Jet Set Willy is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum home computer. Its release in 1984 was concurrent with the height of the Spectrum s popularity in the early 1980s.

The game is a sequel to Manic Miner (1983), and is largely credited with bringing the platform game to the home micro scene. It was published by Software Projects. In the game a very tired Miner Willy had to tidy up all the objects left around his house after a party. With this done his housekeeper Maria would allow him access to his bedroom.

The game was written by Matthew Smith (games programmer), hailed at the time as a games-writing genius, who would eventually vanish, allegedly turning up in a Dutch commune some years later.

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One of the most infamous levels was called We must perform a Quirkafleeg .

= Trivia =

Due to bugs, the game could never be completed and various PEEK and POKE (low-level memory-writing hacks) were necessary to correct this. There were also other pokes that would allow Willy infinite lives or invulnerability to monsters.

The original in-game music is taken from If I Were a Rich Man , itself from the musical Fiddler on the Roof. The title music was adapted from the first movement of Beethoven Moonlight Sonata.

= See also =

*List of computer and video games by name

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