HAUNTED HOUSE by Babar Abidi (not) from Sinclair User 24 (March 1984) [The actual author of this program was Andrew Murgatroyd] [- see letter below. JimG] Collect the jars from under the chimney and take them back to your van. Lay snares to trap the pursuing ghosts and pick up the hammer which you can use to eliminate the skeleton. Haunted House was written for the 16K Spectrum by Babar Abidi, aged 13, of London SW19. * * * Cracking down on copying Haunted House, published in March Sinclair User, had a line omitted. It should read "6 RETURN". In the same program, for any readers wondering what significance the skeleton, ladder and ghost graphics characters beside the score have, they should not be there at all. The letters AJM are the initials of the original author, Andrew Murgatroyd, from the August 1983 Computer and Video Games, where the program was originally published. The two programs are identical except for the removal of several AJM lines. I understand that not every entry can be checked for originality but I feel that such an obvious copy as this should have been discovered before printing. Paul Bamborough, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. * It has been brought to our attention by a number of readers that Haunted House was not the original work of the person who submitted the program. Our investigations have confirmed that. While we make every effort to ensure that all programs published in Sinclair User have not been published elsewhere, occasionally one may slip through the net. Fortunately our readers are quick to inform us of any obvious plagiarism. We take this opportunity to warn readers that programs which have appeared elsewhere, in book, magazine or cassette form, cannot be considered for inclusion in Sinclair User, whether or not such programs are the contributor's original work.