Other prominent games developers include Julian Gollop ( Chaos, Rebelstar, X-COM series ), Matthew Smith ( Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy ), Jon Ritman ( Match Day, Head Over Heels ), Jonathan " Joffa " Smith ( Ping Pong, Batman: The Caped Crusader, Mikie, HyperSports ), The Oliver Twins ( the Dizzy series ), Clive Townsend ( Saboteur ), Sandy White ( Ant Attack, I of the mask ), Pete Cooke ( Tau Ceti ), Mike Singleton ( The Lords of Midnight, War In Middle Earth ), and Alan Cox.

The series started in 1983 with the release of Manic Miner, and was followed up a year later with Jet Set Willy ( one of the best selling video games of all time ) and Jet Set Willy II.

* Manic Miner, ( 1983 ), Bug-Byte / Software Projects

Several famous video games were ported to the SAM, notably Manic Miner, Prince of Persia, and Lemmings.

SAM ports included Elite ( nothing more than the ZX Spectrum 48K version repackaged onto floppy disk ), Prince of Persia, Manic Miner, Lemmings and Splat !.

This label released titles such as Manic Miner and Dyadic.

The game is a sequel to Manic Miner ( 1983 ), and is the second game in the immensely popular Miner Willy Series.

Willy's mansion was bought with the wealth obtained from his adventures in Manic Miner but much of it remains unexplored and it appears to be full of strange creatures, possibly a result of the previous ( missing ) owner's experiments.

Software Projects made ports to the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST but canceled them before they were released, although Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy II were later released on the Commodore Amiga.

Manic Miner is a platform game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 ( later re-released by Software Projects ).

The Spectrum's video display allowed the background and foreground colours to be exchanged automatically without software attention and the " animated " load screen appears to swap the words Manic and Miner through clever manipulation of this feature.

Manic Miner was placed at number 25 in the Your Sinclair official top 100 Spectrum games of all time, and was voted number 6 in the Readers ' Top 100 Games of All Time in the same issue.

SAM Coupé version of Manic Miner ( 1992 )

Dragon version of Manic Miner ( 1984 )

A version of the game was released for the Xbox 360 as an Xbox Live Indie Game under the name Manic Miner 360 on the 21st of June 2012.

The sequel to Manic Miner is Jet Set Willy.

* Retro Gamer Magazine: The Making Of Manic Miner

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He is best known for his games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy for the ZX Spectrum, released in 1983 and 1984 respectively.

This was accompanied by a number of other remakes ( Manic Miner PC, Jet Set Willy PC, Splat PC ) which had already been previously made available prior to the formation of Retrospec.

Over the years, Retrospec has had the following members: Neil Walker, Allan Bentham, Graham Goring, Andy Noble, John blythe, Jeff Braine, Dan Condon Jones, Adam Dawes, Peter Hanratty, Russell Hoy, Richard Jordan, Peter Jovanovic, Tomaz Kac, Arif Majothi, Ignacio Perez Gil, Matthew Smith ( no relation to Matthew Smith ( games programmer ) of Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy fame ), Andrew Zariffis, John Dow, Tero Turtiainen, Chris Wilde, Darren Salty.

Channel 4 Stage: The Kooks, Manic Street Preachers, Lily Allen, Mika, Guillemots, The Hours, Basement Jaxx, The Coral, Babyshambles, Jet, The Fray, The Cribs and Captain, as well as Road To V winners Rosalita and The Brightlights.

* 2007: Arcade Fire, Beastie Boys, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Cold War Kids, Deichkind, Die Fantastischen Vier, Dropkick Murphys, Editors, Fotos, Incubus, Interpol, Jet, Juliette and the Licks, Kings of Leon, La Vela Puerca, Less Than Jake, Manic Street Preachers, Marilyn Manson, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Pearl Jam, Placebo, Queens of the Stone Age, Snow Patrol, Sonic Youth, The Brayndead Freakshow, Sugarplum Fairy, The Bravery, The Films, The Sounds, Tokyo Police Club and many more.

The game has a sense of British surrealness similar to Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy-in gameplay it is more similar to the latter.

* Matthew Smith on Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy

There are also a number of popular knitting podcasts, such as the Manic Purl Podcast and the Savvy Girls Podcast.

Manic patients are frequently grandiose, obsessive, impulsive, irritable, belligerent, and frequently deny anything is wrong with them.

Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band that was formed in 1986 in Blackwood, Gwent and consists of James Dean Bradfield ( lead vocals and lead guitar ), Nicky Wire ( bass guitar and lyrics ) and Sean Moore ( drums and percussion ).

* Journalist and Manic Street Preachers biographer Simon Price and Plaid Cymru politician Dr. Ian Johnson are both known to be Barry Town supporters, as is the Barry-born weather forecaster Derek Brockway.

These dyes are typically sold in punk-themed stores ( such as comic book and music stores ), with brand names like " Beyond The Zone ", " Splat ", ' Fudge Paintbox ' ' Crazy Colors ' " Clairol Jazzing ", " Manic Panic ", " Special Effects ", " Punky Colour ", " Stargazer ", " La Riche Directions ".

Felt are often cited as a major influence by Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, as well as by Manic Street Preachers, Christopher Owens of Girls, and American alternative rock group The Tyde.

Manic lovers are often anxious or insecure, and can be extremely jealous.

"" If Radiohead are Kennedy ," he smiles, switching to soundbite mode, " then Manic Street Preachers are Nixon: the ugly duckling who had to try 10 times harder than anyone else.

Some notable example of games that have been remade by Retrospec are Manic Miner, Jetpac, Head over Heels and Atic Atac.

In addition to Radiohead and Manic Street Preachers, the new album features artists such as Coldplay, Bloc Party, Gorillaz, Elbow, Feeder and Kaiser Chiefs, along with Keane who are current patrons of War Child UK.

Among their Stealth Sonic Orchestra remixes are a series of Manic Street Preachers singles.

A writer in Toledo Blade noted that " Manic Monday ", is a " infectious " and, along with " If She Knew What She Wants ", both are " refreshingly melodic ".