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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
32. JSW: The Sun Is No Longer Producing Heat
Also known as: JSW: TSINLPH
Author: Nick Aldridge
Year: 2002
Language: English
JSW: The Sun Is No Longer Producing Heat was the fourth of five JSW games created by Nick Aldridge between 2000 and 2003. It was announced as being the author's "last" game. Nevertheless, it was followed by Mr Top Hat.
GAME PREMISE: After all Willy's adventures, after all the countless remakes and hacks, the end of the sun's long life has arrived. Soon it will die and explode, engulfing the earth and destroying all life. Only Willy can save the planet, by finding 255 objects that will somehow, mysteriously, reignite the sun.
The author leaves some doubt as to whether this scenario is literal or merely a metaphor. Is the sun truly on the brink of extinction, or is there a deeper issue plaguing Willy? Can he overcome his sadness and find happiness once more?
Nick advertised the game on his website as featuring "brand new guardian sprites, a moodier Willy, 'Warp' rooms, a storyline that explains what the other games were about (but only just), at least 4 half-new ideas and a castle". The game indeed has some interesting technical elements, like the room with the highest number of items ever: "TTiiiimmesstttrrrreettccchhh"" (46), with 178 items to collect, all at the same location (so that the player only sees one item), which slows the game down noticeably, or a platform created by an invalid arrow in the room "This shouldn't happen" (09).
Number of edited rooms: 61
Number of rooms accessible without cheating: 59
(The rooms "drat!" [29] and "There goes the PG rating!" [37] are accessible only using the Writetyper cheat and do not need to be accessed to complete the game.)
Number of rooms which need to be visited to complete the game: 50
(The following rooms can be omitted: "The zoom tube" [47], "The zoom tuber" [48], "The zoom tubest" [49], "The is yellow. So what?" [54], "pointless" [56], "utterly pointless" [57], "tedious" [58], "are you listening to me?" [59] and "why not?" [60].)
Number of items to collect: 255
Bugfix needed after original release? NO
Spare lives at the start: 7
Completable without loss of life? YES
Starting time and the best documented completion time: N/A
(There is no clock in the game.)
Download links
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Archived version of Nick Aldridge's JSW: The Sun Is No Longer Producing Heat page |
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Game files in TAP and TZX 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 showing the most efficient completion of the game |
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RZX walkthrough of the game on the RZX Archive (showing a slightly less efficient completion than the JSW Central walkthrough) |
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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