![]() Although four completely unrelated issues, they became known collectively as "The Attic Bug". Upon release, the game could not be completed due to several bugs. Some rooms also play Mozart's Rondo alla Turca. Music on the C64 version was Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata during loading, and J.S. Early versions played " If I Were a Rich Man" as the in-game music, but this had to be removed when the publishers of the song demanded £36,000 for its use. Music on the Spectrum version is Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata for the menu, and Grieg's " In the Hall of the Mountain King" during the game itself. The pre-release name for the screen was The Gaping Pit.) This is a reference to the comic strip Fat Freddy's Cat, a spin-off from the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in the original comic, the quirkafleeg was an obscure ritual in a foreign country, required to be performed upon the sight of dead furry animals. (On some versions it is misspelled We Must Peform a Quirkafleeg. One of the more bizarrely named rooms in the game is We Must Perform a Quirkafleeg. ![]() He is returned to the point at which he entered the room, which may lead to a game-ending situation where Willy repeatedly falls from a height or unavoidably collides with a guardian, losing all lives in succession. Willy loses a life if he touches a hazard or guardian or falls too far. The collectable items glow to distinguish them from other objects in the room. The play area itself consists of 60 playable screens making up the mansion and its grounds and contains hazards (static killer objects), guardians (killer monsters which move along predetermined paths), various platforms and collectable objects. He can climb stairs by walking into them (jumping through them to avoid them) and climb swinging ropes by pushing left or right depending on what direction the rope is swinging. Willy is controlled using only left, right and jump. ![]() Unlike the screen-by-screen style of its prequel, the player can explore the mansion at will. Jet Set Willy is a flip-screen platform game in which the player moves the protagonist, Willy, from room to room in his mansion collecting objects. Miner Willy in the Cold Store (ZX Spectrum) ![]() Willy must explore the enormous mansion and its grounds (including a beach and a yacht) to fully tidy up the house so he can get some much-needed sleep. Willy's mansion was bought with the wealth obtained from his adventures in Manic Miner, but much of it remains unexplored and it appears to be full of strange creatures, possibly a result of the previous (missing) owner's experiments. With this done, his housekeeper Maria will let him go to bed. Plot Ī tired Miner Willy has to tidy up all the items left around his house after a huge party. It spent over three months at the top of the charts and was the UK's best-selling home video game of 1984. The game is a sequel to Manic Miner published in 1983, and the second game in the Miner Willy series. It was published in 1984 by Software Projects and ported to most home computers of the time. Jet Set Willy is a platform video game originally written by Matthew Smith for the ZX Spectrum home computer. ![]()
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