|  Maniax | | Title: | Maniax | | Category: | Game/Action | | Release Date: | 1988 | | Language: | English | | Size: | 64K | | Device Req.: | Disk or Tape | | Machine: | PAL & NTSC | | Code Type: | Machine code | | Distribution: | Commercial/TA | | Retail Price: | 29,95 DM | | Game ending type: | Has an end, restarts (no reward) | | |  | | Released by: | Kingsoft | | Code by: | Dierks, Jörg | | Music by: | Kläwer, Oliver | | Cracked by: | Obelix | | Cracked by: | The Byte Ltd. | | Notes: | Also cracked by Dr Martens. A Qix clone, you must fence off the supermajority of the playfield to win each level. Unfortunately the game is buggy, see below. |
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C64 release
Amiga release
Atari ST release
User Rating: 5.5/10 (8 votes)
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| | Releases | | Name | Released By | Release Date | Distribution | Product Code | Retail Price | Format | Package | Rarity | Notes | Owned |
| Original release | Kingsoft | 1988 | Commercial | | 29,95 DM | Disk | | Unspecified | | 0 |
| 1 found. |
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Disk Cover |
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Cassette Cover (Front) |
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Cassette Inlay 1 |
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Cassette Inlay 2 |
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Disk Inlay 1 |
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Disk Inlay 2 |
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Anco advertisment |
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| | Bugs | This commercial release is unfortunately buggy.
First, there's a randomly occurring bug which causes the "main enemy" to be completely immobile, and any completed area remains empty (no painting on either side). In the first screenshot below, several completed areas can be seen, but none of them were painted. Once this bug occurs, the player is doomed to eventually lose the game without being able to continue.
Second, after each level, an intermediate screen should be displayed. Instead, this screen is only visible for less than one frame - effectively missing from the game.
Third, when catching the "W" bonus tile, "garbled text" is shown on the screen. See the third screenshot, top/right. Examining the game's code reveals that this part is unfinished. The "W" tile was supposed to collect the letters flying around, catching them would spell out the location (this is mentioned in the game's description). The letters would appear in the box below the high score - but nothing is ever show there; that box always remains empty.
 Game stopped working  "Ghost screen"  Garbled text after catching "W" bonus |
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| | Late C64 Release | | In later times, the game has been sold for Commodore 64 only, refurbishing the same cassette cover used in the double releases. The blackstripping performed on the text referred to the C16 and Plus/4, both on the side and the front cover, still allows the text to be easily read if exposed to a spotlight. |
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| | Cheats - How do I use cheats? | >683F 0# (default 7)
>684A 0# (default 5) | Change percent required to pass level |
| G 6851 | Instantly finish level |
| >65C4 4C D3 65 | Invulnerability against death's-heads |
| >65EA 60 | Invulnerability against flame |
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