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THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE
TRASHMAN
PUBLISHER
New Generation Software
AUTHOR
Unknown
YEAR
1984(?)
CATEGORY
Arcade
DESCRIPTION
A fun-filled simulation of one of Britain's least popular jobs!
CONTROLS
Cursor keys/joystick, Kempston, Sinclair
INSTRUCTIONS
Take control of your rookie trashman and lead him to the heady
heights of head-trashman in a matter of days! You must guide
trashman around various streets, locating and picking up the
rubbish bins. These must be carried to the truck and emptied
before being placed back where you found them. However, things
aren't as easy as they seem! Cars try to run you down, kids on
bikes will run over your feet and make you move more slowly.
Worst of all, tread on someone's lawn and you may find their
dog snapping at your heels! Each street must be completed within
a set time limit, and extra care must be taken to stay off the
grass and out of the bushes, as these will both drain your time
limit incredibly quickly! As a bonus, if you empty a house's
bins perfectly you may be invited in for a certain amount of
bonus time - and you'll need every second on some of the later
levels! The game ends when you are run over and killed by a car,
or if you fail to complete your assigned task within the time
limit three times.
INLAY CARD TEXT
The cover shows a photograph of an overflowing dustbin, with the
game title overlaid in red scribble.
CHEATS
POKE 52037,0 for infinite time
SEQUELS/PREQUELS
Travel With Trashman, also by New Generation Software. The
sequel, but not as good (in my opinion).
SCORES RECEIVED
Unknown.
URL
Trashman :
ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/sinclair/snaps/games/unsorted/t/tras
hman.zip
Travel with Trashman :
ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/sinclair/snaps/games/by-letter/t/t_t
rashm.zip
GENERAL FACTS
Later levels of this game feature new buildings such as cafes and
pubs.
You have to pull down on the joystick to exit a house. You will
only be allowed to do this after a couple of seconds, though.
NOTES
It's simple, it's addictive, it's different. You wouldn't get
anything as original as this these days. And it's geniunely
funny! Great colourful graphics. Shame about the sequel, which
was very run-of-the-mill as far as Speccy software went.