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using Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy game engines
V. Jet Set Willy 64 (JSW64)
Games using John Elliott's JSW64 family of game engines for the 128K Spectrum
08. Willy on a Transatlantic Cruise
Author: Hervé Ast
Year: 2006 (Version 2)
Reissued: 2007 (additional language version)
Languages: English, French, German, Polish, Spanish
Willy on a Transatlantic Cruise was Hervé Ast's first game using the JSW64 game engine. Willy finds himself on board a luxury transatlantic liner. He has to explore the ship and the depths of the surrounding ocean. If his quest is successful, he will even visit a mythical lost continent and travel in space...
The first version of the game was gamma-released in March 2006, in English and French. An improved Version 2 followed in May of the same year. The Polish and Spanish languge versions were added in August, and the German version was released in March 2007.
The game uses Variant W, Hacklevel 12 of the JSW64 game engine.
Number of edited rooms: 128
Number of rooms accessible without cheating: 128
(4 rooms: "CONGRATULATIONS !!!" [126], "GAME COMPLETED !!! [107], "For Quentin and Marie" [127] and "herve_ast@yahoo.fr" [000], which are part of the final sequence, are only accessible during the toilet run.)
Number of rooms which need to be visited to complete the game: 128
Number of items to collect: 256
Bugfix needed after original release? NO
(An improved version was released, but not because of critical bugs.)
Spare lives at the start: 7
Bonus lives awarded? YES: 3
Completable without loss of life? YES
Starting time: 7:00 am
Best documented completion time without loss of life: 10:04 am
Download links
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The game's home page on JSW Corner |
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Game files of all 5 language versions 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 of the English version of the game |
Video
A walkthrough of the English version of the game on the JSW Central YouTube channel
A complete screenshot gallery will be presented on this page in the future.