Introduction

It is time for the return of the "anti-hero" known as Ernie Spludge. The only hero with an "inferiority complex". The only hero whose idea of "braveness" is to take a bath without wearing his water-wings!!!!!

Those of you daft enough to have played their way through Ernie Spludge's earlier adventures will recall that poor old Ernie had a tendency to cock-up most things and this latest game is the direct result of one such "cock-up" in more ways than one.

The more sensible amongst you will be greatly surprised to hear that Ernie and Rosie are about to become very proud parents ... though at this time the exact number and format of their offspring is still in doubt. In fact poor old Ernie is still a touch vague concerning the actual details of the event leading up to this and whilst he knows "when", he is not quite sure "how" it all came about - however he strongly suspects it was all down to a warm summer's night and his decision to take to his bed without wearing his night-cap! Such moments of exuberant rashness have been known to turn even the head of one such as Rosie Spludge, let alone women of weaker resolve.

So it was, and so it must be, and Rosie blossomed to such an extent that even the skinny frame of Ernie's lithe body could no longer fit into the matrimonial bed - and for the past couple of weeks he has found himself consigned to the care of the front-room sofa.

But that was last week and for the past seven days Ernie has had the entire house to himself whilst Rosie performed her duties in the labour ward of the local hospital. But all good things must come to an end and today is the day that Rosie is due to return to the family home - the one she left so neat and tidy only seven short days ago!!!!!

Notes

The object of the game is - to return the family home to the pristine condition it was in prior to Rosie's entry into hospital - Ernie never was that "house proud" and it took him all his time just to remember that the hoover only did its job when plugged in and switched on!

Your task is to return the house to its original tidy condition and at the same time to ensure that Ernie caries out all the other little tasks that Rosie asked him to do... If only you and Ernie can remember what exactly they were.

This game will accept the use of such commands as PRESS, PLAY, ENTER, REDIAL and RECHARGE as well as the normal ones such as EXAMINE, GET and READ. It will also accept the use of RAMSAVE and RAMLOAD in order to store/recall a game "position" in memory. However, always use the standard SAVE and LOAD to make a more permanent record on to tape and disk.