MAD FLUNKY
A program by DON PRIESTLY By Five Ways Software PLAYING THE GAME You are a Flunky, a menial servant, at Buckingham Palace. Although you are very obedient (yes Ma'am certainly Ma'am, anything you say Ma'am), your real aim in life is to collect the autographs of the Royal Personages. As you stride around, carrying out your ordinary duty of lighting the fires in the Royal Apartments, you will meet some of The Family. If you do as they ask, they will reward you with the autographs you seek. You may find yourself fulfilling all kinds of odd little duties for Andy, Fergie, Charles and Di. If you are truly skillful as a Flunky you may even manage to wheedle a signature from the Head of the Household - Her Royal Majesty herself. You start out with just a box of matches and your autograph book to help you, but there is room for one more article in your pocket provided it is small enough. You may find a bomb, a pistol or even a tug-boat could come in handy in this strange household. You will have to watch out, though. The palace guards dish out swift punishment if you should break any of the rules of the House but you can avoid them if you are nippy on your feet. CONTROLS The games starts in the Menu Room, where Flunky uses the bar to cycle through the options and the buzzer to make his selection. If NEW KEYS aren't selected the game defaults to the following: Z Left X Right Q Up A Down C Pocket/Put Down Or Joystick SCORING Each of the five tasks must be carried out within a set time limit. If successful, your score for each task will be the time left on the count-down clock when you have completed it plus a 1,000 point bonus for the autograph. You can carry the count-down clock around with you if you wish. Your total score is in the Menu Room which you can visit at any time. RESTART It all seems lost you can start a new game by returning to the Menu Room and selecting the ABORT option, or if you are a truly despondent Flunky, you can always cast yourself repeatedly onto the bayonet of a passing guard. HYSTERIA The future depends on you changing the past. As sole survivor of the once elite 'time corps' you have been chosen by the federation of law and order to thwart an evil conspiracy. You are to be transported by molecular disruption to combat the enemy as it leaps closer. The locals are not keen on time warriors and evil monsters popping up out of nowhere and they get upset. Luckily you are carrying an energy conversion kit which, if used correctly, changes ordinary objects into a powerful array of stunningly useful mega-utilities, be careful...some only last a short while. Destroying certain hostile characters and objects may leave behind a clue as the identity of one of the conspiritors which must be collected, once exposed the entity will be forced to make an appearance is that time zone in order to destroy you and the evidence, you must weaken the monstrosity and force it to retreat from whence it came and continue your task in another era. PLAYING THE GAME You only have a limited energy supply which is depleted each time you are hit, but is restored on each level. Use your shield with care. Collect lemons or worms by walking or flying over them, this will enable you to select a different weapon if you so desire. To activate the current weapon type (indicated by an arrow above the icons) pull down and press fire. The icon will then flash, you may have a certain combination of different weapons (but some cancel each other out). If 'fly' has been selected you may take-off by first pulling down and then pushing up. When you have collected all the pieces and the face has been completed then the Primeval Entity will appear and you will have to destroy him by continuously firing whatever weapons are at your command. Once destroyed you will be transported to the next time period. GOOD LUCK. TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE! CONTROLS Keys Up Q Fire Space or M Down A Right P Joystick compatible. Alternative Software Limited 1992 PROGRAMMERS - If you have written a good programme for ANY home computer, send it to us now for evaluation. We pay EXCELLENT royalties !! Your programme could be in the shops within 3 weeks!! SEND TO: ALTERNATIVE SOFTWARE, Units 3-6 Baileygate Industrial Estate, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. We will acknowledge receipt of your programme same day. |