crem Posted August 25 Report Share Posted August 25 I was holding myself from posting that for the entire day as it looks like a mockery of the game, but here it is. Allegedly Matthew Smith approved slop version of the game with broken mechanics on Steam. And all other platforms. https://miner-willy.com/ jetsetdanny, Norman Sword and JianYang 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JianYang Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 I remember someone asking here a while ago about how to get in touch with Matthew Smith, because they wanted to make an official, commercial release of a Manic Miner game. Is that it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmylemming Posted Thursday at 09:24 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:24 PM I've only seen the trailer, but it looks terrible. The trailer is all AI generated except for the gameplay, and the gameplay is all sorts of off, i believe it's been shoddily made with whatever engine they used's physics engine instead of recreating/porting over the original physics engine. I hope that somehow the JSW license goes to someone that can actually make a good remake of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crem Posted Friday at 07:23 AM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 07:23 AM Indeed, even the "original pixel perfect graphics" part has totally wrong "physics", with air-control, float coordinates, and Willy sliding instead of walking. Some other features... Press release (e.g. https://www.techpowerup.com/351931/bbg-entertainment-announces-a-reboot-of-the-classic-game-manic-miner) apparently promises "Optional CRT TV frame with authentic retro visual effects." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crem Posted Friday at 07:25 AM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 07:25 AM https://miner-willy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/news-ai-winner.jpg and https://miner-willy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/news-faked-Tommi-nomination.jpg have interesting filenames. (from https://miner-willy.com/2026/04/29/we-got-nominated-for-the-retro-prize-at-the-game-awards/ and https://miner-willy.com/2026/04/29/manic-miner-wins-another-award-and-receives-extensive-content-update/) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crem Posted Friday at 07:27 AM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 07:27 AM This section of the https://miner-willy.com/ was just taken from https://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=ManicMiner1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crem Posted 16 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 16 hours ago They had a place to play the original at gamescom 2026 (their page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550842448965) jetsetdanny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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