Igor Makovsky

proudly presents:

ver. 1.0

Somewhere, sometimes, very far

From the place where you are,

Maria and Willy don`t sleep

In the Spectrum`s memory deep,

They try to visit all ZX games

To bring those peaceful days...

(By I. Makovsky)

Hello everybody! I would like to present you my new game “Jet Set Willy 5: Zx heroes”. I hope you will like it as much as I do. To play it as fast as you want then click on JSW5ZXHEROW.TAP, ok?

TOPIC 1: IN A FEW WORDS ABOUT JET SET WILLY 5.

I was trying to make an unusual game, to make such game that would try to take you to the past, to that times, when we didn`t had to buy more and more memory for our computers, video cards and so on, we just had to turn on our Speccy and to load a game or something else, using our old cassette recorder.. remember these times? Now it is possible to make such journey to the 1980`s and to your favourite speccy games. All you need is a good ZX emulator. If you don`t have one right now than you can visit these web pages and to download it from there: World of Spectrum, My JSW page, or some other link if you know. You don`t have to buy a very fast computer to play this game. I think that Pentium with 100 Mhz will do best he can.

If you don`t even know what means JetSet Willy, then let me describe it to you. It is a very well-known arcade, made at the early 80`s on the Zx Spectrum platform. It was such a great game that people continue play it through twenty years. I hope you will like this game, based on JSW engine too. I released this game right in the last days of 2002 year. I`d like to wish everybody Merry Christmas and happy New Year, I hope that even 20 years later the world won`t forget Willy and his very games.

What if you don`t know how to play?

Oh, then listen carefully: Willy can move left and right and also he can jump, press enter to begin game, when you at the starting screen or wait for a while to read a very interesting message. The main aim of the game is to visit every room in the game and to collect every flashing object that you`ll find just walking on it. When you`ll get all of them you have to go to the boss room, that you will find when playing game and you`ll win. Rules are very simple, aren`t they? But it isn`t as easy as I said. In most rooms you will face guardians, that won`t let you collect items easily. They move left and right, up and down and will kill our Willy if they will touch him. Avoid guardians and you`ll be safe. Another one difficult feature in the game – so called “dead-blocks”, such things that usually very bright and when Willy will touch them, he will loose a life too. Do not delete this game if you won`t finish it with a first try. Though you have eight lives, it isn`t easy at all. Plus you have to look at the clock. If you will play too long, Willy will die too. That`s why you have to hurry.

Current game has 38 rooms. And one secret room. It will be enough lives to finish this games without cheats. But I recommend you to have a small training.

In a few words that is all about this topic.

TOPIC 2. HISTORY

In a few words, in ZX world, where all zx games lived in peace and while our computer was turned off, these heroes of these games went to each other and had parties and funny talks. Dizzy visited Rockford from BoulderDash, BrianBloodAxe visited TechnicianTed and everything was very good. But suddenly, King Spectrum, who was a real king of that country of games, agreed to buy a new and modern computer. It was 10000Mhz, 100000Mb Ram and had a superior video card. Once he bought it, he was very happy. "That`s just what I was waiting for!", he cried. There could be million pixels of different colours in one square! And he began playing new games. He forgot about other games and his kingdom at all! And without his eye, game world began collapsing. All game heroes began fight with each other, deleting each other and so on. Another day and there will be no ZX games more. If any human will try to play any of his games he will just get a message “1:0 OK!” And all!

"We have to do it now, until it won`t be late", - said Willy to Maria. And our company agreed to go the King`s palace to have a little walk there. They have to collect all flashing objects in 38 rooms and to bring them to the king. While he will get away from his computer, Willy had to run to the computer energy divice to turn it off. Once and forever. Good luck!

TOPIC 3. WHAT`S NEW IN THE GAME?

A lot of new things, believe me. First – it is now really possible to finish it, because in Jet Set Willy game series, we always had a headache collecting endless items in endless rooms and halls. Now it is easy and interesting. Second is – atmosphere of the game. Each room is a single ZX game. Willy visit more then 34 different games with the similar graphics. If you want to download all the games, that you will meet there then visit WOS (World of Spectrum site). Third it is – individual sprites for every room. No the same sprites in two rooms. Impossible. Fourth is the end of the game if you will try to finish it, you`ll understand about what am I saying. He-he. Try to find anything new, playing it.

TOPIC 4: SOMETHING ABOUT COPYRIGHT.

I know that I`ve copied a lot of sprites from different games, but if you became angry when saw a sprite from your own game, for example, then you`ll have to excuse me. I didn`t do it with angry ideas, I just made it because I want to show your superior game to everybody. So don`t be angry, be happy!

TOPIC 5: ONE ADVICE

Please do not cheat while playing and do not use any editor to see rooms that you didn`t visited while playing. You will loose all the interest.

TOPIC 6: WHOM I WANT TO THANK.

My parents for letting me sit at night near computer and just for endless love that they give to me.

My cat Frosya, already known to you as a main hero of my first two games.

My granddad and grandmother for love too.

My friends Alex Marakushev, Ruslan Markarian, Paul Hjupin, Andrew Feofanov and Julia Zhukova. You`re the best!

My JSW club mates. Everybody. Especially Andrew Broad, John Elliott for the editor, Philip Bee, Dan Richardson, Alex Cornhill, though I don`t know you very much, Drunken Master, Carl Murray, Adban De Corcy and everybody else. Happy new Year and Merry Christmas one more time.

Let the God be with you.

Mail me:

igorekmak@mail.ru