A DAY IN THE LIFE - MICROMEGA

This game is respectfully dedicated to the man who put us all into
business in the first place. Any resemblance to living persons is
entirely deliberate.

Suburban super-hero Clive's special day has arrived - he is to be
made a Dame Commander of the British Empire. He hates travelling to
work but will willingly face its horrors today! He outwits the
mechanised terrors of his home, getting his clothes and keys. He
ignores all perils to grab a bite on the way to the station where,
jostled by commuters but neatly avoiding the staff, he uses the cash
till and claims a stray brolly before leaping aboard the already
departing 8.15. Help, no Financial Times! Without comment he leaps out
at the next stop to grab one before the train carries on... otherwise
it's the dreaded Waiting Room for him. Into the city, and the bank,
the pub and the restaurant all beckon. Coping with the indifferent
cashiers is easy - he serves himself. As for the pub, a quick pint and
he's out (no Guinless wonder, is our Clive). Carlo's Bistro is a bit
dodgy, what with the fuss over the wine, but he gets away into the
Underground and copes knowingly with the usual tangle of corridors,
officials and massed fellow sufferers, and emerges by the shops. His
shoes dirtied, Clive impulse buys a pair Her Majesty would approve of
(Elizabeth the First, that is). It's a hair-raising journey today, so
avoiding the grazing C5's it's into the Barber's - the Lady Di look,
please - and the Chemist's... and still he is only part of the way
towards Buckingham Palace.

To load, press J key, then holding down the red Symbol Shift key,
press P key twice. The screen should show "LOAD". Play the tape. The
special loader will not always show the familiar striped border but
will count down blocks on screen. Two copies of the game are on side 1
only. Confused?

Just wait...

You are invited to live A Day in The Life. It'll make you glad to be
running a craft shop in the Outer Hebrides.

Keyboard controls on loading are set to: Q = up; Z = down; P = right;
I = left; 1 = pause. If you have to be an individual, you can choose
your own keys or use the joystick of course.

If you get into a real mess, hold keys QUIT to... er... quit.

If the music really gets up your nose it can be switched on or off
with ON or OF (well, it's close enough, isn't it?)

Your score on each screen depends entirely on how quickly you complete
it. Running out of time will cost you a man, except where trains are
involved, where you must go to the revolting Waiting Room and wait for
another one... you will score nothing, but you keep the man, so just
be grateful.

For best results play this cassette into your Spectrum. Alternatively,
you can really annoy other drivers if you play it loudly in a traffic
jam. 9 out of 10 owners said their C5 prefered it.

