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3 1987 S.A.E.C.
3
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2 THE GACPAC
2 CUSTERD'S QUEST
2 CASTLE THADE
2 CASSETTE
2 ;"PRESS A KEY":
2 ;"IS LOADING":
2
1 you can't enter. The best thing to do next is quit and start again!
1 the credit card to find the combination of the safe.
1 slightly dangerous occupation, as you could get lost on the roof, and, if you visit the chimney stack twice, you will fall to your death the second time, so save the game before attempting it.
1 should drop something else. Go west to get back to the gravel drive. The object of this exercise is to find the soft flower bed, which is south from your first dropped object, and the lawn, which is north of the flower bed.
1 know how to get through this maze later in the game, so before picking things up again, make sure you know your way around, not forgetting to returnto the waiting room for the matches.
1 items which will help you to mapthe four locations of the country road maze.
1 is hidden somewhere around, but in this game don't expect to find it buried in a garden or atthe bottom of a well.
1 is a brass key. Going north twice will take you to a countryroad with no exits marked, but east twice will take you to a muddy river bank.
1 humour. Outside the castle, you are faced with a mob of angry peasants brandishing scythes andsickles and complaining about not having enough holidays. Workout how to pass them and you areon your way!
1 gardener who shoots you after one move, the unsociable fellow!Go UP to the gate tower and examthe window. TIE ROPE, then CLIMBROPE to get to a gravel drive which is east of the front door of the mansion. Possession of the brass key will OPEN DOOR, then GO DOOR to the hallway.
1 first and the third from the second."" Depending on your key- board layout this might be a difficult riddle to solve.
1 figurine. East takes you to the butler's pantry - don't forget to pick up the trowel - then UP twice returns you to the green bathroom.
1 dilapidated castle with a pig sty in the courtyard. There is akitchen with no edible food in it, and a master bedroom which contains (apart from a four- poster propped up on bricks!) a locked chest. The key of course
1 die several times as the safe can only be opened by pressing one of five buttons - press the wrong one and our old friend Sudden Death appears.
1 a hint that you could kick it, and the response to that is typical of the programmer's
1 Z$=" "
1 You are the only survivor of the crash and your task is to get out of the wreckage and finda way to get off the planet.
1 You are on a tour of the Solar System when the space ship in which you are travelling crashesonto the planet Jhothamia 6.
1 Why is the hotel locked? How do you deal with a stubborn donkey?Who is the lady in the golden cage?
1 WHAT ARE THE FOLLOWING ADVENTURES?
1 Up and east is a waiting room with a table. Examination will show matches, but you don't needthem yet, the next thing to find
1 Unlock the trunk of the car. Take the wire cutters, wear the gloves and cut a hole in the fence
1 Unlock the car door and start the car. Drive north until you crash.
1 Unlock the armoury door, take the pistol and grenade.
1 To the south of the waiting room you will have discovered a ticket office with a safe, but you need to know the right number to dial to open it. The number can be found on a slip ofpaper in the master bedroom, so you had better go into the mansion next.
1 To open the safe enter the number 7534. Take and read the folder plus the documents.
1 To finish the game just leavethe building.
1 To cross the road wait until the sign tells you it is safe towalk.
1 Throw the meat to the dogs. Shoot the lock on the shed and take the gloves.
1 This time, WAIT twice until the train stops a second time, and you have an exit east, whichtakes you to platform 1, with a sign saying Upper Massington.
1 There is also an exit DOWN, which takes you on to the rail- way line where you will find a spanner. Make sure you do this NOW - at any other time if you go down on to the railway line, a train comes along and you end up mashed!
1 There is a useful RAM SAVE/ LOAD option which comes in very handy especially in part 2 as iteliminates the need to enter security codes and data to restart a game.
1 There are three roof locationswith exits N,E,W; N,S,W; and N, S,E,W. South of the chimney stack is a ruined arbour and a white figurine, but you will probably die of a broken neck several times before you get this one away safely!
1 There are no traps inside the house (except the wardrobe in the dressing room - do not GO WARDROBE even if you have found the key to open it!) so wander around and map it.
1 The winner, P YOUNG of GLASGOW won THE BIG SLEAZE.
1 The title suggests that it might be a Cowboys and Indians game, but it isn't - CUSTERD is Sir Cowerd de Custerd, a feudal lord who is despatched by the king to dispose of an evil necr-omancer.
1 The solution to Competition 12 was
1 The puzzles you will encounterare reasonable enough to get youthinking. However my biggest criticism is that `2.95 is just too much for a 23 location adventure.
1 The information you have just had will lead you to the killer,but you may find that you have not got enough evidence to arrest him. What is missing? Well, work it out yourself, sergeant!
1 The hallway, incidentally, is a good central place for dumpingthings you can't carry or don't yet need.
1 The first puzzle you will meetis what to do if you get off thetrain the first time it stops, with an exit west. This will only take you to platform 2, with a sign saying Lower Mass- ington, and there is nothing here except a waiting room which
1 The first game, Operation Stallion was reviewed back in February and if you bought it you will receive Operation
1 The background story on the cassette inlay informs you that nuclear scientist, Professor Wolff has been kidnapped by the KGB and taken to East Germany.
1 The adventure contains some really nice graphics and a fabulous clear screen routine. If you find yourself stuck for words you can use the commands VERBS or NOUNS to see a list of the games vocabulary.
1 Taking with you the brass key, the violet figurine and the trowel, make your way to the station via the gravel drive, the gate tower, the gatehouse and the country road maze, then GO STATION to return to the waiting room.
1 Take the lump of meat from thekitchen.
1 Take the brass key with you, just in case, and two more objects to drop on the circular path. Go east from the front of the mansion to the gravel drive then east to the circular path and drop something.
1 TROLL A
1 TROLL (
1 TROLL
1 THE POWER HOUSE
1 THE HELM
1 THE HAMMER OF GRIMMOLD
1 THE GOLDEN APPLE
1 THE EXTRICATOR
1 THE ESSENTIAL MYTH
1 THE BOGGIT
1 TEXT
1 TEWKESBURY
1 TEN LITTLE INDIANS
1 Still holding the brass key, go to the balcony via the blue bedroom, then CLIMB BALUSTRADE and JUMP to the roof. This is a
1 Send for a copy now.
1 SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS
1 STAR RATING
1 SPELLING CHECKER
1 SOLUTIONS: 10 LITTLE INDIANS
1 SIDE 2 DETAILS
1 ROBIN OF SHERWOOD
1 Press the penthouse button inthe lift. Insert the pass when asked to, then press the button again.
1 Playing the part of our hero, Sir Cowerd, you live in a
1 Pick up the candle and then perform a bit of vandalism in the kitchen by BREAKING TILE. This reveals a hole which will lead you to the boiler room and a red figurine.
1 PHOTOGRAPH 1) LEFT HAND - There is black cotton thread under a finger nail.
1 PART 2 On now to part 2 which will involve using the Diamond Compu-ter Network which allows you to contact various police and judiciary departments as well asprisons.
1 P.S. if you get stuck in the game you can take advantage of Wrightchoice's telephone help- line!
1 Operation Berlin is a two part adventure and is the second of atrilogy of adventures in which the first person to complete thetrilogy will win a cash prize of`500.
1 Open the first door you see and kill the janitor. Search himto find a security pass.
1 Open the drawer, take the keys, unlock and open the door.
1 Once the safe has been opened it vanishes, but there is a bug in the program which allows you to open it and get the objects as often as you wish!
1 On the other hand, if you like to see the mickey taken out of classic adventures, with references to fairy tales and Hitch-Hiker's Guide thrown in for good measure, and if you like to get the whole family in on a good laugh, and if you liketo switch your computer off and go to bed smiling, then this is the game for you.
1 On exploring the wreckage you soon realise that one of your major problems is death from radiation. Opening the safe in the equipment store will reveal some useful articles but you may
1 OPERATION BERLIN
1 ODDS + ENDS
1 Now would be a good time to get a bit of fresh air because you need to map a small (two location) maze in the grounds, which is called a circular path.
1 Not unnaturally, the Prime Minister wants the matter resolved and she sends for your boss Charles Jenson who knows exactly what needs to be done...
1 North or east will take you toanother circular path where you
1 NOT BAD
1 N,F;"CREDITS ":
1 Membership is free. send a S.A.E. for full details now.
1 Make your way to the gatehouseon the country road, then GO GATE. Do not go south from here,you will only meet an irate
1 Make sure you don't miss an issue of Spectrum Adventurer by taking a subscription at these special prices.
1 MAFIA CONTRACT II
1 MAFIA CONTRACT I
1 LOADER
1 Knowledge which was handed down by the Ancients, and faithfully recorded by the Wise Ones. This Knowledge deals with the pastime of
1 Kill Rossi (don't shoot him, if you do a bug will stop you from completing the game).
1 Jhothamia 6 is a text only Quilled adventure. Unfortunatelythere is no RAM SAVE/LOAD facility which should really be mandatory in today's adventures.
1 JHOTHAMIA 6
1 JEWELS OF BABYLON
1 It should now be easy to wander round the maze and mark all the exits. You will need to
1 It is important to mark where all the exits go from each location, because getting the next figurine entails jumping from the roof, and you will landin the soft flower bed, so you need to know how to get back into the house!
1 It is a dark opening so you will need to light the candle. GO OPENING takes you to the backstairs which go to the butler's pantry and a utensil store, where you will find a silver
1 In the course of this, you will find a blue figurine just lying around, so pick this up and takeit to the hallway, where you cancollect it later. There is a green figurine in the conservat-ory, which you will find if you exam the plants.
1 In order to complete part 1 you will have to get some money to pay for a taxi, avoid a pick pocket and use a phone. Once youreach your office you must choose some equipment which you will use in part 2.
1 In a store room you will find an inconsequential stone panel and if you examine it, as a goodadventurer would, you are told ""It's inconsequential - can't you read?"" Then you are given
1 If you would like to win the adventure of your choice then take a look at the scrambled letters on the next page. All you have to do is unscramble them to reveal the titles of three adventures.
1 If you would like to receive anyof these maps simply send us a large S.A.E. stating which maps you want.
1 If you have been to the green bathroom you may have thought ita dead end, but there is a secret exit here, opened by PULLing the ARM of the suit of armour in the hall.
1 I would rate this as a very goodgame, with more complications and puzzles than you would expect in a game with only 59 locations.
1 I am always eager to add to my volumes anything concerning adventures. If you have any mapsor solutions to any adventures please send them to me care of S.A. If I use them in the cavernyou will receive a three issue subscription to the magazine.
1 Hubert's wife was shot by some- body called Phil. A cartridge marked TE 9 F 3-79 was found andthe getaway car was a BMW.
1 Hub 775 23977:Fuzzy Bar of Poplars.
1 However, when this is safely accomplished you should have eight figurines deposited in thehallway, and not much further togo!
1 Here we are folks with yet another free competition.
1 Head north from here and drop something, then east will take you back to the first object you dropped.
1 HEAVY ON THE MAGICK
1 HAMPSTEAD
1 Go west to the bus stop and wait for the bus to New York. Ifyou have missed it then start again, but try to do it a littlefaster this time.
1 Go to the blue bathroom and GOWINDOW to a balcony, then DOWN to a walled garden. CLIMB FOUNT-AIN to find a pink figurine, butbefore returning to the balcony,get a chisel from the greenhouseto the east of the garden. You will need the chisel and the hammer from the potting shed to the south of the conservatory tofind the next figurine.
1 Go north, drop something, go west and drop something, then west again takes you to a country road by a gatehouse.
1 Go north from the river bank to the country road by the station, and west brings you to the country road (north of the waiting room) which has exits marked.
1 GOOD
1 GLOUCESTER
1 Further on up the alley you will meet Don Capolla. Shoot himthen search his body. Examine
1 Five 25p discount vouchers whichcan be used in our exchange clubwill be sent with each order.
1 Finished with an adventure?
1 FORMAT: CASSETTE PRICE: `3.95
1 FORMAT: CASSETTE PRICE: `2.95
1 Enter the building east of the darl alley, climb up the stairs, open the door of the bed-sit and shoot Machine Gun Louey.
1 Enter the Rossi Gold Corpora-tion office block and press the first floor button in the lift.
1 EXCHANGE CLUB
1 EXAM MUD to find the key, thengo west. This will not take you back to the country road by the station, which was your last location, but to a rickety wharf. In the warehouse to the south you will find a candle anda rope if you EXAM the crate twice.
1 Don't let it gather dust on a shelf!
1 DRAGONSLAYER
1 DIG MUD to find the black figurine and return to the hall-way in the mansion. Drop the figurines on the ebony stand north of the library, then go tothe study to find the safe open and the GOLD FIGURINE!
1 DIAL the number you found on the slip of paper in the master bedroom to find a yellow figurine, then go to the muddy river bank.
1 Created with Ramsoft MakeTZX
1 Could you enter Castle Thade anddefeat the Lord of Darkness?
1 CONTRIBUTORS
1 CONGRATULATIONS
1 CODE
1 CLUB PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
1 CASTLE BLACKSTAR
1 C$="To Ten Little Indians By June Rowe"
1 C$="To Mafia Contract II By R Batey"
1 C$="SUPPLIER: WRIGHTCHOICE SOFTWARE PO BOX 100 TROON AYRSHIRE KA10 6BD"
1 C$="SUPPLIER: DAVID EDGAR 1 HIGH PARKSAIL ERSKINE RENFREWSHIRE PA8 7HY"
1 C$="Results of our Readers Survey."
1 C$="Plus our Top 10 adventure chart."
1 C$="More than 200 adventures listed here."
1 C$="Hints on A Seeker of Gold."
1 C$="Guide to solving Twice Shy."
1 C$="An exciting adventure with Dr Goo!"
1 C$=" Welcome to Spectrum Adventurer Published by S.A.E.C. 4 Kilmartin Lane CARLUKE Lanarkshire SCOTLAND ML8 5RT":
1 C$=" Are you having problems with an adventure? HELPLINE is a free service which could save you from death, destruction, and much worse (if such a thing is possible)."
1 C$=" All you have to do is look at the list of adventures on Side 2 and write to the person who can help you with your problem. Please include a S.A.E. with your letter or an international reply coupon if you are writing from abroad."
1 Berlin free of charge. As in the first adventure you play the part of John Blake - anultra secret Government agent.
1 Backnumbers and single issues cost `2.00 (U.K.) `2.50 (Europe)`3.50 (Overseas) for each issue.
1 Back on the rickety wharf, STAMP FOOT to get wharf pilings,then SWIM and DIVE to the river bed to find a violet figurine. SWIM back to the muddy river bank and you should have four
1 Back in the hallway, DISMANTLESUIT with the spanner to find a grey figurine, four down, six tofind!
1 BORED OF THE RINGS
1 At the top of the stairs shootRossi's men.
1 At the end of the narrow corridor pull the pin on the grenade, then through the gren- ade through the door.
1 At New York go westwards untilyou are outside an old building.Ram save before opening the doorthen kill the two men.
1 Are you really serious about playing adventure games on your computer? I mean, do you expect to get a headache from staring at your screen for hours on end,trying to solve the problems? And do you expect to be ""killed""at least twenty-eleven times before you find the answer to a puzzle? If so, then don't buy this game!
1 Another disappearing object isthe small box which can be foundin the central cabin. To open ityou must ""use second from the
1 All in all this is the best gameyet from Wrightchoice and is certainly worth the asking priceof `3.95. I would have thought that with `500 at stake the price tag would have been higher.
1 AZTEC HUNT FOR THE SUN GOD
1 ANDY MACGREGOR
1 ALL PAYMENTS IN STERLING PLEASE
1 ;"VERA CRUZ"
1 ;"The Troll"
1 ;"STOP THE TAPE":
1 ;"SPECTRUM
1 ;"SEPTEMBER 1987"
1 ;"Press ""R"" to read again"
1 ;"PRESS A KEY"
1 ;"P-00{00} TAPE 16
1 ;"NUMBER OF ISSUES"
1 ;"NUMBER 14
1 ;"EDITOR William Young":
1 ;"3 6 12"
1 ;" June Rowe":
1 9) DIARY - Contains the follow- ing addresses:- Eva Transport Cafe, Givors 69: Nadine Lafeui- lle, 2 Balay Street, St Etienne:
1 8) ASHTRAY - Contains two stubs,1 Rothmans and 1 Camel with traces of lipstick.
1 7) SUICIDE NOTE - This says - Goodbye! I must end it all - Vera.
1 6) MATCHBOX - Label says - Bar le Sympa, 2 Station Street, St Etienne.
1 54 CHURCH STREET
1 5) CIGARETTES - Packet of Roth- mans King Size.
1 4) CARTRIDGE - 9mm calibre mark-ed TE 9 F3-79
1 3) AUTOMATIC PISTOL - Type: MAC 50, Cal: 9mm, No:G56743.
1 204 WORPLE ROAD
1 2) HANDBAG - This contains itemsmarked VERA CRUZ, a packet of Camel cigarettes and some toiletries.
1 ............
1 ''''"STAR RATING
1 ''"STAR RATING
1 '"utilities on tape."
1 '"if you win of course!). The closing date for entries is the 12th OCTOBER 1987."
1 '"founts which you can use in yourown adventures."
1 '"You have decided to kill Rossi and Capollaand then find the documents which will tell you about Capolla's Mafia gunmen. You will then have the power to seize control of the entire city."
1 '"You are now the boss of the two most powerful Mafia gangs in theentire city."
1 '"U.K. `5.00 `10.00 `18.00"
1 '"This utility is essential for anyone hoping to use the full power of Incentive's GAC. It contains the ""Ultimate GAC Guide"", a 16 page booklet which reveals many powerful but totally undocumented features ofthe GAC, and also contains a wealth of advanced programming tips together with the following"
1 '"The Gacpac also contains docume-ntation for routines which amongst other things will allow you to extend room descriptions and create other characters in your adventure."
1 '"The Dragonslayer Andy MacGregor":
1 '"STAR RATING
1 '"Overseas `10.00 `18.00 `36.00"
1 '"Once you've done that send your answer to us at S.A.E.C. along with the name of the adventure you would like to receive (only"
1 '"Join our exchange club and swop it for another one. We probably have more adventures on our books than you will find in yourlocal computer store.
1 '"In part 1 of the Vera Cruz affair you must take photographsof the clues at the scene of themurder and enter your evidence in the computer at the beginningof part 2."
1 '"In Mafia Contract I you assassi-nated a rival gang leader for your boss Don Capolla. Since then you have been his personal adviser and bodyguard."
1 '"Europe `7.50 `12.00 `24.00"
1 '"Castle Thade is a two part, puretext adventure."
1 '"At the moment the Gacpac is onlyavailable for the Spectrum but an Amstrad version may follow."
1 '" The Troll Richard Batey":
1 '" Press ""Q"" to quit"
1 '"
1 "These are only some of the questions you will ask yourself in this exciting adventure."
1 " You now run an empire worth 100 million per year...tax free.There are approximately 500 professional drug pushers, hit- men and loan sharks at your disposal."
1 " You are sitting in your officepondering how to achieve your plans when you are rudely awakened by the sight of your guards being slaughtered by Rossi's men on your closed circuit TV."
1 " Capolla's regime is now being threatened by a powerful gang led by Vito Rossi. Capolla has panicked and gone into hiding, but not before putting a contract on anyone he fears, including you!"
1 " Al Capone would have been proud of you. Just don't abuse your power, it may be fun at thetop...But it's a hell of a long way to fall from!!"
1 which saves yet more precious memory by optimiz-ing your code. Unlike the above,this utility slightly modifies the adventure database so it is best used when you have the gamefully debugged."
1 which not only reclaims all the memory that GACwastes every time you edit (can be measured in Kilobytes) but also dramatically speeds up the response time of your adventure."
1 which removes the wasted space createdwhenever an object is inserted into the database."
1 which enables you to edit runnable adventures."
1 which enables you to list every word used in your adventure. You can then correct any spelling errorsthat may have occurred."
1 enabling you to incorporate a text fount of yourown design and/or a title picture into your finished game with no loss of memory."
1 also contains a utility called
1 adventuring and each month I will open my chests with a solid gold key and share with you the Knowledge to be found in these tomes.
1 Welcome to Spectrum Adventurer Published by S.A.E.C. 4 Kilmartin Lane CARLUKE Lanarkshire SCOTLAND ML8 5RT
1 THE RED LION
1 THE BIG SLEAZE
1 SIR GNELM":
1 SEABASE DELTA
1 S.A.E.C. 1987
1 Revisited":
1 ROBIN OF SHERLOCK
1 PRIS ST PAUL reveals details of Ziegler's cell mates.
1 PREF LYON gives you details of the owner of the car, one Philippe Blanc.
1 More statements from Gilles, Ziegler and Philippe should complete the investigation.
1 MOOR DEN":
1 MIGHTY KENT":
1 MARIE CELESTE
1 MADCAP MANOR
1 KOBYASHI NARU
1 Get a statement from the care-taker (address - Forest Apart- ment). This will provide a desc-ription of two men and part of acar registration number.
1 Get a statement from his brother and enter his name in COMPARISON.
1 Get a statement from Ziegler then go to COMPARISON.
1 GIE ST GALMIER 42 informs you that Ziegler was arrested for beating a client of Eva Delarue.
1 GIE CLERMONT supplies the rest of the BMW's registration number.
1 EXCHANGE
1 Check his statement with Stanislas Kowalski.
1 CRRJ LYON tells you that Gypsyis Philibert Ziegler.
1 CRRJ LYON tells you that Fuzzyis Abdoulah Hocine.
1 CRRJ LYON gives you details of the pistol.
1 CRRJ LYON and CIAT LYON will provide you with information on Gilles Blanc.
1 COMPETITION
1 CIAT ST ETIENNE will supply you with details showing that
1 BDRJ ST ETIENNE will supply details about Philippe Blanc whose statement you should now get.
1 An ergonomical fount designer together with 15 pre-defined"
1 A statement from the jeweler, address St Etienne, shows his wife was murdered. The case was handled by CIAT ST ETIENNE.
1 A statement from Nadine Lafeu-ille will reveal the name GYPSY.
1 A statement from Hocine showsthat Ziegler is afraid of some- one called Blanc.
1 A statement from Eva, whose address is in the diary, tells of a robbery involving jeweller Hubert Delroche.
1 A professional runnable adven-ture
1 A datafile
1 1987 S.A.E.C."
1 You begin the adventure at Heathrow airport waiting for a flight to America. An announce- ment tells you to go to the information desk where you find a message from your boss CJ.
1 If you enjoy the world of spies and secret agents then this game is for you. If you don't, well, `500 is a pretty powerful incentive for buying this game.
1 I would rate this adventure asvery good value - two quids worth of a laugh a minute and a good game to play too. The graphics are well done and responses are quick. It is a very friendly game, even though HELP only gets ""No help here matey!"" But the help comes in the shape of very heavy hints dropped by the author at frequent intervals.
1 RESET YOUR COMPUTER AND LOAD"""" FOR THE TROLL
1 TITLE: OPERATION BERLIN
1 TITLE: JHOTHAMIA 6
1 Z
1 Jd
1 Greetings, fellow adventurers. I am the Troll whose cavern is full of chests packed with leather bound volumes of pure knowledge.
1 Bp
1