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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
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
Game file 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 map of the English version of the game on Speccy Screenshot Maps |
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RZX walkthrough of the English version of the game showing the best documented completion time |
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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.