SPIDERS

by Keith Burton

from ZX Computing Feb/Mar.1986



Keith Burton has a close encounter of the arachnid kind.





As caretaker of Spectrum Manor you have to keep the building

clear of spiders and clear up those nasty creepy webs. There

are three floors to patrol and some idiot has left three

invisible mines on each floor! Fortunately, as you enter

each floor the mines become visible for a few seconds so

that you can make sure you avoid them. The spiders, being

very light footed, do not trigger off the mines.



You have three lives to risk and cleaning up a piece of web

scores one point. Dead spiders, the non-flashing kind, also

score one point but live spiders score a generous

twenty-five points. If you are one of the top five spider

exterminators then you are rewarded with having your name

held for posterity in the high score chart.



So, carefully positioning your fingers over the QZIP keys

for UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT do your bit for mankind in the

battle against these horrid, harmless beasties.



But first you have to type it in ...





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