Orm and Cheep: The Birthday Party
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To load from tape: Press SHIFT and RUN/STOP simultaneously, then
release.


The program starts with a reaction tester which sets the level of
play.  The words 'ORM AND CHEEP' will drop one by one.  You must
press  a key to  stop them as near to the line as possible. Get
ready, with fingers by the keys!  Press any key to begin.

You have set your starting level with the reaction tester.  Your
difficulty level will adjust automatically as you play, depending
on your success.

Today is Orm's birthday.  He is going to bake himself a birthday
cake, but he's run out of ingredients.  Cheep wants to help Orm by
refilling the jars in the kitchen.  Orm's jars are on the shelf.
Orm  shows Cheep  the contents of each jar - flour, sugar, jam,
cherries, popcorn, bag of sultanas.  Now you must help Cheep find
the right jar for each ingredient.  Press any key to stop Cheep
over the correct jar, until he has filled all of them.  Now Orm
can make his cake.

Orm asks Cheep to go and find all their friends - Snail, Mouse,
Hedgehog, Mole - and bring them back to Orm's house for a surprise!
Help  Cheep find  the friends in the countryside. The signposts
show the ways Cheep could go - press any key when the direction
you want flashes red.  When Cheep finds a friend, press any key
to collect the animal and continue on the adventure.  Before the
animals can go back and enjoy Orm's party in safety, Cheep must
make sure the three foes are out of the way.  When he meets Rat,
Cat  or Crow,  he needs the right friends with him to scare the
foe away.  The little pictures show which friends he needs.

Snail,  Mouse and  Hedgehog can be found above ground, but Mole
will only be found in his tunnels.  Cheep must go into the tunnels
through Mole's mole hill.  Try to remember the way you go through
the  tunnels -  when you have found Mole you must take him back
out  of the  tunnels through the same door. Wherever you are in
the  tunnels you will see a 'Cheep's-eye-view' - as if you have
just emerged from the tunnel at the bottom of the screen.  Cheep
flutters by each branch of the tunnel in turn - straight ahead,
right  turn,  back the way he's  just come at the bottom of the
screen, left turn.  Press any key to take Cheep along the tunnel
of your choice.

Here's  a simple  map to give you an idea of Mole's tunnels. It
might help to draw one for yourself as you explore the maze.

  ____     ____     ____
 /    \___/    \___/    \
|      ___      ___      |
 \_  _/   \_  _/   \_  _/
  _||_     _||_     _||_
 /    \___/    \___/    \
|      ___      ___      |
 \_  _/   \_  _/   \_  _/
  _||_     _||_     _||_
 /    \___/    \___/    \
|      ___      ___      |
 \    /   \____/   \____/
  |  |
door from
Mole's hill


The foes can hide in Mole's tunnels too.  Cheep can't go past them
this time.  If he's foolish enough to try when Mole's with him,
Mole will disappear into the maze again and Cheep gets frightened
back to the start!

Once Cheep has collected all the friends and scared away all the
foes, they can go back to Orm's house.  Meanwhile, Orm has laid a
place at the table for each friend.  You have to put them in the
right places.  Each animal flashes in turn.  Press any key to move
that animal to the empty place.  Sometimes the correct positions
are  shown by  the animal's colours, and you have to juggle the
animals around until you get it right.  Other times, to make it
more  difficult,  you have  to find out  the correct places for
yourself.  Watch Orm for help - the number of times he shakes his
head tells you the number of animals which are in the right place.
(Hint  - don't  forget Orm has a correct place too!) If this is
still too easy for you - you'll be given a handicap!  You won't
be able to move the friend opposite the empty chair.  When all the
friends  are  seated, Orm  goes to get  the food. Suddenly Crow
appears at the door and causes chaos.  Orm returns with his 'Orm
cake' to find the friends in the wrong places again.  Move them
to their new positions then the party can finally get underway.


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Orm and Cheep characters devised and created by Tony Martin © 1983
Independent Producers/Tony Martin.  Theme music by Dave Greenslade.
Software and packaging © 1985 Macmillan Ltd.  All rights reserved.
This  software and  packaging  is protected  by copyright.  The
publishers give permission for purchasers of the Spectrum version
to copy the program once only to microdrive cartridge for their own
use only.  No part of the program or packaging may be reproduced
in any form or by any means, whether for private use or otherwise,
without the publishers permission.  Published 1985 by Macmillan
Software,  an  imprint of Macmillan Information Systems Ltd., 4
Little Essex Street, London WC2R 3LF.

     Programmed by Widgit Software Ltd for Macmillan Ltd.

                      Macmillan Software

               Manual copied by Neil Tomlinson.