[File] Bugfixed, completable editions of "Frosya the Cat" and "Frosya the Cat - Lite Version"

[jetsetdanny]

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Bugfixed, completable editions of "Frosya the Cat" and "Frosya the Cat - Lite Version"

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"Frosya the Cat" ("Кошка Фрося" in Russian) was the first ZX Spectrum game created by Igor Makovsky. It utilises the JSW128 game engine. It was originally released in March 2002, with the Lite Version following in November 2002. The final revision of the game, called "Jet Cat Frosya", was released in September 2004.

While "Jet Cat Frosya" was completable without any loss of life, both "Frosya the Cat" and "Frosya the Cat - Lite Version" suffered from some critical bugs that made them impossible to complete.

I have prepared - with Igor's kind approval - bugfixed, fully completable editions of "Frosya the Cat" and "Frosya the Cat - Lite Version", so that anyone who wants to play these fine games can do so with the certainty that they will be able to complete them.

The attached ZIP file contains bugfixed versions that were prepared following the principle that only issues making the game incompletable or forcing the player to lose lives would be fixed. A couple of exceptions were made to this rule, and changes were introduced to avoid making the available in-game routes too complicated. Other issues, such as unfair Multiple-Death Scenarios (MDS), loopholes allowing the player to do things they should not be able to do, or the accuracy of some room names, were not addressed in order to preserve each game in its original shape as much as possible. The only aesthetic change is the addition of the word "FIXED" on the title screen to make the bugfixed revision easily identifiable.

The included Readme contains a detailed description of what was changed in each file.

The original game files and Readmes of "Frosya the Cat", "Frosya the Cat - Lite Version" and "Jet Cat Frosya" (which did not need any modifications, because it could be complete without any loss of life as released) are included in this ZIP package as separate ZIP files.

Having completed these games several times over (during playtesting and then making 'proper' RZX recordings of them), I can confirm that they are great fun to play, and Frosya the Cat (aka Jet Cat Frosya) is an extremely likable protagonist 🙂 . Do have a go at them and let Igor know if you done so! - his e-mail address is in the Readme.

Igor has also kindly provided sketches of the game map, rooms and sprites from his time working on "Frosya". This exclusive material can be downloaded from https://jswcentral.org/download/memorabilia/frosya.zip.

Please visit also Frosya's page on JSW Central. You can download there my RZX walkthroughs of all incarnations of the game. The walkthrough of "Frosya the Cat" is already available as video on the JSW Central YouTube channel, and videos of "Frosya the Cat - Lite Version" and "Jet Cat Frosya" will follow soon.

So once again a great thank you to Igor Makovsky for his support for these bugfixed versions and, of course, for the making the three editions of this great game in the first place! 👍

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• Submitter
  jetsetdanny
• Submitted
  02/15/2025
• Category
  Jet Set Willy [Remakes]

 

[igormakovsky]

Hi, dear old friends of MM and JSW community!

Just want to say big thanks to awesome Daniel for playtesting and getting rid of all the unsolvable bugs from the original release of Frosya series. I was too excited during the days of development and wanted to release the game asap by the final. 

As a small present: there are two unfinished sequels of the original game, featuring Uzor in the main role, while Frosya being the one, who asks for bringing her items.

Enjoy the bugfixed games, they're pretty a lot of content inside.

How do you like the game?

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[igormakovsky]

That is me, playing my own game in october 2002. By that time I've already started creating Zx Heroes.

[Jet Set Willie]

Thank you, you both! I will have to give Frosja a go someday, once again!🐈

 

[jetsetdanny]

Hi Igor, it was a great pleasure working on your Frosya games - thank YOU for approving of my creation of bug-fixed editions of "Frosya the Cat" and "Frosya the Cat - Lite Version" ("Jet Cat Frosya" didn't need any fixing, because it was fully completable; still, it was a pleasure to play and RZX record it 🙂 ).