Miner Willy is the protagonist in a series of platform games for the ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC and the Commodore 64 home computers.
The first two games - Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy were written by Matthew Smith during the early 1980s.
Another game in the series, The Perils of Willy, was released solely for the VIC-20.
[3] Andre's Night Off was published as a type-in listing in the June 1984 issue of Computer & Video Games.
[4] In addition, quite a few unofficial sequels, remakes, homages and updates have been released.