The most famous UK video game developer of the 1980s, Matthew Smith, is being honored with reissues of all four of his classic games on physical media. Known for creating the 1983 game Manic Miner and its sequel Jet Set Willy, Smith is the subject of a recent Kickstarter campaign aimed at celebrating his legacy. The campaign, which launched recently, has already surpassed its initial funding goal of £14,500, showing strong support from fans of the era. Smith’s other notable games include Styx, a platformer released in 1983, and Andre’s Night Off, a type-in game that required players to manually enter the code into their computers. The Kickstarter campaign offers a range of purchasing options, with the most basic package priced at £39 and including three cassettes featuring Styx, Manic Miner, and Jet Set Willy. Additional options include a physical copy of Andre’s Night Off, a 200-page book titled Matthew Smith: Mining for Success, which can be signed by Smith himself, and a set of badges and signed artwork from artist Trevor Storey. The campaign also includes the possibility of stretch goals, though it is uncertain whether any will be added. One potential limitation of the cassettes is that they may be of limited use without a working ZX Spectrum computer and a cassette tape player. While ROMs of the games are available online, a digital copy is not included in the campaign packages. Smith programmed Styx at the age of 16, and Manic Miner became a huge hit in the UK, often compared to Super Mario Bros. in terms of popularity. However, creating Jet Set Willy reportedly left Smith exhausted, and he never completed the planned third game in the series. He disappeared from the public eye for many years, with some reports suggesting he lived in a Dutch commune before returning to the UK in the late 1990s. Since then, he has not released any new games, but the included book may offer new insights into his past and potential future projects.