Busy Bee



Tony Wye,

Hayes,

Middlesex.



This program is called Busy Bee and runs on the Spectrum

16 and 48K. [Oh, no it doesn't! It's small enough to, but

the code is loaded slap bang across the 32768 16K RAMtop.

And at this size, it's hardly surprising that it is not

relocatable, either. Strictly 48K only.] It's a maze type

game where you have to cut the grass on a lawn, avoiding

the bees who are attracted to you because of the lawn mower

noise.

  Upon loading, the game auto-runs and the instructions are

displayed and the keys to be used - cursor keys - then P

must be pressed to play. The screen is set up and you must

move around the flower beds and cut the grass avoiding the

bees who are moving about. When all the grass is cut you

leave the screen via the bottom and then your bonus is

added according to the time you took to clear the grass.

Then you go on to the differently shaped screen 2.

  This carries on with screens 1 and 2 in turn and each

stage the bees are attracted more and more to you until it

is nearly impossible to get away from them. By then all

your lives will have been used up. When all three lives are

used, the game over sign will be displayed and tell you if

it is a new high score.

