Resource centre for ZX Spectrum games
      using Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy game engines

 

II. Jet Set Willy (JSW48)

A. New games using Matthew Smith's original Jet Set Willy game engine for the 48K Spectrum and its modifications

 

1. Jet Set Willy

Author: Matthew Smith

Publisher: Software Projects

Year: 1984

Language: English

 

Number of edited rooms: 60

Number of rooms accessible without cheating: 60

Number of rooms which need to be visited to complete the game: 59

("Entrance to Hades" [06] should be omitted as entering it results in a multiple-death scenario.)

Number of items to collect: 83

 

Bugfix needed after original release? YES

Official 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" [43].)

 

Starting time: 7:00 am

Best documented completion time with no unnecessary loss of life: 7:58 am

 

Download links

 

directdownload

Direct game download

Game files of the original release, pre-production version, official re-releases and a bug-fixed version in TAP and TZX formats

   

wos

World of Spectrum

The game's page on WoS

   

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

   

jswcentralspecial

JSW Central

RZX recording of the game showing its completion, without any unnecessary loss of life, at 7:58 am in-game time.

 

 

Videos

 

A walkthrough of Jet Set Willy on the JSW Central YouTube channel

 

 

A walkthrough of Jet Set Willy on the RZX Archive YouTube channel

 

 

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