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Jet Set Willy

Original title

Jet Set Willy

Title translations

ジェットセットウィリー (Japanese)

Developed by

Software Projects

Year

1984

System

Rating

  (16 votes)  

 

 

Sound

PSG

Kind

Game

Max Players

1

Input Devices Supported

Keyboard

Language

English

Genre

Action

Licence

Commercial

Note

There are two ports of Jet Set Willy to the MSX. The ROM version by Hudson soft, and a tape version, ported by Cameron Else for Software Projects.

The Hudson port is generally considered inferior:
- No Copy protection (using the color cards)
- Lacks the Jet Set Willy title screen
- You start with 16 instead of 8 lives
- BGM is different. It plays "I was a rich man"
- No HW sprites, all enemies are software sprites
- Game runs slower, perhaps as a consequence of using SW sprites only.
- Jumping sound is different, it´s more like key click-click-click-click....
- Jumping key is different
- You will hear key CLICK sounds playing non-stop on the background when your walking around
- Flashing background objects do not flash, for example the church cross is not flashing in "First Landing"
- Room names are not shown
- Screen border do not change color anymore when you enter a new room, borders will be grey all the time
- Monty Python Game Over screen missing, it simply reads "game over"
- Game over screen does not return to the title screen, but just starts the game again when you press space

Mentioned in

• Het grote MSX peeks, pokes en truuks boek on page 20 (cheat)
• MSX Club Magazine 13 on page 16 (cheat)
• MSX Computer Magazine 03 on page 66 (review)
• MSX Computer Magazine 17 on page 11 (review)
• What MSX? 2 on page 30 (review)
• MSX Computing 1985-12/1986-01 on page 40 (other)
• MSX User 11 on page 18 (map)
• SONY Catálogo de Programas on page 50 (ad)
• MSX Magazine 1985-08 on page 21 (ad)
• MSX Magazine 1985-08 on page 127 (news)
• MSX Magazine 1985-09 on page 27 (ad)
• Radio Amateur Magazine 57 on page 20 (news)
• MSX Magazine 1985-10 on page 30 (ad)
• MSX Magazine 1985-11 on page 46 (ad)
• MSX Magazine 1985-12 on page 32 (ad)
• MSX Magazine 1986-07 on page 34 (ad)
• MSX Magazine 1986-08 on page 48 (ad)
• MSX Magazine 1986-09 on page 38 (ad)
• MSX Magazine 1987-05 on page 30 (ad)
• MSX Magazine 1987-06 on page 28 (ad)
• MSX Magazine 1987-07 on page 11 (ad)
• MSX Game Book on page 13 (ad)
• Sony MSX Hit Bit computer software on page 36 (ad)
• Computer & Video Games 037 on page 115 (ad)
• Computer & Video Games 039 on page 117 (ad)
• Computer & Video Games 040 on page 87 (ad)
• Computer & Video Games 044 on page 35 (ad)
• Computer & Video Games 045 on page 103 (ad)
• MSX Extra 17 on page 29 (review)
• Club HNOSTAR 21 on page 21 (cheat)
• Club HNOSTAR 19 on page 20 (cheat)
• MSX Info 01-07 on page 10 (map)
• MSX Info 02-02 on page 20 (news)
• MSX User 05 on page 17 (review)
• MSX Magazine 1 on page 14 (review)
• SONY MSX CLUB on page 40 (ad)

Tagoo database entry

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Added on

22-11-2004

Last updated on

20-04-2019

See also

• Jet Set Willy II

Conversion

• Commodore 16 or Plus/4
• Commodore 64
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum