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IV. Jet Set Willy 128 (JSW128)
Games using John Elliott's JSW128 game engine for the 128K Spectrum
15. Jet Set Willy: The 2005 Megamix / Jet Set Willy: The 2010 Megamix
Authors: Daniel Gromann, Paul Equinox Collins et al.
Year: 2005 / 2010
Language: English
Jet Set Willy: The 2005 Megamix was the second JSW game gamma-released by Daniel Gromann. It was launched in May 2005. It incorporated 48 rooms designed by Paul Equinox Collins (from his unfinished JSW '96 Remix), 12 rooms adapted from the Dragon 32 version of JSW, or rather its conversion back to the Spectrum by John Elliott, 6 rooms designed by Rob Moseley (from his unfinished JSW Remix), 4 rooms designed by Ian Collier (from his extended version of JSW), 2 rooms designed by Greg Heslington, from Jonathan Graham Harston's extended version of JSW), 2 rooms designed by John Elliott (from his Jet Set Willy 128k), 2 rooms from the Softricks editor version of JSW, 1 room designed by Dave Nichols (from the April Showers version of JSW) and 1 redesigned room from Richard Hallas's Join the Jet-Set! The remaining rooms were designed by Daniel Gromann.
Jet Set Willy: The 2005 Megamix was a fully finished product at the time of its release and a game possible to complete without losing a single life. However, Daniel soon realized that a lot of memory room was left unused in the game and decided to expand the Megamix using all available space. The result of this work, which took five years, was Jet Set Willy: The 2010 Megamix, released at the end of December 2010.
From the author's perspective, the two releases of the Megamix are not two different games; JSW: The 2005 Megamix was the first phase of development of the project, while JSW: The 2010 Megamix is the final product. Players who have not played the game yet are encouraged to play JSW: The 2010 Megamix - the version which best corresponds to their abilities and ambitions as a player.
The Hard Version of JSW: The 2010 Megamix is intended to be an extreme challenge for the most dedicated players. Some parts of it are very easy, but some are forbiddingly difficult. This version was created first. The Easy Version was only created afterwards, by re-editing the Hard Version. Therefore, the Hard Version is "the first among equals".
Both releases of The Megamix use Hacklevel 9 of the JSW128 game engine.
Jet Set Willy: The 2005 Megamix
Number of edited rooms: 182
Number of rooms accessible without cheating: 182
(131 of them can be accessed before Maria-completing the game; 51 belong to the final sequence and can only be seen - and played - during the toilet run.)
Number of rooms which need to be visited to complete the game: 156
Number of items to collect: 256
Bugfix needed after original release? NO
Spare lives at the start: 7
Completable without loss of life? YES
Starting time: 07:00 am
Best documented completion time with no loss of life: 11.51 am
Jet Set Willy: The 2010 Megamix
Number of edited rooms: 256
Number of rooms accessible without cheating: 256
(225 of them can be accessed before Maria-completing the game; 31 belong to the final sequence and can only be seen - and played - during the toilet run.)
Number of rooms which need to be visited to complete the game: 248
(If the player passes through 251 rooms, they will have completed the game, but failed...)
Number of items to collect: 256
Bugfix needed after original release? NO
Spare lives at the start: 10
Completable without loss of life? YES
Starting time: 07:00 am
Best documented completion time with no loss of life:
Hard Version: 3.12 pm
Easy Version: 2.03 pm
Download links
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The game's home page on JSW Corner |
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ZIP of the official release of JSW: The 2010 Megamix, which includes the Hard and Easy versions in TAP format and the Readme, as well as the official release of JSW: The 2005 Megamix (game file in TAP format and the Readme) |
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Game files of JSW: The 2005 Megamix and both versions of JSW: The 2010 Megamix in TAP and TZX formats |
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The page of JSW: The 2005 Megamix on WoS |
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The page of JSW: The 2010 Megamix on WoS |
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The page of JSW: The 2005 Megamix on Spectrum Computing |
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The page of JSW: The 2010 Megamix on Spectrum Computing |
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The map of JSW: The 2005 Megamix on Speccy Screenshot Maps |
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The map of JSW: The 2010 Megamix on Speccy Screenshot Maps |
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RZX walkthroughs of JSW: The 2005 Megamix and of both versions of JSW: The 2010 Megamix showing the best documented completion times |
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RZX walkthrough of JSW: The 2005 Megamix on the RZX Archive (showing a completion of the game which is inferior to the best publicly available recording) |
Videos
A walkthrough of JSW: The 2005 Megamix on the JSW Central YouTube channel
A walkthrough of the Hard Version of JSW: The 2010 Megamix on the JSW Central YouTube channel
A walkthrough of the Easy Version of JSW: The 2010 Megamix on the JSW Central YouTube channel
Additional info:
Paul Equinox Collins about JSW: The '96 Remix
Daniel Gromann about JSW: The 2010 Megamix
JSW: The 2010 Megamix - Room descriptions by Daniel Gromann
The full screenshot gallery of Jet Set Willy: The 2010 Megamix will be presented on this page in the future.
Screenshots of Jet Set Willy: The 2005 Megamix can be seen here.
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