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Forgive me if these notes arent wonderful. Its 14 years since I wrote Master and Servant, and at least 10 since I saw it running. That I can see it now is thanks the emulator people.

Jock the robot (last seen in Jock and the Time Rings) has been captured by The Master and imprisoned in his castle, which is a massive maze full of weird, wonderful and hostile creatures. The Master has made Jock his servant, and will not free him until he has done all the tasks demanded of him  or (of course) until Jock kills him with a symbol of Good.

Jock has only limited energy, and this is used up all the time. When his energy is all gone, the game is over. If Jock takes too long to complete a task, the Master imposes an additional drain on Jocks energy. If however he completes the task on time, the Master gives Jock more energy according to how quickly hes done the job. If Jock hits one of the creatures, some of his energy is used up recreating himself.

Jock can pick up two items at once. He can also open cupboards, which might contain useful items or things the Master wants. Items can also react with each other to form new items; or they can be used directly. Jock can also push or pull levers, which usually open doors elsewhere in the castle. Sometimes he needs to be holding an item to do this.

Some doors are magic and transport Jock to places elsewhere in the castle. You need to find these to make some of the Masters deadlines. Watch out for traps, though.

Each room has a name  all of which seemed appropriate in 1985. Sometimes the name gives a clue to what is required.

Apart from moving, all actions are performed by drop-down menus accessed by the select key. This allows items to be picked up, dropped, used, or examined; cupboards to opened; games to be loaded and saved; and so on. There is a (very) limited help facility. 

All common joysticks are supported.

The game was developed entirely in assembler, of course, and I used Melbourne Draw to do the graphics. The development environment was one 48K Spectrum (upgraded from a 16K by my brother!) and one rubbish mono cassette player.

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