NOT A PENNY MORE NOT A PENNY LESS
Domark (based on the book by Jeffrey Archer)
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (Amstrad Version)
Scenario
You are Stephen Bradley, an American academic working at Oxford University. You
have discovered that you have been swindled out of $250,000. You bought shares
in an oil company which then failed, leaving you with worthless shares. Harvey
Metcalfe, the villain whose share you bought at an artificially boosted price,
is laughing all the way to is Swiss bank. The police regret that they will be
unable to nail him or recover your money.
You are determined to get your money back, by fair means or foul, but you need
help.
Notes
1. There is no inventory - items once taken cannot be dropped.
2. F1 - Repeat last command.
3. F5/7 - Speech on/off.
4. F4 - Graphics off (necessary if playing under Amstrad emulation to counter
the flicker).
5. It is necessary to EXAMINE ... (name) of people to get to see them.
6. You need to type GO N, GO S, GO E, GO W. GO NORTHWEST etc. must be typed in
full.
PART 1
Magdalen College, Oxford
(The game commences in your room), EXAMINE FOLDER (contains a list of telephone
numbers), EXAMINE TELEPHONE NUMBERS (note them), OPEN CUPBOARD (see some drink,
a polaroid camera, some magazines and a photo album), GET CAMERA (has no film),
READ MAGAZINE (Harvey is due to make a tour of Europe and his itinerary is
listed), RING 015639911 (your Stockbroker comes up with the names of three other
victims of the swindle - Robin Oakley, Doctor, Jean-Pierre Lamanns, Art Dealer
and James, Viscount Brigsley), EXAMINE ROBIN (before you can do anything there
is a knock on the door), CLOSE FOLDER, OPEN DOOR (a policeman enters for a
further interview about Harvey's fraud… eventually he leaves), RING ROBIN (a
receptionist asks if you would like an appointment), SAY YES (she books you in
under an assumed name).
Robin's Harley Street Surgery
(In waiting room), TALK TO MAN (he is the crossword editor of an eminent London
newspaper and invites you to his office… you enter the surgery and are getting
undressed), EXAMINE POSTERS, EXAMINE SCREEN, EXAMINE PEG (you take off you socks
and your foot touches something on the floor), EXAMINE FLOOR, GET KEY (Robin
pronounces you fit and has chatted while examining you, giving you the relevant
information), LEAVE (you return to your room at Magdalen College), EXAMINE JEAN-
PIERRE.
Jean-Pierre's Gallery, New Bond Street, London
(Outside the Gallery where Jean-Pierre is leaving), FOLLOW JEAN-PIERRE.
RAC Club, Pall Mall
(Jean-Pierre enters the RAC Club), ENTER RAC CLUB (as you are not a member the
doorman refuses you entry), EXAMINE SHOPS, ENTER PHOTOGRAPHIC SHOP, BUY FILM,
PUT FILM IN CAMERA, LEAVE SHOP, WAIT (until Jean-Pierre comes out of the RAC
Club in the company of another man), TAKE PHOTO OF JEAN-PIERRE, SHOW PHOTO TO
DOORMAN (he identifies the other man as David Stein), EXAMINE DAVID STEIN (a
famous art forger), ENTER CLOTHING SHOP (you are asks if you want help), SAY
YES, BUY SUIT, LEAVE
SHOP, LEAVE (you return to your room at Magdalen College), EXAMINE JAMES.
Bodleian Library
(Reception area), GO WEST (reference section), READ BOOK (you read in Who's Who
about viscount James Brigsley), GO EAST, GO NORTH (medical section), GET MEDICAL
BOOK (on general medicine and anesthesia), LEAVE (you return to your room at
Magdalen College), GO TO LONDON.
Paddington Station
EXAMINE BOOKS, BUY NON-FICTION BOOK (account of painting lost in Germany during
the Nazi regime), GO WEST (underground station), EXAMINE LITTER, GET NEWSPAPER,
READ NEWSPAPER (repeat until you read the item about Dr. Wiley Barker, the U.S.
President's personal surgeon), GO TO TEMPLE.
Newspaper Office
(Lobby), GO EAST (city & politics desk), TALK TO REPORTER (you learn that Harvey
is into dubious financial dealings), GO EAST (crime desk), GO NORTH (education
desk), WAIT (until the reporter returns), TALK TO REPORTER (she asks you what
you want), ASK ABOUT HARVEY (he is after an honorary degree at Harvard
University), GO WEST (foreign news desk), WAIT (until reporter puts the 'phone
down), ASK ABOUT HARVEY (he grows rare orchids), GO SOUTH, GO WEST (lobby),
ENTER LIFT, PRESS 1 (first floor landing), GO EAST (society/gossip desk), ASK
ABOUT HARVEY (he has a mistress in New York), GO EAST (the reporter asks you to
tell her why you are interested in Harvey), SAY YES (you promise her the story
of a lifetime if she will say nothing now), GO EAST (arts & theatre desk), WAIT
(until you are asked what you want), ASK ABOUT HARVEY (he is desperate for a Van
Gogh painting), GO SOUTH (crossword desk), WAIT (until he asks you for the
answer to the crossword he is doing), SAY ARCHER (he thanks you and gives you a
spare presscard), GO WEST (sports desk), TALK TO REPORTER, ASK ABOUT HARVEY (he
owns a racehorse and expects to win at Ascot with one names after his daughter,
Rosalie), GO NORTH, GO WEST (landing), ENTER LIFT, PUSH G (you are in the
lobby), LEAVE (you return to Paddington Station), GO TO OXFORD (you return to
your room at Magdalen College).
Your Room, Magdalen College, Oxford
EXAMINE FOLDER (you read that the next stage of your plan is to assemble the
team), INVITE THEM TO A MEAL, POST LETTERS (Robin, James and Jean-Pierre dine
with you in your room… you tell them of the stolen money and your plan to steal
it back), SHOW DOSSIER (they are impressed by your plans and agree to join in).
PART 2
Train Carriage
(James if traveling back to London), J SAY HELLO TO VICAR (repeat until he
leaves the train), J SAY HELLO TO WOMAN (her name is Anne and they get off
together at Paddington), J OFFER ANNE A LIFT (she accepts and James goes to her
house), J LEAVE (they part of good terms and will see each other later).
Jean-Pierre's Gallery, New Bond Street, London
(Jean-Pierre is here with David Stein, JP EXAMINE SAFE (contains money to pay
Stein and the combination is 54321), JP ASK STEIN TO SHOW CANVAS, JP OPEN SAFE
(combination?) 54321.
Brook Street, London
(Harvey is in Brook Street), EXAMINE SHOPS (see an electronics shop and a
theatrical shop), ENTER ELECTRONICS SHOP, BUY WALKIE-TALKIES (you buy four which
will allow the team to communicate), LEAVE, ENTER THEATRICAL SHOP, EXAMINE
COSTUMES, HIRE DISGUISES (for the team), LEAVE, GO TO GALLERY.
Jean-Pierre's Gallery, New Bond Street, London
EXAMINE PAINTING (see the fake Van Gogh), WAIT (until Robin calls in stating
that Harvey is on his way), WAIT (until Robin states that it is impossible to
entice Harvey to the Gallery and the team is in JP's office), INVITE HARVEY TO
PRIVATE AUCTION ("But How?", "He will be at Wimbledon tomorrow or we could leave
it at his hotel?"), SAY WIMBLEDON.
Wimbledon Tennis Tournament
GIVE INVITATION TO OFFICIAL (who gives it to Harvey).
Jean-Pierre's Gallery, New Bond Street, London
(The plan worked and Harvey is here), WAIT (until somebody starts the bidding),
BID $250000 (Harvey then bids), bid $400000 (Harvey makes another bid - this is
an example of how the bidding may go. You can bid as much as you like, but it
must be higher than Harvey's each time and you must NOT go any higher than
$450000 - as soon as Harvey reaches $450000), WAIT (sold to Mr. Metcalfe).
Restaurant
(James and Anne are here), J GIVE ENGAGEMENT RING TO ANNE, J PROPOSE TO ANNE
(she accepts).
Robin's Office
R EXAMINE LIST OF DRUGS, R EXAMINE SEDATIVES, R EXAMINE PARASYMPATHOLYTICS, R
ORDER PROSTIGMIN AND PENTOTHEL (ready tomorrow), R LEAVE OFFICE.
St. Thomas' Hospital
(Robin is in a corridor), R GO WEST (the door is locked but Robin has the key
Stephen found in his surgery… he is in a storeroom), R EXAMINE SAMPLES, R GET
GALLSTONE, R GO TO MONTE CARLO.
Hotel Room Balcony, Monte Carlo
The team has gathered here, LOOK THROUGH BINOCULARS (you see Harvey's yacht.,..,
Harvey is getting into his launch).
Casino, Monte Carlo
WAIT (until Harvey goes to the Blackjack table), HELP (the Casino boss is called
Pierre Cattalano), JP FIND CATTALANO (a waiter finds him for you), JP BRIBE
CATTALANO WITH $100 (he gives you the vacant seat), JP PUT PROSTIGMIN IN COFFEE,
JP PLAY BLACKJACK or JP WAIT (a long wait, use F1 to repeat command, until
Harvey collapses), CALL AMBULANCE WITH WALKIE-TALKIES (the chauffeur keeps
interfering), SEND CHAUFFEUR TO THE YACHT, CALL AMBULANCE WITH WALKIE-TALKIES
(the ambulance arrives).
Hospital Operating Theatre
R OPERATE ON HARVEY (he makes an incision just enough to make him think he has
undergone surgery and stitches it up again) (Harvey wakes up), INJECT PENTOTHEL
(he is asleep again and is taken to his yacht to recuperate).
On Yacht
(Harvey wants Robin to stay), R SAY YES, R SHOW GALLSTONE (he is impressed and
pays $80000 for the operation).
Your Room, Magdalen College, Oxford
EXAMINE TELEGRAM (fake telegram you are sending to Harvey).
Ascot
(In crowd), WAIT (until telegram is delivered to Harvey), WAIT (he goes to enter
the Parade Rings), ENTER PARADE RINGS (using the press card to get in - you must
get James to call you Professor Porter), J I SAY PROFESSOR PORTER (Harvey hears
him, comes over and takes you to is box), WAIT (until you are asked about your
Nobel Prize), SAY CHEMISTRY (or PHYSICS or MEDICINE), WAIT (until Harvey's horse
wins), SAY GOODBYE TO HARVEY (he asks to meet you again), SAY YES (he asks
where), INVITE HARVEY TO OXFORD.
Oxford
(With Harvey as your guest and you have just left the Sheldonian Theatre where
the honorary degrees were awarded - don't go into shops if Harvey asks), SAY NO,
GO TO TURL STREET, GO SOUTH (you meet robin), TALK TO HARVEY (until he wants to
make a donation for a honorary degree), J SAY CASH.
Harvey's House, Boston
(You are queuing to be introduced to Anne's parents… you receive the shock of
your life to discover that "Anne" is the working name of Rosalie Metcalfe and
Harvey is her father), WAIT (Robin in introduced to Harvey who asks if they've
met before), R SAY NO, WAIT (Jean-Pierre is introduced "I know you from
somewhere?), JP SAY YES, WAIT (it's your turn and he doesn't recognise you and
gives James $250000 wedding gift).
In Aeroplane
(The sting is over and the three of you are flying home… you are trying to work
out what you have lost or gained, but you are constantly interrupted by a
stewardess collecting for charity - you have made too much money), GIVE MONEY TO
STEWARDESS (for pilot's benevolent fund).
GAME COMPLETED
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