MECHANIC HARRY Questsoft Spectrum 48 You are Harry and need to find your tools. This is a challenging game. There are many red herrings. You need to play an arcade game (and don't leave it until the end as you cannot get back to this location later). The vocabulary is tricky. There are ten tools in all to get (the axe is not one of them). WEAR is not understood. Use PUT ON. With the umbrella, use PUT UP. Keep it with you. To give items to people, type GIVE <person> <OBJECT>. HELP is available at some locations, and at certain times. It is necessary to WAIT at two locations: the hotel and at the boy. To finish with all the tools, SAY FOUND THEM. The necessary objects: the pop (to give to the boy) the key (to get out of your house) the bus ticket (to move to other locations) the tablet (to rejuvenate the old man) the clothes (to give to the woman) the red herring (to have the cats follow you, knock over the dustbin and make you play the arcade game) the umbrella (to get you through the rain) the identity papers (not the card; it will be obvious when you need it) the glasses (to read things) the letter (to post it) the axe (to break the box) the bucket (it will be obvious when you need it; just drop it) the water (to fill the bucket) the sweets (to enter a particular building) the football (to give to the fan) the coat (to get out of the hospital) Make sure you have the umbrella, the letter, the pop, the ticket, the letter, the tablet, and the herring, and have given the woman what she wants, (and the tape and chop if you wish to) before going north of the car park, as you cannot get back to get these objects. The unnecessary objects: the tape (though you can play it when you find the recorder) the chop (in case you need to get to the hospital again; though you don't really need it) the telephone booth the book the identity card the scarf the leaflet the broken glass INVENTORY (nothing), TAKE KEY, E, N, DOWN, TAKE UMBRELLA, E, TAKE LETTER, READ LETTER (blurry), W, W, OPEN FRIDGE, TAKE POP, E, OPEN DOOR, UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, N, DROP KEY, N, W, N, TAKE TICKET, W, PUT UP UMBRELLA, S, S (you see a woman in rags), S, W, S (ignore the tape), S, W, W, W, N, W, W, N, TAKE CLOTHES, N, N (ignore the book), N (take the chop if you wish), N, TAKE TABLET, N (ignore the card), S, S, E, E, S, S, E, E, TAKE HERRING (cats begin to follow you), W, W, N, N, W, W, S, S, S, S, E, E, S, E, E, E, N, N, E, N, GIVE WOMAN CLOTHES (she gives you a can of oil), S, W, S, S, W, W, W, W, N, W, N, N, N, N, E, E, N, N, N, TAKE AXE, S, E, E, S, E, GIVE MAN TABLET (you get a jack), W, N, N, N, E, E, N, TAKE GLASSES. PUT ON GLASSES, READ LETTER (you'd better post it), DROP GLASSES, S, E, E (the cats knock over the dustbin; you see a saw, but need to play the arcade game first), LOOK, TAKE SAW, E, POST LETTER (you get a file), E, N, N, TAKE BOX, BREAK BOX (you get pliers), DROP AXE, N, N, N, W (you can drop your tools here), DROP FILE, DROP JACK, DROP SAW, DROP OIL, DROP PLIERS, E, E, E (you see a boy; ignore the leaflet), GIVE BOY POP (you get sandpaper), WAIT (until the boy leaves), W, W, DROP SANDPAPER, E, E, WAIT (until a bus takes you to Grime Street), E, E, N, E, TAKE SCREWDRIVER, W, S, W, W, S, W, N, TAKE BUCKET, S, E, S, S, S, TAKE FOOTBALL, N, E, E, S, TAKE SWEETS, EAT SWEETS (you can enter a building somewhere), N, E, N, N, HELP (bide your time). Go S, WAIT (until a bus takes you to Gross Lane), W, W, DROP SCREWDRIVER, E, S, S, S, S, S, E, E, E, S, S, FILL BUCKET, N, N, N, N, WAIT (until you get an identity paper), S, W, W, W, S, S, S, GIVE GUARD PAPER, S (ignore the tape recorder unless you brought the tape – it's just a promo), E, TAKE HAMMER, W, N, E, N, N, N, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W (outside a hospital), N, W, W, W, N, TAKE COAT, PUT ON COAT, S, E, E, E, N, N, W, N, N, E (ignore the scarf), E (ignore the scarf), E (you see an unhappy football fan), GIVE FAN FOOTBALL (you get a drill), E, E, E, CROSS BRIDGE, S, DOWN, E, DROP BUCKET (you douse the fire and get a spanner), W, W, S, S, E, E, E, E, N, N, N, N, N, W, TAKE SAW, TAKE FILE, TAKE JACK, TAKE OIL, DROP UMBRELLA, DROP TICKET, DROP COAT, TAKE SCREWDRIVER, TAKE SANDPAPER, TAKE PLIERS, SAY FOUND THEM. You are finished (84% though that number may be as arbitrary as your score). Terri Sheehan, Doreen Bardon, Alastair S. 2006-01-23 ***************************************************** Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive: http://solutionarchive.com