Start Manic Miner for Windows and press F1 to get help.
If the help screen you see looks like this, you have and old version of the game (version 2.0.1). You may want to download the latest version.
If the help screen you see looks like this, you have the latest version.
Version 3.0.1 (2005):Version 2.0.1 (1999):
- Bug fix: Some Windows XP machine ran the game too fast.
- Bug fix: Windows XP and Windows 2000 machines didn't play the background music properly (sometimes missing the fist note, at other times, not playing music at all.
- Enhancement: Kids Mode was added. See more information here.
- Enhancement: Added an option to start at a specific level without using the cheat mode.
- Enhancement: Streamlined registration integrated with www.paypal.com.
- Compatibility: The Skylabs in the Skylab Landing Bay were all gray, they now have the right colors (Thanks to Lior Levin for pointing this one).
Version 1.0 (1998):
- General: This was actually the first complete release of the game.
- Enhancement: All 20 levels were added.
- Enhancement: Cheat mode was added.
- General: Initial release that should have been called 0.5a.
- Included only 5 or 6 levels (I really don't remember) with the complete engine (logic) of the game.
- This was the first version I published on the net, and some sites copied, rather than linked to, the program. It might still be found somewhere.