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Message: 6728
Author: andrewbroad
Date: 15/03/2011
Subject: Re: JSW (Software Projects version)... with Speedlock!?
Ian Gledhill wrote:
>That sounds like the variant of Jet Set Willy that was released on the They Sold a Million compilation, which has a SpeedLock loader, the four official Software Projects POKEs applied, and the in-game music from Manic Miner (i.e. "In the Hall of the Mountain King" rather than "If I Were a Rich Man").
> I just bought myself a copy of JSW for my Speccy as my copy is at my
> parents'. It cost 99p.
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> Is there any particular reason why this version doesn't have a code
> sheet but uses the Speedlock loader? I noticed the Banyan tree bug
> is fixed too!
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> Is this of interest to people, or just a common occurence?
Matthew Smith said that the copyright-owners of "If I Were a Rich Man" demanded payment for the use of their tune, so he replaced it with "In the Hall of the Mountain King", the copyright of which has expired.
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Dr. Andrew Broad
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