A BRIEF HISTORY OF WILLY TOURNAMENT 2004 from: www.speccyspoilers.co.uk by Jim L. (c) 03-Sep-2004 _________________________________ willytournament2004_beta-v1.tap - Written by Mark "Woody" Woodmass. - File created/modified Apr 09, 2004 - 11:31pm Barely a month after shocking the world with Super Crap Invaders, Woody returned with yet another game starring Miner Willy. And just like last time, he released a couple of beta versions that showed the work in progress. At this stage, the game was provisionally titled "crap" - which was actually quite cool seeing as it was a tap file, so that made it "crap.tap" - Catchy! :) Most of the game's engine is in place already, as are most (but not all) of the rooms. However, the "Red Willys" don't yet harm your, erm, "White Willy" because the energy bar is not existing yet. You can collect all the objects that are around but there's little point in doing so as the ending area isn't built yet. There's no torch (or the room it is found in), no "dark room" and no ramp/house-at-the-end yet... ----- willytournament2004_beta-v2.tap - Written by Mark "Woody" Woodmass. - File created/modified Apr 10, 2004 - 11:05pm 24 hours later, and for the second released beta, Woody has added some sound, the energy bar, the final rooms, a few more scattered objects - in fact it's all pretty much there now, pretty much everything except a title screen and a loop back to it at the end (RUN 30 restarts). The game is running faster too... ----- willytourna2004_beta-v2-end.z80 ("Snapped" by JL) It is now possible to complete the game in this 2nd beta version. (By the way, it is also possible to complete the game without even collecting the torch!)... ----- willytournament2004.tap - Written by Mark "Woody" Woodmass. - File created/modified Apr 11, 2004 - 8:01pm The next day, and Woody has added the final tweaks, along with a title screen and released the final version to great adulation. Hoorah! The loader is still titled "crap" though - such modesty! Now, whatever happened to Harry Price...? ;) ----- willytournament2004_end.z80 ("Snapped" by JL) Here's the ending (much the same as that of the beta, except the game goes back to the title screen after the end message). _________________________________ ((Note: I have used my own snapshot of the ending here, snapped when I completed the game within an hour of it being released by Woody last April (as you should be able to see from the file modification dates!). But credit and thanks goes to Philip Bee for sending me his own snapshot of the ending more recently, which reminded me that I had totally forgotten to put this game online! Doh!))