Manic Miner
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Sep 5, 2026
DaveHOST
And if you take a game like Speedball or Speedball 2, well, they're perfect as they were and they still are.
DaveHOST
But submitted to the subreddit this week, actually twice, but first by Happy Coding, is a new remake of Manic Miner that no one asked for.
DaveHOST
And I'll let Happy say it first.
DaveHOST
He says, what is it they are lacking here? Shame, respect, or taste? Looks like all of the above to me.
DaveHOST
It sounds like it too.
DaveHOST
It just looks terrible.
DaveHOST
It's a remake of Manic Miner.
DaveHOST
It looks awful.
Mike DaillyPANELIST
many.
Mike DaillyPANELIST
I'll go with Manic Miner instead of Mercenary because it was just so iconic and such a fun game to play.
Mike DaillyPANELIST
Nice call.
Mike DaillyPANELIST
I can't think of one.
ReesHOST
Now, I've been looking forward to talking about this one.
ReesHOST
This is Manic Miner.
ReesHOST
Next up, a pixel-perfect recreation, as mentioned here over on gamesasylum.com.
ReesHOST
I think I talked about this a while back and mentioned that this was coming.
ReesHOST
Yeah, this is BBG Entertainment's Manic Miner Remaster.
ReesHOST
Has been soured somewhat by the blatant use of AI within its promotional material.
ReesHOST
That issue aside, the revival sounds promising.
ReesHOST
It is coming out this autumn on the PS5, the PS4, the Xbox Series, the Switch and the PC.
Steve CottamGUEST
way?Yeah.
Steve CottamGUEST
Um, uh, I don't want to go too far ahead on the, on the questions, but the, there, there was a game called Manic Miner, um, which...
Steve CottamGUEST
Actually, I always quote it as the first game I ever played.
Steve CottamGUEST
It actually wasn't the first game I played, but it was the first game that really captivated me, and I j- I was just mesmerized by this game, and I wanted to know how it was made.
9 MINS LATER
Steve CottamGUEST
Uh, probably not.
Steve CottamGUEST
I'm not that good at "BurgerTime" actually.
Steve CottamGUEST
"Manic Miner" maybe, but.
Phil ShomshawHOST
It's got frustrating control.
Phil ChumshawHOST
And what was it, where did this passion come from? Was it that you were really interested in the games industry as an industry, or was it that you were a really passionate gamer, you loved games so much and just wanted to be close to that in some way?
Steve CottamGUEST
Yeah, I don't want to go too far ahead on the questions, but there was a game called Manic Miner, which actually, I always quote it as the first game I ever played.
Steve CottamGUEST
It actually wasn't the first game I played, but it was the first game that really captivated me.
Steve CottamGUEST
And I was just mesmerized by this game and I wanted to know how it was made.
9 MINS LATER
Steve CottamGUEST
Probably not.
Steve CottamGUEST
I'm not that good at BurgerTime, actually.
Steve CottamGUEST
Manic Miner, maybe.
Phil ChumshawHOST
It's got frustrating control.
DuncanHOST
Spectrum and everything.
DuncanHOST
We saw at the Video Game Expo I played on Manic Miner.
DuncanHOST
You loved that game, didn't you? I loved that.
DuncanHOST
But, you know, stick it on at home and it'll probably last 30 minutes and then be like, I'm bored of this.
Tim DrewPANELIST
And that's Jet Set Willy.
Tim DrewPANELIST
This has to be one of the most famous ZX Spectrum games of all time, created by Matthew Smith in 1984 and the follow-up to the breakout hit Manic Minor.
Tim DrewPANELIST
This has Minor Willie staggering around his house after a heavy night out, going into the different rooms of his massive mansion, trying to collect all the glasses left over from the night before.
Tim DrewPANELIST
He has to pick everything up before his manic wife, Maria, will let him get back to bed.
Tim DrewCORRESPONDENT
And that's Jet Set Willy.
Tim DrewCORRESPONDENT
This has to be one of the most famous ZX Spectrum games of all time, created by Matthew Smith in 1984 and the follow-up to the breakout hit Manic Minor.
Tim DrewCORRESPONDENT
This has Minor Willie staggering around his house after a heavy night out, going into the different rooms of his massive mansion, trying to collect all the glasses left over from the night before.
Tim DrewCORRESPONDENT
He has to pick everything up before his manic wife, Maria, will let him get back to bed.
BlytheHOST
well yeah That editorial by Ian Livingstone talks about computer games, but we weren't really that interested in computer games, at least not as a replacement for role-playing.
BlytheHOST
We played computer games, as we've talked about before, haven't we? Manic Miner and stuff like that.
BlytheHOST
But I don't think we saw them as a replacement.
BlytheHOST
I don't think we ever saw them as something where we thought, oh, right, okay, we're playing these now, and eventually we'll just move on to it all being done by a computer.