THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE



ACTION BIKER - CLUMSY COLIN



PUBLISHER

Mastertronic



AUTHOR





YEAR

1985



DESCRIPTION

A truly dreadful maze game with boring gameplay, flickering

graphics and a need for irritatingly precise movements.



CONTROLS

A: up, Z: down, N: left, M: right, SPACE: enter/leave a house

Kempston, Sinclar, Fuller and cursor joysticks supported.



INSTRUCTIONS



INLAY CARD TEXT



ACTION BIKER

The Aim of the Game



Clumsy Colin must find his friend Marti and take him to the

spaceport - this is not as easy as it sounds!



Items to help him find Marti are hidden in the houses of which

there are 150 BUT only 50 actually hold the items he needs. He

cannot enter some of the houses because there is no-one in. The

alarm is set to go off at 8 'o' clock and wake him up, he will

also wake up if he bumps into any of the vehicles such as the

police cars and other bikers.



His fuel is limited but he can gain energy by eating skips or by

refuelling at a garage.



Some of Clumsy Colin's friends will try and tempt him to stay for

tea and slow him down.



Keep an eye on the text window which will tell you what is

happening.



Good luck and don't delay!



BIKE CONTROLS:

Joystick:                      Up

2 - Kempston                   |

3 - Sinclair.          Left ---+--- Right

4 - fuller.                    |

5 - Cursor.                   Down



Keyboard:

A      - Up.

Z      - Down.

N      - Left.

M      - Right.

SPACE  - Enter or leave a house.



CHEATS



SEQUELS/PREQUELS

None.



SCORES RECEIVED

Your Spectrum (issue 19, October 1985, page 44): 3/10

"On-screen graphics are pretty jerky and the scrolling leaves a

lot to be desired.  Not one that I could recommend."



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NOTES

The game appeared to have been sponsored by KP Skips (potato

crisps), their logo appearing on the cover and the loading screen

as well as appearing in the game. Most people would think it an

own goal to be associated with a game as bad as Action Biker.

