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V. Jet Set Willy 64 (JSW64)

Games using John Elliott's JSW64 family of game engines for the 128K Spectrum

 

09. Lena vs Margo

Also known as: Helen Podturkina versus Margo

Author: Igor Makovsky

Year: 2006

Languages: English, Russian

 

Lena vs Margo was Igor Makovsky's first game using the JSW64 game engine. The game's full name is Helen Podturkina versus Margo, but it is the short version of the name which has been predominantly used on the web. The game was created for Igor's girlfriend, Lena Podturkina, and presented to her on her 21st birthday. It was gamma-released in June 2006, with the final version following in August of the same year.

The game uses Variant [, Hacklevel 12 of the JSW64 game engine.

 

Number of edited rooms: 21

Number of rooms accessible without cheating: 21

Number of rooms which need to be visited to complete the game: 21

Number of items to collect: 21

 

Bugfix needed after original release? NO

(An improved version was released, but not because of critical bugs.)

Spare lives at the start: 7

Completable without loss of life? YES

 

Starting time: 14:00

(The game uses a 24-hour clock.)

Best documented completion time without loss of life: 14:18

 

Download links

 

directdownload

Direct game download

Game file 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 map of the English version of the game on Speccy Screenshot Maps

   

jswcentralspecial

JSW Central

RZX walkthrough of the English version of the game showing the best documented completion time

   

rzxarchive

RZX Archive

RZX walkthrough of the English version of the game on the RZX Archive (showing a completion of the game which is inferior to the best publicly available recording)

 

 

Video

 

A walkthrough of the English version of the game on the JSW Central YouTube channel

 

 

Screenshot gallery

 

The screenshots below present the English version of the game.

 

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