<s>
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Matthew	O
Smith	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
home	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Manic	B-Application
Miner	I-Application
published	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Miner	O
Willy	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
spent	O
over	O
three	O
months	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
charts	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
UK	O
's	O
best-selling	O
home	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1984	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
was	O
well-received	O
and	O
ranked	O
highly	O
in	O
gaming	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Willy	O
's	O
mansion	O
was	O
bought	O
with	O
the	O
wealth	O
obtained	O
from	O
his	O
adventures	O
in	O
Manic	B-Application
Miner	I-Application
,	O
but	O
much	O
of	O
it	O
remains	O
unexplored	O
and	O
it	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
full	O
of	O
strange	O
creatures	O
,	O
possibly	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
(	O
missing	O
)	O
owner	O
's	O
experiments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
flip-screen	O
platform	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
moves	O
the	O
protagonist	O
,	O
Willy	O
,	O
from	O
room	O
to	O
room	O
in	O
his	O
mansion	O
collecting	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
bizarrely	O
named	O
rooms	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
We	O
Must	O
Perform	O
a	O
Quirkafleeg	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
On	O
some	O
versions	O
it	O
is	O
misspelled	O
We	O
Must	O
a	O
Quirkafleeg	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
comic	O
strip	O
Fat	O
Freddy	O
's	O
Cat	O
,	O
a	O
spin-off	O
from	O
the	O
Fabulous	O
Furry	O
Freak	O
Brothers	O
;	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
comic	O
,	O
the	O
quirkafleeg	B-Application
was	O
an	O
obscure	O
ritual	O
in	O
a	O
foreign	O
country	O
,	O
required	O
to	O
be	O
performed	O
upon	O
the	O
sight	O
of	O
dead	O
furry	O
animals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
they	O
later	O
rescinded	O
this	O
claim	O
and	O
issued	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
POKEs	B-Language
to	O
correct	O
the	O
flaws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
these	O
bugs	O
,	O
Ross	O
Holman	O
and	O
Cameron	O
Else	O
won	O
the	O
competition	O
that	O
Software	O
Projects	O
had	O
set	O
for	O
completion	O
of	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
and	O
provided	O
Software	O
Projects	O
with	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
bug	O
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
Projects	O
then	O
hired	O
Cameron	O
Else	O
to	O
port	O
both	O
Manic	B-Application
Miner	I-Application
and	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
to	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
for	O
Your	O
Spectrum	O
magazine	O
in	O
June	O
1984	O
,	O
Sue	O
Denham	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
every	O
bit	O
as	O
good	O
and	O
refreshing	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
final	O
issue	O
of	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
,	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
ranked	O
number	O
32	O
on	O
"	O
The	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
Official	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
voted	O
number	O
33	O
on	O
"	O
The	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
Readers	O
 '	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
voted	O
the	O
6th	O
best	O
game	O
all	O
of	O
time	O
by	O
Retro	O
Gamer	O
readers	O
in	O
an	O
article	O
originally	O
intended	O
for	O
a	O
special	O
issue	O
of	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
bundled	O
with	O
Retro	O
Gamer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
came	O
with	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
copy	O
protection	O
:	O
a	O
card	O
with	O
180	O
coloured	O
codes	O
on	O
it	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
cassette	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
cassette	O
could	O
be	O
duplicated	O
,	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
card	O
was	O
also	O
needed	O
and	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
home	O
colour	O
reproduction	O
was	O
difficult	O
,	O
making	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
harder	O
to	O
copy	O
than	O
most	O
Spectrum	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
releases	O
of	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
also	O
contained	O
bugs	O
which	O
made	O
it	O
impossible	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
for	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Software	O
Projects	O
version	O
that	O
was	O
sold	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
is	O
dated	O
1984	O
and	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Cameron	O
Else	O
,	O
co-winner	O
of	O
the	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
of	O
computers	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Tynesoft	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
from	O
Software	O
Projects	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
were	O
cancelled	O
before	O
release	O
,	O
but	O
have	O
since	O
been	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Frontier	I-Application
,	O
an	O
expanded	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
was	O
later	O
converted	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
released	O
as	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
and	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
II	I-Application
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
Commodore	B-Operating_System
16	I-Operating_System
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
differently	O
expanded	O
version	O
of	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Device
32/64	I-Device
,	O
with	O
extra	O
rooms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dragon	O
port	O
was	O
itself	O
converted	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
original	O
Spectrum	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
rooms	O
themselves	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
straightforward	O
format	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
compression	B-General_Concept
,	O
making	O
it	O
relatively	O
easy	O
to	O
create	O
customised	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
