CRUSOE 48K SPECTRUM machine-code animated graphics & text adventure, concept and program by JON SMITH artwork by GREMLIN EVANS free music on the flipside by DAN DEFOE and the CASTAWAYS. "CRUSOE" AUTOMATA U.K. LTD. Shipwrecked and stranded on a remote island, with nothing but an empty stomach, a bottle of granny's patent elixyr, the shorts he stands up in, and thou! Thine aim is to return CRUSOE home again, preferably in one piece and better off than when he arrived. LOAD "" and await your chance to talk to CRUSOE by typing any message up to 15 characters long and pressing ye ENTER key. Explore ye many diverse screens and ye multitudinous locations. Seek out ye 75 hidden and peculiar items. Beware ye myriad free-willed and dangerous beasts and beings. Be warned that any scurvy knave found copying the program shall be marooned! INSTRUCTIONS - To move CRUSOE, ENTER N(orth), S(outh), E(ast) or W(est), and he will step in the required direction if he can. By holding down the ENTER key, he will keep on going until he encounters a problem. Before taking to water and swimming, ENTER 1 (blue key), and likewise ENTER 2 (red key) to get him walking again. As he reaches the edge of the screen, the landscape will change automatically. USEFUL PHRASES ON DRY LAND ENTER ENTER "What have I got?" I (cap.i) "Copy screen to printer" CCC "Will I survive?" SCORE "Save game to tape" KKK "Describe" D "Load saved game" LLL "I giveth up" QQQ USEFUL WORDS - Pick, eat, drink, drop, find, wear, remove, insert, extract, enter, explore, leave, examine, read, and several hundred more which ye may discover if ye survive long enough. SCREEN DISPLAY - Of current day of game, day of week, time of day, wind strength and direction, weather, food, drink, vigour, supply of elixyr and the number of items carried. The level of vigour is determined by food, drink and the weight of the items carried, and decreases with movement. If it falls low (on a scale of A to Z), CRUSOE falls ill. HINTS - Reading the following hints will help ye, but will also spoil the challenge and enjoyment of discovering them for yourself. Only resort to them if ye be desperate! - The island was previously inhabited by William Bones (no relation to Bilbo), whose remains and treasure are still there, together with sundry papers, memoranda and letter ... coded of course. - Crusoe may TAKE items he discovers, DROP them elsewhere and FIND them in the same spot later. Unless he constructs a bag, he can only transport nine items at a time. - Finds include various foods, a parasol, a violin, doorknob, hammer, nails, spade, a dead bird, a farthing, a bell, map, charts, bones, buildings, carved stones, gold ring, and Man Friday is around some- where with a message. - Magenta trees bear fruit. Boots may cross thorny ground. Hygiene prevents foot rot. Be careful with spiders, jellyfish, certain fungi, and night-time escalation. Paper has a habit of disintegrating. Don't talk in the water. Pneumonia and tightropes have something in common. Sleep is a luxury. May good fortune smile on ye. [The following is not part of the instructions, but is just] [something I pinched out of the game. JimG] COMPLETE VOCABULARY are they edi, ax, bend, break che, break do, catch rab, ccc, chop, clim, climb tr, cook fi, copy, cork bo, cross ti, cut tr, d, desc, dig, dig mi, div, drink, drop, eat, eat bi, eat eg, eat fi, eat fr, eat her, eat ho, eat mu, eat ra, ee, empty b, enter ca, enter tu, exam, examine box, examine cask, examine che, examine dis, examine ja, examine ke, examine med, examine sku, explore ca, explore po, extract dis, feed do, fill, fill bot, find, fish, free dog, fruit, get wish, giv, give fr, give mus, go, hello, help, hhh, hi, how, insert disc, insert key, is i, jum, kill sc, kkk, lay lad, leav, leave ca, lift lid, light f, light t, lll, loo, lose, lower ro, make bag, make torc, make wish, mend boo, move ske, net rab, nn, open box, open cask, open ch, open dra, open en, open pos, pat d, pick f, pick u, pray, pull wish, qqq, quen, quit, raise pa, raise ro, reach in, read box, read cha, read coll, read cr, read disc, read lab, read let, read pap, read sand, read si, read sku, recov, remove boo, remove key, remove mit, ring be, rrr, run, say w, score, scre, shoot, sing, slee, smell he, snare ra, sque, ss, swim, take, tast, test, think, throw rop, tie hoo, tie mag, tie tre, tipt, tiuq, turn han, turn key, untie hoo, untie tre, walk, wash f, wear b, wear m, wh, ww