Zenobi Software Adventures "A HANDFUL OF HAMSTERS" ----------------------- Over the last year or two SCOTT DENYER has emerged on the adventure scene and his prowess as an adventure-writer is now matched only by his ability to con Larry Horsfield into thinking that he would be able to score some points in the legendary 'Mega-Points' competition featured in the annual adventurer's 'DO'. In celebration of this fact ZENOBI SOFTWARE have put together a small collection of some of SCOTT's games. These games range from the 'sublime' to the 'ridiculous', with even a couple of 'half-decent' ones in between. But not even a crusty old BALROG like me is going to tell you which is which ... that you will have to judge for yourself. The various 'themes' of the games range from a quest for a jar of pickled cabbage, to doing battle with the massed army of an emperor and even to simply finding a lost (or should that be slightly misplaced) gift for a favourite auntie. All are graced with a fair sprinkling of what SCOTT laughingly calls 'humour' and even the 'one-parter' will have you tearing your hair our in frustration. CONTENTS OF THE COMPILATION --------------------------- STAR FLAWS .... A long time ago in a galaxy a million miles west of Watford Gap, an evil Empire, led by the infamous Daft Radar, kidnapped a gorgeous young princess. A young and handsome space cadet by the name of Nuke Skyporker, aided by his trusty companions Yans Polo and Tobacco the Cookie, set out for the evil Empire's space station (the Deaf Star) to try and rescue her .... SNOW JOKE .... Trapped in your car on a cold wintry morning ... your task, simply to escape. DESMOND AND GERTRUDE .... Desmond and Gertrude are in LOVE. Unfortunately, Desmond is a poor peasant, whilst Gertrude is a rich princess (yet another one of them!). Needless to say, Gertrude's father, King Norbert the fourth, is not happy with the relationship and has therefore decided that Gertrude must marry the rather wimpish Sir Hugh de Bottomley. Your task is to help both the lovers to reach the 'secret cave' in order that they can 'elope' together. LARRY THE LEMMING .... Yours is but a simple task ... assist Larry to kill himself! AUNT VELMA .... Your favourite auntie is coming to tea and you have decided to give her a nice little present. Only snag is, you have forgotten where you hid the damn present. So use all your skills to locate the missing gift and be ready to present it to Aunt Velma when she arrives. BRIAN AND THE DISHONEST POLITICIAN .... When young Brian Ramsbottom smelt something fishy about this year's candidate for the seat of Lower Ruddleston he knew it was not his fish pie! So he decided to run against Gareth Pitchfork in the forthcoming elections, but would he be able to rely on the inhabitants of Lower Ruddlestone to vote for him ..... RAYMOND PRINGLE .... The least said about a quest for a jar of pickled cabbage the better. NOTES : ----- The games all contain a built-in set of instructions ... or so SCOTT assures us ...