JSW Central - Resource Centre for ZX Spectrum games based on Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy game engines

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

56. JeT SeT JnR aNd ThE CuRsE oF ThE PhArAoH

Author: Carl Paterson

Publisher: CnP Projectz

Year: 2023 (v. 2)

Language: English

JeT SeT JnR aNd ThE CuRsE oF ThE PhArAoH is the third JSW game created by Carl Paterson. It was designed using JSWED 2.3.7. The game was released in December 2023 (v. 2; v. 1 was an unreleased development file) after some "postproduction" by Daniel Gromann.

The story: Willy, the infamous tomb raider, has just returned from an Egyptian expedition, raiding multiple tombs despite warnings that the stolen items are said to carry a vengeful curse. Three members of the expedition mysteriously disappeared, but Willy dismisses it as superstitious nonsense. This marks his final expedition, and after this last big payday, he plans to retire. While in the basement examining artifacts, Willy discovers a sacred golden tiara with hieroglyphs reading "H.A.T.S.H.E.P.S.U.T." Suddenly, a horrific scream echoes from upstairs. As Willy rushes to the top of the stairs, the house shakes, and the study door flashes. Opening it, he sees his son, Jet Set Junior, disappearing into a portal, accompanied by a faint, mocking female laughter. With a blinding flash, his son is gone, and Willy realizes the curse is true. Jet Set Junior awakens in darkness surrounded by hieroglyph-covered walls. He reads "DaMnEd SPiRiT GuArDZz" and wonders if he is in a video game from 1984. Stunned and confused, he must find a way home and get back to his reality through the Toilet of Time.

JeT SeT JnR aNd ThE CuRsE oF ThE PhArAoH features entirely new rooms and predominantly new guardian sprites. The game showcases specially crafted loading and title screens, as well as a unique font. Furthermore, it provides players with a noteworthy selection of music, featuring a new title-screen tune and a total of 13 in-game tunes. Each in-game tune is 128 bytes long and has never been utilized in any JSW game for the Spectrum before.

Number of edited rooms: 64

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: 7:00 am

Best documented completion time with no loss of life: 9:19 am

Download links

Original release	The ZIP file of the original release of v. 2, including the game in TAP and TZX format, the Readme and info about the game's credits

Direct game download	Game file in TAP and TZX formats

Spectrum Computing	The game's page on Spectrum Computing

JSW Central	RZX walkthrough of the game showing the best documented completion time