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

I. Manic Miner (MM)

Games based on Matthew Smith's original Manic Miner game engine for the 48K Spectrum.

13. Ma jolie

Author: Andrew Broad

Publisher: Broadsoft

Year: 2003

Special Editions: 2006 and 2009

Language: English

Versions: 2 (Ma jolie [hard] and Ma jolite [easy])

Ma jolie was the fourth MM game released by Andrew Broad. It was created between 1999 and 2003 (starting with a MM dream Andrew had one night). The game is meant to be similar in spirit to the Miner Willy games, with a certain We Pretty atmosphere to it as well - a sort of "Willy meets Kari" game (it is not, however, part of the Kari Krišníková series per se).

Ma jolie contains "extremely tough MM rooms", including some which are, according to the author, "the most fiendishly difficult ever!". It also has an easy version called Ma jolite, which is "less mentally distressing to play" and has a different tune.

This game contains low-resolution, hand-drawn sexual images, which some may find offensive. These may be airbrushed out at the option of the user after the game has loaded and before it starts.

Ma jolie was gamma-released in August 2003. The Special Edition 2006 was released in August 2006, in order to close a loophole which allowed the player to bypass a major challenge in the room "Wiredlife" (14), which Daniel Gromann had discovered (some other changes were introduced, too). The Special Edition 2009 was released in February 2009, as a reaction to some further issues that Daniel had brought to Andrew's attention.

Number of rooms: 20

Highest documented score:

Original Edition

Ma jolie

- upon reaching the swordfish sign: 36,493 points;

- upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 37,709 points.

Ma jolite

- upon reaching the swordfish sign: 38,759 points;

- upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 40,040 points.

Special Edition 2006

Ma jolie

- upon reaching the swordfish sign: 36,120 points;

- upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 37,336 points.

Ma jolite

- upon reaching the swordfish sign: 38,365 points;

- upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 39,646 points.

Special Edition 2009

Ma jolie

- upon reaching the swordfish sign: 36,090 points;

- upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 37,306 points.

Ma jolite

- upon reaching the swordfish sign: 38,391 points;

- upon first re-entry into the first cavern: 39,672 points.

Download links

Homepage	Archival version of Andrew Broad's Sinclair ZX Spectrum Download Page

Official release	ZIP of the official 2009 release of the game

Direct game download	Game files of the Original Edition and the two Special Editions of both versions of the game in TAP and TZX formats

World of Spectrum	The game's page on WoS

Spectrum Computing	The game's page on Spectrum Computing

Speccy Screenshot Maps	The game's map on Speccy Screenshot Maps

RZX Archive	RZX walkthroughs of all three editions of both versions of the game on the RZX Archive