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IV. Jet Set Willy 128 (JSW128)

Games using John Elliott's JSW128 game engine for the 128K Spectrum

 

8. Skint Willy

Author: the DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!

Publisher: BaSe1 PrOdUcTiOnZ

Year: 2002 (v. 0.7)

Language: English


Skint Willy was the first gamma-released JSW128 game by the DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!, and the first part of the so-called Down and Out Trilogy (the other two parts being: Willy the Rogue and Steal Stealin'). It was released in March 2002 (as v. 0.5), with bug-fixed revisions following in May (v. 0.6) and December (v. 0.7) of that same year.

The last original revision of the game was still impossible to complete because of a critical bug. A bugfixed, completable version, prepared by Daniel Gromann, was released, with the DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!'s "blessing", in November 2019.

Willy had literally partied his fortune down the pan: all his cars, most of his furniture and even his boat were purchased by Hans Krauser, a rich and cunning rival Willy had met on a holiday in Germany. Maria, his unpleasant housekeeper, abandoned him and started to work for Krauser. Broke, homeless and terrified, Willy had no choice but to find refuge at the infamous Hilltop Hostel. Most of those who stayed there never got back on their feet again. The player's task is to help Willy - who wakes up from a drunken stupor after drinking his last bottle of cheap cider - escape from the Hostel, get back to his mansion and regain his fortune by collecting all the items, and then head back to the Hostel to pay off his debts.

The game uses Hacklevel 8 of the JSW128 game engine.

 

Number of edited rooms: 140

(Some of them are unedited rooms from the original JSW.)

Number of items to collect: 159

 

Bugfix needed after original release? YES

Third-party bugfix released? YES

Spare lives at the start: 7

Completable without loss of life? NO

Lives which need to be sacrificed to complete the game: 1

(A life has to be sacrificed to collect the leftmost item in "Conservatory Roof" [043].)

 

Starting time: 7:00 am

Best documented completion time: 8.58 am

 

Download links

 

directdownload

Direct game download

Game files of both the original and fixed versions in TAP and TZX formats

   

fixed

Fixed version

Bugfixed, completable version of the game in TAP and TZX formats with a Readme

   

wos

World of Spectrum

The game's page on WoS

"Allow adult search results (opt-in)" must be turned on through the Infoseek Config facility to view the game or find it using Sinclair Infoseek.

   

spectrumcomputing

Spectrum Computing

The game's page on Spectrum Computing

 

 

speccymaps

Speccy Screenshot Maps

The game's map on Speccy Screenshot Maps

   

rzxarchive

RZX Archive

RZX walkthrough of the game

 

 

Video

 

A walkthrough of the game on the JSW Central YouTube channel

 

 

A complete screenshot gallery will be presented on this page in the future.

 

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