Dodgy Geezers

Console:	Sinclair ZX Spectrum
TV Standard:	Region Not Set
Publisher(s):	Melbourne House
Release Date:	1986-10-14
Co-op:	No

its criminal wot they get up to!

Fresh out of gaol after serving a three year stretch for your part in the
Long Ditton Spaghetti Caper, you're itching for that one massive caper which
will allow you to live on the Costa Brava for the rest of your life.

But what is the caper, and who can you trust to be in your gang? And by the
way, who IS that geezer in the white Gucci shoes?

DODGY GEEZERS is the latest "real life adventure" from Trevor Lever and Peter
Jones, authors of HAMPSTEAD and TERRORMOLINOS, and writers and performers of
the diabolical DODGY GEEZERS song on the flip side of this tape. At least
the lyrics may give you some useful tips.....

DODGY GEEZERS

'Ullo. Do I know you? Just checkin'

The thing about DODGY GEEZERS is this: there's a caper in the offing. Well,
I mean, when isn't there? But this one's a bit special. Let me explain ...

You've been, er, away for a while, as we say around here. For those who
don't know, that means you've been doing a stretch in one of Her Majesty's
establishments for the last three years. It was only going to be two, but
they added a year for bad behaviour. That's the sort of person you are, to
be honest. Or not

It was the Long Ditton Spaghetti Caper which caused you to slip up. In fact
you were done up like a kipper. Someone grassed. Anyhow, now you're back
with us, I expect you'll be on the lookout for a bit of business . . . ?

Course you will.

I can't say too much. But what I want to know is this: who's that geezer
with the white Gucci shoes who's been hanging around a lot lately?

Bullet proof George came out the same day as you, I notice. How is he? Not
much in the way of grey matter, but a heart of gold. He means well. I expect
you're wondering about your other old mates, and all. Well, Little Ken -
bless him - he's still around, doing the odd bit of cat burglary. I don't
know what he does with all them cats.

Then there's High-Score, or Mr Video, or whatever he calls himself. He's
what I call a shady character, and believe me I've known plenty in my time.
He's from somewhere in Africa, very well educated. Not like old Cracker. Now
there's a bloke who's one of the old school - I don't mean old school tie.
Give him a detonator and some cable and he'll blow your own front door off
its hinges.

Have you seen Tweedle at all? Old Tweedle Dee? Saw him down the dog track
the other day. He put a poodle on the 3.45, split a seven both ways, and the
bleeder come back up. I ask you! Tricks wasn't pleased. He's just started
working for Soapy. Oh, didn't you hear? Soapy's latest little racket is the
Le Mans 24-Hour Car Company. Not one of his better cons. The first thing he
does is hire Tricks as a driver - a bloke with so many motoring convictions,
he shouldn't be let near a car. I mean, a steering wheel's an offensive
weapon in his hands.

Talking of which (and I can't really, but just so you know ... ) you'll
probably need a few tools of the trade. You'll have to find them yourself.
I don't know what you might need.

What's that? What's the caper? Blimey O'Reilly, you don't half give me gyp
sometimes. You don't think I'd tell you, surely? You'll have to find out for
yourself! Let me just put his quiet word in your shell-like: you've got a
chance to square it with the geezer what grassed on you. Especially now he's
got that highly respectable job . . . sitting there surrounded by all that
dosh. I go faint just thinking about it.

I've said too much already. Must be off.

Come again? Who can you trust? Out of that lot? You must be off your trolley,
None of them! But to put it another way, if you put your mind to it, there's
the making of a crack team there. It's just a question of keeping your eyes
and ears open, putting the right geezers on the slate, and way you go.

Go where? You're a bit previous, aren't you? Not many

Be lucky!

HOW TO BE A DODGY PERSON
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When the program is fully loaded, some instructions will appear. Read them
carefully. Then . . .

You will find yourself in a prison cell. It is your day of release, however,
and outside the world of crime awaits you. Since you are a professional
criminal it should be quite obvious that you must find yourself a crime to
commit, and a gang to help you commit it.

But what is the most brilliant caper you can devise? There are people around
who know certain facts, but it's up to you to put all the information
together and come up with a plan. The more information you can gather by
ducking and diving around the murky streets, the more your fellow villains
will respect you, and regard you as their leader.

To get moving, use the usual compass directions N,S,E,W,NE,NW,SE,SW, as well
as UP and Down (U and D).

Apart from movements, most of your commands will be in the form of VERB NOUN.
For example, since you will need to pick things up and put them down, you
will want to type in such commands as GET MATCHES and DROP MATCHES. If you
want to take a closer look around your location, SEARCH WAREHOUSE/BETTING
SHOP/JETTY or wherever you happen to be. Similarly with objects, EXAMINE
POSTER/PICKAXE/BOOK etc.

If you want to wait where you are for something to happen, the command is
HANG ABOUT. To wait for several turns, add a number to the end of the
command, as in HANG ABOUT 3.

Several commands can be typed in on one line by separating them with AND or
THEN or a comma.

The computer remembers the last object you referred to, and you can call it
IT in future commands.