The mysterious Room 47

[Scott James Barber]

I am still intrigued by the infamous Room 47, and why Smith created such a room, to the extent of having it as one of the numbered screens. You can drop from it into Conservatory Roof, but you cannot access it by jumping up from that screen (using the long jump poke). which makes me wonder if there was any other way of accessing it from another room.

 

Does anyone else have any info on this room? 

[Spider]

I'm not really aware of it having any use although even though the exit is defined as the Conservatory Roof I do remember reading that Matt did plan on making the MegaTree a bit larger, so its possible it could of been part of that at some stage possibly.

 

Dr Broad may actually be able to shed a bit more light on this though I guess. :)

[andrewbroad]

"Tree Root" [46] has its right-exit set to 47.

Edited December 12, 2015 by andrewbroad

[Spider]

"Tree Root" [46] has its right-exit set to 47.

 

That's interesting, I'd not really noticed it (or I had forgotten)

 

It does lend some thought to the idea of the 'Tree' being larger.

 

Looking at the map layout it would appear to sit underneath 'Under The MegaTree'

[Scott James Barber]

Cheers guys. A room next to Tree Root would seem to be the logical conclusion.

I wonder why the exit from 47 takes you to Conservatory Roof?

Edited August 25, 2015 by Scott James Barber

[Spider]

Cheers guys. A room next to Tree Root would seem to be the logical conclusion.

I wonder why the exit from 47 takes you to Conservatory Roof?

 

I would guess it was not defined or Matt had other thoughts maybe ?

[Spider]

Meanwhile... ;)

 

 

Bit crude I know but it only took a minute or two. That's using '47'

 

To keep the item count correct, the object on the far right of 'Tree Root' was removed and placed into 'Under The MegaTree'

[Scott James Barber]

Meanwhile... ;)

 

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Bit crude I know but it only took a minute or two. That's using '47'

 

To keep the item count correct, the object on the far right of 'Tree Root' was removed and placed into 'Under The MegaTree'

Ahhh....nice. I like it. I'd still prefer the room to be called "["......which has reached legendary status over the years.

 

I recall Matthew Smith saying in an interview somewhere that you could jump into one of the unused rooms by accident, somewhere near the MegaTree, so he must be on about Room 47. I'm not sure how you can jump accidentally into the room though, other than the WRITETYPER poke, or the start room number poke.

 

I think the interview where he said this is in one of the Retro Gamer magazines.

 

And didn't YS magazine also recreate this room to `April Showers' and stuck it above The Beach?

Edited August 25, 2015 by Scott James Barber

[Scott James Barber]

Interesting. I have just discovered that yes, to the left of "[" is indeed Tree Root, but to the right of this room is Nomen Luni....

 

Here's the link - http://skoolkit.ca/disassemblies/jet_set_willy/asm/61184.html

Edited August 25, 2015 by Scott James Barber

[jetsetdanny]

Very nice room, Spider  :) .

 

Once upon a time (back in 2000, to be exact  ;)) Stuart J. Hill (the author of Utility Cubicles, Monstrum! and Willy and the Dodecahedron) undertook a similar endeavour and designed a room called "Wasp's Nest", placing it to the right of "Tree Root". The screenshot of the room has been preserved to this day in the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy Yahoo! Group photo album and here it is as well:

 

 

Some discussion concerning room 47 took place here.

 

Your Spectrum in Issue 4 claimed the room was above "The Conservatory". 

 

Then Your Spectrum published the room "April Showers" in Issue 13 (April 1985), indeed using room 47 for it and placing it above "The Beach".

 

I included "April Showers" in JSW: The 2010 Megamix (as room #216) along with its two redesigns: "Singin' in the April Rain" (#053) and "April Showers - Still Raining" (#054).

 

Dr Andrew Broad included "April Showers" in Party Willy (as room #47).