Maritrini Freelance Monster Slayer (Spectrum 128K) Story After experiencing the sweet taste of success, Maritrini woke up one fine day in a mess of bed sheets and with the biggest hangover she could remember from her thirty five years of age. Dazed by the remains of alcohol in her system and the persistent smell of cigarettes which polluted the whole house, she collapsed over a chair in the kitchen in front of a rusty coffee mug. She still kept some signed books and the pictures taken during the filming of “Maritrini, Monster Slayer“, her most famous TV series, from which she still had recognition by the cashiers in the supermarket. However, since the series director Paul Duran was admitted to the Central Hospital with a bandaged face due to a sprained eyebrow (that’s what the medical report assured, at least) for eight weeks, everything changed for Maritrini. After such time, somebody who claimed to be the series director, but who didn’t look like Paul at all, fired Maritrini instantly. The young enterpreneur, far from feeling discouraged, started a refresher course about “how to manage your own business”, became self-employed and added a small sign in her mailbox: “Maritrini: if you have a vampire after you I will turn it into poo“. The catchphrase was her friend Dani Alamenasbarriel‘s original idea. Dani was a genius in marketing and avertising. That very morning the telephone rang. She looked for it amoung a bunch of paper sheets, pillows and plastic dishes covered with orange snacks until she finally found it. She answered and recognized the mysterious voice of her (new?) former boss at the other side of the line. He was somewhat alarmed and frightened. His daughter, his ONLY daughter, had been kidnapped by an evil organization which experimented to genetically modify human beings and turn them into monsters. An evil organization? Maritrini had never heared talking about something like that. When she tried to learn more about the whole matter from her former boss, the communication was cut. What was happenning? Somebody was trying to fill the city with blood scukers, zombies, amorphous beings? She didn’t recall Duran talking about a daughter… ever! Anyways, the only one able to solve this mystery is Maritrini herself, and Paul Duran is positive about that. Will you accompany Maritrini in her search? Enter the bushes around Duran‘s mansion, visit the high school, take a look in a set of mines which lead to a mysterious underground lab… And, most importantly: watch your back and trust nobody! The Game This is one of those games which simple and straight-forward mechanics: kill everything in sight, don’t get lost, look for stamina-recharging bottles to fill-up and keys to open doors, destroy the enemy spawners (otherwise they will keep on respawning forever), look for the exit to the next level, write down the password in a book for writing down passwords, score tons of points, jump in the jumpin’ jacks’ trampoline, and stop reading magazines with naked women. Controles / Controls O: Left P: Right Q: Up A: Down SPACE: Shoot Loading instructions ZX Spectrum 128/+2/+2A/+2B/+3 1.To load the 128K version, select “Loader” in the menu and press ENTER. Press PLAY on tape and the game will load automaticly. 2.To load the 48K version, select “48 BASIC” in the menu. press ENTER, and follow the instructions for ZX Spectrum 48/+.