Jet Set Willy

Jet Set Willy is a system developed by Matthew Smith and published by Software Projects Jump 'n' Run video game in side view ( platformer ). As followers of the game Manic Miner 1984 initially only released for the ZX Spectrum, also ports for other popular home computer systems joined a little later. Despite contained in the ZX Spectrum version level programming error that prevented the achievement of the objective of the actual game, the game quickly became a blockbuster. In 1985, the sequel Jet Set Willy II

Action

The hungover and tired Miner Willy would just like to disappear with the jet set into the bedroom to sleep it off can after wild party. However, this is the disgruntled and energetic housekeeper Maria in ways that insists that the landlord may dispose of the partially unsavory legacy of the big night itself, plus immediately. However, the practical implementation is difficult because the recently acquired Miner Willy Villa is huge and has a ton of rooms, also require their architectural features full attention when crossing. But that's not collecting the scattered rubbish is also hindered by an additional roommate and diverse, since last night independently -making household utensils. After the transfer of the purified house Miner Willy relies on his behest Mary Reinigungungstätigkeiten in the entire outdoor area, the adjacent gardens on the nearby beach and the yacht moored there continues before he can indulge in the awaited nap.

Game action

The player controls the character Willy through 60 shown in a side view of the locations to be cleaned villas area. This area is divided into different rooms ( very schematically as interconnected with ladders and stairs platforms are shown), garden and beach areas and the location near the Villa yacht. During the crossing of the various places it is several moving obstacles to avoid or to skip this and scattered objects that blink it easier to evaluate the weak collect. The aim of the game is to collect all the flashing objects and then seek out the bathing room of the villa. Touched the player character during the wandering through the various screens an opponent or crashes it from one platform uncontrollably in depth, so the player loses each one of the eight game trials. The game progress thus remains unaffected, however, and the next attempt starts in the space of the previous virtual death. However, after every eight trials were depleted, the game ends and the player starts again in the first room.

As untermalende music of the Spectrum version in the selection menu Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 and in the game If I Were a Rich Man from the musical Fiddler on the Roof serves.

Copy protection

As with many ZX Spectrum games also Jet Set Willy was sold on compact cassette. Through a simple audio cassette copy of a copy of the game could be created. Jet Set Willy was one of the first games on the market with a kind of copy protection: The game was a piece of cardboard with 180 color codes at. When you load the game, the player was asked to enter one of the codes for the game started. Thus, while the cassette could be copied, but a copy of the map was difficult, as a reproduction of the colors was difficult on the map at that time for individuals.