Instructions for
Movie
Imagine, 1986
Written by Chris Owen, HTML'd by Arnt Gulbrandsen.
Controls
Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor
Aim of the game
You're a private detective who's been hired to recover an audio
tape from a gangster's HQ. First however, you have to find a girl, who
will lead you to the Mob's base. This isn't as simple as it sounds,
though, since she has an identical twin sister who is a member of the
Mob. You'll have to find the right girl and protect her from harm on
the way to the HQ...
Game play
The game is viewed in an Ultimate-style isometric 3D
perspective (although rather oddly, all the characters appear to be
cardboard cutouts...). Along the bottom of the screen is a row of ten
icons. From left to right, they are:
1) Cursor control - allows you to point the blue inventory arrow (above
this icon) at an object you're holding before you
make use of it.
2) Pick up - allows you to pick up an object that's at your feet.
3) Put down - allows you to drop an object, selected with the blue
inventory arrow.
4) Gun - provided you're carrying a gun, this allows you to
fire. The little white dots above the box indicate
the number of bullets.
5) Movement - swiches you into movement mode.
6) Speech - inflates a speech bubble next to your character.
Type your words and press Enter to say them.
7) Punch - self-explanatory, really...
8) Throw - allows you to throw an object, selected with the
blue inventory arrow.
9) Halt - pauses the game.
10) Abort - quits the current game.
Pressing the fire button allows you to move the icon selection cursor
in order to select the relevant icons. At the start of the game,
movement mode is selected as the default, allowing you to move around
the room in four directions. Some of the objects (such as chairs and
tables) can be moved around, while the smaller ones can be picked up,
dropped or thrown. The gun, if you find it, can be fired up to five
times before its ammo runs out, in which case you'll have to find a
new gun.
The playing area is a rather seedy area of the city in which several
mobsters are lurking. Some will try to punch you (and you can punch
back) but others carry guns and will try to shoot you. There are other,
friendlier characters too. You can talk to them using the Speech icon;
although they won't accept direct orders, they can be friendly and give
you some useful help. Some doors are guarded, and you'll need to speak
the appropriate password to enter them - using your detective skills
you should be able to get the passwords.
As you collect useful items, they'll appear in the space above the
icons. A small blue arrow points at your latest acquisition and, if
you want to make use of an object, use the Cursor Control icon to
highlight the object. Sometimes you'll need to throw items; look out
for the bomb!
Comments
"A neat development on the 3D theme with a very different
scenario".
Rating
93% (CRASH #28, March 1986)
Now
A neat, and quite tough, arcade adventure game.
Keys
Up - Q to P
Down - A to Enter
Left - X, V, N
Right - Z, C, B, M, Space
Fire - 1 to 0
Nettverksgruppa, 10/9-94, sinclair@nvg.ntnu.no