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This looks like a neat concept! To get ULAPlus working, they recommend you use the Es.pectrum emulator: https://habisoft.com/espectrum/EN.htm

Does anyone know if there is a designated area of this forum that is for posting scans of MM/JSW articles from Magazines? (Adverts, Reviews, Maps etc...) If not, I think it would be a nice area to have, as many were printed and would be an important chunk of history to preserve 😁

Previously unaware, I just came across this thread, in which "The Birds & The Bee's" question is answered... https://jswmm.co.uk/topic/583-the-mystery-of-the-birds-and-the-bees-its-investigation/?tab=comments#comment-12974

Fantastic back-story Norman! thanks for posting. It's amazing to hear you talk about 5 and 20 meg hard drive's back then, that must have felt like a ton of storage. Even 5.25" floppy's would seem large! Sounds like it was a technical nightmare to optimize and bring the size of JSW down, and do the ZX conversions. Squeezing JSW2 within 48k is some seriously clever stuff. Programmers are so hardware spoiled and sloppy now, they really have no idea. I'm curious if you ever worked on a project together with Matthew? (at SP or elsewhere). There was a rumour that you were responsible (but uncredited) for "The Birds & The Bee's", which Matthew contributed graphics.

That's an excellent point about Amstrad. As far as I know, DPR primarily developed on CPC (hence the original MM/JSW ports), so it's possible that JSW2 was also developed on CPC. Keeping in mind, Matt Smith developed the ZX version on the TRS-80. The non-bright colours on the CPC palette are very dark, so may have been avoided.

For some reason, I've never noticed this until today. It may have been discussed previously, but I could not locate anything on the forum. I noticed that the JSW2 colour palette (at least on the ZX version) only uses BRIGHT colours. Both MM and JSW used a mixture of standard colours and brights to create rooms/sprites, but I'm curious if only using bright's in JSW2 was a design decision, or a technical decision. The only exceptions to this rule I could find are the room names themselves, which use standard white, and only two rooms that use standard yellow ("The TROUBLE with TRIBBLES is..." and "Highway to Hell"). Any thoughts?

Actually, you are all wrong, completely and utterly wrong 😁 I'm just kidding, that last batch was pretty easy due to "process of elimination" from the remaining names. Correct answers are, as you already know... 1. Sickbay 2. Garden 3. Banned 4. Megaron 5. Water Supply 6. Shuttle Bay 7. Library Thanks to Crem for supplying the images (created by DigitalDuck), and an extended thanks to Norman, who came up with these amazing ideas in the first place. Enjoyed it immensely! A few bonus images, this one depicts "Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier": Main Lift 1: Main Lift 2: Main Lift 3:

Here's batch 13, which will be the last. I've excluded "Big Hole" and "Seedy Hole" due to questionable images 😄 So seven images remain in this final batch. Best of luck! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. List of rooms available: Banned Garden Library Megaron Shuttle Bay Sickbay Water Supply

Seems like everyone got 2-4, but not 1 or 5. Here are the answers: 1. Down T' Pit 2. Ship's Computer 3. Trip Switch 4. (Flower) Power Source 5. Docking Bay

Here is the 12th batch of JSW2 rooms... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. List of rooms available: Banned Big Hole Docking Bay Down T' Pit (Flower) Power Source Garden Library Megaron Seedy Hole Ship's Computer Shuttle Bay Sickbay Trip Switch Water Supply

Very impressive JianYang! Only one wrong. The correct answers are: 1. Rocket Room 2. The Hole with No Name 3. Willy's Bird Bath 4. Dinking Vater 5. Photon Tube

I can't speak for Norman, but I'm guessing that since he's not mentioned it before, that he prefers staying out of the spotlight. If you have questions, you can PM him, and he will either respond, or not. For obvious reasons, many people choose not to seek the overwhelming attention that comes with fame, and we need to respect that. It seems that if he wanted to create a post about it, or write sequels, he would have done so already. Any guesses on the AI images?

Nonsense, we all know that Crem is the real Matthew Smith 🤣

Batch number eleven... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. List of rooms available: Banned Big Hole Dinking Vater? Docking Bay Down T' Pit (Flower) Power Source Garden Library Megaron Photon Tube Rocket Room Seedy Hole Ship's Computer Shuttle Bay Sickbay The Hole with No Name Trip Switch Water Supply Willy's Bird Bath

To end the suspense, Jetsetdanny and Ligan both got one correct! 1. Cheat (really does look like bacon and corn) 2. Someone Else 3. Well (Well is kinda spelt backwards as a clue) 4. Incredible 5. Aye 'Appen

My mind is blown. I thought you were being sarcastic! It's a great honour and privilege to conversate with the actual DPR.

Lol! Nice one Norman... or should we call you Derrick? 😁

Time for some tricky ones! Batch number 10... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. List of rooms available: Aye 'Appen Banned Big Hole Cheat Dinking Vater? Docking Bay Down T' Pit (Flower) Power Source Garden Incredible Library Megaron Photon Tube Rocket Room Seedy Hole Ship's Computer Shuttle Bay Sickbay Someone Else The Hole with No Name Trip Switch Water Supply Well Willy's Bird Bath

Apparently these were too easy! Ligan and Jetsetdanny were spot on, with JianYang only missing one. 1. Rigor Mortis 2. Downstairs 3. Pit Gear On 4. Butlers Pantry 5. Defence System

It's interesting where the "thought process" comes from in figuring these out. It's like your sub-conscious memory recognizes the shapes and patterns of things, without you even being aware of it. It's a similar shape/design to Star Trek's Enterprise (NCC 1701), and your brain and memories fit the jigsaw pieces together.

Here is the Ninth batch, for your brain's to decrypt... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. List of rooms available: Aye 'Appen Banned Big Hole Butlers Pantry Cheat Defence System Dinking Vater? Docking Bay Down T' Pit Downstairs (Flower) Power Source Garden Incredible Library Megaron Photon Tube Pit Gear On Rigor Mortis Rocket Room Seedy Hole Ship's Computer Shuttle Bay Sickbay Someone Else The Hole with No Name Trip Switch Water Supply Well Willy's Bird Bath

I'm impressed with your guesses! Jetsetdanny got 4/5, with JianYang guessing 3/5, and getting #1 right. Correct answers are below... 1. Foot Room 2. Dumb Waiter 3. NCC 1501 4. Main Entrance (The Sewer) 5. In T' Rat Hole

Here is batch Eight... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. (The now much shorter) List of rooms available: Aye 'Appen Banned Big Hole Butlers Pantry Cheat Defence System Dinking Vater? Docking Bay Down T' Pit Downstairs Dumb Waiter (Flower) Power Source Foot Room Garden In T' Rat Hole Incredible Library Main Entrance (The Sewer) Megaron NCC 1501 Photon Tube Pit Gear On Rigor Mortis Rocket Room Seedy Hole Ship's Computer Shuttle Bay Sickbay Someone Else The Hole with No Name Trip Switch Water Supply Well Willy's Bird Bath

Very close on these! Ligan got the closest with 4/5 correct. No one got #4 right. Here are the answers: 1. Galactic Invasion 2. The Outlet 3. Cartography Room 4. Nasties 5. In The Drains

Now that Crem has stopped stealing his own thread 🤣 we can resume with batch No. 7... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. List of rooms available: Aye 'Appen Banned Big Hole Butlers Pantry Cartography Room Cheat Defence System Dinking Vater? Docking Bay Down T' Pit Downstairs Dumb Waiter (Flower) Power Source Foot Room Galactic Invasion Garden In T' Rat Hole In The Drains Incredible Library Main Entrance (The Sewer) Megaron Nasties NCC 1501 Photon Tube Pit Gear On Rigor Mortis Rocket Room Seedy Hole Ship's Computer Shuttle Bay Sickbay Someone Else The Hole with No Name The Outlet Trip Switch Water Supply Well Willy's Bird Bath