Busy Bee

Busy Bee





Tony Wye,


Hayes,


Middlesex.





This program is called Busy Bee and runs on the Spectrum


16 and 48K. [Oh, no it doesn't! It's small enough to, but


the code is loaded slap bang across the 32768 16K RAMtop.


And at this size, it's hardly surprising that it is not


relocatable, either. Strictly 48K only.] It's a maze type


game where you have to cut the grass on a lawn, avoiding


the bees who are attracted to you because of the lawn mower


noise.


Upon loading, the game auto-runs and the instructions are


displayed and the keys to be used - cursor keys - then P


must be pressed to play. The screen is set up and you must


move around the flower beds and cut the grass avoiding the


bees who are moving about. When all the grass is cut you


leave the screen via the bottom and then your bonus is


added according to the time you took to clear the grass.


Then you go on to the differently shaped screen 2.


This carries on with screens 1 and 2 in turn and each


stage the bees are attracted more and more to you until it


is nearly impossible to get away from them. By then all


your lives will have been used up. When all three lives are


used, the game over sign will be displayed and tell you if


it is a new high score.