RUBY RUNABOUT
(Scorpio Software 1984)
Spectrum version
RR is a downright terrible game. Nothing to redeem it whatsoever.
(You begin in a garage) N, GET FILE, E, GET BLOWTORCH, S, GET
SLIPPERS, WEAR SLIPPERS, N, W, S, W, S, GET PETROL, FILL
BLOWTORCH, N, W, S, S, W, GET COINS, N, N, DROP COINS (the parkie
will let you pass), N, E, N, E, E, N, E, GET FISH, GET LIFE
JACKET, WEAR LIFE JACKET, W, S, W, S, W, DROP FISH, GET MATCHES,
LIGHT BLOWTORCH, DROP MATCHES, GET FISH, E, E (the passage is
blocked by ice), MELT ICE (wear life jacket!), DROP BLOWTORCH, E,
GET KEY, CUT BARS (with file, your only means of escape), DROP
FILE, W, N, N, GET SACK, S, W, S, S, S, E, N, DROP FISH (the cat
gives you a mouse), GET MOUSE, S, W, N, W, S, S, DROP LIFE JACKET,
GET GLOVES, WEAR GLOVES, E (an elephant is in the way), DROP MOUSE
(scares the elephant away), E, S, W, S, GET SCISSORS, N, E, E, E,
N, E, INSERT KEY (it unlocks the door), DROP KEY, OPEN DOOR (you
must be wearing the gloves and slippers and carry the sack!), CUT
WIRE (with the scissors), REMOVE COVER, GET RUBY, W (to the light
house), E, N, W, N, N, E, N, E, S, S
”Congradulations” (!!!). ”The secret message is: a solid bond”
(whatever that means)
Jacob Gunness, July 2001.
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