Spider Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 (edited) View File Manic Miner - Highscore Challenge We are pleased to introduce a fun variant of Manic Miner, a 'High Score Challenge' The object is very simple, just obtain the maximum possible score for a cavern! The idea was inspired from a topic on the WOS forum a while ago. Upon loading, you will be presented with a menu list of the standard caverns, simply press A to T to select one. This will then become the starting (and only) cavern to play. The caverns are completely unaltered from the standard game, as are the scoring counts. Upon completion of a cavern once all the air has been removed, the game will purposely freeze. At this point you can make a note of your score. To restart the cavern at this point simply press BREAK (Caps+Shift) The game is provided as both a conventional .tap tape file as well as a .z80 snapshot image. Please feel free to tell us your best scores and we will update the rankings below! Please note the following very minor changes were necessary to the game engine itself to facilitate: There are infinite lives provided A loss of life will cause both the cavern to be reset as normal as well as the score The "Teleporter" (603179) function is disabled There is no demo mode as such, as there is nothing really to 'demo' As noted above, once a cavern is complete the game will freeze until BREAK is pressed If you wish to change the cavern it will be necessary to either reload the snapshot or do a POKE 34274 , x , with x being 0 to 19 for the cavern choice. Enjoy! 😄 The order in which players who achieved the same score are mentioned shows who achieved this score first. Central Cavern :1st: - 1724 - Pgyuri, jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm :2nd: - 1722 - Woody :3rd: - 1721 - crunchy_frog & geoff The Cold Room :1st: - 1975 - Pgyuri, JianYang, crem's algorithm & jetsetdanny :2nd: - 1965 - Woody :3rd: - 1953 - Spider The Menagerie :1st: - 1904 - crem's algorithm & jetsetdanny :2nd: - 1903 - Pgyuri :3rd: - 1900 - JianYang Abandoned Uranium Workings :1st: - 1854 - Pgyuri, jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm :2nd: - 1852 - crunchy_frog :3rd: - 1851 - JianYang Eugene's Lair :1st: - 1748 - Pgyuri, jetsetdanny, crem's algorithm & JianYang :2nd: - 1559 - Spider :3rd: - 1195 - crem Processing Plant :1st: - 1821 - jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm :2nd: - 1820 - Pgyuri :3rd: - 1814 - JianYang The Vat :1st: - 1825 - jetsetdanny, mzx, JianYang & crem's algorithm :2nd: - 1824 - crunchy_frog :3rd: - 1684 - Spider Miner Willy meets the Kong Beast :1st: - 4047 - jetsetdanny, Pgyuri & crem's algorithm :2nd: - 4042 - JianYang :3rd: - 3927 - crunchy_frog Wacky Amoebatrons :1st: - 1376 - crem's algorithm & jetsetdanny :2nd: - 1345 - Pgyuri :3rd: - 1335 - JianYang The Endorian Forest :1st: - 1841 - DigitalDuck :2nd: - 1840 - crem's algorithm & jetsetdanny :3rd: - 1834 - Pgyuri Attack of the Mutant Telephones :1st: - 1749 - crem's algorithm & jetsetdanny :2nd: - 1720 - Pgyuri :3rd: - 1719 - mzx Return of the Alien Kong Beast :1st: - 4276 - jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm :2nd: - 4275 - Pgyuri :3rd: - 4244 - JianYang Ore Refinery :1st: - 1866 - jetsetdanny, JianYang & crem's algorithm :2nd: - 1722 - crunchy_frog :3rd: - 1650 - mzx Skylab Landing Bay :1st: - 1808 - jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm :2nd: - 1806 - JianYang :3rd: - 1790 - Pgyuri The Bank :1st: - 1709 - Pgyuri, JianYang, jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm :2nd: - 1679 - mzx :3rd: - 1668 - Spider The Sixteenth Cavern :1st: - 1830 - jetsetdanny, JianYang & crem's algorithm :2nd: - 1814 - Pgyuri :3rd: - 1510 - Spider The Warehouse :1st: - 1951 - crem's algorithm, IRF & jetsetdanny :2nd: - 1909 - JianYang :3rd: - 1907 - crunchy_frog Amoebatron's Revenge :1st: - 1314 - Pgyuri, jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm :2nd: - 1228 - JianYang :3rd: - 1174 - Spider Solar Power Generator :1st: - 1137 - crem's algorithm & jetsetdanny :2nd: - 0862 - JianYang :3rd: - 0821 - crunchy_frog The Final Barrier :1st: - 1776 - Pgyuri, jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm :2nd: - 1774 - JianYang :3rd: - 1767 - Spider Submitter Spider Submitted 03/25/2018 Category JSWMM Releases Edited October 5, 2023 by Spider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted March 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 We've had quite a few score submissions so the list has been updated a fair few times. Keep them coming in! :D jetsetdanny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted April 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 We now have the majority of caverns with both 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. :) Only a few do not have three results. jetsetdanny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted April 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Updated again to reflect some newer scores. :) jetsetdanny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted April 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Updated again, thanks to some more (excellent!) scores arriving in the topic we have on the WOS forum about this challenge. :) jetsetdanny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted April 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Fresh updates from WOS, particularly from "mzx" :) jetsetdanny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted May 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Updated again thanks to new higher scores submitted by Pgyuri (on the WOS forum) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted May 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 Updated again thanks to new higher scores submitted by Pgyuri (on the WOS forum) :) And again! :) Thanks to all who have participated so far, and (at least with most of the caverns) I feel there is a bit of potential to squeeze a few more precious points out. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted May 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 Updated again with some more newer scores, well done to all those that have participated so far. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted April 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2019 (edited) ... This program and your demos are like a class in advanced manicmining. Thank you so much! ... Over on W.O.S, JianYang was kind enough to submit their new excellent scores to the discussion topic over there about this file, along with some feedback which I've partly quoted above. The link to the actual post on the W.O.S forum can be found here, so I've updated the listing here to reflect the new placements/rankings. :) EDIT... Updated again to include one more new score submission. Edited April 21, 2019 by Spider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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