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Games Solutions, Maps, Info, Cheats And Hints

Scanned Solutions for OCRing
Solutions
Superior Maps and Solutions
Screenshot Maps
Cheats

Scanned Solutions/Hints/Walkthroughs/Maps

The following are quite large downloads of scanned maps etc. I would really appreciate it if someone could volunteer to OCR (or even type in) some of the tifs in this section, making the downloads considerably smaller.
Many of these are hand drawn maps made by myself.

Alien 8 (1883K) Omega Orb map (1190K)
Baron part 1 (1396K)
Orcrest (697K)
Baron part 2 (505K) Pantheon (811K)
Bungle Brothers (727K) Price of Magik (2393K)
Codename Droid (368K) Posidroid (650K)
Elixir (274K) Quest (219K)
Exile (440K) Starquake (3323K)
Gisburne's Castle (2722K) Timelapsed (2691K)
Impact (76K) Timeshock (242K)
Mists of Time (593K) Sphinx Adventure (337k) Thanks to Paul Richmond for this hand drawn map
Warehouse by me (3533K) Thanks to Colin for reminding me of the name of this game

Warehouse by Michael Hunsley (15mb) considerably better than my attempt

Colin's Page

  REPTON has its own page

 Solutions / Maps

Bored of The Rings Text solution. Thanks to Mark De Weger
Cholo (317K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) 
Solution, map and game instructions
Citadel (169K) Solution Thanks to Robert Burky
Combat Lynx (4K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Info
Crazy Painter (1K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Info
Defender (2K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Info
Dictator (5K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Info
Dodgy Geezers (3K) Solution
Dunjunz (3K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Info
Elixir Thanks to Dave Edwards. Solution
Epic Adventure An exhaustive guide through all five of the EPIC adventures for the BBC and Electron by means of hints connected with particular objects. Use it to solve CASTLE FRANKENSTEIN, QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL, THE KINGDOM OF KLEIN, WHEEL OF FORTUNE and THE LOST CRYSTAL. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this
Eric The Viking (5K) Solution
Escape From Moonbase Alpha (2K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Info
Exile EXILE, THE EUG SOLUTION. Originally serialised in EUG, this novella is an easy-to-follow walkthough in three stages to the mammoth Superior adventure. Written by John McHugh, Gus Donnachaidh and Dave Edwards
First Contact (1K) Solution
Gnome Ranger (3K) Solution
Great Britain LTD (2K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Info
Hampstead (2K) Solution
Hat Trix (1K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Info
Imogen (3K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X)
Inca Treasure (127K) This is a PD game by CJR on 8BS pool CJR-01. Scan of map and text file containing a lot of useful information
Intergalactic Trader (3K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Info
Labyrinth (2K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Info
Labyrinths of Lacoche (2K) Solution
Lancelot (112K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) 
Solution, map and game instructions
Lords of Time (366K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) 
Solution, map and game instructions
Maze (Acorn) (2K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Info
Moonbase Beta Moonbase Beta. Thanks to Dave Edwards. Solution
Myorem (2K) Hints
Omega Orb text (2K) Info
Philosopher's Quest (3K) Solution. Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X)
Programmers Revenge (5K) Hints
Ravenskull (7K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Info
Red Moon (272K) Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) Maps+Info
Red Moon text (1K) Hints
Repton 2 (809K) Map and Solution. Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X)
Repton 3 Repton 3 Passwords. Thanks to Mark De Weger
Spellbinder (302K) Map, Solution and Info. Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X)
Sphinx (2K) Solution. Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X)
Spycat Spycat text solution. Thanks to Mark De Weger
Star Drifter Thanks to Dave Edwards for this map and solution to Star Drifter
Survivors Electron Thanks to Peter Blake for this map of the first three levels (and partial of the fourth) of the Electron Survivors.
The Hobbit Hobbit Hint sheet
Uggie's Garden Thanks to Dave Edwards. Solution
Woodbury end (and Elixir) Thanks to Dave Edwards. Solution
 
 

Screenshot Maps

These maps have been painstakingly pieced together from screenshots. Click on the thumbnails to download the full zipped version. See Mark Usher's article on how this is done

Castle Quest
Map laid out as in the game (100K) By Mark Usher

 

Map laid out in one long row (100K) By Mark Usher

 

Citadel
Map (470K) By Mark Usher

Citadel 2
Map 700k zip file. Done by myself

Jet Set Willy By Dave Edwards
Click on the image for a larger picture
JSW map
JSW map
Jet Set Willy II By Dave Edwards
Click on the image for a larger picture
JSW map
JSW map

Palace of Magic
Map (369K) OCR'ed thanks to Anton Veerman 17/09/1999. This zip includes a text file solution too

 

Plan B Sent by Dave Edwards
Click on this picture for a larger image

Plan B2 Sent by Dave Edwards
Click on this picture for a larger image

Star Drifter. Sent by Dave Edwards
Click here to download a zipped much larger image and game info

Xor for the Electron. By Peter Blake.
Thanks to Peter for this set of screenshot maps and solution for the Electron version of Xor. Click on the thumbnail of screen one below to download a zip of the full set.
Xor Electron

 


Superior Software Maps and Solutions

Thanks to Steve Hanson for thes maps and solutions. The maps are large and the only way I could get them copied was to photograph them. The result being that the quality does not really show, however I am sure you get the idea of how they really are from these pictures. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the picture

Elixir Key
Elixir Map Info
Elixir Note
Elixir Map
Magnificent 7 flyer (original)
Spellbinder key
Spellbinder map info and tips
Spellbinder map info
Spellbinder map
Spellbinder solution
Spycat map

 


Cheats


From Mark de Weger
This note from Mark: 'I saw you placed a cheat on the 8bs page, so I thought you might be interested in some more. I've collected a number of disks with cheats for well-known games. Most of them either come from the TSH archive or were created by myself (often on the basis of bits on info from 8bs and TSH).'

Thanks Mark! All of the following cheats are on .ssd disc images in this zip:

Download the Mark de Weger Cheat Discs 460k

Or Download the individual disc images by clicking on 'Download'

Download A&F - Chuckie Egg 1: Level select, speed select, extended jumps, new levels, level editor
Download A&F - Chuckie Egg 2: Extra lives, level select, new levels and joystick option
Download Aardvark - Frak! 1: Extra lives, level select, extra difficulty, various colour schemes and screen orientations
Download Aardvark - Zalaga: Extra lives, level select, autofire
Download Aardvark - Frak! 2: Extra lives, level select, various other game cheats
Download Acornsoft - Arcadians: Extra lives, infinite lives
Download Acornsoft - Labyrinth: Infinite lives
Download Acornsoft - Magic Mushrooms: Extra lives, level select
Download Acornsoft - Planetoid: Extra lives, immortality, various other game cheats
Download Acornsoft - Rocket Raid: Extra lives
Download Acornsoft - Snapper: Infinite lives, level select
Download Atari - Pole position: Night-time driving
Download Elite - Commando: Infinite lives, level select, speed select, various other game cheats

Download
Download

Imagine - Arkanoid: Infinite lives (two versions)
Download Imagine - Yie Ar Kung Fu: Extra energy
Download Micro Power - Castle Quest: extra lives
Download Micro Power - Frenzy: Extra lives
Download Micro Power - Killer Gorilla: Extra lives, extra levels, extended jump, various other game cheats
Download Micro Power - Mr. Ee!: Infinite lives
Download Pace - Fortress: Infinite lives, infinite fuel, immortality
Download Software Projects - Manic Miner: Extra Lives
Download Superior - Airlift: Extra lives
Download Superior - Citadel: Immortality, speed select, various other game cheats
Download Superior - DeathStar: Infinite lives
Download Superior - Ravenskull: Infinite lives, immortality, level jump
Download Superior - Repton: Infinite lives, view all maps, various other game cheats
Download Superior - Reption 2 cheat 1: Invulnerability
Download Superior - Reption 2 cheat 2: Extra lives
Download Superior - Repton 3: infinite lives, extra lives
Download Superior - Tempest: Extra lives
Download Superior - Thrust: Infinite lives, level select, various other game cheats
Download Ultimate - JetPac: 99 lives
Download Ultimate - Knight Lore: Infinite lives
Download Watford (H-Soft) - Pengo: Extra lives

 

By Myself
Citadel 2 Cheat Download
For lots more, see the CJR section of the PD pool catalogue


 

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