Acorn Programs


Ghost Hunter

 
Published in Acorn Programs #5

Ghost Hunter

Paul Williams of Bury, Lancashire earns £30 for the first of our Star Programs. Written for the BBC B, this exciting and chilling game, Ghost Hunter, has you chasing the skeletons which have risen unbidden from their coffins in the graveyard.

You can despatch them by placing a cross over your target and pressing the fire button but beware of the ghoul which creeps stealthily down the screen.

If it reaches the fence at the bottom, or if you bump into a tombstone in the dark, you will lose one of your three lives. When you have eliminated ten skeletons you will find yourself on a new and even spookier screen.

Use the Z and X keys to move left and right, * and / to move up and down, and the space bar to fire. Pressing RETURN allows you to super-zap the ghoul back to where it started but you can do that only three times per game.

Paul Williams