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Jet Set Willy - Stupid
Jet Set Willy - Stupid
Jet Set Willy - Stupid
By N.Aldridge
www.aldridge98.fsnet.co.uk
The plot
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Willy. Not clever. He's facing financial ruin due to one too many
parties. Oh - and buying the new mansion didn't help. He's just
carried his problems over to his new house. He has an entirely new
house to clear up so that he can go to bed. So go to it!
The rooms
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Enlightenment �5 a bag
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This screen looks easier than it actually is, so the name is fairly
apt.
I owned a Dreamcast when I made JSW : Stupid, which was the first
console I had that supported a 60hz screen image. It really does make
a difference when you're playing a game. Also, the horizontal lines
suggested something to do with screen updates.
The name has three meanings. One : Through the keyhole, when Lloyd
Grossman always asks 'Who lives in a house like this? David, it's over
to you.' Two : from 'Neighbourhood' by Space. Three : If Willy has so
much money, why doesn't he move to a proper mansion and hire a proper
cleaner?
Flip me slowly
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I thought this was an original idea when I made this game. It came
about when I realised that JSW worked on attribute values, and that
giving different block types the same colour attributes could give
interesting effects. Those are the Playstation shapes you're
collecting. Sister room to...
Flip me swiftly
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Worst of three
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Flash bastard
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Some JSW games have entire rooms where everything flashes, which hurts
the eyes. I did it this time so that the platform you are standing on
keeps vanishing.
Best of three
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I have no idea where the name came from. But I like it.
A room made from mathematical operators. Now, how wacky and zany is
that? Answer : I hate the words 'wacky' and 'zany', so not very much.
I hate JSW games that have screens that cause instant death when you
enter them, so in order to avoid this I'm basically saying 'don't
climb the rope'. Also, you have to collect two sperms.
Very tricky room, you have to be very good with your timing.
Conversation on conservation
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Niche love
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Trapped
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Original sine
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Getting the platforms to look like a sine wave actually took longer
than you might expect.
Anoraksia
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Because Willy throws up in the toilet. Yes, I know it isn't spelt like that.
The Nintendo 64 was host to many great games, but they were all so
expensive! If JSW had come out on the N64, it would've cost about
�59.99. An attack on the cost of console games.
Sleep well Jamie
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Jamie, Jamie, Jamie and the magic torch. Down the helter skelter,
faster and faster towards cuckoo land. Wordsworth, Wordsworth,
following hard behind. Ready for adventure, always there to lend a paw
or a hand. Mr Boo and all the others too, the strangest people you've
ever seen. And the torch with its magical beam. If I hadn't really
been there I'd think that I was dreaming! Jamie. Jamie. No two nights
are the same. Life is one long glorious game. With Jamie. Jamie and
the magic torch.
Take it easy
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Do as it says.
Attaboy!
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Go for it!
So cheerful it bleeds
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tgdffpotlotst 1960s
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Named after the B-side of 'Cakes' by Max Tundra. The full title is :
'The Gradual Disappearance From Food Packaging Of The Lettres Ornees
Typeface Since The Nineteen Sixties'. This title will not fit on one
line of Spectrum type. I'm sure the track uses samples from a
Spectrum's loading noise.
Is this ironic?
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NO
Light... fading
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Leads to the dark room. Note that the right side of the surfaces is
dark.
Bubble trouble
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I designed this screen not knowing whether it would be possible to
collect all the items, so I was pleased when I worked out how to do
it.
High point
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A cheap joke.
I used the same graphics in order to create this two screens wide
room.
LA a note to follow SO
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Renormalise? Renormalize?
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Lime
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One can exit this room to the left or the right. So why did I decide
to take the German for left or right, which is (according to my
German/English dictionary 'linke oder rechte', and write that using
English words? There is no answer to that question. Move on...
29Ah
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You can try to exit to the left, but it is a complete waste of time.
I'm very proud of this room. It was VERY difficult to make a room that
was turned on it's side.