Sinclair ZX SPECTRUM

Originalna navodila


INSTRUCTIONS:

  You're a private detective  who's been hired to recover  an audio tape from a
gangster's HQ. First however, you have to find a girl, who will lead you to the
Mob's  base.  This isn't  as simple as  it sounds,  though,  since  she  has an 
identical twin sister who is a member of the Mob. You'll have to find the right 
girl and protect her from harm on the way to the HQ...
 
  The game is  viewed in an  Ultimate-style isometric  3D perspective (although
rather oddly,  all the characters   appear to be cardboard  cutouts...).  Along
the bottom of the screen is a row of ten icons. From left to right, they are:

 1) Cursor control - allows you to point the blue inventory arrow
                     (above this icon) at an object you're holding
                     before you make use of it.
 2) Pick up        - allows you to pick up an object that's at
                     your feet.
 3) Put down       - allows you to drop an object, selected with
                     the blue inventory arrow.
 4) Gun            - provided you're carrying a gun, this allows
                     you to fire. The little white dots above the
                     box indicate the number of bullets.
 5) Movement       - swiches you into movement mode.
 6) Speech         - inflates a speech bubble next to your
                     character.  Type your words and press Enter
                     to say them.
 7) Punch          - self-explanatory, really...
 8) Throw          - allows you to throw an object, selected with
                     the blue inventory arrow.
 9) Halt           - pauses the game.
10) Abort          - quits the current game.

  Pressing the  fire button  allows you  to move the  icon selection  cursor in 
order to select the relevant icons. At the start of the game,  movement mode is
selected as  the  default,  allowing you  to  move  around  the  room  in  four
directions.  Some of  the objects  (such as  chairs and  tables)  can be  moved
around, while the smaller ones can be picked up, dropped or thrown. The gun, if
you  find it,  can be  fired  up to  five  times  before  its  ammo  runs  out,
in which case you'll have to find a new gun.

  The playing area is a rather seedy area of the city in which several mobsters
are lurking.  Some will try  to punch you  (and you can punch back)  but others
carry guns and will try to  shoot you.  There are other,  friendlier characters
too. You can  talk to them  using the Speech icon;  although  they won't accept
direct orders,  they can be friendly and give you some useful help.  Some doors
are guarded, and you'll need to speak the appropriate  password to enter them -
using your detective skills you should be able to get the passwords.

  As you collect useful items, they'll  appear in the space above the  icons. A
small blue arrow points at your latest acquisition and, if you want to make use 
of an object,  use the Cursor Control  icon to highlight the object.  Sometimes 
you'll need to throw items; look out for the bomb!

CONTROLS:
 
- Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor

- KEYS :  Up         -  Q to P
          Down       -  A to Enter
          Left       -  X, V, N 
          Right      -  Z, C, B, M, Space
          Fire       -  1 to 0



POKE


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Rešitev


Movie Complete Walkthrough (by Badbeard)

Right, Right, Pick up Gun, Down, Right, 

Say "Open" No need to say SESAME! 

Take note here and  all subsequent places that  feature a suit of  armour, that
the armour will reappear in the same position as it was when you left the room.
Use that knowledge to your advantage. 

Right, Pick up the  Money and Bomb, Left,  Left, Up Right, Right,  Right, Down,
Down, Down, Down, Down, Down, Down, Down, Repeat saying "Do you Know  password"
until good guy replies "Password is Puzzle" This may take a while! Also, ignore
requests for the money. 

Left, Down, Drop  The Bomb and  Use it to  push the Suit  of Armour away, Down,
Down, Down, Left, Down, Left, Left,  Left, Up, Left, Up, Up, Left,  Left, Left,
Left, Left, Say "Puzzle", Left, Left, 

Whilst in the room  with the dancing dogs,  say "Tell me password"  as the last
thing you do in this room. 

Down the good guy will tell you the password. Also kill the baddy here,  Right,
kill the baddy, say "Shifra", Drop the  money and push the armour out of  harms
way, Down, kill the baddy. Stand at LHS of desk and pick up the cassette. 

Now simply retrace your steps back to the start! 

Up, Left,  Up, Right,  Right, Right,  Right, Right,  Right, Right,  Down, Down,
Right, Down, Right, Right, Right, Up, Right, Up, Up, Up, Up, Right, Up, Up, Up,
Up, Up, Up, Up, Up, Left, Left, Left, Left, Left, Drop the Cassette! 



Povezave:
Amstrad/Schneider CPC verzija

Dodatno:
Slike iz design faze (JPG)
Cover Tape: Your Sinclair, #37, January 1989 (TZX)
Razbita verzija s trainerjem (TAP)

Opisi:
Moj Mikro, Junij 1986, Janez Demšar, 10/9 


  Tip: arkadna pustolovščina
  Računalnik: spectrum 48 K, amstrad
  Format: kaseta
  Cena: 7,95, 8,95 funta
  Založnik: Imagine Software, 6 Central Street, Manchester M2 5NS
  Povzetek: Spomnite se Philipa Marlovva!

  Kaže,  da je hiši  Imagine mrzla prha  ob skorajšnjem propadu  koristila. Vse
nove  igre tega  podjetja imajo  dober (čeprav  ne vedno  izviren) scenarij  in
izredno grafiko. Movie (Film) pa je nasploh »ljubezen na prvi pogled«.

  Igro sta izdelala ista programerja kot znana Bug Bvtova hita Kung Fu in No. 1
- Duke in Mario - torej je plod domačega znanja. Nič ne vihaj nosu! Edino,  kar
lahko upravičeno grajamo, sta sicer izviren, a nepregleden menu, in  počasnost.
Toda  če  primerjamo program  z  Alienom... Movie  je  dobil najvišjo  oceno  v
Sinclair Userju, znašel se je na  naslovni strani in na prvem mestu  Lestvice v
tej znani reviji.

  Ko se igra naloži, je najbolje, da pritisneš O (options) in s tipko C določiš
tipke. Najlaže je  igrati z opcijama  CURSOR in DIRECT.  Predvsem je to  veliko
hitrejše kot  ROTATE (obračanje  v slogu  Ultimata), čas  pa ti  bo v nekaterih
trenutkih veliko pomenil.

  Igra sicer spominja na Knight  Lore, ki pa Movieju po grafični plati  ne seže
niti do kolen. Vse sobe so opremljene z mizicami, pisalnimi mizami, naslanjači,
stoli,  televizorji,  gramofoni,  radiatorji,  obešalniki...  V  spodnjem  delu
zaslona je deset ikon, ki dajejo igri bolj avanturističen naglas. Poglejmo, kaj
pomenijo!

 - Puščica desno: s to ikono premikamo puščico po predmetih in izbiramo, kateri
   predmet bomo odvrgli ali spustili.

 - Dlan s puščico: odloži ali vzemi predmet.

 - Pištola:  strel.  Na voljo  ti  je le  šest  nabojev, potem  moraš  po drugo
   pištolo. Tragično pri tem je, da ne moreš nositi dveh pištol hkrati.

 - Stopinja:  hoja. To  opcijo prekineš,  če znova  pritisneš tipko  za  strel.
   Poženeš pa jo lahko tudi, če pritisneš tipko za dol.

 - Oblaček iz stripa: prosim za besedo.

 - Pest: ko ti zmanjka nabojev, se lahko boksaš z nasprotniki.

 - Puščica: za metanje predmeta, ki je označen s puščico. Uporabiš jo predvsem,
   če te popade bes, kadar nimaš ne boksarskih sposobnosti ne municije, imaš pa
   razstrelivo.

 - H in A: HOLD in ABORT.
 
  Svojo vlogo boš verjetno  sprevidel že po videzu svojih sovražnikov,  pa tudi
samega sebe. Si detektiv, ki  mora spraviti za zapahe nevarnega  gangsterja. To
lahko storiš le z dokazi - dokumenti, ki so zaklenjeni v enem od mnogih  šefov,
raztresenih po prostorih. Pri tem ti pomaga ena od dveh žensk  (mikrošovinizem:
moških je  gotovo petdeset),  druga ženska  pa je  hudobna. Ženski  sta po vsej
verjetnosti v bližini sob, označenih s križcem. Ena od njiju ti bo ukazala, naj
ji kaj prineseš (BRING ME SOME MONEY). Stori, kar ti veli (jaz še nisem), in ti
bo odprla sef  z dokumenti. Vendar  pazi! Nihče ni  nesmrten, ne sovražniki  ne
prijatelji,  še  najmanj  pa ti.  »Večni« so  le psi,  žoge, oklepi  in podobna
navlaka, pri kateri ti je takoj jasno, čemu je namenjena.

  Najprej se  odpravi dol. V tretji  sobi je tik ob  vratih skrinja in na  njej
pištola. Poberi jo, prišla ti bo prav.  V sobi levo je prijatelj. Vse osebe  se
namreč delijo na prijatelje  in sovražnike. Kdo je  kdo, boš spoznal takoj,  ko
boš stopil v kakšno sobo. Prvi bodo mirno hodili naokoli, drugi pa bodo  hoteli
biti za  vsako ceno  obrnjeni k  tebi, hodili  bodo proti  tebi in vsake toliko
vzeli roke iz žepov, da bi boksali v zrak ali streljali (navadno v prazno).

  Začni se torej pogovarjati s prijateljem. Včasih ti bo povedal kaj pametnega,
npr: »You'll need a password. It's  part of big puzzle. (Potreboval boš  šifro.
To je del velike sestavljanke.)« Večinoma pa bo ponavljal ene in iste odgovore:
»I don't know because I'm maried...« (Ne vem, ker sem poročen.)« V sobi niže je
papiga. Ta bo vedno ponovila vse. kar  ji boš rekel. Če boš omenil HELP,  ti bo
povedala, da potrebuješ šifro. Te ne poznam, vem pa za šifro za oklep  nekoliko
desno od starta  (pot je sicer  malo daljša): IMAGINE.  Kaj je z  drugimi tremi
oklepi, ne vem. Če izgovoriš šifro, oklep ne bo več zapiral vrat, pač pa se  bo
začel premikati po sobi.

  V igri  se  pojavlja  pet različnih  predmetov: pištola,  torba, razstrelivo,
denar in  steklenica. Z  razstrelivom lahko  uničiš vse  razen oklepov,  žog in
psov. Aktiviraš ga tako, da  ga vržeš, toda pozor! Razstrelivo  eksplodira tam,
kjer se ustavi, ne pa tam, kjer  se prvič zaleti. Zatorej je pred kakim  večjim
minira ijem dobro trenirati met pištola, da dobiš občutek.

  Za lažji začetek pa še nekaj nasvetov. Ko prideš v sobo s psi oz. žogami,  je
najbolje, da se zapelješ na  HOLD in pretuhtaš gibanje predmetov.  Za začetnika
to ni tako  enostavno, posebno ker  žoge in psi  poskakujejo, nimajo pa  sence.
HOLD namreč zamrzne le živa bitja, neživa pa se gibljejo dalje, a ti seveda  ne
storijo nič zalega.

  Včasih  boš v najožjih  hodnikih naletel na  oklep, ki te  ne bo pustil mimo.
Vrzi  vanj  kak  predmet! Oklep  bo spremenil  smer, namesto  levo-desno se  bo
premikal gor-dol. Če ne želiš opazovati njegovega sadizma, se poberi ven. ko bo
na nasprotnem  koncu sobe.  Če sedaj  pokukaš noter,  se bo  spet premikal levo
-desno, a na koncu sobe, tako da lahko greš skozi druga vrata.

  Sovražnikov  se ne boj  preveč, pazi le,  da ne boš  nikoli na isti  liniji z
njim. Tako  te ne  bo mogel  ustreliti. Lahko  se zaletavaš  vanj, pa  ti ne bo
storil nič zalega. Še najbolj so podobni Trashmanovemu biku - če pa si se držal
njegovega repa, ti je dal mir. Prav tako ni težko sprovocirati sovražnikov  (če
jih je več v eni sobi), da se streljajo med seboj.

  Igra  ima  baje  255 sob.  Če  pogledaš  zemljevid, je  to čisto  verjetno. V
zgornjem levem delu zemljevid ni končan, ker ne poznam šifer za oklepe.

  Če kaj  izumiš ali  če potrebuješ dodatne  informacije, poskusi kak  večer na
tel. (xxx) xx-xxx, Janez.


Crash, #26, Marec 1986, 93% - Crash Smash! 


  Early in 1985, Dusko  Dimitrijevic invested  in a  one way  plane ticket from
Yugoslavia to this country. Confident that he could sell two computer games  he
had written to Bug Byte and thus fund his trip home, he arrived in Liverpool to
discover that Bug Byte were no more. Dusko had a problem.

  Fortunately, he managed  to track down one of the  directors of Bug Byte, who
advised him to see Ocean. Ocean bought  the games from Dusko, and used them  as
promotional freebies. Before he went  home, the Yugoslavian programmer spent  a
little time with Ocean's programmers, picking up tips and hints on  programming
and getting a feel for the type of games Ocean wanted.

  Six months passed, and then M.O.V.I.E. arrived in  Ocean's offices. The  game
was snapped  up, and appears on the Imagine label. Dusko Dimitrijevic should be
able to afford return tickets in future...

  M.O.V.I.E. is based on a New York gangster theme,and puts you in the shoes of
a Philip  Marlowe character.  You're a  private detective  who's been  hired to
recover an audio tape from a gangster's HQ. First, you have to find a girl, who
will lead you to the mob's base - but to make life that bit more difficult  she
has a dead ringer, a twin sister no less. The bad sister spells trouble, with a
capital T. The  first major task  in the game  is to find  the right girl, then
it's a matter of following her and protecting her arm on the way to the  Boss's
hideout.

  Set in New York, the game begins with your character  in an office in the Big
Apple. Suddenly, business becomes brisk. It's time to leave, and take a  closer
look at  the neighbourhood.  Along the  bottom of  the screen  there's a row of
icons used to control the  trenchcoated private dick. Pressing the  fire button
puts the  icon selecting  cursor under  the control  of joystick  and keyboard 
- another press on fire  selects an icon. At the  start of the game the  cursor
rests over the  Move icon -  a footprint -  and it's possible  to move in  four
directions around  the room  you're in.  All the  locations are  monochromatic,
presented  in  the  three  dimensional  view  that  has  become  familiar  with
Ultimate's releases, and games such as Fairlight and Sweevo.

  Some of the objects found in locations can be shoved around - like chairs and
tables. Others can be picked up and dropped using the appropriate icon, or even
thrown. As  you follow  the girl,  she'll ask  you do  things for her, or fetch
things, like a  whisky. Bottles and  bags come in  handy when your  guide needs
bribing!

  High on the list of priorities for any self respecting gumshoe is a gun. Once
you've found one, the  Gun icon comes into  play, and a row  of bullets appears
above it. Each time  a shot is fired  a bullet disappears from  the display. At
last - you can  waste people - but  once the ammo runs  out, all you can  do is
hurl the weapon at a baddie's head. It's time to find another gun.

 The playing area encompasses several buildings,interlinked by streets in which
dustbins and packing cases as well as the odd telephone booth can be found. The
mob realise what you are up to,  and heavies lurk in some locations waiting  to
give you a bad time. Some just punch - and using the Punch icon, you can  fight
back - while others pack a mean  shooter. Getting too close to a bullet  spells
curtains, and your trenchcoated figure dissolves before the game returns to the
start screen.

  As an aid to communication,the Speech icon allows conversation by inflating a
speech bubble above the  figure of the Private  Investigator. Type in what  you
have to  say, and  consider it  said. The  other characters  in the  game won't
accept direct orders but can be friendly and sometimes downright helpful  after
a bit of  verbal. (Don't be  tempted to make  improper suggestions to  the mini
-skirted girls - they reject your advances.) Some of the doors are guarded, and
you'll need  to pop  the password  into a  speech bubble  to get  through. It's
possible to  guess some  of the  passwords, but  persuading the  girl or  other
characters to let you have passwords is an important part of the game.

  As you collect  useful items, they  appear in an area of the screen above the
icons. A  cursor points  at your  latest acquisition  and if  you want to throw
something, make sure the cursor (controlled by its own icon) is pointing at the
right missile. Sometimes you  need to lob objects  at things in a  room so they
can be moved within reach. The zigzag Throw icon sends missiles bouncing  round
the room,  and a  little practice  is needed  before throwing becomes accurate.
Lobbing a bomb is very satisfying - when it comes to rest it explodes into  the
words "Bom" and wastes anyone in the vicinity!

  At the end of the game  (or after quitting  with the A  icon), two scores are
presented. One score indicates the number  of rooms visited as a percentage  of
the total number of locations in the  game. The other, on a scale from  0.00 to
0.99, indicates how many  tasks you have completed  during play. It ain't  easy
being a shamus, Mac...

CRITICISM

"There's lots of fun to be  had exploring the locations in M.O.V.I.E.  - nearly
two hundred in all - and the detail in some rooms is very pleasing. Clocks tick
and tape recorder spools whirl. The animation on the girls is really neat: they
wiggle along enticing you to follow very convincingly. The icon control  system
is straightforward enough, but it can get  a bit tricky at times when you  need
to enter a location which contains a gun-toting baddie - you have to flip  from
Move to Gun icon  very quickly to get  a shot in. The  girls begin in a  random
location, so each time you play the game is a little different. Overall a great
game, with lots  of atmosphere. It's  a shame there's  not more sound,  though.
Should keep anyone busy for quite a while, solving the puzzles it contains." 

"WOW!  Great  graphics, the  same  viewpoint as  in  Knight Lore,  Alien  8 and
Fairlight, but with 'real' objects with which you can identify, like armchairs,
crates, TV's etc. They're not just fantasy objects. The game is quite original,
presenting a fair challenge. The graphics far surpass the other game  elements.
I won't do  the obvious thing,  and say they  are 'filmic', but  excellent they
are. Sound  is a  bit sparse,  little beyond  footsteps, and  maybe the  use of
colour  should have  been a  bit more  adventurous. For  me, M.O.V.I.E.  keeps
Imagine, of Yie Ar Kung Fu and Mikie fame, well up at the Ultimate level." 

"I decided to don my raincoat and  CRASH hat for this one. 'Brilliant' was  the
first word that came to mind as I entered a very posh American type tower-block
office, a quick look out of the window and I thought I'd better dash, so I  ran
out of  the room  and promptly  bumped into  a very  suspicious looking  coffee
table. I proceeded and found an un-fingerprinted gun - might come in useful,  I
thought. I was right... Imagine's first step into the monochromatic world is  a
success - in my mind anyway. M.O.V.I.E. is the most enthralling game I've every
played. The scenario is a classic one, and one that I've never seen implemented
before in a proper arcade/adventure game. (Mugsy was strategy, before Ed starts
getting letters.) Everything's fabulous  - the graphics are  amazingly detailed
and realistic, the game goes at a very sinister pace, a cursor with inertia and
a parrot that repeats everything that you say. Stop watching those old gangster
movies and jump in to one via  your Spectrum and a copy of M.O.V.I.E.,  game of
the year so far, for me. Now leave me alone and let me get back to finding this
twin sister." 

COMMENTS

Control keys: 1 to 0 fire, Q to P up, A to ENTER down,
              Caps X V N Symbol Shift left, Z C B M SPACE right
Joystick: Kempston, Cursor, Interface 2
Keyboard play: responsive, once you get the hang of it
Use of colour: monochromatic locations
Graphics: detailed, and well animated. No wait between screens for rooms to be
          drawn
Sound: only footsteps as you stump around
Skill levels: one
Screens: 199 rooms
General rating: a neat development on the 3D theme with a very different
                scenario

Use of computer      90% 
Graphics             95% 
Playability          93% 
Getting started      91% 
Addictive qualities  92% 
Value for money      94% 
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Overall              93%


Sinclair User, #48, Marec 1986, John Gilbert, 5/5 SU Classic 


MARLOWE stood and stared out of the dirty window. It was hot in the office  and
his long raincoat and matching snap-brim brought out the sweat.

As if on cue he turned and walked  to his desk. He found nothing there to  give
him a clue to the location of the cassette tape which would lead to the biggest
gangster bust N.Y. had ever seen.

The girl must be  somewhere, and her evil  sister not far behind.  If he picked
right the girl would take him to  the cassette, if wrong her sister would  lead
him to his death.

Hands in pockets, he  walked out into the  alleys and mean streets  of gangster
city.

You're the director of this screen play but the executive producers at  Imagine
dictate the script. Movie uses similar perspective graphics to those in  Knight
Lore, from Ultimate,  and Fairlight, from  The Edge. The  concept, however, has
not  been  tackled  before  in  such  an  original  manner  and  the   graphics
successfully create a seedy, sleazy, atmosphere.

One departure from the traditional Ultimate approach to 3D arcade adventures is
the ability to converse with characters in the game. The detective in Movie can
talk to gangsters,  parrots and mysterious  women. Press the  speak icon and  a
balloon will appear at your detective's mouth. Type in a question, such as  'Do
you want the money?' and the listener will reply using the same type of  speech
balloon.

The balloons extend the Ultimate technique and give the game a comic book feel.
Usually, only the good guys will talk to you, although the evil twin sister may
say a word or two.

You control your  private eye through  the icons at  the bottom of  the screen,
using a spy glass as  a cursor. They are easy  to understand and with them  you
can manipulate objects, speak, shoot, and hold or abort the game.

In the beginning the detective has no  clues or means of defence. He must  find
them in the maze of rooms and streets. Initially you should not be looking  for
the lady with the answers. Your first task should be to find weapons.

Because the background colours and the character colours are the same,  weapons
blend into the  scenery. Your gun,  which is only  two rooms from  your office,
will probably go  unnoticed the first  few times you  enter the location.  Walk
through the blue  reception and you  will find it  on a juke  box in the yellow
room.

Picking up objects can be irritating. You may have to try several times  before
you  get  the correct  angle,  either head-on  or  central to  the  object. Any
deviation in  angle, even  by millimeters,  and the  object will  refuse to  be
lifted.

On some occasions  objects will be  out of reach,  on top of  a sack of packing
cases or perched on an old wireless set.  To get them down you must use one  of
the objects you  already have and  use the throw  option. Bags and  guns can be
rescued in that way with  no trouble, but if you  aim to knock a bomb  from the
top of four packing cases you will be in for an explosive time.

The weapons are  not easy to  use, as the  gangsters which you  come up against
shoot  on  sight. For  that  reason you  should  enter each  room  with extreme
caution. Move the  detective to one  side of the  doorway before entering.  The
gangsters tend to shoot towards the centre of We doorway and you get no  second
chance if you're shot - it's back to the beginning and, with no Save option  to
allow you  to choose  the place  of your  reincarnation, you'll  have to  start
collecting objects again.

Bombs are no more  efficient than guns. They  have a very localised  effect and
you can be in the same room with victims when it explodes.

The problem is to get the victims directly over the bomb. To do that you should
wait for the  gangsters to get  near you, throw  the bomb and  then punch them.
They will back away into the path of the bomb.

Alternatively, you can lob the bomb indiscriminately when you enter a room.  Be
wary, though, as the bomb only travels a short distance and most gangsters tend
to be in the middle, or far side of the room.

Once armed you  must find a  bag, a bomb  and a wad  of money. They  can all be
found in the same places on each play of the game.

Although you are free to get the  objects in any order the most sensible  - and
shortest - way is to pick up the bag after the gun, then the money and then try
and find a bomb.

To find the bag you must first leave  your off ice building, walk up or down  a
back  street  to a  dead  end and  enter  a music  hall.  You can  go  into the
auditorium.  The  bag is  somewhere  in there,  together  with a  nasty-looking
gangster and a harmless good guy.

On the way back from the manager's office take a peek into the white room.  The
mystery girl may be in there.

Collecting the  money is  a more  difficult affair  and one  in which  you will
encounter a Mafia hit  man who, if you  are not quick on  your reflexes, always
gets his man. To avoid him walk to the right of the doorway then, gritting your
teeth, enter  and head  straight towards  the mobster.  His fire  will have  no
effect and you'll be able to turn left into the next room.

The route to the  money takes you through  six narrow alleys, each  a different
colour. Once through  the alleys a  quick jaunt through  two offices, an  empty
room and a small room will bring you to the spondula, lying on the floor of yet
another office.

The money is obviously for  bribery and you don't have  to look hard to find  a
likely candidate. You may  be wondering why some  gangsters make no attempt  to
kill you, but seem to want you to stay and talk.

In this way you  might get some cryptic  information, including a clue  to help
you in your search for the cassette.

Bombs are found in bars and storerooms - balanced on tables or crates. Once you
have collected the money a bomb will be useful and you'll find one in the  same
building as the bank notes - in a bar protected by two heavies.

Gangsters you can destroy with bombs and bullets, but there are other obstacles
which will get between you and the incriminating tope. When I first played  the
game I  thought it  was a  straight detective  story faithful  to the spirit of
Dashiell Hammet or Raymond Chandler.  Soon, however, I walked into  an audition
for Poltergeist  with articles  of furniture,  suits of  armour, balls and dogs
flying around rooms. Those are aimed - literally - at the arcade player.

They all  have different  methods of  movement and  timing. Knights  move their
counterparts on  a chessboard  - at  right angles  - while  dogs swoop from the
ceiling and  balls roll  up and  down rooms  horizontally, vertically but never
diagonally. Some rooms contain  more than one type  of obstacle and a  few have
immovable  crates  to further  complicate  matters. All  of  the rooms  have  a
solution.

Unfortunately, the mystery  girl is not  so easy to  locate or, dare  I say it,
control. The program dumps the girl anywhere on the map when the program begins
but there are some places in which I would advise you to look first.

The white  room in  the music  hall is  a favourite  haunt. I  found her  there
several times. She  can also be  found in an  office in the  building marked by
potted plants, down the alley leading from your building.

On  first impressions  her character  is animated  smoothly and  well. Imagine
probably  blames her  high-heeled shoes  for the  strut with  which she  walks,
though after a time it seems mechanical and irritating to watch.

Is she supposed to lead you to  the cassette tape? That's hard to believe  when
she can't even negotiate  a plant pot standing  in a doorway. She  kept getting
stuck in the leaves and even with help couldn't unravel herself.

Her evil  sister puts  in the  odd appearance  but there  is no physical way of
telling them apart. You could try talking to her - if nothing else it might get
her moving.

If you ask her the right question she might also betray herself. When she  says
'I hate you' you will get the feeling that all is not quite right. If, however,
you insist on following her she will waste your time and then lead you into the
arms of the Boss's hit men.

Success in Movie is  measured by two ratings.  The first is a  percentage score
based on the number of locations you have visited. Moving around from  location
to location is easy and you are likely to end up with a hefty number of points.

The other score which ranges from 0.00  to 0.99 is calculated on the number  of
special objects you have, the number of clues you have taken advantage of,  and
the puzzles solved.

If your score is 0.15  and you have the gun,  bomb, money and password -  which
amongst other  things will  help you  get into  some guarded  rooms - you'll be
doing well. It took me several hours of play to get that far.

Movie's graphics may not be better than Ultimate's and, compared to  Fairlight,
they're a little creaky, but the novel plot makes it a winner.

The seedy atmosphere, together with the innovative bubble speech makes the long
hours which you'll have to put in  to crack the puzzle well worthwhile. It's  a
story worthy of the movies.


Start, Goran Pavletić
Your Sinclair, #3, Marec 1986, Gwyn Hughes, 9/10 - YS Megagame
Your Sinclair, #37, January 1989, Cover Game
ZX Computing, April 1986
ASM, April 1986, Manfred Kleimann

Pomoč:
Crash, #28, Maj 1986, Playing Tips, Paul Collins 


  Go and  pick  up the  briefcase, gun, money.  Remember  to  use  the  bullets
carefully because you only have a  limited supply of these.  Then go and find a
woman.  Say to her "Friend or Foe".  If she replies "Kill, kill, kill" then she
is the baddy.  If she repeats "Friend or Foe" then she is the goody. Follow her
and do as she says  but make  sure she  doesn't get  killed.  If she does  then
you're on your own. 


Crash, #29, Junij 1986, Playing Tips, Toby Doig 


  If you find Vanya, kill her. 
  If you find Tanya, do whatever she says.
  Near the start of the game  there is a room with a parrot in  it and a knight
guarding  the door.  Get rid of the  knight  by saying  "Open". This  makes the
knight move out of the way.  In one of the alleys there is a  knight who blocks
the way to approximately 70 rooms.  To get past him,  drop a bottle between you
and the knight and walk  forwards pushing the bottle.  When you are next to the
door,  grab the  bottle and  go through  the door.  You may have  come across a
password puzzle. This is used in  one of the rooms which has a  knight guarding
a door and two rolling balls. Say "Puzzle" and the knight moves out of the way.
When throwing a bomb, it is highly advisable to move out of its path, or you'll
get blown to smithereens with it. When you meet a goody, keep saying "God bless
you". This extracts information from them quite successfully. 


Sinclair User, #51, Junij 1986, Zap Chat, Peter J Francais 


  To get the bomb  and money go to the room  with the parrot which is near your
office. Say  "Open Sesame" and the suit of  armour will move. To get the gun go
to the yellow sitting room near your office; it is on top of the radiogram. 


Sinclair User, #51, Junij 1986, Zap Chat, Daryl Cope 


  Here  is a way to distinguish  the bad girl from the  good girl. When the bad
girl goes into a room with  hoodlums in it she does not  get killed, but when a
good girl enters a room filled with bad guys, they shoot and try to kill her. 


Your Sinclair, #10, Oktober 1986, Hack Free Zone, Supa Cool Sudi 


  Firstly,  go to  the  Parrot  Room. All  you  have to  do to  move the knight
guarding the  door is say  "OPEN" and it  moves. Quickly  walk in and  take the
money and the bomb.
  Now  go to a  good guy and  say "TELL ME PASSWORD FOR MONEY",  and if  you're
lucky  he will say "PUZZLE".  If he does, give him the money. The word "PUZZLE"
is used in a room with a knight  guarding the door  and two rolling balls.  Say
"PUZZLE" and the knight will move. Now go into the room with the moving jukebox
and go behind the bar. Here there is a bottle.  Look for one of the girls. When
you find her say "FRIEND OR FOE". If she repeats it she is a goody. If she says
"KILL KILL KILL" she's a baddy, and you must kill her quickly. (Whatever you do
don't  ask her  for a kiss -  she will stop  helping you for a while!) When you
find the gun,  use your bullets  very wisely, 'cos you might not have many. You
may need them some other time, so fire sparingly.
  When using the bomb,  throw it in  the longest  direction,  as this gives you
more time to get away.  As soon as you throw it,  leg it! If you get hit by it,
you  will die.  In one  of the  alleys there is a knight  guarding a door which
blocks about 70 rooms! To open it, drop a bottle between you and the knight and
walk forward,  pushing the bottle ahead of you.  When you get to the next door,
take the bottle and go through the door.
  When you meet a good guy keep  saying "GOD BLESS YOU" and because they are so
stupid they will give you some  important info. Although you might know most of
what they tell you already, you get  some points for doing this. Finally it  is
highly advisable to use the Movie map printed in the May issue.


Your Sinclair, #44, Avgust 1989, Hints'n'Tips, Stephen Baker & Chris Banahan 


  When you're in  a room with more  than one bad  guy, always  keep moving  but
don't try to attack  or kill him. Always  keep to the walls  and arrive at your
destination quickly.  When in a room with a bad guy,  shoot him if he shoots at
you, and punch him if he punches you.  When in a room with a lady,  talk to her
politely  and she may  give you information.  When she leaves the room,  follow
her. If she keeps leading you into danger,  then make a note of where she began
and avoid her.  You can't carry two guns,  so if one is empty you must throw it
away before you can pick up the new one.  Knights are deadly.  Don't touch them
for any reason.  When a knight is blocking  a door, say things like  "open" and
"move". If nothing works, try a different route.


Your Sinclair, #56, August 1990, Hints'n'Tips 


  Letters  galore after  the Ellesmere  Port Elf,  in one of  his megamissives,
dared to suggest that there was nothing useful you could ever say to the parrot
in this strangely silly isometric game. "Wrong!" cried Clinicians as one.  "Try
typing OPEN SESAME."


Your Sinclair, #48, December 1989 Hints'n'Tips, Richard Swann
Sinclair User, #52, July 1986, Zap Chat, Stewart Davies

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