JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF EDDIE SMITH'S HEAD - PLAYERS PREMIER SOFTWARE

A freak incident has occured regarding one of the Government's Top
Physicists. Eddie Smith, whilst working on the development of an
atomic bomb, bumped his head on the nuclear reactor. Eddie has gone
RAVING BONKRS! and is threatening our world with his bomb. You have go
to investigate the scene of the incident and find a way of defusing
the bomb. The Queen and all your friends depend on you! GET TO IT,
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

WRITTEN BY: DAVID WAITE
PRODUCED BY: RICHARD PAUL JONES

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THE STORY

Until five days ago Eddie Smith was one of the Government's top
Physicists. Then accidently, while working on the development of an
atomic bomb, big enough to destroy the planet earth, he bumped his
head on a nuclear reactor.

The bomb has sent Eddie mad and he is threatening the world with his
bomb.

You will play the part of one of Eddie's colleagues and must explore
the city and laboratories where Eddie worked and lived to find a way
of defusing the bomb and saving our modern civilization.

When the game is loaded a title screen will appear and you will be
ready to start playing. Press any key to start and the computer will
describe your surroundings listing any objects visible and exits to
other locations.

COMMAND SYNTAX

Only two words are required by the computer for your instructions and
words can be abreviated to the first four letters of that word.

eg: GET GUN
    DROP SYRINGE
    FIRE GUN

MAGIC RING

There is a magic ring which is placed in your possession when the game
begins. This is used to get out of a sticky situation and is used as
follows:-

Type "RUB RING" and you will be transported back to your own
laboratory, still carrying the objects that you had previously except
the ring, which can only be used once.

SPECIAL COMMANDS

HELP - Will display help message where appropriate.

INVENTORY (or I) - Will list all objects that you are carrying.

LOOK - Will display all text within your location and if there is a
picture associated with the text it will also be displayed.

RE-DESCRIBE - The same as look, but will not display any graphics.

DIRECTION COMMANDS - These commands can be given in full eg. North or
abreviated to N.

SAVE - This command is used to save your current position and status
on tape.

LOAD - This command is used to restore your previous position and
status from the tape.

QUIT - If confirmed will terminate the game.

SCORE - Will display your score so far as a percentage.

GRAPHICS

Some of the locations that you have visited have pictures associated
with them on your first visit to the location the picture will be
displayed. To continue press any key.

If you have already visited the location, no picture will appear
unless you use the "LOOK" command.

(c) PLAYERS 1986

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PUBLISHING THEN WRITE TO:

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PLAYERS SOFTWARE
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