For the Dragon 32. Joystick Compatible.
At the dawn of time when men were chauvinists and women let them get away with it, B. C. Bill ruled his domain with a club of wood.
After leaving his tribe to seek his fortune, Bill has found himself a comfy cave in a desirable area and decided to start his own dynasty.
The first thing he needs are a few wives; and prehistoric courtship being pretty basic this doesn't prove very difficult — every time an unsuspecting lady wanders into his territory, Bill simply runs up behind her and then it's a clout on the head with his club, and a quick drag by the hair back to his cave.
One of the problems with accumulating wives is feeding them — so before long Bill is running around clubbing down food, and if that's not bad enough being a model husband invariably leads to children, and once they start arriving Bill's family feeding problems become more and more difficult.
You will be able to watch the seasons change and if Bill has kept his wives well fed and happy they will each produce one offspring at regular intervals.
The fight for survival gets tougher and tougher as the seasons change and the tribe grows. With so many people and so much food around it's hardly surprising that the predatory flesh eating variety of dinosaurs are attracted to Bill's clearing. Not only do they steal his food but will kill anyone who is not safely tucked away in the cave.
Before long his little kingdom is overflowing with wives, kids, food and dinosaurs, and Bill is having a frantic time trying to keep things organised — in fact, many historians believe Bill was the first human to suffer from ulcers.
Once you get to grips with Bill and his way of life you'll realise there's a lot to be said for female emancipation!
The object of the game is to collect as many wives as you can whilst at the same time collecting enough food to satisfy your ever growing family. You must keep all your kids well fed for a period of five 'years', then they will be old enough to leave your family to set up on their own.
Every season your wives and kids will need to consume one unit of food each to avoid starvation. If all your wives die, so will you, of a broken heart.
To keep your family well fed and alive it will be necessary to kill the marauding dinosaurs who will attack your food and dependants.
As your kids leave the tribe it is up to you to protect them until they leave your domain, i.e. the screen.
If you lose a life protecting a kid who is leaving the screen all your other mature offspring die.
Good luck and good hunting.
There are two status lines at the bottom of the screen. The top line will give you (from left to right) score, food units, the year and the screen. The bottom line gives you (from left to right) number of lives remaining, number of wives and number of kids.
The play keys have been laid out in a way so as to offer the player a wide variety of combinations of keys to make the play as comfortable as possible.
Once you have 'clubbed' a wife or some food and move towards your cave, the "clubbed" object will automatically be dragged behind you. You can not use your club whilst dragging.
By passing across the entrance to your cave the object you are dragging will automatically disappear into it.
B. C. Bill © 1984 by Creative Technology Group Ltd. The game, its program code, game mechanics, audio-visual presentation and documentation are protected by National and International copyright laws. The distribution and sale of this product are intended for the use of the original purchaser only and for use only on the computer system specified. Lawful users of this program are hereby licensed only to read to the program. This product may not be stored, translated, transmitted, reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means or offered for hire or for sale on any optional buy back basis without express written permission of Creative Technology Group Ltd. All rights of author and owner reserved worldwide.
Dragon 32/64
Type "CLOADM". The game will start automatically.
© Copyright 1984 Imagine Software Limited