General info for: Jet Set Willy [#ID: 2589]
Also known as:
JetSet Willy
Release Date:
1984
Original Publisher:
Contributors:
Availability:
Available
Message Language:
Machine Type:
ZX-Spectrum 48K
Maximum Players:
1
Screen Movements:
Original Price:
£5.95
Average mag. score:
97.00% (5 reviews)
Annual Awards:
2nd Best (Overall) Arcade Game - 1984 Crash Readers Awards.

2nd Best Advertisement - 1984 Crash Readers Awards.

2nd Best Looking Advert To Appear In A Magazine - 1984 Crash Readers Awards.

2nd Best Platform Game - 1984 Crash Readers Awards.

3rd State of the Art Award - 1984 Crash Readers Awards.

Rank #05 - 1984 Sinclair User Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics
Known Errors:
(Taken from Wikipedia):
As originally released, the game could not be completed due to several bugs. Although actually four completely unrelated issues, they became known collectively as "The Attic Bug".

Initially Software Projects attempted to pass off the most severe - The Attic bug itself - as an intentional feature to make the game more difficult, claiming that the rooms in question were filled with poison gas. However, they later rescinded this claim and issued a set of POKEs to correct the flaws.

The most notorious bug was the The Attic Bug. After the player entered the room The Attic, various rooms would undergo corruption on all subsequent game plays, including all monsters disappearing from The Chapel, and other screens triggering instant death. This was caused by an error in the path of an arrow in The Attic, resulting in the sprite travelling past the end of the Spectrum's video memory and overwriting crucial game data instead. This bears similarities to a buffer overflow, and as such is an early example of such an error - and the problems it can cause.

An item under The Conservatory Roof was placed too close to both the screen entrance and a killer object making it impossible to collect. The Software Projects fix removed the killer object.

There was an invisible and impossible to reach item in First Landing. The Software Projects fix relocated the item to The Hall - although some fixes relocated the object to The Bathroom where it became visible as another tap item. (By poking value 33, instead of 11.)

The Banyan Tree was impassable in an upward direction - the Software Projects fix changed the status of an essential block from solid to passable.
Music References:
Includes the following music: L. v. Beethoven, Sonata No. 14 in C# Minor "Moonlight Sonata" op. 27 no.2, I. Adagio sostenuto [title screen]; Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, "If I Were a Rich Man" [in game]

Jet Set Willy image, screenshot or loading screen
Jet Set Willy image, screenshot or loading screen
User Score
Score:
7.7
Total votes:
24


Stats:
  10:  
  20.8% (5)
  9:  
  25% (6)
  8:  
  16.7% (4)
  7:  
  12.5% (3)
  6:  
  8.3% (2)
  5:  
  8.3% (2)
  4:  
  4.2% (1)
  1:  
  4.2% (1)

Main File Downloads

Unfortunately these files are distribution denied and you can't download them.

Software Projects Ltd (UK)
1984
JetSetWilly(PCGBugfix).tzx.zip
English
(PCG Bugfix)
Software Projects Ltd (UK)
1984
JetSetWilly(original).tap.zip
English
(original)
Software Projects Ltd (UK)
1984
JetSetWilly(pre-production).tzx.zip
English
(pre-production)
Software Projects Ltd (UK)
1984
JetSetWilly_2.tzx.zip
English
Software Projects Ltd (UK)
1984
JetSetWilly(StormWarningMix).z80.zip
English
(Storm Warning Mix)
Software Projects Ltd (UK)
1984
JetSetWilly(hacked).z80.zip
English
(hacked)
Ventamatic (Spain)
1984
JetSetWilly(Ventamatic).tzx.zip
Spanish
CPL Computer Plus Soft GmbH (Germany)
1984
JetSetWilly(CPLComputerPlusSoftGmbH).tzx.zip
English

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Releases
1984
£5.95
1984
1984
Authors/Contributors
no team 
no team 
Inlay/Poster Art
Compilations featuring this title
Date: 1985/Nov/01
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Date: 1985
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Publisher: Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #11 - 1984/Dec
Date: 1984/Dec
Release Type: Unauthorized version
Alternate Title: La casa di Jack
Titles in "Miner Willy" Series
Number: 1
Release: 1983
Number: 2
Release: 1984
Number: 3
Release: 1985
Additional File Downloads
Software Projects Ltd (UK)
1984
https://jswcentral.org
RZX playback file
Recorded by Mousey, Daniel Gromann, Geoff Neil and Andy Ford (with rollback) - Several walkthroughs included. [denied]
jsw.zip
RZX playback file
Recorded by Daniel Gromann (with rollback) - Almost 20 variants of JSW. See the enclosed document for details. [denied]
jswvariants.zip
RZX playback file
Recorded by Daniel Gromann (with rollback) [denied]
jswvariations.zip

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