In Hungry Horace, the first of our

blue friend's adventures, Horace

wants nothing more than a little
food to see him through his stroll in
what seems to be a rather large park.
Unfortunately, there are few
concession stands and food outlets
in the park—most people seem
content to bring their own lunches.
Horace has absent-mindedly
forgotten to make one of his own. So
he decides to steal other people's
lunches. It's your job to help him.
Horace's efforts to cadge cuisine
are opposed by the park's guards
who pursue him from the moment
the game starts. His only defence is
to ring the park alarm bells that send •
the guards scurrying in every
direction looking for the cause of the
trouble.
In Horace Goes Skiing, our
intrepid hero wants merely to make
his way across the road to rent skis
and then move on to the slopes. He
wants to show off his schussing to all
the young Horacettes sunning
themselves in the cool video slopes
of Mount Spectrum.
In Horace and the Spiders, Horace
laughs in the face of adversity as he
survives—we hope the dangers of
bridge and mountain to battle a pack
of deadly spiders.
For Horace novices, we will
personally tackle our friend's first
adventure: his food-snatching farce
in Hungry Horace.
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You must make sure Horace is .

never farther away from an alarm
bell or exit than the guard chasing
him. Make sure also that you don't
get mixed up as to which button is
moving Horace to which place. In
moments of panic you may be likely
to send poor old Horace into the
waiting arms of a park guard.
The best advice is simple
observation. You will soon find that
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others in moving you through
various mazes.
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,%Spectrum classic, It's a pretty safe
bet that the spiders will regret the
day they met Horace and we will
soon see the lovable blue blob's next
episode.
Price: E.5.95. Media: cassette.
Distributors: WH Smith and Sinclair
dealers Re quire me nts : 16K Spectrum.
Language: assembler.
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Relax before some serious playing—this is the
easiest level

Narrow corridors and flying kin a k e for a

hard time

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Will Horace tiptoe quietly enough to sneak past

the guards? ACTION

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Horace is unaware of trouble ahead in 'Horace
Goes Skiing'