases, and those done since essentially as hobby projects. I don't know where I'd classify any commercial versions for mobiles, though. Cheers --Pak21 11:15, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Perhaps split it between "Official" and "Unofficial", complete with release dates. Manic Miner is available for a colossal number of platforms (indeed, it's one of the most ported games I've heard of) and all should be listed in an encyclopaedic entry but we need to differentiate --Zagrebo 14:29, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

I removed the link [3] I previously added, as I thought it had been superceded by the link to the Walkthrough video. No emulator is required to watch the video, and also there is a link to the removed link on the video page.

I just thought it would cause confusion having the 2 similar links. I'm not bothered that they're both there, they point to my stuff anyway :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Daren (talk • contribs)

I removed it. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 16:21, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mobile phone?

N. Harmonik has added this, and a few similar games, to the mobile phone games category. As this article doesn't mention mobile phones otherwise (e.g. in the platforms portion of the infobox, or in the article body itself), I'm concerned this could be bogus. Have posted a message on N. Harmonik's talk page. --Oscarthecat 21:07, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

It's not bogus. It can be bought like here: http://www.matica.com/mobile_Phone_Java_Game.php?gameID=4. I remember reading about it in an interview with Smith, but can't remember where.... --Frodet 22:04, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gameboy

A company called Jester Interactive came out with a version for the gameboy a few years back. I'm not up for editing the page myself but here's a couple of links to be going on with.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Jesters-Manic-Miner/dp/B000063XBT http://blog.dessgeega.com/?p=47 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.149.58.143 (talk) 18:03, 5 November 2007 (UTC)