Dr. Andrew Broad
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
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My website is moving!

GeoCities will close on 26th October 2009, so I will be moving this page to my new website (when I have thoroughly checked and edited it):

http://abroad.sqweebs.com/spectrum/software/

Please update your links and bookmarks ASAP, because there will be no redirection after 26th October.


Please read the Notice on Copyright and Plagiarism before you download anything, or before you accuse me of anything!

Here you can download Spectrum-software that I've written and released in emulator-format. You can also read about the exciting Spectrum-software projects I've got planned for the future! So far, all the software here relates to Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy (apart from SPECSAISIE: a collection of utilities written in Java - some related to Spectrum-emulation in general, some MM/JSW-specific).

The programs are stored here as zipped TAP-files. For the uninitiated among you, a TAP-file is an encoding of a Spectrum-tape, and to play them you need a Spectrum-emulator - visit the comp.sys.sinclair Spectrum FAQ to find a Spectrum-emulator for your particular computer. If you're new to Spectrum-emulation, I refer you to Nick Aldridge's page How to use a Spectrum emulator (archived). If you still experience difficulties with unzipping or using these TAP-files, email me with details of the problem and I'll sort you out if I can!

28th May 2009: released JSW64 Manic Miner: James Bond [v1.1] and updated Other future projects.


Software already released

Games:
  • Manic Miner 4 [1997] (Special Edition released 2nd August 2003)
  • Manic Miner: The Buddha of Suburbia [1998] (Special Edition released 2nd August 2003)
  • Jet Set Willy: 1.WE PRETTY [1999] (reissued 16th November 2004)
  • Manic Miner: The Hobbit / Jet Set Willy: The Lord of the Rings [2000] (reissued 7th February 2005)
  • Jet Set Willy: 2.GOODNITE LUDDITE [2002] (reissued 7th July 2003)
  • Manic Miner: Ma jolie [2003] (Special Edition 2009 released 17th February 2009)
  • MM/JSW box-set: Party Willy [2004] (Special Edition released 23rd April 2007)
  • Manic Miner: Neighbours - Allana Truman [2004] (reissued 7th February 2005)
  • JSW64 Manic Miner: James Bond [2007] (v1.1 released 28th May 2009)
  • JSW64: Flash Manic Miner [with Matthew Gordon, 2008] (v1.0 released 31st December 2008)
  • Editors and Utilities:
  • Manic Miner Screen Editor 1.0.1 (released 7th July 2003)
  • Jet Set Willy Construction Kit 1.0 (released 29th July 2003)
  • Java toolkit: SPECSAISIE 1.2 (page updated 15th September 2007)
  • On the subject of MM/JSW editors, it would be irresponsible of me not to recommend John Elliott's JSWED. It's a PC-hosted editor of Spectrum MM, JSW, JSW128, JSW64, JSW II and Henry's Hoard games.


    Previews of forthcoming software (in expected order of release)

  • Advanced MM/JSW Trainer (updated 22nd May 2006) (update pending - ETA July 2009)
  • Jet Set Willy: Afrikaan (updated 27th May 2008)
  • Manic Miner: Outside (updated 27th November 2005)
  • Jet Set Willy: Toy (updated 8th April 2007)
  • Jet Set Willy II Conversion-Project (added 16th March 2006)
  • Jet Set Willy: The Chronicles of Narnia (updated 8th April 2007)
  • Other future projects (updated 28th May 2009)

  • External links

  • Review of Manic Miner 4 from Manic Miner Technologies (Vidar Eriksen)
  • Review of Manic Miner: The Buddha of Suburbia from Manic Miner Technologies (Vidar Eriksen)
  • Review of We Pretty from Manic Miner Technologies (sendy)
  • Review of Manic Miner: The Hobbit from Manic Miner Technologies (Vidar Eriksen)
  • Review of Jet Set Willy: The Lord of the Rings from Manic Miner Technologies (sendy)
  • Review of Manic Miner: The Hobbit at Tolkien Computer Games (Fredrik Ekman)
  • Review of Jet Set Willy: The Lord of the Rings at Tolkien Computer Games (Fredrik Ekman)
  • El Anillo iteractivo (mentions Manic Miner: The Hobbit and Jet Set Willy: The Lord of the Rings)

  • Email me