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.