Roland on the Run by Epicsoft
Synopsis:
Roland and his fellow captives at Amsoft decide to escape from the clutches of their masters and catch the 16:45 freight train from Brentwood station. The journey having being tiring, you must assist Roland and his colleagues by adjusting the speed of the train to make the leap of freedom easier.
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Original Instructions
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LOADING INSTRUCTIONS
Reset computer by holding down CTRL,SHIFT and ESC keys together in that order. Place cassette into the Datacorder. Rewind tape to beginning then press STOP/EJECT once. Press CTRL and small ENTER keys simultaneously then press PLAY followed by any key. This program will take about 5 minutes to load.
Roland and his fellow captives at Amsoft decide to escape from the clutches of their masters and catch the 16.45 freight train from Brentwood station. After many hours cooped-up in this uncomfortable means of transport, they decide to try and jump out on to the back of passing lorries that are travelling on a busy road close to the railway line in a small village outside of Guildford. Unfortunately, their final hideouts are on the other side of the road. They must jump from the back of these lorries to the back of those passing in the opposite direction and then jump on to the hideouts.
The journey having been tiring, you must assist Roland and his colleagues by adjusting the speed of the train to make the leap to freedom easier. The ease of this task is dependant upon the initial difficulty level chosen.
To familiarize yourself with the controls you should start off with 255 lives on difficulty level 1. Timing is most important. Adjust the speed of the train to make jumping easier. The men are ready to jump when they flash. The speed of the traffic is not necessarily constant, it speeds up or slows down to make jumping more difficult, more so on higher levels. If a jump is unsuccessful, you will lose a life. This is indicated by a short 'bleep'. If it succeeds the score will increase. The jump controls are very sensitive. Just a quick press will do. If you press too long the jumps will repeat and you will loose lives faster. As you become more expert you can reduce the amount of lives and increase the difficulty level.
Controls
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Accelerate the train |
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Decelerate the train |
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Jump from train to first line of traffic |
X |
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Jump from first line of traffic to second |
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line of traffic |
C |
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Jump from second line of traffic to |
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hideouts |
ESC |
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Hold Any key to restart |
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khisanth says
"Utterly awful. "