MUGGINS THE SPACEMAN
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Help our hapless hero fix his spaceship before its too late!


LOADING

1. Connect a suitable cassette player to your Spectrum according to the User Manual. 
   THEN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 3, 4 AND 5 BELOW.

SPECTRUM 48/128 and PLUS 2 OWNERS
2. Put the 48/128 and Plus 2 systems into 48K mode.
3. Place the rewound cassette into the cassette player.
4. Type LOAD"" on your Spectrum and press ENTER.
5. Press PLAY on the cassette player.

NOTE: Full loading instructions can be found in your Spectrum Manual.


THE GAME

Muggins has been sent to recover the new wonder spaceship which has crashed during 
a large meteorite shower. In the crash and commotion many vital pieces of engine and 
such-like were redistributed around the ship. You, Muggins, have to replace all the parts 
in the correct places, then take off and fly back to the space docks for proper repairs.

However, all the security systems are still working. The ship is divided into many 
different security zones, only one of which, with the aid of the computer terminals, can 
be made into a safe zone at any one time. A safe zone is depicted buy a blue border to 
the room, whilst red is a security zone.

Green patrol robots are harmless, but if one spots you in a security zone, it will 
summon the yellow security robots in an effort to dispense with you.

It takes five hits for them to kill you, shown on your life marker and you start off with 
three lives. When you lose a life you go back to the start room but you do not lose your 
possessions. You are also equiped with a gun but this needs its power pack charged up 
before it will fire.

Certain rooms have holes in the top wall, causing a vacuum. Whilst in a vacuum, your space 
helmet will automatically flip on and start using your internal oxygen supply. Holes can 
be repaired with patches from dispensers scattered around the ship. Holes are continually 
appearing and if too many are left unpatched (represented by the image of your ship 
disappearing) the ship will disintegrate. Also, if you are shot whilst in a vacuum, you 
will die instantly.

If you are too successful at destroying security robots then faster battle robots will be 
deployed against you.

Spread about, there are map terminals which can show which local rooms are safe, linking 
doors and the position of objects.

Secure lockers, which you may come across, after printing up their name, will display 
a clue as to how their contents can be released.

Credit card style passes can open certain locked doors. Press fire at the autopilot to 
take off.

Ordinary doors open automatically. You can carry up to four objects.


CONTROLS

Fire = Fire except when touching a piece of furniture where an object may be picked up 
       or dropped.

P = Pause 
A = Abort 
K = Select Keyboard/Joystick.



© M. FOX

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