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Message: 5413

Author: john_elliott_uk

Date: 08/01/2006

Subject: Jet Set Willy 1 for the BBC Micro: Corrupt?

 

So far, I've tried downloading JSW for the Beeb from three places:

* http://www.mdfs.net/Software/JSW/BBC/
* http://jswremakes.emuunlim.com/Systems/bbc.htm
* http://www.stairwaytohell.com/index2.html

With all of these, the Watch Tower appears to be corrupt. Now,
admittedly I haven't tried getting there longhand, so to speak; I just
set the start room (POKE 3454,1; or in Beeb parlance, ?3454=1). This
works fine with other rooms, but if I try it with the Watch Tower then
the game crashes with a few cells on the screen at random-ish
positions and a "Bad Program" message.
What's interesting is that the copy from the first two sources has
had the scrolly message changed by the person who cracked it, but the
third hasn't; it may be an original disc image. In which case, the
fault may have been in the game as released.
If anyone has a version of BBC JSW where they can get to the Watch
Tower unmolested, do let me know.

 

 

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