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Matthew Smith vs Jonathan Cauldwell...

Shaun.BebbingtonShaun.Bebbington
edited January 2010 in Games
In a minor development during the last weeks of 2009, Mr Cauldwell released Jet Set Willy 16K, which can be found here:

http://www.rapidshare.com/files/322687515/JSW.tap

Regards,

Shaun.
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  • psj3809psj3809
    edited January 2010
    Yep saw this the other week, its a lot of fun playing the more cut down version, very impressive for 16k !
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited January 2010
    psj3809 wrote: »
    Yep saw this the other week, its a lot of fun playing the more cut down version, very impressive for 16k !

    Yep it is....even though it's bugged and you can't finish it, how ironic :D
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  • itsallgooditsallgood
    edited January 2010
    Is this hosted anywhere else? The file share thingy keeps saying that it is too busy to download!!
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited January 2010
    itsallgood wrote: »
    Is this hosted anywhere else? The file share thingy keeps saying that it is too busy to download!!
    Yeah I'm getting the same message repeatedly. Can someone email me a copy? ihamilton (at) oceanfree (dot) net
  • SpectorSpector
    edited January 2010
    psj3809 wrote: »
    Yep saw this the other week, its a lot of fun playing the more cut down version, very impressive for 16k !

    When you say 'more cut down', what do you mean specifically? Less locations, less sprites, or both?
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  • psj3809psj3809
    edited January 2010
    Only had a quick go and in the rooms i went into the graphics seemed more basic, less enemies etc
  • zeemzeem
    edited January 2010
    I was at Byte Back where Jonathan Cauldwell wrote a game from scratch over the weekend. Very impressive stuff - very talented bloke.
  • joefishjoefish
    edited January 2010
    Looks like there's nothing 'Under the Drive', and the whole of the Megatree is replaced with the bridge from JSWII. Not been up on the roof yet. I don't know if the sprites are pre-shifted as there are some that are used both vertically and horizontally. I notice they all start at the very top or extreme left of their paths. Still amazing what has been fitted in.

    Edit - there aren't any ropes, and the whole of the roof, from Nomen Luni onwards, is inaccessible. You can only get as high as 'Under the Roof' and 'The Attic'. I also wasn't able to walk off the left of the 'Tool Shed', so presumably the beach and yacht aren't there. Horizontally moving sprites don't have different animations for going left/right. I'm not sure if Willy has been redesigned or if there's some sort of compression going on with his sprite. But there must be some really impressive data compression going on to get all that room data in.
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  • SokurahSokurah
    edited January 2010
    It's impressive and I found it quite fun to walk around the map and see the changes. Does anyone know how many screens there are?

    The movement of both Willy and the enemies aren't terribly good though. It seems very choppy.

    It could be nice to see the source.
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  • Shaun.BebbingtonShaun.Bebbington
    edited January 2010
    Spector wrote: »
    When you say 'more cut down', what do you mean specifically? Less locations, less sprites, or both?
    Other than a noise when dying, there's no sound or music, and there are just 38 screens in total. The Commodore 16 version has 20 I think. Some of the sprites are different and there is also less animation. The Nightmare Room is easier than the original in my opinion.

    Perhaps it could be added to the WoS archives???

    Regards,

    Shaun.
  • Factor6Factor6
    edited January 2010
    Shaun.Bebbington wrote: »
    In a minor development during the last weeks of 2009, Mr Cauldwell released Jet Set Willy 16K, which can be found here:

    http://www.rapidshare.com/files/322687515/JSW.tap

    Awesome! Thanks! :smile:

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  • Zaph0ddZaph0dd
    edited January 2010
    Doctor Jones screen is a lot harder due to the movement of willy
  • The StargliderThe Starglider
    edited January 2010
    Zaph0dd wrote: »
    Doctor Jones screen is a lot harder due to the movement of willy

    Sit still then!
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited January 2010
    The Starglider wrote: »
    Sit still then!

    Ha ha ha very good !
  • mermanmerman
    edited January 2010
    Now, I like Matthew Smith's games, but I'm also a fan of Mr Cauldwell's work. So which is better? There's only one way to find out...
  • The StargliderThe Starglider
    edited January 2010
    Fight!!!!!!!!!!
  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited January 2010
    Zaph0dd wrote: »
    Doctor Jones screen is a lot harder due to the movement of willy

    I'm wondering if that should go in my sig...
  • Shaun.BebbingtonShaun.Bebbington
    edited January 2010
    Anyone mapped it yet?
  • Shaun.BebbingtonShaun.Bebbington
    edited January 2010
    I remember that I had an email contact for Matt Smith, so I've sent him the game (as long as his email address is still being used/checked by him). I wonder what he'll think? If I find out, I'll let you know.

    Regards,

    Shaun.
  • RoseCottonRoseCotton
    edited January 2010
    Shaun.Bebbington wrote: »
    I remember that I had an email contact for Matt Smith, so I've sent him the game (as long as his email address is still being used/checked by him). I wonder what he'll think? If I find out, I'll let you know.

    Wow! I feel almost famous! :)

    I'll be able to say to all my friend(s): "Hey, I know someone... well know OF someone... who has an email address (that might even be current) of none other than Matthew Smith!"

    And my only (alleged) friend will say, "Matthew who?" ;)

    I've always wanted to be someone... In retrospect, I think I should've been more specific...
  • itsallgooditsallgood
    edited January 2010
    Managed to get it today. It is great! Quite a feat to get a very playable version of JSW in just 16k.
    Brilliant :)
  • ghbearmanghbearman
    edited January 2010
    I've just uploaded it...it is very good for 16K, well done Mr Caudwell !
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited January 2010
    well I'd like to play it if I can get of bloody rapidshare what a pain

    Unfortunately right now our servers are overloaded and we have no more download slots left for non-members. Of course you can also try again later.

    it seems to get worse, wasn't to bad when JC first started to use it
  • EddieJEddieJ
    edited January 2010
    Aye, got the same error too 10 minutes ago.
  • gasmangasman
    edited January 2010
    For people having Rapidshare woes: http://www.zxdemo.org/extra/jsw16k.zip
    RoseCotton wrote: »
    I'll be able to say to all my friend(s): "Hey, I know someone... well know OF someone... who has an email address (that might even be current) of none other than Matthew Smith!"

    And my only (alleged) friend will say, "Matthew who?" ;)

    Nah. As of now, the response you'll get is "What, the new Doctor Who? Awesome!"
  • DarenDaren
    edited January 2010
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Yep it is....even though it's bugged and you can't finish it, how ironic :D

    Gah! There goes my evening of trying to RZX it, no point now :cry:
  • EddieJEddieJ
    edited January 2010
    gasman wrote: »
    For people having Rapidshare woes: http://www.zxdemo.org/extra/jsw16k.zip

    Sorted! Cheers muchly :)
  • DasseDasse
    edited January 2010
    as a huge fan of MM & JSW this is just absolute cool! :D

    will tell Matty!
  • BloodBazBloodBaz
    edited January 2010
    Download it from my site if you want:
    www.real-sense.com/chris/zx/JSW.tap
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