Miner Willy

Miner Willy is the protagonist in a series of platform games for the ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC and the Commodore 64 home computers. The first two games - Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy were written by Matthew Smith during the early 1980s.

The Willy saga was to be a trilogy and a third game in the series was planned, Miner Willy Meets The Taxman.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The series started in 1983 with the release of Manic Miner, and was followed up a year later with Jet Set Willy and Jet Set Willy II. Another game in the series, The Perils of Willy, was released solely for the VIC-20.<ref>The Perils of Willy at VIC 20 Gamer Template:Webarchive</ref> Andre's Night Off was published as a type-in listing in the June 1984 issue of Computer & Video Games.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In addition, quite a few unofficial sequels, remakes, homages and updates have been released.<ref>World of Spectrum listing, showing the large number of fan-made Jet Set Willy sequels.</ref>

Games in the series

• Manic Miner (1983), Bug-Byte / Software Projects
• Jet Set Willy (1984), Software Projects
• The Perils of Willy (1984), Software Projects
• Andre's Night Off (1984), Matthew Smith
• Jet Set Willy II (1985), Software Projects