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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

28. Willy in the Islands of Mystery. Part II: The Temple

Author: Hervé Ast

Year: 2025

Languages: English, French

Willy in the Islands of Mystery. Part II: The Temple was Hervé Ast's sixth JSW game and the fourth one using the JSW64 game engine. It was gamma-released in December 2025, 18 years after the release of the first part of the game, Willy in the Islands of Mystery. Part I: Exploration. The initial release included English and French versions of the game.

THE STORY: After exploring the islands, Willy discovers an ancient temple. To escape the Islands of Mystery, he must brave its dangers and collect all the flashing items hidden within. Perhaps the Temple holds the key to his freedom...

The game was designed completely by Hervé Ast, returning to the JSW scene after a prolonged absence. In the final stages of development, some enhancements were added to it by Daniel Gromann. These include, most notably, the music: Willy in the Islands of Mystery. Part II: The Temple is the very first 128K JSW game to feature various in-game tunes in different groups of rooms or individual rooms. It also showcases some custom-coded special effects added on top of Hervé stunning visuals.

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

Number of edited rooms: 64

Number of rooms accessible without cheating: 64

(The rooms "Goodbye, Islands of Mystery!" [59], "UFO over Paris" [60], "Back Home" [61] and "CONGRATULATIONS!!!" [62] are part of the final sequence and are only accessible during the toilet run.)

Number of rooms which need to be visited to complete the game: 64

Number of items to collect: 256

Bugfix needed after original release? NO

Spare lives at the start: 7

Bonus lives awarded? YES - 2

Completable without loss of life? YES

Starting time: 7:00 am

Best documented completion time without loss of life: No walkthrough is publicly available yet

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