The Game

Crocket and Tubbs have heard; the word is on the street - a one million dollar contraband shipment is due in town on Thursday morning, for collection by Mr. 'J'. Just get out there and squeeze the network of dealers; starting with the real low-life: the $10 wrap men who frequent the local bars. If you handle them right, you might just get to their suppliers, the next link in the chain and eventually the slick businessmen who operate in the casinos - they should have lots of information if you don't have to shoot them first!

To Shoot Out Of Car Window

Press FIRE to enter fire mode - car display will light up. To shoot in direction shown in car display, press FIRE again (fire mode will then be exited).

To select a new aiming direction, move joystick

Up ... Shoot ahead
Down ... Shoot behind
Right ... Shoot directly out of the window (right)

Once new aim selected, player must fire to exit fire mode.

To Enter A Named Location

Stop on the road; press FIRE; release and move joystick left. Car display will change to:

Flashing ... Car carrying evidence.
Flashing ... Car carrying suspect.

Press FIRE when arrow pointing to chosen side is lit. To abort entry, press FIRE when no arrow lit (if either character enters a location, any evidence or suspects carried in the car will be lost). N.B. Note that turning is possible whilst reversing.

Joystick Controls When Inside A Location

Left - Walk Left, Right - Walk Right, Up - Go Through Door, Down - Exit Option Mode, FIRE - Shoot in current direction

Evidence (bags of contraband) are collected by walking over them.

Choose options by pressing FIRE when option is highlighted. Successful interrogation should yield a name of a person or place, a time, or a dollar value of a deal. Crooks and evidence should be returned to City Hall to score.

Special Locations

Do not have interior screens, but computer beeps when they are visited. They are:

City Hall ... City Hall will interrogate crooks and pass on information on the message window in about three hours.

Hospital ... May be visited once a day to recover some player strength.

Meetings

Your captain has provided you with sets of probably time schedules for all the meetings which are expected on Monday. There are two possible schedules for Monday a.m. and four for Monday p.m. All meetings within each twelve hour period will follow the same schedule, although you do not know which ones at the start.

To catch a crook at a meeting, arrive at the meeting between four and eight minutes after its scheduled start. To disturb a meeting in order to make a crook flee, leaving his contraband behind, arrive between 0 and four minutes from its start. To encounter a crook's car (the red car), enter and leave the location of a meeting within 8 and 12 minutes from its start.

Schedules: Monday Only

Game Controls

X - Left, C - Right, L - Up, M - Down, Y-P - Fire

At start of game, select either:

1. Interface II (Sinclair)
2. Kempston
3. Cursor Joysticks
4. Keyboard

Note

1. Press CAPS LOCK to pause (border flickers); press again to continue.
2. When paused, press E to quit current game (then press CAPS LOCK to start).
3. When games have ended automatically, game starts in PAUSE mode. Press CAPS LOCK to start new game.

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