+therealbountybob Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 O'RILEY'S MANIC MANIAC MINER?! It's about time we got to try the improved ORiley's Mine without the bunch of extra lives and Manic Miner will keep McKong happy too Note we are playing new to the HSC "Maniac Miner" and not Maniac! ORM https://forums.atariage.com/topic/332384-games-with-too-many-extra-lives/?do=findComment&comment=5019886 https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2548 MANIC MINER https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=7283 Note: type "6031769" plus 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O or P to start a level - yes you can use this to practice or just do screens for the fun of it - post as you go MANIAC MINER https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2335 Can be paused with Ctrl-1 some good BASIC in there Extended Round ends Weds 30th August 10pm UK time 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Perhaps Fandal wants to add either of these ones: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/332384-games-with-too-many-extra-lives/?do=findComment&comment=5019886 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Maniac Miner - 5400 pts, level 2 Manic Miner - 3300 pts, level 3 Menagerie O'Riley's Mine - 356000 pts, level 6 On Maniac Miner, you can walk, crawl or jump. Note that in some places you can't pass by without crawling. I don't know if we should play for score or level in Manic Miner. Since you get the most points from remaining air when you clear a level, in practice it is the same. I noticed that the extra lives patched version of O'Riley's Mine has a tendency that if you die right at the end of a level, it skips to the next level but perhaps the original version does the same so it is not a by-effect of having disabled the extra lives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 How about we invite a few of the former top scorers on O'Riley's Mine? While @dodgers hasn't posted for 14 years and last seen on the forum 6 years ago, it seem that @vdub_bobby still is active and might want to have a go on this version that doesn't award any extra lives anymore, neither for player 1 or player 2. I doubt we'll see any scores in the range of 10-40 million points but surely a few million for the best players. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Yes score/level I'm not sure it'll make too much difference on Manic Miner. Had a quick go yesterday. I remembered the first few levels. I got to level 8 of 20. Most of the levels look more complicated than they are, and once you've worked out a solution for each screen, it's just a case of repeating it cos it plays the same every time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Some musical inspiration: https://youtu.be/zo5OMR9idyE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Played some more on Manic Miner. Stuck on Skylab landing bay (14) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 After lots more tries, I got to the 17th screen (Warehouse) on Manic Miner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Minor improvements on the miner games: Manic Miner - 3690 pts (still on level 3 Menagerie though I didn't die right away) Maniac Miner - 7050 pts (halfway through level 2) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 20, 2023 Author Share Posted August 20, 2023 At last some Atari time! (Girlfriend and Work both taking up to much of it!!) Maniac Miner is not bad, collect a bunch of treasures slide down to the next level and repeat. 2nd round is much harder. Best score 8,610. Can pause with Ctrl-1 O'Riley's Mine - was great to play this again with the new HSC version with 3 lives and 1 extra possibly, anyway it's now much more fun, your go does not take days now to finish!! $1,550.000.00 level 16 or so see screenshot! Manic Miner eventually sussed level 1, level 2 was a breeze and 3 took a while, then 4 and 5 so have made it to 6 Eugenie's Lair. 7,050 Added screen skip info to 1st post if anyone wants to practice the screens or enjoy the game by playing each level - just say when posting. Busy again next week so will get some more play in at the end of the round. We have until the 30th for this one. Have fun and join in with some scores. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyinajeep Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 O'Riley's Mine -> $1,245,000 - Level 13 vid: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1904154901?t=00h03m20s 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 I'm stuck on 'Warehouse' on Manic Miner, I didn't know you could skip levels, I might have to do that as I'm not getting anywhere near to finishing that screen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 21, 2023 Author Share Posted August 21, 2023 14 hours ago, onlyinajeep said: O'Riley's Mine -> $1,245,000 - Level 13 vid: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1904154901?t=00h03m20s Welcome onlyinajeep Next poll will start in a few days, if you have any favourite games add them to the games list thread 3 hours ago, McKong said: I'm stuck on 'Warehouse' on Manic Miner, I didn't know you could skip levels, I might have to do that as I'm not getting anywhere near to finishing that screen yes use the level skip code, we may as well practice the levels as it's a long learning curve starting at 1 each time. Is there a bloomin' pause key on the game anyone? 😦 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyinajeep Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Maniac Miner - 19320, completed two floors on level 3. Fun, simple game. Seems more of an APX game than a 1983 commercial release. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Manic Miner - 3766 pts, level 3 Menagerie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Mani Miner - Finally beat 'Warehouse' and got half way through 'Amoebatron's Revenge' level 18. I'm playing from the start each time, haven't given up yet! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 24, 2023 Author Share Posted August 24, 2023 2 hours ago, McKong said: Mani Miner - Finally beat 'Warehouse' and got half way through 'Amoebatron's Revenge' level 18. I'm playing from the start each time, haven't given up yet! Way to go McK will give it some more play time next week. New poll soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Manic Miner - 6007 pts, level 4 Abondoned O'Riley's Mine - $385,500, level 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 POLL for the next round is NOW OPEN: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/354276-hsc20-round-15-poll/ Reminder this Extended Round ends Weds 30th August 10pm UK time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 O'Riley's Mine $205,500 Manic Miner 2,344 Maniac Miner 4,800 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 29, 2023 Author Share Posted August 29, 2023 Manic Miner reached 10,260 The Vat On 8/26/2023 at 2:15 PM, therealbountybob said: POLL for the next round is NOW OPEN: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/354276-hsc20-round-15-poll/ Reminder this Extended Round ends Weds 30th August 10pm UK time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 Bit late to the party on this 😞 RT Manic Minor 3684 MAniac Minor 3400 ORM 480,000 Mrs RT MAnic Minor 3287 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 Is a manic minor when a teenager throws a tantrum? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Maniac Miner - 38390 (7) Manic Miner - 16358 (11 - Attack of the Mutant Telephones) O'Riley's Mine - 389000 (8) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Maniac Miner 13,960 Manic Miner 4,119 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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