                          THE TRIAL OF ARNOLD BLACKWOOD

                                   CHEAT SHEET


      In retrospect this is a simple adventure based not upon standardised
      adventures but bringing a  strange  tongue-in-cheek  humour  to  its
      implementation.

      The task in hand is to assist ARNOLD  in  his  first  adventure,  to
      discover just what it is that a certain LORD EREBUS requires of  him
      and to effectively carry that out.  There is more than one objective
      and these become apparent from close attention to  the  introduction
      and from information gleaned from the ubiquitous ORACLE.

      Completion of the tasks  and  summoning  of  LORD  E  results  in  a
      percentage score being given, provided that a good propotion of  the
      tasks have been done. This puts a fair mileage in the  adventure  in
      that it will probably be played several times before the maximum  is
      obtained.

      The adventure effectively sets up a mystery of  its  own  concerning
      the nature and character of ARNOLD, LORD and LADY E and  not  least,
      MEXICAN PETE. A sad dog plays a prominant part  in  the  proceedings
      and the inlay card from the  cassette  depicts  the  scene  sat  his
      passing. FIDO is not to be confused with BONZO  who  is  actually  a
      [living] cat who ha but one aim in life - that of scoffing kippers.

      The parser is elementary and simple two word  inputs  are  required.
      These for the most part may be reduced to the first three letters of
      each. Note should be made however of BURY DOG and FLASH ON.

      The style is readily adopted by those new to adventuring - even  PCW
      and PCN magazines have referred  to  the  "cult  figure"  of  ARNOLD
      BLACKWOOD.  Experienced adventurers may find the  game  fairly  easy
      but should appreciate the humour (which comes  in  with  devastating
      effect in "Somewhere Else").

      There are few  sudden, unexpected deaths. See what you can  do  with
      the BUCKET. Musical instruments can be PLAyed, boxes can  be  OPEned
      and neatness is essential.  Wandering around the  garden  (It  needs
      mapping) is a soft prelude and goog exercise in mazes  before  entry
      to the mansion (sorry about that). From there on  the  problems  and
      items multiply and the need to revisit  the  garden  becomes  clear.
      There, pone of the major sad tasks  must  be  performed  before  the
      mansion can be re-entere for the FINALE.

      Not a huge adventure but very satisfying  and  almost  emotional  as
      several players have indicated. An appetite whetter, written  within
      three weeks of the introduction  of  the  CPC464  computer.  Amstrad
      Computer  User  magazine  acknowledge  it  as  probably  the   first
      adventure written especially for the machine. It is  of  course  now
      available for all  CPC  and  PCW  machines  and  will  no  doubt  be
      converted to run on the  PC1512.   No  doubt  the  program,  written
      entirely in BASIC, could be improved, with knowledge gained  on  the
      computers' operation but it seems unnecessary  to  tinker  with  the
      antique charm of a simple but amusing adventure.

      SHORT HINTS:-

      If it belongs to Lord Erebus - keep it

      If it is out of place - find a home for it

      ASK ORACLE and believe it!

      Some objects are "red herrings" (except the kipper!)

      Some objects are needed more than once

      Read the Hint Screen dispayed at the start


      [C] NEMESIS 1986
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