FAT WORM BLOWS A SPARKY (Durell Software, 1985)


[Inlay, Side 1 / Rear of Box}

FULL INSTRUCTIONS MAYBE FOUND ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS SHEET.

Now for something completely different. You are an insidious 
little WORMIE being chased through a micro-electronic labyrinth 
(you guessed it a Sinclair Spectrum) by CREEPERS in SPUTNIKS and 
CRAWLERS on foot (feets?). Defend yourself by shooting BURPER 
SPARKIES at the CRAWLERS, and BLASTER SPARKIES to take-out the 
SPUTNIKS. You'll see the computer board in a smooth-scrolling 3D 
viewed from above (yawn, yawn, just another bit of 
mega-programming), as you crawl around in search of a DISK DRIVE 
on which to CLONE yourself. First you'll need to find fifty 
SPINDLES to eat, which will replenish your supply of SPARKIES to 
shoot at the BUGS. How long can you crawl down a DATA BUS? Find 
out how refreshing a DE-BUGGER feels when you're stuck in a 
Spectrum and covered in CRAWLIES. This game is like WELL CRUCIAL 
MAN.

DURELL SOFTWARE 1985

This computer game is sold subject to the condition that it is 
for home use only. All other rights are reserved. Any other 
unauthorised copying, editing, exhibition, renting, exchanging, 
hiring, lending, public performances, diffusion and or broadcast 
of this game, or any part thereof is strictly prohibited.


[Inlay, Side 2]

FAT WORM BLOWS A SPARKY by Julian Todd


Compatible with Kempston, Protek, Interface 2, and many other 
joystick interfaces. However we recommend you use the keyboard. 
We recommend you use the REDEFINE KEYS option to set up the 
keyboard to your favourite positions.


LOADING

Place cassette in recorder and rewind to start. Check that the 
recorder is attached to the Spectrum (EAR to EAR), and that the 
recorder is set to maximum treble, and half volume. Type LOAD "" 
on the Spectrum, and press ENTER.


STANDARD CONTROLS
Q       Joystick UP      FASTER
A       Joystick DOWN    SLOWER
O       Joystick RIGHT   ROTATE LEFT
P       Joystick LEFT    ROTATE RIGHT
1	                 FIRE burper sparky (mine type)
SPACE   Joystick FIRE    FIRE blaster sparky (bullet type)
H                        HALT PLAY (activates "BOUNCING BALL
                         ROUTINE")
G                        GAME OVER

QUICK START INSTRUCTIONS

The aim of the game is to find and eat 50 of the rotating 
triangular shapes called "SPINDLES", then find and climb onto the 
disk (which has the word "DURELL" written on it) where you must 
"clone" the worm to complete the game. You must kill or avoid the 
bugs. If four bugs get onto your worm it will suffer a fatal 
error (death).


GENERAL PLAYING TIPS

Use the map at the bottom left of the screen to locate spindles, 
which will appear as small white dots. If you get "bugged" find a 
black & white striped block and crawl under it - this is the 
"de-bugger" (and will remove all your bugs). Eat as many spindles 
as you can, as they replenish your supply of sparkies, and you 
must eat 50 before you can clone yourself. Also try to pick up as 
many extra sparkies as you can find (usually running down the 
data buses). To get onto the data buses you must find a ramp. 
There are crawler bugs which you can shoot with blaster sparkies 
straight from your nose, and there are creeper bugs that fly 
around in sputniks which you can shoot down by laying burper 
sparkies. These will wait until a sputnik is overhead, then rise 
up to get it. However if the sputnik is very high, it will 
probably pass above the burper sparky without being hit.


CHANGING CONTROL KEYS &JOYSTICKS

If you have a Kempston joystick, select this option from the 
opening menu. If you have a "cursor" type joystick (eg: Protek 
and Interface 2), or if you wish to redefine your keyboard 
(highly recommended), then select the "REDEFINE KEYS" option from 
the opening menu, and then just press the keys of your choice or 
move the joystick in response to the prompts. Select the "EXIT" 
prompt and press ENTER to end your redefinition.


SCORE

You score points for killing bugs and for collecting spindles. 
Watch the bottom right of your screen to check your supply of 
sparkies (ammunition), and how many spindles you have still to 
collect before "cloning".


OTHER GAMES BY DURELL
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£9.95 DEEP STRIKE 
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£9.95 CHAIN REACTION 
£9.95 SABOTEUR II
£2.95 SCUBA DIVE (mail order only) 
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[ASCII conversion for WOS archive by David Corbett, 10-jan-2005]