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The Perils Of Willy brings all the fun of Miner Willy to the Vic 20 for the first time. Willy is faithfully created in Vic graphics right down to his bowler har. It's a real Willy - not just a vague representation, as some Spectrum to Vic conversions tend to be.

In this game, Willy has discovered music and has to collect all the notes that are dotted around the screen, avoiding various nasties like the patrol dogs on screen one and vicious Willy-eating birds on screen two.

You begin the game with five Willies. You will need every single one of them as well if you are to get to the top of the fourteenth screen and successfully collect all the musical notes as you travel.

As well as the dogs and birds, there are also a couple of man-made nasties in the shape of balloons and trains and these are every bit as deadly as the animals if Willy should touch any of them.

Comparisons with the original game are inevitable even if they are a little unfair. No, the game is not as good as the original Manic Miner or Jet Set Willy, but it is one of the best platform games I have seen on the Vic 20.