Game

Jet Set Willy 1984

Developed by Software Projects, Software Projects

  • Platform, Adventure, Arcade, Action

Jet Set Willy is a flip-screen platform game in which the player moves the protagonist, Willy, from room to room in his mansion collecting objects. Unlike the screen-by-screen style of its prequel, the player can explore the mansion at will. A tired Miner Willy has to tidy up all the items left around his house after a huge party. With this done, his housekeeper Maria will let him go to bed. Willy's mansion was bought with the wealth obtained from his adventures in Manic Miner, but much of it remains unexplored and it appears to be full of strange creatures, possibly a result of the previous (missing) owner's experiments. Willy must explore the enormous mansion and its grounds (including a beach and a yacht) to fully tidy up the house so he can get some much-needed sleep.

PlatformAdventureArcadeActiongravityabstracthigh scoreflip screenimpossible 100% completionBBC Microcomputer System, Atari 8-bit, Dragon 32/64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron

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