Post by @grumpysmiffy@aus.social

2026-04-12 12:01 UTC

@stevewetherill Thank you for a fascinating read - I had Jetset Will II on my Spectrum, when I was about 14-15. I was terrible at it, because I was terrible at all games (and then gave up, as writing software is way easier than using it). Thanks for the memories, and the fun. The music on mine was I Dovergubbens Halle, to give it its original Norwegian name. I recall a friend who had, I think a Commodore, with music I did not recognise, but can still recall - and now wondering if that was yours. Thanks to @arclight for boosting this into my feed.

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@stevewetherill@oldbytes.space 2026-04-12 15:32

@grumpysmiffy @arclight thanks for your comment. If I am not mistaken, when Derrick ported the game back to the Spectrum, the music from the original Manic Miner, “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Grieg was used. I think that’s the English version of what you wrote. :) I do vaguely recall somebody from Software Projects asking me to port the in game music I’d written for the Amstrad version back to the Spectrum after I’d left, but I never did that, so presumably they just ripped the music from Manic Miner and went with that. The music I did sounded something like this (done on a lazy Sunday morning in Garage Band a few years back). Obviously the amount of sound processing in Garage Band is massive compared to the humble AY chip in the Amstrad. :)

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