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Message: 7077
Author: jetsetdanny
Date: 26/02/2017
Subject: "JSW2+" - a new version of "JSWII: The Final Frontier"!
"JSW2+" is an "updated" version of "Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier" (Software Projects Ltd, 1985), created by Derrick P. Rowson, the author (or rather: co-author, with Matthew Smith) of the original game. The new version was released in November 2016 and is available for download from Julian D. A. Wiseman's website, which also offers a lot of valuable information about the game.
The game can be completed without losing a single life, although the ending is different from that of the original "JSWII". I have just recorded a couple of RZX walkthroughs of the game, which can be downloaded from the RZX Archive.
The technical novelties introduced in "JSW2+" are impressive, and there are several new rooms. I would encourage everyone to have a go at it: it is a great feeling to play such a familiar classic with a new feel to it. 
Great thanks go to Derrick P. Rowson for creating the new version, and to Julian D. A. Wiseman for making it publicly available!
I am also wondering if there is any chance that John Elliott will ever update JSWED to make it able to open this new variant of "JSWII" properly and edit it...
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