1 \\\\\\\\\ Manic Miner PC v1.00 /////////
2 ///////// Linux version 1.20beta \\\\\\\\\
4 Original ZX Spectrum version by Matthew Smith
5 1997 DOS version by Andy Noble - andy@andyn.demon.co.uk
6 Linux port by Adam D. Moss - adam@foxbox.org
8 This README describes the Linux port of Manic Miner. For more information
9 concerning how to play the game itself, please see the file README.dos
10 from Andy's DOS version. Remember; F1 brings up the options menu, F10
15 This is the Linux port of an excellent port of an excellent
16 game which first appeared on the ZX Spectrum in 1984. This binary
17 requires a working SVGAlib (plain VGA, nothing fancy), and a sound
18 card if you wish to have sound.
22 Manic Miner is a great game, one of the true landmarks in platform
23 gaming. When I saw that Andy Noble had rewritten it in C with enhanced
24 graphics and released the source code, I couldn't resist seeing Manic
25 Miner resurrected natively on my favourite platform.
29 Manic Miner PC was basically ported to Linux/SVGAlib in three hours,
30 was in good shape after another two hours, and had sound in another
31 two hours. However, the DOS version uses a binary-only library, MIDAS,
32 for sound and music. I have reimplemented the appropriate portion of the
33 MIDAS API on top of MikMod, for full sound and music.
37 The source for this Linux port will be released RSN. Keep bugging me.
38 When I have time I will make a Manic Miner Linux page at
39 http://www.ws.pipex.com/home/adam/mm/ so you can check if there have
40 been more recent versions released.
41 The source (and binary) for the native DOS version of Manic Miner PC
42 is to be found at Andy's home page: http://www.andyn.demon.co.uk/
44 If you try the DOS version, please tell me how the speed/whatever
45 compares with the Linux version, as I've never seen or played the
57 * Keyboard overhaul - partially done, for X11
58 * X11 port - partially done
60 * Why is MikMod so whacky? - try a more recent version
61 * See if Andy wants to let me make this GPL'd.
68 97/12/07 - Initial Linux release. Binary/SVGA only.
71 97/12/25 - Added music and better sound support using the MikMod
75 98/07/25 - Recompiled for a not-crap libc5/svgalib so that hopefully
76 more people can run the binary. SOURCE SOON.
79 99/06/16 - Partially done X11 port, dirty source release. Largely
80 run out of time and interest.