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'Jet Set 40-40' is a redesign of Matthew Smith's classic ZX Spectrum 48K game 'Jet Set Willy' with a few interesting and unique features!

The layout of 'Jet Set 40-40' is very similar to that of the original 'Jet Set Willy', so those who have played the original will feel 'at home' immediately.

The number of rooms has been reduced to 40 and there is only one item per room. However:

The player has to collect four complete sets of items; once the last item of one set has been collected, the items of the next set will appear. The difficulty of the game will increase with each consecutive set of items, as more and more guardians emerge to threaten Willy's progress through his mansion and its surroundings!

The player is offered a choice of rooms in which they can start the game. An option of playing without some of the most extreme challenges can also be chosen.

We hope you will enjoy this 'quadruple quadragesimal' challenge!

482 downloads

Updated January 26, 2018

JSW 2015 Bug Fixed Edition

Here's a jswmm special. :) A bug fixed edition of the original Spectrum version. The following changes were incorporated:

1. Black instead of blue initial loading page, the reason for this is (2) , it still retains the 'beeps' however they are played after the message not before.

2. New loading screen to replaced the 'loading' message present on the normal variants. It is compressed to save much time (down to 1485 bytes from 6912)

3. To further save loading time, the main code was also compressed (reduced from 32768 to 22459 bytes)

4. The decompress routine purposely returns to basic so it's easily savable as a standard 32768,32768 if desired. Also permits easy POKE entering too. Loader (used BlockEdit to display as it did not fit into one Spectrum screen) ignore odd spacing it looks fine in reality:

5. Built a ready-made Microdrive version and a +3 disk image as well. Identical to the tape version except a minor filename change for the disk due to +3DOS limitations.

6. The keypad entry was disabled as it seems superfluous these days.

7. Auto-pause has been disabled to prevent a lock-up when using an Interface 1. You can still pause the game via the usual keys but it will not 'auto pause' , also a patch was applied to prevent said lock-up if the user decides to pause the game for any reason.

8. The code that causes the in-game tune to deteriorate with each loss of life was disabled. Although intentional I've always considered it a bug in some way. I also noted (Thanks Skoolkid) that the length of each note slightly increases too with each life loss.

9. The otherwise invisible and unreachable object in the First Landing was given a form and simply moved down a few characters to enable it to be collected. This 'fix' replaces the official Software Projects fix of moving it to The Hall (where it would still be invisible) , this seems a better fix in some ways as the object is kept on the screen it was intended to be displayed on.

10. The official Software Projects 'fix' for The Banyan Tree was retained. This simply involves changing an earth cell to an air cell so the tree is climbable.

11. The official Software Projects 'fix' for The Attic was also retained with a minor alteration. The staring position of one arrow was altered slightly so that both arrows actually appear and function as was originally intended. Some 'fixes' for this it was noted remove one arrow completely.

12. The minor auto collect bug when Willy enters the Swimming Pool was fixed. There are a few ways of rectifying this however the simple method of simply changing the rope colour to cyan was used. The object form and placement remain unaltered where Matt placed it.

13. The 'double object' on The Beach was split into a single object and the 'extra' one was moved further down the beach into the 'waves'. The thought behind this is that way Willy is forced to use the conveyor to get that object.

14. The Conservatory Roof bug was fixed. The official Software Projects 'Fix' for this involves removing one fire cell so the object on the far right is just about reachable, however in practise is it almost impossible to collect them all without any life loss. After studying other variants of this screen, a different 'fix' was applied: The fire cells were moved into groups of two, followed by two objects, two more fire cells and finally two objects.

15. The issue where Willy can jump from the top of the Watch Tower (and ending up in The Off Licence as the 'Up' location is not defined) was fixed by simply shortening the ramp one block and moving the conveyor down one block. This fix is simple and it also means Willy cannot jump high enough to leave the screen via the top.

16. The concern where Willy can jump up from Dr Jones Will Never Believe This and end up hitting a fire cell in We Must Perform A Quirkafleeg was reduced by adding a fire cell to the top of the structure, making it very difficult for Willy to accidentally jump up and out of this screen in that manner and in addition the exit for 'up' from this screen was set to be the same screen so if Willy does manage to leave via the top, he will re-appear at the bottom of the screen.

17. The odd effect where Willy can jump through the top of Rescue Esmerelda and end up in The Ballroom was looked at. It's unclear if this was intentionally left in or an oversight however it did not make logical sense to allow Willy to 'teleport' in such a manner. The fix simply involves adding some earth cells to the top near the conveyor to prevent Willy from being able to exit the screen via jumping up. We gave some thought to using the empty room 47 here as The Belfry as per JSW2 but decided that would be an addition rather than a 'fix', something we wanted to avoid.

The download offers the following files:

Jetset_2015_Bugfixed_Tape.zip , containing both .tap and .tzx versions
Jetset_2015_Bugfixed_Microdrive.zip , an .mdr image for microdrive users
Jetset_2015_Bugfixed_Disk.zip , .dsk image of the tape file
Jetset Willy_BugFixed2015Edition_Speedlock_Loader.tzx , Speedlock1 based loader for real machines. 48K Mode only

Additional Files:

JSW 2015 Bugfix.rzx , rzx recording of the game being played to completion courtesy of jetsetdanny

Jetset Willy 2015 Bug Fixed Edition With Cheats_V1.tzx , Speedlock1 based loader with a selection of cheats pre-applied

Enjoy!

1,288 downloads

Updated February 21, 2018

Jet Set Willy (Spectrum) Cheat

The original JSW for the Sinclair Spectrum.

These are 'patched' games with a choice of two cheat modes. Simply put there is a choice of either:

1. Basic protection: "Infinite Lives" and "Fall Any Height"

2. Immunity: This obviously includes the above and adds immunity to fire cells, guardians and arrows.

For completely original (with bugs!) versions please see here and for original (but with the four official bug fixes applied) see here

A total of eight files are included, these are two versions of each of the following (one for each type of 'cheat' choice) , they are clearly labelled as to which is which

1. The 'Pre-Production' version, The in-game tune is 'In The Hall Of The Mountain King' (the same as Manic Miner)

2. The 'original' release. This has 'If I Was A Rich Man' as the in-game tune.

3. The VentaMatic Re-Release. This is based on the original release with a Spanish 'scrolly' message and loader. The code is otherwise unchanged.

4. The 'They Sold A Million' Re-Release. This is actually based on the 'Pre-Production' version of the code but has the four official Software Projects bug-fixes applied as well as bypassing the keypad entry screen too. This version was supplied as Speedlock1 protected. Care was taken to alter this without having to take the loader to pieces so it appears more or less original, the loading screen does state which cheat version it is however.

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Submitted April 1, 2017

Manic Miner - Highscore Challenge

We are pleased to introduce a fun variant of Manic Miner, a 'High Score Challenge' The object is very simple, just obtain the maximum possible score for a cavern! The idea was inspired from a topic on the WOS forum a while ago.

Upon loading, you will be presented with a menu list of the standard caverns, simply press A to T to select one. This will then become the starting (and only) cavern to play. The caverns are completely unaltered from the standard game, as are the scoring counts.

Upon completion of a cavern once all the air has been removed, the game will purposely freeze. At this point you can make a note of your score. To restart the cavern at this point simply press BREAK (Caps+Shift)

The game is provided as both a conventional .tap tape file as well as a .z80 snapshot image.

Please feel free to tell us your best scores and we will update the rankings below!

Please note the following very minor changes were necessary to the game engine itself to facilitate:
There are infinite lives provided
A loss of life will cause both the cavern to be reset as normal as well as the score
The "Teleporter" (603179) function is disabled
There is no demo mode as such, as there is nothing really to 'demo'
As noted above, once a cavern is complete the game will freeze until BREAK is pressed
If you wish to change the cavern it will be necessary to either reload the snapshot or do a POKE 34274 , x , with x being 0 to 19 for the cavern choice.

Enjoy! 😄

The order in which players who achieved the same score are mentioned shows who achieved this score first.

Central Cavern
:1st: - 1724 - Pgyuri, jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm
:2nd: - 1722 - Woody
:3rd: - 1721 - crunchy_frog & geoff

The Cold Room
:1st: - 1975 - Pgyuri, JianYang, crem's algorithm & jetsetdanny
:2nd: - 1965 - Woody
:3rd: - 1953 - Spider

The Menagerie
:1st: - 1904 - crem's algorithm & jetsetdanny
:2nd: - 1903 - Pgyuri
:3rd: - 1900 - JianYang

Abandoned Uranium Workings
:1st: - 1854 - Pgyuri, jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm
:2nd: - 1852 - crunchy_frog
:3rd: - 1851 - JianYang

Eugene's Lair
:1st: - 1748 - Pgyuri, jetsetdanny, crem's algorithm & JianYang
:2nd: - 1559 - Spider
:3rd: - 1195 - crem

Processing Plant
:1st: - 1821 - jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm
:2nd: - 1820 - Pgyuri
:3rd: - 1814 - JianYang

The Vat
:1st: - 1825 - jetsetdanny, mzx, JianYang & crem's algorithm
:2nd: - 1824 - crunchy_frog
:3rd: - 1684 - Spider

Miner Willy meets the Kong Beast
:1st: - 4047 - jetsetdanny, Pgyuri & crem's algorithm
:2nd: - 4042 - JianYang
:3rd: - 3927 - crunchy_frog

Wacky Amoebatrons
:1st: - 1376 - crem's algorithm & jetsetdanny
:2nd: - 1345 - Pgyuri
:3rd: - 1335 - JianYang

The Endorian Forest
:1st: - 1841 - DigitalDuck
:2nd: - 1840 - crem's algorithm & jetsetdanny
:3rd: - 1834 - Pgyuri

Attack of the Mutant Telephones
:1st: - 1749 - crem's algorithm & jetsetdanny
:2nd: - 1720 - Pgyuri
:3rd: - 1719 - mzx

Return of the Alien Kong Beast
:1st: - 4276 - jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm
:2nd: - 4275 - Pgyuri
:3rd: - 4244 - JianYang

Ore Refinery
:1st: - 1866 - jetsetdanny, JianYang & crem's algorithm
:2nd: - 1722 - crunchy_frog
:3rd: - 1650 - mzx

Skylab Landing Bay
:1st: - 1808 - jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm
:2nd: - 1806 - JianYang
:3rd: - 1790 - Pgyuri

The Bank
:1st: - 1709 - Pgyuri, JianYang, jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm
:2nd: - 1679 - mzx
:3rd: - 1668 - Spider

The Sixteenth Cavern
:1st: - 1830 - jetsetdanny, JianYang & crem's algorithm
:2nd: - 1814 - Pgyuri
:3rd: - 1510 - Spider

The Warehouse
:1st: - 1951 - crem's algorithm, IRF & jetsetdanny
:2nd: - 1909 - JianYang
:3rd: - 1907 - crunchy_frog

Amoebatron's Revenge
:1st: - 1314 - Pgyuri, jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm
:2nd: - 1228 - JianYang
:3rd: - 1174 - Spider

Solar Power Generator
:1st: - 1137 - crem's algorithm & jetsetdanny
:2nd: - 0862 - JianYang
:3rd: - 0821 - crunchy_frog

The Final Barrier
:1st: - 1776 - Pgyuri, jetsetdanny & crem's algorithm
:2nd: - 1774 - JianYang
:3rd: - 1767 - Spider

144 downloads

Updated October 5, 2023

Jet Set Willy: The Nightmare Edition

Jet Set Willy: The Nightmare Edition

Experience the timeless classic with a refreshing wave of new challenges and surprises! Solve the mysteries and find all the items... and be quick!

Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner Community (jswmm.co.uk) is proud to present a new, enhanced version of "Jet Set Willy".

The project was launched in the Contributor Lounge of jswmm.co.uk on 26th October 2015. The founding idea was to have a new JSW build, using the existing 48K engine, "with a few minor tweaks to platforms and the like". The plan was also to have 256 items to collect and to locate them in interesting places where Willy might not otherwise venture.

The project exploded in the following weeks, when several Contributors joined in and launched an avalanche of ideas and suggestions for the new build. By the time "The Nightmare Edition" was ready for release on 26th January 2016, over 2000 posts related to it had been published. More than 100 working builds of the game were created, as well as various minor revisions and numerous working files related to the loader and loading screens.

The general ethos of "The Nightmare Edition" was to work within Willy's original mansion, whilst maximising the difficulty of the classic rooms. However, a few extra screens have been added, inspired by the mythology surrounding the game. Another notable feature of "The Nightmare Edition" is that all unused graphics that were buried in the original JSW game engine since 1984 have been recycled and placed throughout the layout.

The name "Nightmare Edition" was adopted at some point along the way to reflect the increased difficulty of the game and the devious puzzles designed to make the player suffer. The game contains a substantial number of changes, including technical novelties such as different tunes in various areas of Willy's mansion, and a suitably nightmarish font style! Unlike in the original, the time limit is a serious factor.

The team of Contributors have worked hard together to convert their enthusiasm for "JSW" into a final product both enjoyable and challenging to the members of the wider ZX Spectrum community. The end result optimises the potential of Matthew Smith's original game layout, somehow managing to be both reassuringly familiar whilst at the same time fiendishly difficult - all within the 48K game engine!!

A detailed readme file of the building history, credits and technical changes is included in the package.

"Jet Set Willy: The Nightmare Edition" can be completed without losing a single life. The game has been play-tested extensively and is believed to be bug-free. However, if you find any problems, please report them to us at the community.

Enjoy... and suffer!

The download contains the following formats:

Standard .tap file, suitable for general use and transfer to other formats such as +3 disk or Sinclair Vega.
High speed .tzx file, suitable for transfer to use on a real machine. This tzx version must be loaded in 48K mode only.

315 downloads

Updated February 4, 2017

Manic Miner (Spectrum)

Manic Miner for the Sinclair Spectrum.

The download includes the following 'officially released' versions:
[*]Bug Byte Ltd - The original first release [*]Software Projects - The 'later' original release [*]Ventamatic - Spanish language re-release [*]M.A.D - Mastertronic Added Dimension (Mastertronic

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Updated March 31, 2017

Jet Set Willy 2 (Spectrum) Cheat Versions

Jet Set Willy 2 for the Spectrum, note these are patched versions. For the original files please see here

The download offers two versions:

An original Software Projects release with the 'keypad' modified to accept any code (but no game cheats at all) as well as a modified 'fully immunity' version..

The loader for the 'any keypad code' version was very slightly tweaked from the original in that you get to see the screen (INK 7 vs INK 0) otherwise it is the same apart from a minor attribute swap on the 'picture hanger', this is not visible in the original due to black ink but stuck out when it was INK 7.

The 'full immunity' version varies a bit here with both a colourful 'what's included' page as well as the loading screen. A unique feature I added to this was to 'draw' the screen data after the attributes, giving the impression they are being added at the same time. This effect is really only visible at normal tape loading speed however.

The 'full immunity' version is just that, along with a minor tweak to ensure the 'Trip Switch' is always active too meaning Willy does not have to take a long route around the house to take a quick voyage on his Yacht if needed. Be aware of falling into the water though!

In summary the 'immunity' cheat comprises of:

Fall any height
Infinite lives
Immunity to fire cells
Immunity to guardians
Trip switch is always on

Enjoy!

218 downloads

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Updated April 5, 2018

Manic Miner ZX81

By Spider in Manic Miner [Remakes]

This is a port of the ZX81 version of Manic Miner back to the Spectrum, written by Russell Marks in 2003. The 'original' ZX81 version was authored by Alex Martinik around 1984 and is available here as per the 'original' the actual in-game language is Czechoslovakian.

Note this does actually require a 128K Spectrum to run.

The authors notes and documentation read as follows:

60 downloads

Submitted June 16, 2017

JSW - The Attic Bug

The well known 'Attic Bug' , less commonly known as a "bad program bug" back in the day has been quite well documented on various sites over the years however apart from a small test file submitted here a while ago and a selection of screenshots not a great deal else was provided.

The cause is relatively simple: A misplaced arrow which then overwrites various sections of game code, it damages the guardian entity bytes for the following rooms:

Room 01: The Bridge Room 06: Entrance to Hades Room 08: Inside the MegaTrunk Room 12: Tree Top Room 13: Out on a limb Room 14: Rescue Esmerelda Room 15: I'm sure I've seen this before Room 16: We must perform a Quirkafleeg Room 23: The Kitchen Room 24: West of Kitchen Room 26: East Wall Base Room 27: The Chapel Room 38: Priest's Hole

One of the best detailed but 'easy to read' descriptions is the one provided by SkoolKid in his excellent disassembly here of the JSW game.

This submission contains a standard JSW game (with keypad bypass) although all the keypad routines, data and unused code is still present.

To assist in the exploration of the mansion, a few small 'helper' tweaks were necessary otherwise an instant IDS would occur upon entering certain screens, Kitchen and East Wall Base for example would trigger this due to the damaged guardians.
Immunity to arrows, guardians, fire cells and long falls Infinite lives 'Writetyper' enabled

The starting location has been set to The Attic to ensure the 'bug' is triggered more or less immediately. If you would like to reset this back to normal (after starting the game once) then its simply POKE 34795,33 applied via your emulator/multiface.

It is hoped this small submission will allow those still curious about the effects of this to be able to explore the mansion and see it in action as it progresses in relative safety, at least until the corruption becomes too heavy and/or the game itself crashes completely.

Interestingly the effects do seem to vary a little bit each time it is played although this is likely due to differing player routes and / or the amount of time spent on a room. You'll note various odd effects such as invalid characters appearing the description and clock, sometimes these are permanent and will not clear upon starting a fresh game. A reset would be needed in this case.

Although it is stating the obvious but please bear in mind this is merely a test file: I would strongly not recommend attempting to recycle it or use it for building a game from.

Enjoy the potential mayhem! :)

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Updated July 8, 2017

MM2020 Special Edition

Manic Miner 2020 - Special Edition

This small eight cavern mini game is dedicated to all essential workers in any industry or sector who are continuing to keep things moving during these highly unprecedented times of the 2020 lockdown. We say "Thank You"
The game engine itself is slightly modified from standard, the main changes of note being:

The caverns themselves are identical in layout of guardians and cells to the original except they are mirrored versions!
There is approximately a 30 seconds air grace period upon entering each cavern
If the air supply should for some reason actually run out during play the game will continue without loss of a life
The bonus for making Kong fall into the Portal is increased
Pressing Break during play to abort the same will unlike the default Manic Miner update the highscore

The caverns to play are as follows:
Eugene's Lair
Miner Willy meets the Kong Beast
Wacky Amoebatrons
Attack of the Mutant Telephones
Ore Refinery
Skylab Landing Bay
The Warehouse
Solar Power Generator
Should perhaps also be noted that both Kong and Amoebatron's screens in the original game are used twice, here the versions used are the second appearance of each as these variants are a fraction more difficult.
We will keep a top-x record of players scores too:

:1st: - 41842 - jetsetdanny
:2nd: - 40173 - Spider
:3rd: - 36281 - MtM
4th -
5th -

Thank you , and enjoy! 🙂

246 downloads

Updated March 11, 2021

Jet Set Willy (Spectrum) Sofware Projects Bug Fix

JSW for the Sinclair Spectrum.

These are originals with the sole exceptions of having the four official Software Project bug fixes applied as well as a choice of bypassing the keycard. This was done simply to make it more 'friendly'. The Basic was very slightly changed to remove the embedded codes (for the English versions) to make it more readable (and editable!) too.

For completely original files (with bugs!) see here

Six files are included, these are:

1. The 'Pre-Production' version, this is most easily distinguished by having the in-game tune of 'In The Hall Of The Mountain King' (the same as Manic Miner)

2. The 'original' release, this was the most common one. This has 'If I Was A Rich Man' as the in-game tune.

3. The VentaMatic Re-Release. This is based on the original release with a Spanish 'scrolly' message and loader. The code is otherwise unchanged.

There are two versions of each. One with keycard still present and one without. They are clearly labelled as to which is which and the Pokes themselves are purposely applied in the Basic rather than altering the code block itself to allow for user preference and convenient editing if required.

The 'Sold A Million' Re-Release is not included here as it already has bug fixes 'factory applied' so qualifies as an 'original' release as such.

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Updated April 1, 2017

JetSet Willy 2 Plus (Amstrad)

By Spider in Jet Set Willy [Remakes]

JetSet Willy 2 + , an updated version of JSW1, MM and MM3 by Andrew Cadley.

Please note this disk image will only work on the 6128Plus machine as it uses some features that are not present on the conventional 6128 machine.

More colours per screen than the usual Amstrad versions are present, as these run in Mode1 which is typically limited to 4 colours out of a pool of 27. This version does not seem particularly hampered by this limitation despite it appearing to use Mode1, likely a feature of the Plus hardware. The enhancement is greatly appreciated.

If curious about the screen modes and limitations then the cpcwiki page here is as good as any place to read up.

It should be noted the normal Amstrad JSW/MM pokes do not work on these versions, likely due to the code being relocated in different memory banks or addresses.

Upon loading you are presented with a choice of JetSet Willy+ , Manic Miner+ or Manic Miner 3+

JetSet Willy+ is in reality JSW2 aka "The Final Frontier" , the Amstrad version being written by D.P.Rowson and S.Wetherill

Manic Miner+ is conventional Manic Miner, again the Amstrad version being written by DP.Rowson and S.Wetherhill

Manic Miner 3+ is the third party remake of MM aka "Manic Miner 3 - Tales from a parallel universe" , written by Lee Tonks. The Spectrum version can be found here on the World of Spectrum site. As far as I am currently aware MM3 was never ported over to the Amstrad by its original author.

The games themselves play as well as the originals although as noted they are distinctly more colourful. The screenshots should assist with this. They all share the same scrolling message (see below) and 'JSW' style title screen too.

Its noted there is no timer / clock counter active in any of the games and in the MM games there is no 'air' supply as such. The JSW style clock is displayed forever locked at 00:00AM. The 'items collected' total also functions in MM indicating they likely share a common core codeblock.

The only very minor correction I felt had to make was to the disk image loader itself to stop it attempting to autoload a game if an accidental keypress was detected as well as a very over enthusiastic 'timeout and load' effect. I also added a small message to the menu page as well to indicate its compatibility as there is otherwise no indication anywhere of it not being suitable for the other machines and attempting to load it on a conventional 6128 just results in an eventual lockup of the machine.

I would consider this a 'bug fix' so I have included this 'fixed' disk image as well as the original untouched one. There are no other changes to it at all.

The versions are clearly marked as to which is which:

"JSW2 Plus" and "JSW2 Plus Fixed Menu" , both are standard disk (.dsk) images.

The scrolling message complete with typo's for all the games reads as follows:

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Updated June 2, 2017

Manic Miner - The Big Bonus Edition

Manic Miner - The Big Bonus Edition

This is a very simple modification of Manic Miner to provide a higher score compared to a standard version. In addition to this, a few small minor (miner?) changes were also made to improve the game a fraction. Care was taken in what changes were made to avoid an insane score value being obtainable.
The 'score changes' performed were as follows:

1. Item Collection: Changed to 1,000 points per item from its default of 100.
2. Air Bonus: Changed to 10 from its default of 1 per air unit remaining upon cavern completion.
3. Kong Bonus: Changed to 1,000 from its default of 100 per block the Kong Beast falls.
4. Extra life: Changed to award an extra life at 100,000 points instead of its default of 10,000 points. This was necessary to prevent an excess of extra lives being awarded!

***********************************************
Update December 2019 by Ian Rushforth

A Cheat Mode has been added, which is activated by the BASIC loader if the player presses '$' during loading. i.e. the 'SYMBOL SHIFT' and '4' keys simultaneously. The game then enters 'Mega Bonus' mode, allowing the player to accrue even higher scores than in the 'standard' Big Bonus Edition! (Each of the four 'score changes' listed in bullet points 1-4 above are scaled up by an extra factor of 10.)

The 'High Score/Score' row, which is printed at the bottom of the screen during play, is rearranged for the Mega Bonus Edition to allow for higher scores to be accommodated - it is now quite possible to reach a score of a million points!

A 'bug/flaw/imperfection' in the original 'Manic Miner' has been addressed - it used to be the case that if you exceeded the previous High Score during a game, then the High Score was updated 'behind the scenes' at the beginning of execution of the 'Game Over' routine, but the new High Score could not be viewed on the screen until the next game had begun. In this version, once you attain a new High Score during a game, then as soon as that game ends the new High Score is printed onto the 'Game Over' screen just as the 'Boot of Doom' begins to descend!

Finally, a couple of visual glitches from the original game were fixed. More technical details can be found in the 'Readme' .txt file which accompanies the game.

***********************************************

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Updated December 13, 2019

Manic Miner (Sam Coupe)

Manic Miner for the MGT Sam Coup

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Updated May 6, 2017

Manic Miner (Cheat Versions) BBC Micro

By Spider in Manic Miner [Patched]

Manic Miner for the BBC Micro. The conversion was written by D.J.Coathupe.

Two completely distinct versions are provided as separate disc (.ssd) images. Both versions feature a bypass to the inbuilt keypad/keylock protection. Simply enter any code or just press Return a few times to have it accepted.

1. Filename "Manic Miner Invulnerability" .

As the name suggests this provides near immunity during play. This does not provide infinite air, merely immunity to moving and static enemies as well as long falls.

Notes: Although the game will not immediately end when the air supply runs out, it will soon crash thereafter if MinerWilly does not complete the cavern within a timely fashion once the air is exhausted. It is also quite possible to stand on fire cells. Some small care must be taken to not jump out of the top of the cavern which again can result in a crash.

Both of the above small compromises needed during gameplay are very acceptable within this scope.

2. Filename "Manic Miner Level Skip" .

Notes: This version does not offer any extra lives, air supply or immunity! It simply allows you to choose the starting level. This in itself is a great boon if you wish to practise a cavern as the BBC version does not contain the ZX equivalent of a '6031769' teleporter routine. The game itself must be reloaded from disc if it is wished to change the level as the patch is applied before the game code is executed.

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Updated December 4, 2018

Manic Miner (C64)

Manic Miner for the Commodore64, written by Chris Lancaster & Kris Lancaster.

This is an original release minus any copy protection. Both disk and tape (.D64 and .T64) images are provided.

The game itself very closely mimics the Spectrum version, more so than the Amstrad version and plays very well and quite faithfully to the original.

Joystick (in P2) or keyboard to control:

Q,E,T,U,O = Left
W,R,Y,I,P = Right
Shift or Space = Jump

103 downloads

Submitted June 4, 2017

Manic Miner Updated

We are pleased to release a mildly updated Spectrum version of Manic Miner.

1. The new loading screen I put together here has been used.

2. The code was again assembled using a 'real' speedlock loader for both its intended use (on a real machine) and for tape loading fanatics too. This is not intended as any form of 'protection' it is simply to cut down loading time from approx 3m15s to 2m30s. :) Only the game code is loaded rather than an emulator 'built' one as that would load all the memory which is not needed.

3. The game code was based on the Software Projects release rather than the more common Bug-Byte one, the reason for this was simply as the Software Projects release was later so it made more sense to base it on the 'last' code as such.

4. The 'typewriter' cheat was removed. The Software Projects version was "typewriter" instead of "6031769"

5. To make the game a bit more initially friendly, Willy starts with seven lives instead of three however:

6. There is no bonus life awarded every 10,000 points any more.

7. Minor detail: The scrolling message was slowed down a fraction so its more readable.

8. Minor detail: The scrolling message was altered very slightly to correct a few concerns:

In essence the changes are to capitalisation, spacing and the 'forgotten' pause keys.

Enjoy. :)

Note: Load in 48K mode

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Updated February 4, 2017

Jet Set Willy (Spectrum)

By Spider in Jet Set Willy [Originals]

The original JSW for the Sinclair Spectrum.

Please note these are 'as originally provided' tape files and do not have any bug fixes (attic bug etc) applied! You'll also need the keycard with three of them as this is still present too.

For versions with the 'official' Software Projects fixes, with and without keycard, please see here.

Four files are included, these are:

1. The 'Pre-Production' version, this is most easily distinguished by having the in-game tune of 'In The Hall Of The Mountain King' (the same as Manic Miner)

2. The 'original' release, this was the most common one. This has 'If I Was A Rich Man' as the in-game tune.

3. The VentaMatic Re-Release. This is based on the original release with a Spanish 'scrolly' message and loader. The code is otherwise unchanged.

4. The 'They Sold A Million' Re-Release. This is actually based on the 'Pre-Production' version of the code but has the four official Software Projects bug-fixes applied as well as bypassing the keypad entry screen too. This version was supplied as Speedlock1 protected.

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Updated April 1, 2017

JetSet Willy (Plus/4)

By Spider in Jet Set Willy [Originals]

JetSet Willy for the Commodore Plus/4, written by Ian Davison and published by Tynesoft

This in effect an 'enhanced' update of the C16 version with approximately thirty-nine rooms instead of the C16's nineteen. That 'cut down' version can be found here

It too features the 'square stairs' as per the C64 version although they seem slightly easier to negotiate and it is easy to jump through them when appropriate. The choice of rooms included is generally quite sensible and the sprites and colour choices are a good match for the Spectrum/C64/Amstrad/BBC versions given the difference in platforms. There are very few in-game sound effects but the general 'feel' and play of the game is good.

Most of the interior rooms of Willy's mansion are present. The object placement reasonably matches the other main variants however there are more objects to collect given the fact there are less rooms.

There are no 'upper' screens beyond the Conservatory roof area although on the other side of the mansion the East Wall Base is present however there is no upper access beyond East Wall (so no Priest's Hole) and no Beach or West Bedroom.

The Banyan Tree, Wine Cellar and Tool Shed are present however there is no access beyond the right hand side of the Forgotten Abbey. To compensate for this the platforms in the Wine Cellar are slightly re-arranged to allow Willy to climb back out to escape, however an interesting "twist" on this is he cannot then simply jump out to the Back Stairway, the only escape is he must then negotiate the Tool Shed. Another interesting feature is there is no Swimming Pool although Orangery is present there is no downwards exit. The MegaTree is present too, complete with 'all branches'

Please see the screenshots for specifics, there is a screenshot of every room included.

The title screen is simply a mid-centred 'JET SET WILLY' line of text and a scrolling message which reads as follows:

As per the message it can be reasonably assumed this was 'built on' the C16 version even though as I understand it, it was released as a separate version.

Enjoy!

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Updated June 10, 2017

Manic Miner Oric Atmos

By Spider in Manic Miner [Remakes]

Manic Miner for the Oric Atmos. Possibly *might* be compatible with the Oric 1 (if it has a memory/rom addon)

There are actually two versions of this present generally on the Internet. One is credited to Matt Smith (this is the one in French with the bugs) and the other also mentions his name (and mentions

105 downloads

Updated February 4, 2017

Manic Miner BBC Micro