HERE BE TYGERS
Bob Franklin
Automata UK Ltd
Spectrum 48
This game leaves much to be desired. You don't know your objective until
the very end. You keep getting hungry and thirsty and need to find food
and drink, though you have several moves before you die. Certain objects
alleviate both thirst and hunger (onions, quince, melon, pineapple).
Certain actions appear to be quite meaningless though they give you
points. Some things you can ignore (hieroglyphics, map, yellow brick
road, grapes, big mac, peephole) and some objects like the whip, the
milk and the Grail, which keeps disappearing, are all red herrings. HELP
is available in certain places but the answers are random. There are
chance elements, and there are several locations, where you need to keep
entering the same command in order to execute it. In order to perform an
action your hands need to be free, so there is much dropping and
retrieving of objects. While you can DROP ALL, this is tedious and time-
wasting, since you need to get your clothes and wear them again. There
are many objects you cannot EXAMINE. You can only drop the photo in
certain locations. You can finish the game with less than a 100% score.
You have been volunteered for a job on Gekko four, a job that is vital
for the universe. INVENTORY (you have a photo of Mary), TAKE SWEATSHIRT,
WEAR SWEATSHIRT, TAKE HELMET, WEAR HELMET, S, TAKE OCARINA, TAKE KEY, N,
DROP KEY, E, N, W, W, NW, DROP PHOTO, PLAY OCARINA (you get a message
that the safe has disgusting tastes), SE, TAKE EYE, TAKE WATER, SE, W,
TAKE KNICKERS, WEAR KNICKERS, TAKE ONION, E, E, TAKE JEANS, WEAR JEANS,
TAKE CAGE (it needs ultrasonics to activate the glowworms), S, TAKE
SANDWICH, W, W, DRINK WATER, TAKE CORGI, S, DOWN (it's dark), WHISTLE
(the worms glow), REDESCRIBE (you see hieroglyphics – ignore them), S,
EAT SANDWICH, TAKE COAT, WEAR COAT (ignore the map and the yellow brick
road).
Go N, NE, NW, TAKE BOOTS, WEAR BOOTS, SE, SE, TAKE GRAIL (it fades), SE,
DROP ONION, DROP EYE, DROP CAGE, (If you've picked up the photo, DROP
PHOTO and keep repeating until you can. You can choose to save and
restore if you wish. If you get very thirsty and hungry, take the onion
and eat it). FEED SAFE, TAKE SEED, TAKE HAGGIS, TAKE BRANDY, TAKE CAGE,
TAKE EYE, NW, NW, TAKE CAKE, DRINK BRANDY, NE, E, TAKE CAN, W, N, TAKE
COFFEE (ignore the big mac), UP, POUR CAN (why I don't know – but you
get five points), SW, S, E, EAT HAGGIS, DROP CAGE, DROP COFFE, DROP
CAKE, DROP EYE, PLANT SEED (you see a parasol), TAKE PARASOL, TAKE CAGE,
TAKE EYE, TAKE CAKE, TAKE COFFEE, W, W, S, TAKE BOTTLE, E, TAKE QUINCE.
Go E, DRINK BOTTLE, TAKE BEER, NW, N, DROP BEER, W, S, S, E, E, TAKE
PIE, NW, N, E, N, W, NW, EAT PIE, TAKE SPECTACLES, WEAR SPECTACLES
(repeat if necessary), SING LOUDLY, R, SE, W, S, S, S, DOWN, DRINK
COFFEE, WHISTLE, N, W, TAKE SAMOVAR, N, TAKE CORNETTO, E, SE, SW, UP, E,
E, N, N, W, TAKE KEY, E, N, W, EAT EYE, W, NW, TAKE PHOTO, SE, SE, E, N,
DROP SAMOVAR, DROP COAT, DROP BOOTS, TAKE SAMOVAR, DRINK TEA, DROP CAGE,
W, NE, KISS PHOTO, JUMP UP (you leave the food and drink behind), TAKE
MELON, TAKE PINEAPPLE, UP, REDESCRIBE, OPEN PARASOL, N, SE, TAKE SAW,
NW, E, DROP KEY, DROP MELON, DROP PINEAPPLE, CLOSE PARASOL, DROP
PARASOL, SAW CACTUS, TAKE PARASOL, OPEN PARASOL, TAKE MELON, DROP SAW,
EAT MELON, E (ignore the grapes).
Go SW, TAKE SPADE, N, E, CLOSE PARASOL, DROP PARASOL, DIG CACTUS, DROP
SPADE, TAKE PARASOL, OPEN PARASOL, TAKE ROOT (nibble occasionally for
sustenance), TAKE KNIFE, TAKE PINEAPPLE, TAKE KEY, E, SW, W, W, DROP
ROOT, CLOSE PARASOL, DROP PARASOL, DROP PINEAPPLE, DROP KEY, CUT REED,
DROP STRIPS, CUT BAMBOO, TAKE PINEAPPLE, EAT PINEAPPLE, TAKE STRIPS,
DROP KNIFE, TIE TUBE (you create pan-pipes), TAKE ROOT, TAKE PARASOL,
TAKE KEY, E, NE, SE, OPEN PARASOL, TAKE COD, TAKE CHIPS, N, NW, W, NE,
EXAMINE SLAB (you see a keyhole), EXAMINE KEY (key is B flat), DROP
ROOT, CLOSE PARASOL, DROP PARASOL, DROP KEY, DROP PIPES, EAT COD (you
create a spine), EAT CHIPS (you create a newspaper), HUM B flat (the
slab moves), TAKE ROOT, NIBBLE ROOT, REDESCRIBE, TAKE KIT, TAKE PARASOL,
TAKE PIPES, SW, E, NW.
TAKE EGGS (you can't yet), DROP ROOT, DROP PARASOL, DROP KIT, PLAY
LULLABY, TAKE EGGS, TAKE PARASOL, OPEN PARASOL, TAKE ROOT, TAKE KIT, SE,
W, N, UP, DROP EGGS, CLOSE PARASOL, DROP PARASOL, DROP ROOT, OPEN KIT,
TAKE MANUAL, READ MANUAL (if you get the message that you can't read the
hieroglyphics, keep repeating READ MANUAL until you can. You may need to
save and restore here also, as if you waste too much time the lizards
get you), DROP MANUAL, TAKE PARTS, ASSEMBLE PARTS, TAKE ROOT, NIBBLE
ROOT, TAKE PARASOL, TAKE EGGS, DROP ROOT, S, UP, HELL ALBATROSS (? – but
you need to perform this action to get five points), DOWN, S (you see
land), DOWN, REDESCRIBE (you are at a volcano), DROP EGGS, PLANT
PARASOL. You are told that you were used to start a new lily colony.
SOFT LOBSTER to get home. You are finished. Score = 100 %).
Terri Sheehan
2005-07-05
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