Prison Riot  (c) 1990 Players Premier software.

Loading Instructions

Spectrum 48K: Rewind the tape to the beginning of side A, Type LOAD"" and 
press enter. The Game should load automatically. Please follow all on screen 
prompts.
Spectrum 128K: Rewind the tape to the beginning of side B, Select the LOADER 
option from the menu . The game should load automatically. Please follow all 
on screen prompts.
Amstrad CPC464: Rewind the tape to the beginning of side A, Hold down CTRL 
and tap the small ENTER key. The game should load automatically. Please 
follow all on screen prompts.
Amstrad CPC 664/6128: Rewind the tape to the beginning of side B, Type | 
TAPE(ENTER), then type RUN"(ENTER). The game should load automatically. 
Please follow all on screen prompts.
Commodore 64: Rewind the tape to the beginning of side A, Hold down SHIFT and 
tap the RUN/STOP key. The game should load automatically. Please follow all 
on screen prompts.
Commodore 128: Rewind the tape to the beginning of side A, Ensure your 
machine is in 64K mode. Hold down SHIFT and tap the RUN/STOP key. The game 
should load automatically. Please follow all on screen prompts.

Dawn breaks over a high security prison. But all is not well.
Last night the inmates rioted-smashing cells and offices, and building booby 
traps to help avoid recapture.
The prison authorities have become impatient. They want to send in the riot 
squad-but this will result in a blood bath. The situation is tense and 
getting worse by the minute.
The only way to avoid the ensuing carnage is to send in a snatch squad to 
find the seven ring leaders, and negotiate with them to surrender to police 
custody.
You are that snatch squad. You have been given only one chance to diffuse 
the situation-and avert a massacre.
Features: -
* Authentic graphics
* Addictive gameplay
* booby traps
* complex subgames

The game

Spectrum/Amstrad: Select either joystick or keyboard to start the game. (The 
keys are redefinable for left,right,up,down,fire and pause). You must make 
your way up to the roof in various sections of the prison, via some of the 
prison cells, where you may be able to find one of the seven ringleaders, 
whom you must negotiate with and lead to safety. You do this by catching up 
with the prisoner, and then solving a sub game. The subgame consists of a 
grid of nine letters which make up the word porridge. The letters will be 
scrambled, and you must move a pointer using  up/down/left/right, to any row 
or column, and press fire to move the column or row in the direction of the 
pointer, until some of the letters are in the right order. The number of 
letters required will flash at the start. If you complete the subgame, you 
must then lead the prisoner to the left edge of that section of the roof, 
where he will be lowered to safety by a hydraulic lift.

Scattered around the prison will be some useful items-remember if you run 
out of ammo, you can get rid of rioters by jumping up and kicking them in 
the head.
Use down to enter a door or climb through a window. Also, watch out for the 
booby traps that the prisoners have set up, and be careful of the prisoners 
sitting on the rooftops throwing slates.

The game ends when the seven ringleaders have come down from the roof, at 
that point the other rioters will be forced to give up their protest.

The game can be paused by pressing the enter key (except during a subgame). 
Restart by pressing fire.

Typed for WOS by Simon Rooney 2003