THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE



SPECIAL DELIVERY: SANTA'S CHRISTMAS CHAOS



PUBLISHER

Sparklers (Creative Sparks budget)



AUTHOR

Dalali Software



YEAR

1984 (released 1985)



DESCRIPTION

A very poor arcade game designed to be bought by unsuspecting

parents. At least it only cost œ1.99.



CONTROLS

Cursor keys (or use the Sinclair joystick keys).

Kempston, Sinclair and Fuller joysticks also supported.



INSTRUCTIONS

Control Santa's sleigh, picking up presents that fall from the

sky and avoiding obstacles. Drop them on the small houses, and

enter the big houses via the chimney (avoiding snow and

fireballs) in order to leave the presents by the tree. Use the

key to leave by the back door, being careful not to wake the

children, then go off collecting more presents.



INLAY CARD TEXT

[back cover]

It's the happy sound of Santa Claus on his merry way delivering

presents to all the excited children who have waited patiently

for this special night.



But what chaos as Santa awakens to find that he only has five

hours to deliver his presents and worst of all he hasn't enough

to go round.



Santa has enlisted the help of his helpers who are supplying

extra presents and you, to guide his sleigh through the sky

avoiding clouds and picking up presents as you go.



Then help guide Santa onto the roof tops, down the chimney and

then finally place the present underneath the christmas tree.



 * Joystick control   * Fast loading cassette



[inside]

SPECIAL DELIVERY

It's Christmas Eve and Santa has overslept. His alarm clock has

failed to wake him up and now he is in all sorts of trouble.



He only has five hours before all the children wake up to deliver

his gifts, and he does not have enough presents to give to all

the eager children.



All of a sudden he has a great idea! His helpers will help him

by dropping presents from the clouds where they live. So off he

whizzes on his sleigh drawn by his loyal reindeer to make his

special delivery.



Help Santa to collect the presents and land safely on the roofs

of the houses to deliver his gifts to ensure all the children

have a Happy Christmas.



GETTING STARTED

 1 Before switching on the Spectrum, connect the joystick

(Sinclair, Kempston, AGF/Protek or Fuller) if this is to be used.



 2 Connect the television to the computer and switch the

television ON.



 3 Connect the cassette recorder to the computer and switch the

cassette recorder ON.



 4 Place the cassette in the recorder and rewind to the

beginning.



 5 Check that the EAR lead is connected correctly and that the

volume level of the cassette recorder is set correctly.



 6 Type LOAD"" (do not leave a space between the quotes), then

press ENTER.



 7 Press PLAY on the tape recorder..



 8 When the program has finished loading, press STOP on the

cassette recorder.



 9 If the program does not load successfully, try adjusting the

volume setting of the tape recorder and repeat the above from

step 3. If the problem persists, refer to chapter 6 of the

Spectrum Introduction Manual.



CONTROLS

Press the fire button to change the skill level which is shown

by the target number.



Move the joystick to start the game. Santa is moved up, down,

left and right in the normal way.



 RULES

 1 Santa must collect presents which are dropped by his helpers

in the sky.



 2 Obstacles such as clouds and mountains must be avoided. If

Santa does collide with a mountain, cloud or other obstacle, he

will lose a present from his sleigh.



 3 If Santa's sleigh is hit by a lightning bolt then he will lose

an hour.



 4 Presents dropped by the Red Devil must also be avoided as

these will cause one of Santa's presents to be lost.



 5 The object of the first phase is to collect, into Santa's bag,

as many or more presents than the target number.



 6 If Santa fails to do this he will not have the chance to drop

all of the presents down the chimneys of the large houses.

Instead he will have to drop presents down the chimneys of the

small houses until his bag is empty.



 7 If Santa collects enough presents (that is equal or greater

than the target) then he will be able to visit one of the large

houses. He must land safely on the roof.



 8 Once Santa is on the roof he gets off his sleigh and climbs

down the chimney. Now he must avoid the fireballs coming up the

chimney and the snowballs travelling down. If Santa fails to

avoid these hazards then he loses one hour.



 9 If Santa reaches the bottom of the chimney he must then place

the presents in his bag under the Christmas tree. Then he must

pick up the key, find the back door and make a quick exit. He

must avoid coming into contact with the sleep-walking children,

who would wake immediately. If this happens then Santa loses

another hour.



 10 Moving the joystick left and right will move Santa from side

to side across the floor. To go up and down the ladders, move the

joystick up or down accordingly.



CHEATS



SEQUELS/PREQUELS

None.



SCORES RECEIVED



URLs



GENERAL FACTS



NOTES

The back cover blurb promised a 'fast loading cassette', but

unless you forced your tape recorder to run faster than usual,

it loaded at normal speed.















































