Jet Set Willy
Released Year : 1986
Published by : Hudson
Price : 4800 yen
Platform : MSX
Media : Bee Card
"Jet set means social set. Miner Willy had fortunately hit treasures and become millionaire.
He invites hundreds of guests to hold a party everynight. His mansion is always messed up with wine glass and bottle.
At last housekeeper Maria got angry.
She said she never let Willy sleep until he tidy up all.
But the mansion has 60 rooms, yatch harbor and a story behind it.
Some time ago, former owner have go missing in laboratory.
There must be many horrible monsters here.
Can Willy tidy up glass and bottles, and go to bed ?"
(quoted from ad of that time)
Controls
Cursor key
Move
Space
Jump
Collect 83 items from 60 rooms. Then return to bedroom.
Full of absurdities, faults and wickednesses!!
Japanese publisher HUDSON had released MSX softs from early years.
They had become popular on NES market,
and in 1985, they updated their image on MSX market with launching new media Bee Card.
Most MSX users felt Hudson would release NES's ones with Bee Card,
but they introduced English born Jet set Willy as the second of Bee Card.
Advertisement "65 stages!" had made Japanese MSX users feel long-lasting play, but most buyers looked disappointend.
Japanese has a tendency to feel foreign games rough and cold-hearted but unnecessarily meticulous.
Jet Set Willy was exactly right as its image. When you enter next room carelessly, Willy dies repeatedly until your lives run out.
For Japanese, it is developers fatal fault. But JSW tried to solve this big problem by starting 16 lives.
In Japan, JSW have talked as one of the worst games on MSX era.
Hudson's original media "Bee Card" Probably MSX's simplest title menu
Furious housekeeper Maria! (center) Jump over the biggest enemy
JSW's characteristic twist long rope Elephant ?
Jumped up from below room Why does Willy become enemy's figure?