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LOST AND ALONE YOU MUST SCAVENGE OFF THE LAND TO HELP YOU SURVIVE by John Hunt

You are lost in a clearing surrounded by a forest and mountains with only 5 days supply of food and water. Using 
your wits, and a club or stones, can you fight the elements, your own hunger and thirst, to reach sefaty?


Instructions

Movement

You begin with a movement allowance of 4 cells (N/S/E/W). Over clear terrain you use 1 movement point. Over other 
terrain you use 2 movement points. As you become weaker your movement allowance decreases.

Food and Water

You must try to keep your food and water supply as high as possible (maximum of 6 units). Water can be obtained from 
the tarn or rivers. Food can be obtained from fruit trees, and, if you are quick enough you can club a snake if he 
should appear (press 'C') and club or stone an animal if he snould appear (press 'C' or 'S'). Be warned, quick 
reactions are vital! If it rains or snows you needn't worry about water. You will die if you go without food or 
water for too long.

Direction Reliability

Low water or food supply may lead to reduced movement ana poor direction reliability (i.e. you may not go in the 
direction you indicate). If direction reliability gets below 60% there is a change that may occur. The lower the 
direction reliability then the greater the chance of moving in the wrong direction.

Cold Points

Watch the weather, it is important! If it snows then your 'cold points' will decrease from 100 to 16. Whilst there 
is snow on the ground you will lose 1 cold point for each movement point. If the cold points reach 0, you will die 
from the cold. During snowy weather, in order to restore your cold points to 16 you will need to find shelter, i.e. 
the caves. As soon as you enter a cave your cold points will increase to 16. When the snow disappears the cold 
points will become 100 ana remain at 100 until the next period of snow.

Snakes

If you are bitten by a snake you won't have long to live. Press 'C' to kill the snake. It is also useful food - but 
be quick!

Travel Duration

Each day you use up one unit of food and water.

Map Display

If map background is green then the weather is clement. 
If map background is white then this indicates snow.


Controls

7/	= UP
6/	= DOWN
5/	= LIFT
8/	= RIGHT
'C' TO KILL ANIMAL/SNAKE
'S' TO KILL ANIMAL


John Hunt is 34 years of age and was born in Kendal, Cumbria. He is a teacher at Fairfield ESN (S) in Yorkshire, 
which is a school for subnormal children.

John first became interested in computers eighteen months ago when he was put in charge of the BBC A computer at 
the school. At that time there was no commercial software suitable for the children so he had to make the programs 
and in January 1983 he bought a Spectrum.

He is interested in music - he runs the school band and also does a bit of folk singing and plays the guitar and 
the mandolin.

John is married and has a two year old daughter.


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