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HORACE GOES SKIING



PUBLISHER

Psion



AUTHOR

William Tang



YEAR

1982



DESCRIPTION

A simpler version of frogger crossed with a skiing Game, funnily

enough.



CONTROLS:

Up - Q"

Down - Z

Left - I

Right - P





INSTRUCTIONS

Before Horace can get to the ski-slopes he must fetch his skis

from a hut on the other side of a busy road.  Horace will move

in one of four directions according to the keys you press.  At

the beginning of the game Horace has $40 to spend.  If he is

knocked down it will cost him $10 in ambulance fees.



After Horace has successfully crossed the road, guide him into

the door of the hut where he will fetch his skis.  The charge for

ski hire is $10.  Horace should not enter the ski hut unless he

can afford the hire charge.  If Horace has spent all his money

on ambulance fees, then he can accumulate points and money by

crossing the road repeatedly.  At every 1000 points boundary,

Horace receives a $10 bonus.  Horace should not linger on the

road longer than necessary since the traffic becomes

progressively more conjested as time goes on.



After fetching his ski's Horace must return across the road to

the ski slopes.  In the second part of the game Horace must ski

down the Hannekon run avoiding the trees and slaloming between

the red and blue pairs of flags.  If Horace fails to pass between

the flags a warning note is sounded and Horace will lose points.



Horace can parallel left and right with the "I" and "P" keys 

as above repsectively.  Horace increases his points by passing

between the flags and he can also receive a 100 points bonus by

passing through the finish barrier.  As in the highway section,

theres a $10 bonus at every 1000 point boundary.  If Horace

should hit a tree then he can continue on the slope provided that

his skis do not break.  If his skis do break then Horace must

again cross the road for a new set of skis and then return across

the road to the ski slopes.  If Horace successfully completes the

course with his skis intact then he must cross the road once with

his skis to the next slope.



You can pause the game at any point by pressing key "S" and

susequently continue by pressing any key along the bottom row. 

A game can be aborted and a new game started by pressing Keys "G"

and "H" together.





CHEATS

None



SEQUELS

Hungry Horace

Horace and the Spiders



SCORES RECEIVED

Unknown



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