Resource centre for ZX Spectrum games
using Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy game engines
Chronology
2000
January
5 January
Manic Miner: The Hobbit and Jet Set Willy: The Lord of the Rings! are gamma-released by Andrew Broad.
19 January
Willy Takes a Trip is gamma-released by Geoff Eddy.
23 January
The existence of Manic Miner - 2000 on alt.binaries.comp.sinclair is announced in the MM/JSW Yahoo! Club by Stuart Brady.
February
15 February
Willy's Afterlife is gamma-released by Fabián Álvarez López (Adban de Corcy).
16 February
A bug-fixed revision of Willy's Afterlife is released by Fabián Álvarez López (Adban de Corcy).
17 February
Another bug-fixed revision of Willy's Afterlife is released by Fabián Álvarez López (Adban de Corcy).
March
3 March
Willy Comes Home version beta 0.85 is released by Gary Pearce (Gawp!).
Gary Pearce (Gawp!)'s MM/JSW website is launched.
30 March
Willy Comes Home is gamma-released by Gary Pearce (Gawp!).
April
1 April
Public beta versions of Manic Miner: Jet Set Willy and Jet Set Willy: Manic Miner (the old manual conversions) are released by Andrew Broad.
8 April
Willy Comes Home v. 1.1 is released by Gary Pearce (Gawp!).
May
4 May
Information about the fact that Henry's Hoard uses a hacked JSW48 game engine, provided by Philip Bee, is published by Andrew Broad.
19 May
willy to the rescue! is beta-released by Sendy (Alex Cornhill).
29 May
willy to the rescue! is gamma-released by Sendy (Alex Cornhill).
JSWED 1.05 is released by John Elliott.
31 May
Utility Cubicles is gamma-released by Stuart J. Hill.
June
5 June
The existence of James Wyatt's Jet Set Willy: The Colossal Cave is announced by Andrew Broad.
The existence of an unnamed edited German version of Jet Set Willy is announced by Vidar Eriksen (Erix1).
6 June
The Time Hole is gamma-released by Edward Martland.
12 June
Willy's Afterlife 2.00 is released by Fabián Álvarez López (Adban de Corcy).
13 June
JSWED 1.06 is released by John Elliott.
19 June
A bug-fixed revision of The Time Hole is released by Edward Martland.
25 June
Jet Set Willy 128k v. 0.04 Hacklevel 7 is released by John Elliott.
JSWED 1.07 is released by John Elliott.
July
6 July
JSW128 Mass Collaboration project is started by Sendy (Alex Cornhill) in the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy Yahoo! Club.
15 July
JSW128 Mass Collaboration Yahoo! Group is founded by Sendy (Alex Cornhill).
19 July
JSWED 1.08b1 is beta-released by John Elliott, introducing Hacklevel 8 of the JSW128 game engine.
21 July
JSWED 1.08b2 is beta-released by John Elliott.
31 July
Public beta version of Jet Set Dizzy is released by Andrew Broad.
August
14 August
Gary Pearce (Gawp!)'s MM/JSW website is moved to EmuUnlim.
21 August
Public beta version 0.0 of Jet Set Willy Construction Kit is released by Andrew Broad.
27 August
Monstrum! is gamma released by Stuart J. Hill.
September
1 September
SPECSAISIE 1.0 is gamma-released by Andrew Broad.
18 September
A Bulgarian Requiem is gamma-released by Fabián Álvarez López (Adban de Corcy).
313 messages are posted in the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy Yahoo! Club in September – an all-time monthly high.
October
13 October
Message # 1000 is posted in the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy Yahoo! Club.
24 October
A demo of Maria vs. Some Bastards is released by Vidar Eriksen (Erix1).
November
7 November (or thereabouts)
JSW 1-1 is gamma-released by Nick Aldridge.
13 November
Vidar Eriksen (Erix1)'s Manic Miner Technologies website closes down.
23 November
where's woody is beta-released by Sendy (Alex Cornhill).
December
4 December
Special Edition of The Time Hole is gamma-released by Edward Martland.
5 December
A bug-fixed revision of the Special Edition of The Time Hole is released by Edward Martland.
A demo of Manic Miner: The Epitaph Of The Manic Mining Robot is released by Visa-Valtteri Pimiä (jet_visy).
6 December
where's woody? is gamma-released by Sendy (Alex Cornhill).
7 December
A bug-fixed revision of where's woody? is released by Sendy (Alex Cornhill).
Manic Miner Mass Collaboration Yahoo! Club is founded by Visa-Valtteri Pimiä (jet_visy).
11 December
Jet-Set Willy (again) is beta-released by Philip Bee.
12 December
JSWED 1.9.0 is released by John Elliott.
17 December
JSWED 1.9.1 is released by John Elliott.