Resource centre for ZX Spectrum games
using Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy game engines
Chronology
2005
January
6 January
A bug-fixed revision of Fucked Internet Resurrection is released by the DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!.
8 January
Release Candidate 2 of Jet Set Willy 64 (JSW64) v. 0.01 Hacklevel 11 is released by John Elliott.
JSWED 2.2.3 is released by John Elliott.
10 January
Jet-Set Willy (again) is gamma-released by Philip Bee.
19 January
An RZX recording of Manic Miner Mythologies: Eugene - Lord of the Bathroom, submitted by Philip Bee, is published on the RZX Archive.
February
3 February
An RZX recording of Jet Set Willy 5: ZX Heroes, submitted by Philip Bee, is published on the RZX Archive.
5 February
An RZX recording of ZX81 Manic Miner, submitted by Philip Bee, is published on the RZX Archive.
7 February
Special Edition of Jet Set Emily: Baby on the Go is gamma-released by Steve Worek.
Manic Miner: Neighbours - Allana Truman, Jet Set Willy: The Lord of the Rings and Party Willy are reissued by Andrew Broad with updated documentation (and the TAP files unchanged).
8 February
Release Candidate 3 of Jet Set Willy 64 (JSW64) v. 0.01 Hacklevel 11 is released by John Elliott.
28 February
Jet Set Willy 64 (JSW64) v. 0.01 Hacklevel 11 and JSW64: Manic Miner are gamma-released by John Elliott.
March
9 March
RZX recordings of Manic Miner 2, Manic Miner III: Tales from a Parallel Universe, Manic Miner 6: The Buddha of Suburbia and Manic Miner 7, submitted by Philip Bee, are published on RZX Archive.
12 March
An RZX recording of Manic Miner 5: Los peligros del LSD, submitted by Philip Bee, is published on the RZX Archive.
24 March
A demo of Ultimate Manic Miner is released by Igor Makovsky.
27 March
R. D. Foord's Manic Miner No. 2, Dr. Jet Set Willy, Jet Set Willy Room Designer, JSW Sprite Library and a minor variant of Jet Set Willy are added to TZX Vault, making their debut on the internet.
The Unlucky 7 package of unfinished JSW projects is released by Sendy (Alex Cornhill).
April
27 April
A map of where's woody?, created by Steven Bannister (Madmekon), is published on World of Spectrum.
30 April
Jet Set Willy 64 (JSW64) and JSW64: Manic Miner are gamma-released by John Elliott as installer programs.
May
10 May
Jet Set Willy: The 2005 Megamix is gamma-released by Daniel Gromann.
13 May
A demo of Death TV2 is released by Sendy (Alex Cornhill).
June
28 June
Jet Set Willy in Paris is gamma-released by Hervé Ast.
July
3 July
Jet Set Willy in Paris v. 2 is released by Hervé Ast.
9 July
Bug-fixed revisions of Jet Set Willy 64 (JSW64) and JSW64: Manic Miner installer programs are released by John Elliott, introducing Hacklevel 11a of the JSW64 game engine.
26 July
Jet Set Willy in Paris v. 3 is released by Hervé Ast.
August
25 August
JSWED 2.2.4 is released by John Elliott.
September
27 September
Jet Set Willy in Paris v. 4 is released by Hervé Ast in 7 language versions (English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish).
October
1 October
A Russian translation of Jet Set Willy in Paris, made by Igor Makovsky, is released by Hervé Ast.
27 October
Jet Set Willy: Mind Control is beta-released by Sendy (Alex Cornhill) and Daniel Gromann.
30 October
Message # 5000 is posted in the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy Yahoo! Group.
November
14 November
Maria on Tour is gamma-released by the DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!.
16 November
A bug-fixed revision of Maria on Tour is relased by the DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!.
JSWED 2.2.5 is released by John Elliott.
17 November
Another bug-fixed revision of Maria on Tour is relased by the DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!.
19 November
JSWED 2.2.6 is released by John Elliott.
25 November
JSWED 2.2.7 is released by John Elliott.
RZX recordings of Willy's New Mansion and Jet Set Willy: The 2005 Megamix, submitted by Robin Clive, are published on the RZX Archive.
27 November
Bizarre is gamma-released by the DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!.
27 November
JSWED 2.2.8 is released by John Elliott.
December
4 December
A Finnish translation of Jet Set Willy in Paris, made by Visa-Valtteri Pimiä (jet_visy), is released by Hervé Ast.
10 December
A technical file with two roomsfrom Jet Set Willy for the Atari ST is released by John Elliott.
11 December
Spaceman Willy is added to TZX Vault, making its debut on the internet.
18 December
A technical file with a conversion of Jet Set Willy for the Atari ST to the ZX Spectrum is released by John Elliott.
20 December
A Release Candidate of Manic Person is released by Sendy (Alex Cornhill).
21 December
An updated revision of JSW64: Dragon Jet Set Willy is beta-released by John Elliott.
24 December
Manic Scribbler is gamma-released by Darth Melkor, in a package including also perpetual motion variants of Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy.
A map of Henry’s Hoard, created by Colin Attle (Ladderman), is published on World of Spectrum.
27 December
Another updated revision of JSW64: Dragon Jet Set Willy is beta-released by John Elliott.
28 December
JSW64: Dragon Manic Miner is beta-released by John Elliott.
29 December
An updated revision of JSW64: Dragon Manic Miner is beta-released by John Elliott.
30 December
Jet Set Willy: Mind Control is gamma-released by Sendy (Alex Cornhill) and Daniel Gromann.
Another updated revision of JSW64: Dragon Manic Miner is beta-released by John Elliott.