Manic Miners: A LEGO Rock Raiders remake
A downloadable game for Windows
Website: https://manicminers.baraklava.com/
Manic Miners is a completed faithful remake of LEGO Rock Raiders, originally released in 1999, but adds a lot of content and brings it up to modern gaming standards. It is free for everyone to enjoy. Dig in and re-live this immortal game today!
For the latest news, updates, and chatting with other Rock Raiders fans, join the Discord! https://discord.gg/C3hH7mFsMv
MAC: Unfortunately, the game is hasn't been compiled for Mac yet, but will hopefully be soon. Some users have found success using the Game Porting toolkit.
LINUX: Unfortunately, the game is hasn't been compiled for Linux yet, but will hopefully be soon. Some users have found success emulating the game using Lutris/Wine.
Latest version: There is only one unified version now! Just download whatever is below. Last updated: 2023-09-17 (1.0.4 Patch)
NOTE: All other download sources are unverified and potentially unsafe.
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Install instructions
What about Mac or Linux?
They are probably coming eventually.
To install a new game version:
You don't install this game with an installer - it is "portable", meaning you instead get a folder that you can put anywhere on your computer, move it whenever you want, and the game won't be affected. All custom maps, custom textures, miners, profiles and settings are saved in external folders (maps are saved in the Documents folder).
Nevertheless, here are the instructions on how to play the game on a PC:
Prerequisites: First, make sure your computer can unpack compressed Zip files. If you can't, or aren't sure how, I recommend downloading and installing the free program "7Zip" https://www.7-zip.org/. WinRar is another decent alternative. After you have done this, please follow these steps:
Step 1) Download the game .zip file you've chosen and find it on your hard drive
Step 2) Right-click the .zip file and choose "Unpack to ManicMinersV1.0". You may find this under the "7Zip" menu after right-clicking if you installed 7Zip.
Step 3) The game is now placed in a folder next to the .zip file. This folder is portable, meaning you can place it anywhere on your computer. Your levels, profiles and miners are saved in a "global" folder, and will remain even if the game folder is deleted.
Step 4) Open the folder and double-click the .exe file to run the game.
Step 5) If you are having problems, try out the shortcuts in the AlternateVersions folder next to the exe. They are shortcuts to run older graphics versions, basically. If you still have problems, please connect to the Discord server and ask for help in the #troubleshooting channel. (Discord invite: https://discord.gg/C3hH7mFsMv)
Note: Your antivirus might mark the game or zip as suspicious. Don't worry, I've played it myself and it's safe.
To update from an existing game version:
Follow the instructions above again and just place the game in a new separate folder. Never merge the files into an existing folder, as that can cause conflicts leading to crashes. Deleting an existing game folder will not delete any of your save files or levels and is fully safe to do at any time. I recommend deleting old versions of the game entirely so that they're not overwritten by old data. To play older builds, please refer to the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/manic-miners-archive
Comments
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sweet jesus, how do I beat lake of fire in the Remastered mode?
You need to escape to the other side of the lava before it overwhelms you!
Just found your game through a random reddit post where Rock Raiders was mentioned, and then your project was hyped. I am super excited to play this, I loved the original game when I was a kid.
I am beyond excited and grateful to relive these memories again. I told my mom about this and she got hyped too so I’m going to try to get here a small computer to play it on… would you be interested in remaking any of the other old Lego games? This is more or less beg for Lego racers
I unfortunately have no further plans as I have a job in game development now! But I would greatly encourage others to pursue their own LEGO game remake projects and they're always welcome to reach out if they need support.
can we get a free play sandbox mode later on?
I'm not sure what you mean entirely, as you can play any level for as long as you like, but you might be looking for the Level Editor in the Main Menu!
lovely remake. though i could really use a list of all the minifigures used in the miner maker. tried searching the discord and reddit but didnt see one. would make recreating iconic figs easier.
I'm amazed that this is your first release. This really is a perfect recreation and then some, the only thing missing is the jank! It's clear a lot of love for RR went into this. Time to actually beat the game without it crashing every time before I can even finish a level, haha
I never played the original Rock Raiders game, but I did have one or two of the sets. Now to see what I was missing :)
Really like what you’ve built — super inspiring.
I’ve been working on something similar called TWT Community, a tool that helps people easily build their own spaces to connect with their audience.
Maybe there’s a way for us to collaborate someday?
Why does the website here list v1.04 but itch.io and the downloaded file are v1.0?
Perfect remake! Thank you so much. Nothing to complain about. Xinput support would have been nice. I use my Xbox Series controller via Steam.
Excellente Work!
now do Lego Racers 2
Could you add the PS1 enemies also? or are you not updating the game?
Right, im going to be honest here. can you just please post a YouTube video explaining how to set up a older version because that example or guide in that note isn't any bit helpful, it is in fact useless as i followed it step by step over and over and over and it doesn't work. Ive been struggling for 4 hours trying to get this game to work and nothing works because either some stupid run file i downloaded 3 times is missing or because something else just doesn't want to work. and im very sure it cant be my windows 7 that's the problem as this thing can run attack on toys on medium settings and BRINK in full settings, it has to be able to run this game too. or just list the minimum tech needed on our laptops for this thing to run so i dont have to waste my time and data. or at the very least, make a better example or guide on how to get older versions to work because that current one is shit. i would love to play this game but sadly ill have to skip it for now.
"exe is missing" makes it sound like windows or your antivirus might actually be the issue, it sounds like something is deleting the file thinking it's malicious
unlikely, last time i had such a issue, i fixed it by moving the game to a different user account and it worked. and plenty of stuff that get tagged as a virus i just let through anyway , the game and everything is there, it just says the freaking run file that needs to be installed too is missing even after downloading, ill try to download the game again and see if it works this time
The fact that this game has the original tucked inside to play without any polish, is so great. But then 3 remastered campaigns plus the ability to load in user submitted content? What a tribute! Inspiring! I hope Island and Racers 1 gets this sort of TLC from the community too.
I have great news about Island, you can play it on basically any modern device in a web browser now.
Thank you so much for letting me know! I’ve been playing Island in browser since the decomp team released it. And I’ve been enjoying that immensely. But baraklava’s remaster here adds so much more content while still feeling like the original game that it’s making me itch for the original island with updated graphics, controls, and then more to do. If that never happens though I am so glad to have isle dot pizza.
I do appreciate your highlight! Very kind of you to spread the news.
Holy shit I just found this. Thank you so much for doing this, I've been looking for it off and on for at least 15 years now, Rock Raiders is my favourite LEGO game of all time.
A VTuber I happened to watch made mention of this game–I AM UNREASONABLY EXCITED TO CHECK THIS OUT!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I really can't thank you enough for putting this together. I've been playing it on and off for over a year now, and it's fantastic. A (free!) remaster of an obscure game I loved as a kid, with graphic updates, quality of life improvements, and even entirely new features like customizable characters? Truly a thing of beauty.
Idk if this is still active, but I'm adding a pitch to bring this to Mac -- reading through the comments and excitement is torturing me 😭
Gonna try PlayOnMac. Even if I can't get that to work, just seeing that someone poured themselves into bringing this game to be playable (**AND** expanded?!) amazes me. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this, the extra content is the cherry on top! Amazing work
AMAZING. I just stumbled upon this remake, and I'm in love after just a few seconds. You did a pretty damn good job making this game feel nostalgic.
This game looks as boring as hell
This remake is so good with all the added content I love it 10/10 rock raiders revival
Welcome back, Cadet
A new cavern has been discovered
+ nostalgia value
+ well made
+ imo an actually good strategy-mixed-with-action game
+ community made extra content that slaps
I've always wanted to try this game, in the past as a kid I even looked for pirated stuff...
Recently looking for it again, I saw a link to this remake on the abandonware site.
So cool to see it rebuilt!
Thank you for breathing new life into this and bringing it to old and new people.
Thank you so much for the great work!
This is such an amazing project you completed.
This WAS my childhood game
I can get my original copy to run so TY
If you have the OG disk and experience with coding you could.
But tbh... this version is better
I just discovered this game, it was such a big part of my childhood! Thank you so much for making it! :)
Lego Rock Radar Please support Korean language for mobile games
I had a lot of fun doing it when I was in elementary school.It will be more fun if it comes out on mobile
not sure this game can be playable on mobile.
I have been playing for a bit and lately noticed vehicles nope out of map boundaries. I keep losing the crew and vehicles each mission. Please fix, thank you.
This unlocked so much for me. Thank you!
Every time I play this, I'm ten again, playing my first computer game at my grandparent's house.
Thank you.
Bro Litterly same
My excitement knows no bounds! How? Why? I want to donate to you!
My childhood! I'm not weeping, you're weeping!
Serious, serious thanks! I'm anxiously working out how to get this playing on my Mac. Whether I have success or not, thank you so, so much for pouring so much work into one of my very favorite games in the whole world!
"PlayOnMac"
What an absolute gem, really thanks for this!!
For anyone trying to play on Linux, adding it as a Non Steam game works flawlessly, if you use the flatpak version of steam though, you have to place the files in a directory which needs to be accessible directly by the steam flatpak app, it can be done easily with Flatseal adding the path in Other Files, otherwise it won't work.
heeey, what a beautiful work!!! i need to stay tuned with the next
is there anyway to pause the game without going to the menu?
I have a quick question. Have the bugs that made it impossible to get 100% in the original game been fixed?
I love you! For you and your family, the doors of my house are always open.
Thank You so much for this. It feels like I'm 7 again.