Place the cassette in your cassette player, and connect it to the Dragon 32 as detailed in the Dragon manual. Set the volume control on the cassette player to a level you have found reliable (about ¾ is a good starting point). Enter CLOADM "HORACE" then press the RETURN key. The program will take about five minutes to load, and the game will start automatically on successful loading.
"Hungry Horace" has a built-in demonstration mode, which allows you to see what the various stages of the game look like.
To see the demonstration mode, simply let the game run.
To start play, press any key or the joystick fire button.
"Hungry Horace" is a machine language game for the Dragon 32. You are Hungry Horace, intent on devouring everything in your path. Horace will move along the paths, bridges and tunnels of the park by using the joystick or arrow keys.
Each flower in the park that Horace eats adds to your score. But beware of the park guards who are out to catch Horace and throw him out of the park.
If Horace is caught four times, he will not be allowed back in the park and the game will end.
There are several alarm bells in the park. If Horace can steal one of the alarms, the guards will panic. If Horace can catch them while they are in a panic, they will flee from the park.
Look out for when one of the guards drops his lunch of cherries or strawberries. You will score extra points if Horace eats the guards' lunch.
The park is divided into four sections, and in each section there is an exit leading to the next section. Horace does not need to eat all the flowers or reach the bell before entering the next section. Each section of the park is different and requires different strategies from the previous ones.
Upon leaving the fourth section, you re-enter the first section, with the action getting progressively faster and the guards progressively meaner.
The game may be paused at any time by hitting the "P" key. The action may be started again by hitting the space bar or the joystick fire button.
If you wish to start any game again from the beginning, you can exit from the current game by pressing either the RESET button or both the <SHIFT> and <BREAK> keys simultaneously.
PRESTON COMPUTER GAMESHorace is almost a microcomputer legend, and now the original Horace game is available for the Dragon 32! Horace creates havoc in the park as he picks the flowers, annoys the guards and steals their lunch. Fast, challenging, and fun to play. Features great animation!
"Horace has made such an impression that his games deserve to be classed in a genre by themselves."—Personal Computer News
Dragon 32
Type "CLOADM". The game will start automatically.
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