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Xbox Live Indie Game (#XBLIG) ‘JET SET WILLY 360’ (#JSW360)

Release Date Confirmed. Also to be released for Windows Phone.

Date: August 2012

Elite Systems, the long established UK based developer and electronic publisher of games for portable, mobile and other devices has confirmed that its second Xbox Live Indie Game, JET SET WILLY 360 has passed �peer review� and has been scheduled for release during the weekend of 24th August, 2012 ... the game will also be released for Windows Phone at that time. $\"\"$ $\"\"$ Twitter: @elite_systems (follow us) Email: paperboy@elite-systems.co.uk Web: http://tinyurl.com/chrck6b Share this story:

Jet Set Willy for the ZX Spectrum (an 8-bit personal home computer released in the UK in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd, which sold in excess of 5 million units worldwide) is one of THE defining games of the 1980s. JET SET WILLY 360 is the near-100% original ZX Spectrum game, as written by Matthew Smith in 1984 and is being brought to Xbox Live Indie Games as an officially licenced product. Elite� MD, Steve Wilcox noted, �The release of JET SET WILLY 360 as an Xbox Live Indie Game and as a Windows Phone game is the next exciting step in bringing classic ZX Spectrum games to a new audience, via new devices and platforms and in the process restoring some order to the market. We began doing this some 22 months ago with our ZX Spectrum: Elite Collection Apps for iOS devices and in the intervening period there have been more than 100,000 paid instances. The release of JET SET WILLY 360 follows the positive reception and a successful launch of MANIC MINER 360 as an Xbox Live Indie Game and as a Windows Phone game ... it�s expected to be followed by more classic ZX Spectrum Games.� JET SET WILLY 360 features: - full-screen and bordered portrait play / display modes - pixel filtering on / off option - �auto-save�, on exiting the game - authentic \'Spectrum\' sound - infinite lives option For further information please contact: Steve Wilcox, Elite� Tel. + 44 (0) 154 326 8826 Mail paperboy@elite-systems.co.uk Web www.elite-systems.co.uk Twitter @elite_systems #XBLIG #MM360 #JSW360 About Jet Set Willy (Source Wikipedia): Jet Set Willy is a computer game originally written for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published in 1984 by Software Projects and ported to most home computers of the time. The game is a sequel to Manic Miner (1983), and is the second game in the immensely popular Miner Willy Series. It was a significant development in the platform game genre on the home micro. 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 allow him access to his bedroom. 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. 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. The game is an early example of a nonlinear title since, unlike the screen-by-screen style of its prequel, the player can explore the mansion at will. Willy is controlled using only left, right and jump. He can climb stairs by walking into them (jumping through them to avoid them) and climb swinging ropes by pushing left or right depending on what direction the rope is swinging. The play area itself consists of 60 screens making up the mansion and its grounds and contains hazards (static killer objects), guardians (killer monsters which move along predetermined paths), various platforms and collectable objects. The collectable items glow to distinguish them from other items in the room. Willy loses a life if he touches an enemy or falls too far, and he is returned to the point at which he entered the room. This may lead to a game-ending situation in which Willy repeatedly falls from a height, losing all lives in succession. Music on the Spectrum version was Beethoven\'s Moonlight Sonata for the menu and If I Were a Rich Man during the game itself. About Matthew Smith: Matthew Smith (born 1966) is a British computer game programmer. He is best known for his games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy for the ZX Spectrum, released in 1983 and 1984 respectively. Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy are two of the most famous and popular ZX Spectrum games of all time. Matthew created this game when he was 17 ... About Elite�: Elite Systems Ltd was incorporated in England in 1984 and is one of Europe�s most long established developers and publishers of entertainment software. Copyright JET SET WILLY 360 TM & (C) 2012, Elite Systems Group Ltd. ELITE� is a registered trademark in the UK (#142270) and elsewhere and is used with permission. All rights reserved. JET SET WILLY TM & (C) 1983-2012 Matthew Smith et al, its successors and assigns. All Rights Reserved. Marketplace Links: (XBLIG Generic): http://tinyurl.com/bw54zle JET SET WILLY 360: http://tinyurl.com/cy6f7xs JET SET WILLY for Windows Phone: http://tinyurl.com/cuq6w6l

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