Yes, you read that right. What was once hallowed ground for the VIC-20 owner is here and now on the Spectrum…
And once I was over not having our own exclusive Manic Miner / Jet Set Willy game anymore, I was totally thrilled with Perils of Willy finally being ported to the ZX Spectrum! It’s perfect and it’s available now!
This was my favourite VIC-20 game, and currently sits at number 17 in my top games of all time list. It’s all about getting Miner Willy home after a night out by collecting musical notes through a variety of platforming locales, but as is hopefully increasingly the case, you can read my full thoughts on that here!
The Perils of Willy Spectrum recreation was lovingly crafted by Allan Turvey, and as far as I can tell so far (because after several hours of play I can still only get through about a quarter of the 32 brutal screens) it’s a direct port apart from the screen dimensions being necessarily shifted a bit. Some might say the background music is slightly more bearable too!
It genuinely feels as good now as it did in 1984, meaning a tough as nails lesson in hardcore platforming that I can’t stop playing all over again!
You can download it either free or for a donation of your choice here.
Just never forget the VIC-20 had it first!
Retro Arcadia 
Happy to hear you enjoyed my conversion – I actually read your article on the Vic version of Perils of Willy while I was converting the game. I’m happy you feel I did it justice, regards Allan
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Hi Allan. It’s an honour to hear from you! I certainly did, and I’m still enjoying it. Congratulations on a fantastic conversion!
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Now I’m not sure if I came across the original version of Perils Of Willy, albeit slightly plagiarized from Manic Miner :-). But the original coder was from Selby High School. Just curious.
Kevin Harland. SHS 1983-1988
Remember Sooty?
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