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Contact Sam Cruise

Contact Sam Cruise

Console: Sinclair ZX Spectrum
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Publisher(s): Microsphere
Release Date: 1986-04-15
Co-op: No

Just another day at the Sam Cruise Detective Agency. I hear the staccato
rattle of Daisy at the old typewriter in the outer office: the band in my
head starts to tune up. I reach for a strong coffee. Pulling up the blind I
look out of the grimy window into the street below. Ordinary people going
about their ordinary business, unaware of the intrigues on their doorsteps.
What do they know of the Fat Man, or the mysterious goings on at No.19?.
Luscious Lana wiggles past, a sly smile playing across her ruby red lips. A
gust of wind disturbs the garbage on the sidewalk.

And then the phone rings...

Keys and controls

Joystick selection is made after the game has loaded. Press J on the screen
you should see 'Select Joystick'. Press K for Kempston, I for Sinclair
Interface 2, C for Cursor or N if there is no joystick

Keyboard controls

Q=UP A=DOWN
O=LEFT P=RIGHT
PRESS Q,A,O,P + CAPS SHIFT TO MOVE FASTER
B=PULL/DRAW BLIND (WHEN STANDING NEXT TO A BLIND)
D=CHANGE DISGUISE
F=FUSE
G=GET/PICKUP OBJECT(OBJECTS FLASH WHEN YOU PASS OVER THEM)
I=INFORMATION-SLOWS THE SPEED MESSAGES CROSS THE SCREEN
K=KNOCK/USE KEY (WHEN AT A DOOR) ALSO OPENS DOOR FROM THE INSIDE
L=LIGHTSWITCH ON/OFF (WHEN STANDING NEXT TO A SWITCH)
R=FORWARD ROLL
S=AERIAL SOMERSAULT
T=USE TELEPHONE
H=HANG UP TELEPHONE