CRICKET CRAZY
Written by C. A. Sharp (The Dreaming Djinn)
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version)
PART 1
Notes
1. There appears too be a "bug" concerning the jungle so that when you TELL OUT to the
apeman nothing happens. If this is the case leave that part out and continue from the sheer
cliffs.
2. Do not enter the coach and play the cricket match near the end, as when rain stops play as it
invariably does the game ends.
Walk Through
(Start in an aircraft which is shaking alarmingly), GET KITBAG, EXAMINE KITBAG, LOOK IN KITBAG (you
see stumps, a pack of cigarettes, a bat, a ball, cricketers of the world album and a newspaper), GET
BAT FROM BAG, GET BALL FROM BAG, EXAMINE BALL, GET CIGARETTES FROM BAG, EXAMINE RAM (Botham), E
(down the aisle), S (cockpit), EXAMINE INDIVIDUAL (stuffy looking), EXAMINE LAMB, N (aisle where you
see a hijacker), EXAMINE HIJACKER, BOWL HIJACKER OUT (you couldn't hit a barn door), W, GIVE
BALL TO BOTHAM (he delivers a fast one to the man's cranium and he crumples... the ball
ricochets and enters the cockpit... you hear a loud crack), E, SEARCH HIJACKER (find a business
card), GET CARD, READ CARD (it says "The Albanian Fertilizer Corp."), DROP CARD, N
(cockpit where the pilot is unconscious), S, ASK BOTHAM TO FLY PLANE (he hasn't the ability), N
(cockpit), FLY PLANE (you "safely" crash on a pitted runway on an island).
SEARCH LUGGAGE, LOOK, GET BALL, GET TEA BAGS, DROP BAG (something is wriggling in the bag -
it's a snake), LOOK IN BAG (the snake won't let you take the paper), GET BAG, EXAMINE
WRECKAGE, N (dirt track), LOOK (a peasant arrives with a cart), HITCH A LIFT (on the cart... some
hours later you arrive in the town centre of Natangaville... the chief greets you, telling you he
has arranged a knock about with the local children - do you accept?), YES (you find yourself at the
cricket ground), TOSS COIN (you win... who will be your first man?), CHOOSE RAM (... a group of
scantily clad maidens appear and you decide it's time to depart... you find yourself back on
the dirt track), N (foothills), U, U (mid slopes), ASK CHARMER (snake), AUTOGRAPH BAT (using the
pen), GIVE BAT (he smiles and opens the bag... taking the snake he bites off it's head), U
(peak of Umiwatzit), EXAMINE GOAT, EXAMINE DROPPINGS (goat), GET NEWSPAPER FROM BAG, EXAMINE
NEWSPAPER, GET DROPPINGS (the goat won't let you), DROP NEWSPAPER (the goat takes it and
saunters off happily munching), GET DROPPINGS, D, D, D.
(Before continuing see note one above), E (jungle), N, N, N (an apeman is sitting on the branch of a
tree), PUT COIN IN BAG, GET CIGARETTE (from the packet), GIVE CIGARETTE TO APEMAN (he chews it and
says how can I help you?), TELL OUT (you find yourself on the cliffs where you see Amfitz up to his
armpits in quicksand), CALL RAM (Botham), CALL BILL (Edmonds), FORM CHAIN (with a great sucking
noise he slides out, thanks you and muttering something about guano ambles toward the jungle), W, E
(back to foothills), N (town centre - you're feeling tired and it's getting dark), ENTER
HOTEL, U, E (your room), SLEEP (another day dawns), W (there's a commotion and a bag is placed
over your head), WAIT (you find yourself in the centre of a collection of tatty huts), EXAMINE
GUERRILLA BAND, TALK BAND (they push you roughly into the chief's hut), EXAMINE DINCUS, TALK
DINCUS (you are held for ransom and escorted to a smelly hut), AUTOGRAPH BALL, THROW BALL (it flies
through the small window), HELP, HELP, HELP (the lads got your message and some of them have stormed
the camp routing the guerillas and releasing you... you find yourself at the centre of a collection
of tatty huts), S (back to foothills).
N, ENTER HOTEL (reception where you see Ram who is in pain), W (back to town centre where you see
the chief), EXAMINE CHIEF, ASK HELP (he says you'll need the help of Hoodoo the medicine man
and points to an old hut nearby), ENTER HUT, EXAMINE HOODOO (he has great influence with the
people), ASK HELP, GIVE DROPPINGS (he takes them and adds things from his strange bottles... before
long a potion is prepared which he gives to you), E (back to town centre), ENTER HOTEL (Alligator
tells you one of the boys is missing), CALL GOOCH (he arrives), ASK GOOCH (he grabs Ram while you
pour the potion down.... now he feels a lot better), W, N (jungle), N, W (cannibal camp where you
see a player in the stewpot), TALK TO CHIEF (hostile), GIVE TEABAGS (the cannibals seem pleased...
in true British tradition your player runs off screaming as he's released), N (foothills)
ENTER HOTEL (to reception - a government minister covered in guano has turned up), TALK TO MINISTER
(he says "It's imperative you lose this afternoon's match as a sign of
goodwill"... What do you say?), NO (he sulks off), U, E (hotel room), SLEEP (when you awake you
find yourself in jail), SWITCH ON RADIO, LISTEN (you hear a cricket commentary), SEARCH (some stones
are loose, do you wish to escape?), ESCAPE (you work at the stones and are soon free) - END OF PART
ONE
PART 2 - THE MATCH
Notes
1. It makes no difference how you answer the questions, for example whether you answer Fast or Spin,
Attack or Defensive, Deep or Close.
2. When you toss the coin choose TAILS for a shorter game in which you win.
3. It makes no difference to the messages or result whether you Hit Smash, Slice, Clip or
Defensive.
4. You can read the scoreboard any time you wish.
(Start on a track), N (pavilion where you see that Gatting has been injured and you must take his
place as Captain and last bat... Botham approaches and asks "How would you like me to play the
bowling?"), SAY FAST (Gooch says "What about the batting?"), SAY ATTACK (Lamb wants
to know if you want the fielding deep or close), SAY DEEP, EXAMINE TEAM, EXAMINE GOOCH, EXAMINE
LAMB, EXAMINE BOTHAM, EXAMINE EDMONDS, EXAMINE WALTERS, EXAMINE FENWICK, EXAMINE MILES, EXAMINE
GOWER, EXAMINE BOWLES, EXAMINE MASON, SEARCH POCKETS (you find a coin), TOSS COIN (heads or
tails?).
HEADS - (you lose the toss and are fielding... you go to long-on position), EXAMINE SCOREBOARD,
WATCH GAME, READ SCOREBOARD (continue watching the game until it is your turn to bat then continue
as below).
TAILS - WATCH GAME (until it's your turn to bat), HIT (the bowler begins his run - how will you
play this shot? SMASH, SLICE, CLIP or DEFENSIVE), HIT SMASH, RUN, HIT SLICE, RUN, HIT CLIP, RUN, HIT
DEFENSIVE, RUN (just keep typing the above followed by run until you are out and find yourself at
the pavilion), LOOK
You won, CONGRATULATIONS, Your team played like heroes.
You played a marvellous game too.
You were a star and your efforts will be well rewarded when you arrive home...
Guano or no Guano/
Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/
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