TobyLobster

Thanks IRF, very interesting. That's an interesting quirk of the implementation. There's some deeply knowledgable people here it seems!

View File JetSet Willy 2021 A greatly updated and enhanced BBC Micro version of Jet Set Willy, without any loss of the quirks and charms of the original Spectrum version on which it was based. Some of the updates and changes from the original BBC Micro release include: * More colours on screen. * More authentic colour choices. * More tuneful. * New font. * Corrected room and sprite definitions. * Arrows and ropes together again. * Uses the RETURN key for jump. * *Watch Tower* crash bug fixed. * Arrow rendering bug fixed. * Player start position fixed. * Works on the Master series. The .zip in the download contains the ssd (single sided disc image) of the game and a text file "readme.txt" covering changes in more detail. Control Keys: Z = Left X = Right RETURN = Jump Q = Disable In-Game Music S = Enable In-Game Music SHIFT+ESCAPE = Quit current game SPACE = Start a new game (on title screen) Submitter TobyLobster Submitted 07/23/2021 Category Jet Set Willy [Remakes]  

Oooh, that's good to know thank you. I've updated the document to remove my incorrect guess.

Yes, it always bothered me when you couldn't run straight through from right to left through both Kitchens. It was a toss up whether to 'fix' The Swimming Pool, but as the code was already there to do it I thought that was maybe better to preserve it than to lose it.

I've improved the BBC Micro version of Jet Set Willy. The disk image and description of my changes are here https://github.com/TobyLobster/jsw2021 Play in a browser: http://bbc.godbolt.org/?autoboot&disc=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TobyLobster/jsw2021/main/JSW.ssd (Previously I improved Manic Miner for the Beeb, see https://github.com/TobyLobster/ManicMiner2021)

In case it is useful, this looks like it's a pretty industrial strength solver for Travelling Salesman and related problems, written in C http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/tsp/concorde/index.html

Looks good to me 🙂

View File Manic Miner 2021 A greatly updated and enhanced version of the original BBC Micro Manic Miner. Changes and improvements include: Fast Flicker free player movement Fixes to cavern layouts, graphics, and colours Better air bar and colours Fixed the shape of the jump to match the Spectrum Better collision detection Better music High Score is shown 'GAME OVER' added Master compatible The .zip in the download contains the ssd (single sided disc image) of the game and two text files: > A simple 'read_me" explaining a little bit more about the game > A 'tech_notes' file covering the updates in more detail. Control Keys: Z = LEFT X = RIGHT RETURN = JUMP Q = MUSIC OFF S = MUSIC ON PAUSE = DELETE RESUME = COPY Submitter TobyLobster Submitted 04/19/2021 Category Manic Miner [Remakes]  

That would be fine - go for it!

Now playable in an online BBC Micro emulator (no download required): http://bbc.godbolt.org/?autoboot&disc=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TobyLobster/ManicMiner2021/main/NEWMINER.ssd Keys are: Z,X for left/right and RETURN to jump. Q turns off the music, S resumes music.

Thanks. There's no YouTube video yet. I'm hoping someone makes one for me so I don't have to 🙂 Both JSW and JSW II are available for the BBC Micro and are pretty good versions already. Toby

I've improved the BBC Micro version of Manic Miner, and written up the changes I've made. https://github.com/TobyLobster/ManicMiner2021