THE DRAGNET CASE
by Edward P. Toovey & Robert Powell
Taskmaster Software 1989
SOLUTION (Spectrum 48k)
(you start in your lounge), DROP PERMIT, LOOK COUCH, GET TROUSERS, WEAR
TROUSERS, S, OPEN DRAWER, LOOK DRAWER, GET KEY, LOOK CHAIR, GET COLT, N, N,
UNLOCK WARDROBE, DROP KEY, LOOK WARDROBE, GET YALE KEY, LOOK BED, GET SKELETON
KEYS, S, S, UNLOCK DOOR, E, D, W, N, LOOK FILE (it's the DRAGNET FILE), N, LOOK
SAFE, LOOK LETTER (addressed to the professor), N, LOOK NOTEPAD (10.15
Warehouse on 35th street), W, UNLOCK FRIDGE, DROP SKELETON KEYS, OPEN FRIDGE,
LOOK FRIDGE, GET CARD, E, S, S, S, E, E, S, HAIL CAB, SAY 35TH STREET, PAY
DRIVER, EXIT CAB, S, E, LOOK TIECLIP (you see the emblem of the MUTANTS), LOOK
GANGSTER, LOOK NOTE ('Joe, make your way to sunshine apartments after you've
taken the warehouse'), E, U, INSERT CARD, PRESS BUTTON FIT, D (you're in the
28th century), W (you get arrested), R (if necessary; repeat until the drunk
offers you a bottle of wine for your colt), SWAP COLT FOR BOTTLE, R (if
necessary; repeat until the Lieutenant is in the cell), HIT LIEUTENANT WITH
BOTTLE, LOOK LIEUTENANT, GET CARD, GET GUN, INSERT CARD, N, N, E, E, N, W, W, N,
N, E, U, PRESS BUTTON BIT (back to the 20th century), D, W, W, S, S, S, S, S, W,
W, N, N, SHOOT GANGSTER WITH RAY GUN, DROP GUN, LOOK GANGSTER, LOOK PAPER (Grand
Avenue, 5.00 a.m.), S, S, E, U, W, UNLOCK DOOR, LOOK CHAIR, GET COLT, UNLOCK
DOOR, E, D, E, S, HAIL CAB, SAY GRAND AVENUE, PAY DRIVER, EXIT CAB, LOOK POSTER
('CRIME PREVENTION... please ring the police'), S, S, E, E, LOOK DUSTBIN, GET
WIRE, S, E, S, S, LOOK DOOR, PICK LOCK, OPEN DOOR, S, S, S, SHOOT GANGSTER, W,
U, W, W, SHOOT LOCK, OPEN DOOR, W, SHOOT MUTANT, LOOK DESK (you find a phone),
RING POLICE (WELL DONE, you have scored 100%).
boldir, June 2023
