| Genre: | Arcade Game: Action |
| Publisher: | Silver Soft |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | Spectrum 48K, Spectrum 128K |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | Spectrum 48K |
| Compatible Emulators: | ZXSpin (PC (Windows)) Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
| Original Release Date: | 14th July 1985 |
| Original Release Price: | £5.95 |
| Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 64g |
| Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
| Author(s): | Brendan Kelly |
Variant Items
There are 0 other items featuring this same game (that we know about!). Click any of them for their details.
Active Auctions
Closed Auctions
Cover Art
Front Cover
Front Inlay
Front Inlay
Back Inlay
Back Inlay
Auction Price Watch
Worried you're being ripped off? Closing prices on eBay can help you decide what a reasonable price is for a particular item.
Media Scans
Cassette
Full Instructions
Features
- Teleports
- Conveyor Belts
- Self-Turning Turnstiles
- Bonus Hats
- A nice piece of beef!
The Game
Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief,
Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef...
Everything was quiet. The old boy had packed up for the day and gone home, leaving the shop and the small flat deserted.
Easing the jemmy into the window frame just below the latch, a little sideways pressure, the muffled splintering of rotten woodwork; and the windows swung silently open. I peered into... darkness.
Swinging a leg over the sill, I dropped silently to the floor. My stomach groaned at the thought of all that "luverly" beef waiting, out there somewhere.
Although my eyes couldn't see it in the gloom, I detected a movement. I moved forward. What's this?
My hands explored the object blocking the way.
A turnstile?
Hints And Tips
- The object of the game is to steer a starving Taffy from his house towards his objective - a piece of beef, obviously.
- To do this successfully, you must catch several creatures, who will change shape on capture, and proceed to chase you - with varying degrees of skill and intelligence.
- On catching the last creature, they will all revert to their original form, but *may* adopt a new speed, running pattern and the ability to move turnstiles.
- On reaching the fourth level on each screen, the stairs will appear. Use them.
Scoring
Killing a creature ... 10 * level points
Completing levels ... 40 * level points
Completing screens ... 80 * level points
Bonus Fruits
Red Cherry ... 10 * level points
Magenta Grape ... 20 * level points
Green Apple ... 30 * level points
Cyan Bell ... 40 * level points
Bonus Hats (yes, hats!) will gain you an extra life if reached in time.
Game Controls
On loading the game, you will be able to select either keyboard or joystick options.
If you select the keyboard option you will be asked to define the keys that you prefer for Up, Down, Left and Right movement.
The game can be additionally played using either a Kempston or Sinclair joystick.
Additional Keys
1 - Pause the game and toggles sound 2 - Restarts the game 1 & 2 - Abort game
Loading
LOAD"" (ENTER)
Screen Designers
The following utilities are also available to allow you to edit the supplied screens of this game:
Cheats
Download
A digital version of this item can be downloaded right here at Everygamegoing (All our downloads are in .zip format).
| Download | What It Contains |
|---|---|
 | A digital version of Taffy Turner suitable for ZXSpin (PC (Windows)), Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
Report A Problem
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts if you report something wrong on our site. It's the only way we can fix any problems!
You are not currently logged in so your report will be anonymous.
