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Is no. 4 the Crypt by any chance? 😉

Top work Andy!

They will give you nightmares these pictures!

Some these pictures are quite disturbing

It always seemed fairly intuitive to me for some reason, I don't know why. Maybe that was the same reason for MS?

This is a good and interesting post! Not something I had thought of really before about MM / JSW. I suppose it seemed like a logical progression, JSW is a more complex game than MM, and ropes and arrows fit in and are part of that complexity. Not sure I would agree with an afterthought by MS, only personal opinion of course, but Hunchback was what, 1980 in the arcades, 81 at the latest? So it predates MM by several years and was a really popular arcade game of its time, I put enough 10ps in to last a lifetime, I loved it, and finished it actually once or twice, well, got to round 15 and then it all changed as I remember. Anyway, ropes and arrows seemed to be coherent to me in JSW, due to their complexity and MS's improving coding skills maybe too. I love ropes! I don't know if you have ever played Turmoil on the Spectrum by David Turner, it is a spell blinding game, full of short ropes, very very difficult but not quite as hard as Technical Ted I would say. Ropes seem to be the ultimate mode of transport in a platform, especially a flick screen platformer. If you think of conveyors, moving platforms such as in Chuckie Egg / elevators etc., nothing quite matches a rope. The chutes in Bounty Bob are pretty good too, but not so controllable, perhaps the fact you remain in control of Willy the same on a rope as elsewhere makes it a positive experience. So I would love to see them in a new JSW game. Perhaps JSWDanny can name a few mods etc. that feature ropes, I cannot think of any but that is not surprising! I would definitely aim for ropes and arrows in your game SymbolShift. How about a diagonal arrow as a challenge? Or one with an arc, where you had to run under the arc? Good topic though. Maybe Norman has some ideas if it is possible or how hard it is to do?

AI is cheating 😉

Awesome that Andy! Infinite lives still probably needed though!

You're dedication is commendable Danny! One day you will have your reward in JSW heaven 😉

That makes me think Danny, and I am too lazy to look!, I wonder if there is a site somewhere that is dedicated to at least listing every known version of MM&JSW, say at least 2 categories, official versions, which would probably be fairly easy(!) and mods or unofficial versions (much harder as you know.)

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For a Chuckle Egg man he is pretty good 😉

are they original Andy?

Yes, this rings a _very_ distant bell Andy, I think I had a copy of this too. In fairness, SymbolShift is right, the Amiga versions of Willy were all misguided really, because they tried to use the superior hardware which spoiled the gameplay mechanics / flip screen elements. Just my opinion anyway. I had the McMaster's version of JSWII on the Amiga, which had the full screen scrolling as you mention, really not a good game, but perhaps they were told to do it like that. I am curious SymbolShift, what version were you involved with on the Amiga?

Listen, if you release a game for free and anonymously, how is anyone going to sue you and for what? They would need to know who you were and where you were first, and as long as you took a few basic precautions there would be no chance of that. Say they put a message up on here threatening folk - big deal. Talk is incredibly cheap, especially on the internet, friends. I would simply carry on with your plans. No one is going to sue anyone. They may threaten it, like my dad is bigger than your dad, but how many times did you ever hear of the two dads actually meeting and fighting it out? No, me neither. So relax, release your game for free, and without any contact details for yourself in it if you are paranoid, that way no one can get in touch and make any idle threats. If you aren't making any money out of someone else's work you are in a strong position. Look at how many authors on here have used MS's work to release free games. Have any of them been sued? Not that I am aware of anyway. It will be fine. There are lots of mods for games that you can still buy that fit into this category that are out there. I think the idea to raise money for MS is a good one though and would happily contribute, he does deserve something.

thanks for that Andy, one day I will make time to watch it. The man the myth the legend!

In truth, is anyone really going to try and sue anyone these days over such an old game? No one is going to make any money really. How much would you make from a new official jsw game? Very difficult to see more than a few thousand pounds to me, not really life changing sums, not in the long term. I would just publish and see what happens, worst case scenario make a donation to a charity to offset any legal challenges.

It looks good does Whim, I really hope it happens. Any chance of a macOS port do you think? I don't really use a pc anymore, so a mac version would be great.

It has occured to me if this game or others on this forum too are eligible to go on things like Spectrum Computing, to appear on the update there. I don't suppose it matters in a way but then again if they were seen by a larger audience then there is no harm in that is there? Andy I know you post there too, do things like this appear over there in the end do you know?

>So the count is a staggering 6/18. Unacceptable! 🤣 The rest is pretty good though Danny. You are the King! 🤴

You see we are not alone in our love of JSW&MM 😉 Good find there Andy!

Don't know if any of you use Norton, but if so this might be of interest... https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/new-version-of-norton-360-installs-a-crypto-miner-on-your-pc-by-default.html

I got the impression this was a bot, or at least half a bot.

I never got the carols working, but I did hear the 'If I were a rich man' which I always like to hear.

I got the second hand Dell monitor 4:3 ratio as a Christmas present, but there seems to be a timing issue, as a line or lines are out of sync etc. The monitor is running at 640 x 480 vga via a vga to vga cable to my ZX Next, and the osd of the monitor says that it is 640 x 480 at 50hz, perfect, but tried two different vga cables but no joy. I will take a picture so you can see what I mean. I realise that no one may have a Next on here, but just thought I would share. There are options in the monitor's osd for 'phase' and 'pixel clock' but having altered them both form the max 100 to the min 0 they do not remove the line issue. Odd. Any ideas from anyone greatly appreciated! Standby for picture ...