Where It All Began

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I started a joke, that had the whole world screaming...

 


 

Sometimes, mad idea's have a habit of becoming something far too real. Jet Set Willy Online originally began life as a joke between two people that made it into the hallowed pages of web magazine Way Of The Rodent.

 

Much to our surprise, a silly joke about what would 8 bit games feel like if they were produced today as Mass Multiplayer Games spiralled out of control, and from some static screenshots...people actually wanted to play Jet Set Willy Online.

 

Why? Well, its either something in the air or they really are mentalists of the first order.  Personally, I believe the latter to be the more likely case. Regardless, things got out of control. There was no game, no intention of it ever being a game, but with so many people with a bee in their bonnet over it, how could you not create one?

 

Well, if you're Oddbob or Scottige, the answer is - with immense difficulty. A few failed attempts at getting something up and running and it was decided it just wasn't going to happen....until Smila asked Stu of Ovine would he code it... and Stu said yes.

 

In no time at all, a very sparse beta was sitting there for all to see...and the rest, as they say, is history.