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
9. Spaceman Willy
Author: Leslie Marwick
Year: 1985
Language: English
Spaceman Willy was created by Leslie Marwick back in 1985. It was not known to a wider public until December 2005, when it was published on TZX Vault.
The game features a custom-made loading screen, new room layouts and graphics (including item graphics), new sprites, new title- and in-game tunes and various other novelties, such as a custom-made end sequence and no clock. On the contrary, it preserves the location of the items and the location and movements of the guardians from the original JSW (with the exception of the room "The Comet" [06], where the Hades guardian has been deleted).
Number of edited rooms: 61
Number of rooms accessible without cheating: 60
("The Comet" [47] looks like an early version of "The Comet" [06]. It can be reached using
Number of rooms which need to be visited to complete the game: not more than 59
("The Comet" [06] can be omitted. Alternatively, "The Ruins" [48] could be omitted, but then "The Comet" would have to be visited.)
Number of items to collect: 83
Bugfix needed after original release? NO
Spare lives at the start: 7
Completable without loss of life? YES (bed-completable)
(The game is not toilet-completable. After reaching the equivalent of the bed at the lower left of "Decontamination Chamber" [35], a custom-made end sequence is triggered instead of the toilet run).
Starting time and the best documented completion time: N/A
(There is no clock in the game.)
Download links
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Game file in TZX and TAP formats |
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The game's page on WoS |
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The game's page on Spectrum Computing |
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The game's map on Speccy Screenshot Maps |
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RZX walkthrough of the game |
Videos
A walkthrough of the game on the JSW Central YouTube channel
A walkthrough of the game on the RZX Archive YouTube channel
Additional info:
Leslie Marwick - The story of Spaceman Willy
Screenshot gallery |
