﻿Roland's Rat Race

Its program code, graphic representation and artwork are the copyright
of Ocean Software limited and may not be reproduced, stored, hired or
broadcast in any form whatsoever without the written permission of
O.S.L. All rights reserved worldwide. The program runs on the Spectrum
48K and Spectrum +.


The Game

Poor Roland, as a superstar on breakfast T.V. he has to get up and get
to the studio in time for his show every morning. Now that he is a
successful celebrity he lives, unlike his friends, in the underground
tunnels and storm drains of London, in a small, but very cosy, little
house in the suburbs.

Unfortunately his car is getting a bit old and he has trouble starting
it in the morning (don't we all?), and so when his alarm clock doesn't
go off, AND he can't get his car to start he is in real trouble! But
being a city rat he still knows his way around London below ground, so
he has to venture beneath the manhole covers to get to work before
9a.m.

Get Roland through the maze of drains and tunnels in time to take his
seat at TV-am. Just to make things a little more difficult, his furry
friends have been kidnapped by the nasties who have sworn to stop
Roland from getting to the studio. If Roland fails, or if he gets
there too late then he may find himself out of a job.

Roland has his Instant stic-o-matic glue gun that fires small blobs of
instant glue that will firmly stick any nasties that come in contact
with it until they manage to work themselves free. Roland can climb
around the ladders underground, and can move quite fast through the
drains (unless of course he is stupid enough to get stuck in his own
glue!).

The drains are large and complex, and unless Roland can work out the
map he will need to think hard and fast so as not to get lost. One of
the tunnels is blocked by a large door. If Roland is ever going to get
out again he will need to find the pieces to the door and the key. The
passage that Roland used to enter the underground drains has been
blocked by the nasties so there is only one way out - the hard way!


Loading

Position the cassette in your tape recorder with the printed side
upwards and make sure that it is rewound to the beginning. Ensure that
the connection lead goes from the EAR socket on the recorder to the
EAR socket on the Spectrum and that the MIC socket is disconnected.

Type LOAD ""<ENTER> [Note there is no space between the two quotes].
The " is obtained by pressing SYMBOL SHIFT and the P key
simultaneously. For further instructions consult chapter 6 of your
manual. Now press PLAY on the recorder. The screen message should
appear and the game will load automatically. If this does not happen
try adjusting the volume and tone control up until loading takes
place.


Nasties

Horrible "Nasties" have evolved in the "sub-earthly" empire under the
city of London. Enormous Wellington boots are stomping around down
there waiting for Roland to appear. As Roland ventures further into
the depths below he will have to beware of the nasty bats which just
love to have a nip at large furry superstars! Watch-out!


Helpful Hints

Avoid Wellington boots at all costs.

To catch the train:
Shoot glue tracks and run up the steps or foot holes. To get off the
train press the FIRE button.

You can carry one object at a time.

Find the door and place the door pieces in front of the door.

The key to the door can only be collected when the door is complete.
The key opens the door to the inner sanctum where Roland will
encounter his final conflict to release his furry friends Errol and
Kevin using the key.

Conserve your energy as much as possible and build up your energy by
eating the delicious hamburgers and apples. But be careful not to eat
too much food all at once as you may find you will need it later.


Scoring

You can improve your score by glueing down the nasties, eating food,
collecting pieces of the door and the key, placing pieces of the door
at the doorway.


Roland's Rat Race

Written by Ocean Software's in-house team Roland's Rat Race is one of
many superb games from Ocean Software. Please ask your local dealer
for other titles in our varied and exciting range.

If you've written a good program why not contact us, without
obligation, to discuss marketing it for you. Write to:

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Roland Rat appears by courtesy of Roland Rat Enterprises Limited.

Roland Rat and Roland Rat Superstar are the copyright of Roland Rat
Enterprises Limited. PRODUCED BY D.C. WARD

©1985 Ocean Software Limited.
