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Sure. I'm sad that there are some negative feelings within the community and problems with respect for other people's work and with acknowledging their authorship.

Ken Knight (itsmethyroid), the author of Jet Set Willy: Australian Cousin, has drawn my attention to Plat 3064, a game for the C64 inspired by Manic Miner, created by Tom Walker for the Minigame Competition 2003 in the 4K Category (it ranked at #31). I don't think it's ever been mentioned here before. The pertinent links are: https://www.lemon64.com/game/plat-3064 https://csdb.dk/release/?id=10852

I have just updated the Links section on JSW Central. Please let me know if you have any comments and suggestions (especially for things to add, etc.).

View File Jet Set Willy: Australian Cousin Jet Set Willy: Australian Cousin is a JSW modification created by Ken Knight (itsmethyroid) for the Australian leg of the "Roaming Speccy" world tour project. This charity initiative, which originated in the UK, involves a globe-trotting ZX Spectrum making its way from creator to creator, with each participant adding their own touch and sharing a story. This 8-bit odyssey unfolds through field interviews, bench repairs, festivals, living rooms and garages in various parts of the world. A collection of related videos is available at The Roaming Speccy playlist. At the end of its journey, once it completes its global quest and returns to the UK, the Roaming Speccy together with all the additions it will have acquired during its voyage will be auctioned off in aid of the Befriending Scheme UK. Jet Set Willy: Australian Cousin was originally designed as an exclusive title for the Roaming Speccy. As far as is currently known, it is the only software contribution created specifically for this project. The eventual owner of the machine will receive what Ken describes as "the only legitimate copy" of the game transferred to tape by Chris from the YouTube channels 005 AGIMA and This Week in Retro. Ken's contribution to the project was inspired by the real-life small town of Wongan Hills, located around three hours north-east of Perth and home to approximately 700 residents. During a visit there, he discovered an abandoned arcade called "Orbit Zone", filled with arcade cabinets left standing unused and apparently forgotten. Fascinated by the mysterious sight, Ken used the location as the basis for the game's storyline. GAME PREMISE: One day Miner Willy's Australian cousin, "the Shane", hears of an abandoned arcade in the small town of Wongan Hills, Western Australia. He explores the arcade, called "Orbit Zone", in search of the lost machines hidden throughout the complex. He needs to collect 148 items while wandering through an Australian-themed setting inspired by the local surroundings and atmosphere of Wongan Hills. Since the game takes place "Down Under", during his quest the Shane has to operate with gravity reversed, walking on the ceiling. Jet Set Willy: Australian Cousin was created, using JSWED, in 2025. It was first shown publicly in November 2025 in the YouTube video EP-279: The Roaming Spectrum in Perth, which included a preview of the gameplay. Following encouragement from members of the community, Ken decided to make the game available to the general public. It was released on JSW Central and the Jet Set Willy & Manic Miner Community in May 2026. Ken has also shared a photo of "the Shane playing the Shane": Submitter jetsetdanny Submitted 05/14/2026 Category Jet Set Willy [Remakes]  

A recent Windows 11 update - I believe it's the "2026-03 Update (KB5086672) (26200.8117)" to be precise - makes JSWED (all versions, I believe, I've checked the 2.3.7 and the 2.2.9 ones) fail to launch. When you try to launch the program, you get this error message: I contacted John Elliott about it and he very kindly responded quickly, explaining that _fmode_dll appears to be part of the Microsoft CRT library and that looking at the dependencies of JSWED, this seems to refer to CRTDLL.DLL in particular. John told me that the discussion at this link: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/windowsinsiderprogram/windows-11-build-26200-8116-broke-system-dll-crtdll-dll/4508785 seems to suggest that retrieving an earlier version of CRTDLL.DLL might help. I have copied the CRTDLL.DLL file from an old laptop running on Windows 10 and I substituted with it the current file of the same name in the folders: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ and C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-crtdll_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.26100.1_none_82a9fe5e3ade4a14\. You need to substitute the current file in the C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ or else JSWED won't launch. I'm not sure about the one in the C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-crtdll_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.26100.1_none_82a9fe5e3ade4a14\ folder (I first substituted the CRTDLL.DLL file in this particular folder and JSWED still wouldn't launch. It only started working after I substituted the file in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\, so I can say with a 100% certainty that this latter substitution is critical; I wouldn't know about the former). If anyone faces the same problem, the CRTDLL.DLL file from my old Windows 10 laptop that has worked for me is attached to this message. In order to make the swap, you will need to take ownership of the files (and perhaps also folder/s) in question from TrustedInstaller. This link explains how to do it: https://www.google.com/search?q=you+require+permission+from+trustedinstaller+to+make+changes+to+this+file+windows+11&sca_esv=e926bb0053f95734&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&sxsrf=ANbL-n6csLu1fdWc35Al3F1HC01pQzzddw%3A1776297342361&ei=fiXgacDYFdOqwbkPhbC32A0&biw=1920&bih=945&oq=you+require+permission+from+trustedinstaller+to+make+changes+to+this+file&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiSXlvdSByZXF1aXJlIHBlcm1pc3Npb24gZnJvbSB0cnVzdGVkaW5zdGFsbGVyIHRvIG1ha2UgY2hhbmdlcyB0byB0aGlzIGZpbGUqAggCMgoQABhHGNYEGLADMgoQABhHGNYEGLADMgoQABhHGNYEGLADMgoQABhHGNYEGLADMgoQABhHGNYEGLADMgoQABhHGNYEGLADMgoQABhHGNYEGLADMgoQABhHGNYEGLADMg0QABiABBiKBRhDGLADSOYSUABYAHABeAGQAQCYAQCgAQCqAQC4AQPIAQCYAgGgAgWYAwCIBgGQBgmSBwExoAcAsgcAuAcAwgcDMi0xyAcEgAgB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp . Good luck and please let me know if this was helpful if you run into the same problem! 🙂 crtdll.dll

UncleWan, it's great to hear about this new game 🙂 . You posted your message on April 1st (I've only read it a moment ago), I hope it wasn't an April Fool's Day joke 🤣 .

Thank you for finding this version, Richard, and for your review of it! 🙂 "Living under a rock": This is actually the first time I've heard of the Playdate console (and apparently over 70,000 units had been sold as of February 2024). One learns new things all the time 🙂 .

Thanks for the update, Hervé! It's great to hear you are progressing so quickly and at the same time making the rooms unique 😀.

There are various versions of MM for PC in existence. Some links (the list is probably not exhaustive): https://retrospec.sgn.net/info.htm?id=mm&t=g https://www.xmixdrix.com/manicminer/ https://muckypaws.com/154-2/ https://lvideo4867.itch.io/manic-miner https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1080412888/

It is my great pleasure to announce, on behalf of Hervé, the addition of two new language versions of "Welcome to Willy's Fun Park!": an Italian and a Portuguese one. The new language versions (each available in TAP and TZX format) have been added to the ZIP containing the language versions that were released initially (English, French, Polish and Spanish). So se vuoi giocare al gioco in italiano, ou se quiser experimentar o jogo em português, go ahead, download the updated ZIP and enjoy the game in the language of your choice! 🙂

Thank you, Andy! 👍

Hi Richard, Thanks for the additional info!👍So I was right in presuming that I was missing something. I will definitely read the notes and consider all the new features carefully when I "process" this mod to create a page for it on JSW Central. That's at some point in the future when I'm ready to tackle this task. And then there will come the challenge of playing the whole game using these new features with a view to beating the maximum high score possible in the original "MM". This may be quite a challenge... Thanks again, Richard, I look forward to experiencing the freshness you've mentioned 🙂 .

Thanks for the video! It's interesting to know how someone really good is playing "Zuma's Revenge" 🙂 . I've spent a lot of time playing the game, but I'm very far from this level of efficiency 😮. Whoever played the game in the video shows both speed, accuracy and an extremely fast thinking related to where to place balls that will later cause a "chain reaction". It looks extremely impressive 🙂 .

Thank you, Hervé! The title screen looks great 🙂. I look forward very much to the day the game will be available for playing/playtesting 🙂 .