|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
"Jet Set Willy, which was published in 1984, is a sequel to Manic Miner and was originally written for the ZX Spectrum home computer. At the time it was considered to be a significant development in the platform game genre on the home micro."
"New versions of the classic ZX Spectrum games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy are being made all the time. These games have been a fascination for players since their first inception in 1984/85."
"Manic Miner was originally released in 1983 by Bug-Byte and is the first game in the Miner Willy series. Features included in-game music, sound effects and colourful graphics with great designs as well as background and foreground colours which were exchanged automatically."
"A British computer programmer named Matthew Smith produced the games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy in 1984 and l985 respectively."
"The ZX Spectrum was one of the first large audience home computers in the U.K. and the ZX Spectrum led to the production of software and hardware for the machine. Huge numbers of ZX Spectrum were sold worldwide which made it the most successful British computer ever made."