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6142
There's a lot about MM/JSW in the current (Load 37) issue of Retro Gamer! 1. There's a big feature on Jet Set Willy Online (pp.36-41), with a passing mention...
andrewbroad
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May 1, 2007
10:20 pm
6143
... What does it say about "Willy's Hoard"? I have no way of purchasing the magazine right now. And what does "(no really)" mean after "Maria Vs Some...
Daniel
jetsetdanny
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May 6, 2007
4:44 pm
6145
... I wasn't going to quote the full sentence, because it's not very ... Matthew Smith's Jet Set Willy has enthralled a generation of gamers for over 22 years,...
andrewbroad
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May 6, 2007
8:35 pm
6146
Since the dawn of time, man has been making terrible sacrifices in a bid to exchange short-term pleasures for long-term goals, the earliest examples being...
andrewbroad
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May 13, 2007
2:18 pm
6147
... Four hours!?! I know the feeling. I took my current job eight years ago so that I could afford to eat and get on with my work, but it rapildly took up so...
jgh@...
jgharston
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May 14, 2007
3:07 pm
6148
... Seven hours in the office five days a week? That makes the total of 35 working hours per week (only)! Is your job in France, by any chance??? Oh yeah, if...
Daniel
jetsetdanny
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May 15, 2007
7:54 pm
6149
... JSW ... deluding ... rest ... I look at them ;) I think watching someone's RZX is the best way to pick up the atmosphere and layout of a JSW game, even if...
equin0x80
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May 16, 2007
8:44 am
6150
... Thanks, Paul, this is very encouraging! :-) As a matter of fact, the RZX Archive used to have download counters (not any more, unfortunately), which showed...
Daniel
jetsetdanny
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May 16, 2007
7:21 pm
6151
The MM-to-JSW conversion in the Party Willy box-set is completely linear (and bidirectional). Party Willy (Part 1) is predominantly linear, whereas Part 2 has...
andrewbroad
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May 20, 2007
6:41 pm
6152
... <snip> ... <snip> ... <snip> ... <snip> <<< "míticos" isn't in my Spanish->English dictionary, so "mythology" was my best guess. But according to Daniel,...
andrewbroad
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May 20, 2007
8:55 pm
6153
Hi - I can get a java Speccy emulator MIDlet to run with a JSW ROM attatched on my PC, it's very buggy and key controls need to be hacked etc, most of the...
jezzarman
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May 21, 2007
9:08 pm
6154
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May 21, 2007
9:28 pm
6155
Hi! ... I'm guessing that's because MicroEmulator isn't a full or correct implementation of MIDP2.0. If you're running on Windows you might as well stick with...
carlwoffenden
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May 22, 2007
9:10 am
6156
... This has just given me a new idea for a SPECSAISIE function MapJSW to automatically generate maps as text-files! What makes this a tricky problem, of...
andrewbroad
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May 23, 2007
9:15 pm
6157
... That's why the first thing I did when I got hold of JSW was to tidy up the room exits. -- J.G.Harston - jgh@... - mdfs.net/User/JGH BBC...
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jgharston
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May 24, 2007
9:01 am
6158
... I did much the same with JSWED when adding JSW64 support. ... There's always J#....
john_elliott_uk
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May 24, 2007
10:43 am
6159
... Having ported a few projects to .NET, I can say bringing in existing Java code was pretty straightforward. J# is mostly Java 1.1, right down to the...
carlwoffenden
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May 24, 2007
11:07 am
6160
... We work from 10:00 to 17:00 (16:00 on Fridays), including lunch. That's very light by UK standards (09:00 to 17:00). My previous job required 37 hours of...
andrewbroad
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May 24, 2007
10:22 pm
6161
... I almost did once, but I couldn't find a good way to implement it, plus I didn't want Willy hopping between countries so much. However "The Man Who Sold...
dm_boozefreek
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May 24, 2007
11:54 pm
6162
... But bear in mind that it's been phased out and is no longer supported by Microsoft. I think they want to move everyone to C#, even those pesky VB.NETters...
equin0x80
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May 25, 2007
8:53 am
6163
... JSW '96 Remix had a Eurotunnel room which was included (with further additions - "The Eurotunnel's on Fire!" etc.) in Daniel's 2005 Megamix. Eq....
equin0x80
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May 25, 2007
8:54 am
6164
... I had a feeling I was going to be caught out when I wrote that! Surely there must be a Chunnel somewhere in thousands of JSW-rooms, I thought. A long...
andrewbroad
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May 28, 2007
12:15 pm
6165
Well, I didn't manage to keep my promise to update my List of MM/JSW Games by 27th May, and for that I will go to Hades, where I will ride down on the skull as...
andrewbroad
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May 28, 2007
11:24 pm
6166
... http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/download/EntranceToHades.zi p Very strange feeling to being able to walk in hell! I always liked this mysterious...
Hervé
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May 31, 2007
9:56 pm
6167
... I once had a job where I went: 30min bus, 30min train, 10min walk. I then moved house and it became 60-90min ferry (depending on weather), 10min walk. So,...
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jgharston
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Jun 5, 2007
2:06 pm
6168
Good day, people! Nice to come back here again, want to tell you, that I'm fine and I still play and forward to create new games. Also, just at the beginning,...
Igor Makovsky
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Jun 17, 2007
8:48 am
6169
In the framework of my methodical playing and RZX-recording of gamma- released JSW games I have just started "processing" Geoff Eddy's games. I have come to...
Daniel
jetsetdanny
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Jun 19, 2007
8:40 pm
6170
1. Thanks a lot for the effort of updating your list of MM/JSW games, Andrew :-) . It is great to see the list up to date again! Having said that, you will...
Daniel
jetsetdanny
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Jun 19, 2007
9:04 pm
6171
... An item should not have a colour-attribute of 0 or 255. Setting an item's colour-attribute to 0 removes that item, and setting it to 255 terminates the...
andrewbroad
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Jun 20, 2007
11:57 am
6172
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the manicminerandjetsetwilly group. File...
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