THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE AUF WIEDERSEHEN MONTY PUBLISHER Gremlin Graphics AUTHORS Peter Harrap, S. Hollingworth, C. Kerry, C. Dooley, G. Holmes Graphics by S. Kerry and T. Lloyd YEAR 1987 (released around May) DESCRIPTION At heart a standard platform game, but packed with all the lovely touches and animations that made the Monty Mole games such a success. Very playable - easy to get started but difficult to do everything. CONTROLS Q, W, P, L, Space - left, right, climb up, climb down, jump Symbol Shift - fly (at an airport) 3 and 4 together - abort K - Music or J - Anthems (128K only) INSTRUCTIONS Get to your Greek island haven, collecting as much money as possible in the form of Eurocheques or by using objects in suitable ways. Use air tickets to fly around Europe. INLAY CARD TEXT [back cover] Poor, persecuted Monty Mole, who was incarcerated by the bastions of the law for borrowing coal to keep warm, has escaped and fled these pleasant isles. Lying low in Gibraltar, Monty's whereabouts have been leaked to "Intermole", who are in hot pursuit! [instruction leaflet] Auf Wiedersehen MONTY Can you help Monty in his last fight for freedom? He must flee for his life across Europe, in an effort to raise enough money to buy the Greek island of Montos. On Montos Monty will at last escape extradition as no one else even knows of its existence. Travel across the continent with our mole, 'acquiring' travellers cheques and any other valuables on your way. Could Monty make a few francs from fencing the Mona Lisa? Can our intrepid Mole repair his car in time to compete in the Grand Prix? The prize money could come in handy. The Mafia may help if he can avoid the 'heavy duty footwear'. Romance awaits Monty in "Pizza" in the form of 'Mole Fatale", the fair Juliet. Her heart begs to be captured by a daring Muscle Mole - is Monty her mole? Can Monty tempt the palate of the German wine connoisseurs by delivering a very special bottle of Chateau Blanc from one of the finest vineyards in France. Collect the plane tickets at the airports to enable Monty to travel from one country to another. While in flight try to nibble the back of the other planes to increase your score. When all the objects have been collected a complete island will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. Then and only then should you go to Montos as arriving earlier may seriously damage your chances of finishing the game. CONTROL KEYS SPECTRUM Q = Left W = Right P = Up L = Down SPACE = Jump Or Kempston, cursor, Interface II Joysticks use the "Symbol Shift" key at an airport to fly "3" and "4" together to break. LOADING INSTRUCTIONS SPECTRUM 48K HOW TO LOAD Type LOAD"" and press ENTER. Press PLAY on the cassette recorded. The program will load and run automatically. CHEATS Load the game with the command LOAD "" : REM MONTY, then pick up the red flag-like object on the first screen. This will give you infinite lives and immunity from the monsters. The airport destinations are as follows: Spain -> Paris -> Antwerp -> Luxembourg -> Amsterdam -> Spain Moledavia -> Copenhagen -> Sweden Bonn -> West Berlin -> East Berlin -> Yugoslavia -> Rome -> Olympus -> Bern Bern -> the non-functional (white) airport in Yugoslavia White airport terminals cause you to lose a ticket when you press SYMBOL SHIFT. The objects can be converted into cash as follows: Take the football to Juventus Touch the blue man in Amsterdam to convert the fertiliser to a bouquet of flowers; take this to Pizza Take the wine to Dortmund Take the Mona Lisa to Itsa Daboss in Italy Carry the tools to use the ski-lift in Austria safely Take the bacon to Sweden Take the steering wheel to Monaco SEQUELS/PREQUELS This is the third in the Monty Mole series, and was trumpeted as the last. (The sequence was Wanted: Monty Mole, Monty On The Run, Auf Wiedersehen Monty and the Your Sinclair special Moley Christmas.) SCORES RECEIVED Crash (issue 40, May 1987, p.34): 85% "A fine continuation of the long-standing Monty Mole theme." Your Sinclair (issue 18, June 1987, p.91): 9/10 Megagame "A really top hole multi-screen platform game." (YS carried a preview in issue 15, March 1987, pp.44-45.) URLs GENERAL FACTS The game originally cost œ7.95; it came with a badge bearing a picture of Monty in flying gear and "AUF WIEDERSEHEN MONTY GREMLIN GRAPHICS SOFTWARE LTD" around the edge. A poster map of Europe as seen in the game was available for 99p, together with a hint sheet. NOTES You can fall any height without dying. You can jump on to a platform at most three squares above than that on which you stand. Although it is difficult to do, it is possible to die in such a way that you lose all your lives - try jumping into a screen where you will land on water. The purple bottles have one of three effects: none, reversing left and right, or making you walk in one direction without stopping. The cocktails have no such effects. It is possible to collect the lager in Dortmund safely. As well as making a map, you will probably need to plan your route with care in order to finish the game, so that you have sufficient air tickets at all times.