The Young Ones/Walkthrough

You shall first have to connect your Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC or Commodore 64 and cassette recorder to your television, then switch all three of them on; you shall now have to place the cassette of Orpheus's 1985 adventure game The Young Ones into the recorder, rewind it (unless this is your first time playing), type LOAD "" (without leaving a space between the quotation marks), and press Enter to load the program into the console. You will then have to press either 1 to select Mike, 2 to select Vyvyan, 3 to select Neil or 4 to select Rick (after you have pressed your desired student's number, the respective student shall animate) - and if you wish, you can now press 6 or 7 to select Cursor or Kempston joystick control if connected (however, the CPC and C64 versions do not support Cursor joystick control, so Kempston joystick control is selected by pressing 6 for those versions, and you can also press 5 in all three versions to switch back to keyboard control if you wish). You will then have to press 0 (Enter in the CPC and C64 versions) or the stick's button to start the game; all four students will then appear (Rick and Neil in the top half, Mike and Vyvyan in the bottom one).

''Note: Due to several bugs in the game that will cause Mike, Neil and Rick to put down different objects when certain ones are selected from the menu (if they are carrying the "different" objects), it is only possible to finish it if you select Vyvyan; as such, this page is only going to describe what he has to do, and not the other three students. Orpheus also went out of business before the bugs could get fixed, so the game was withdrawn from sale in mid-1986.''

WALK → GARDEN WALK → HALL WALK → LANDING (saying "DO WE HAVE TO GO THAT WAY?" and "THAT UTTER BASTARD MIKE HAS PICKED UP THE BOMB") WALK → NEIL'S BEDROOM WALK → LANDING WALK → VYV'S BEDROOM ACTION → DISSECTION KIT → PICK UP ACTION → DISSECTION KIT → OPEN (revealing a hand and a penknife) ACTION → HAND → PICK UP ACTION → PENKNIFE → PICK UP ACTION → DISSECTION KIT → CLOSE ACTION → BIN LINER → PICK UP ACTION → BIN LINER → OPEN ACTION → DISSECTION KIT → PUT DOWN ACTION → BIN LINER → CLOSE

WALK → LANDING WALK → HALL WALK → GARDEN WALK → KITCHEN ACTION → FRIDGE → OPEN (revealing a vegeburger, an apple and some frozen peas) ACTION → FRIDGE → CLOSE WALK → GARDEN (saying "AM I SEEING THINGS? NEIL HAS CLOSED THE POST BOX") WALK → HALL (saying "THAT UTTER BASTARD MIKE HAS CLOSED THE BIN") WALK → LIVING ROOM WALK → HALL (saying "THAT UTTER BASTARD MIKE HAS PICKED UP THE CAGE" and "THAT BASTARD MIKE HAS OPENED THE CAGE") WALK → BELOW STAIRS (saying "THAT UTTER BASTARD NEIL HAS OPENED THE WHEELBARROW") ACTION → HANDBOOK → PICK UP ACTION → BIN LINER → OPEN (revealing the bogies and the dissection kit) ACTION → HANDBOOK → PUT DOWN ACTION → BOGIES → PICK UP ACTION → BIN LINER → CLOSE

WALK → HALL ACTION → AXE → PICK UP WALK → GARDEN WALK → KITCHEN ACTION → VIDEO RECORDER → PICK UP ACTION → PENKNIFE → PUT DOWN ACTION → FRIDGE → OPEN (revealing the vegeburger, the apple, the frozen peas and a key to Narnia) ACTION → APPLE → PICK UP ACTION → BIN LINER → OPEN (revealing the dissection kit and the handbook) ACTION → APPLE → PUT DOWN ACTION → BIN LINER → CLOSE

ACTION → VIDEO RECORDER → SMASH ACTION → VIDEO RECORDER → OPEN (revealing a video nasty) ACTION → VIDEO NASTY → PICK UP ACTION → VIDEO RECORDER → CLOSE ACTION → BIN LINER → OPEN (revealing the dissection kit, the handbook and the apple) ACTION → VIDEO NASTY → PUT DOWN ACTION → BIN LINER → CLOSE

WALK → LIVING ROOM WALK → HALL WALK → CELLAR ACTION → OIL → PICK UP WALK → HALL WALK → LANDING WALK → BATHROOM (saying "LA-DI-DA, RICK HAS OPENED THE RUCK SACK") ACTION → TOILET → OPEN (revealing a golf ball) ACTION → VIDEO RECORDER → PUT DOWN ACTION → TOILET → CLOSE WALK → MIKE'S BEDROOM WALK → VYV'S BEDROOM ACTION → BOGIES → PUT DOWN WALK → MIKE'S BEDROOM WALK → LANDING (saying "DO WE HAVE TO GO THAT WAY?" and "THAT UTTER BASTARD NEIL HAS PUT DOWN THE CUP") WALK → HALL WALK → GARDEN WALK → KITCHEN ACTION → FRIDGE → OPEN (revealing the vegeburger, the frozen peas and the key to Narnia) ACTION → FRIDGE → CLOSE ACTION → COOKER → OPEN (revealing a saucepan) ACTION → COOKER → CLOSE ACTION → CUPBOARD → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → CUPBOARD → CLOSE WALK → LIVING ROOM WALK → HALL WALK → BELOW STAIRS WALK → CELLAR ACTION → CAGE → PICK UP ACTION → CRASH HELMET → PICK UP ACTION → OIL → DRINK ACTION → CRASH HELMET → OPEN (revealing a pickaxe) ACTION → PICK AXE → PICK UP ACTION → CRASH HELMET → CLOSE ACTION → BIN LINER → OPEN (revealing the dissection kit, the handbook, the apple and the video nasty) ACTION → PICK AXE → PUT DOWN ACTION → BIN LINER → CLOSE

ACTION → LAGER → PICK UP WALK → BELOW STAIRS WALK → HALL ACTION → SPADE → PICK UP (saying "A CERTAIN PERSON CALLED NEIL HAS PUT DOWN THE FROG") WALK → GARDEN ACTION → GRAVE → OPEN (revealing a carrot and some manure) ACTION → MANURE → PICK UP ACTION → CARROT → PICK UP ACTION → GRAVE → CLOSE WALK → HALL WALK → LANDING WALK → RICK'S BEDROOM ACTION → CRASH HELMET → PUT DOWN ACTION → SPG → PICK UP ACTION → CAGE → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → SPG → PUT DOWN ACTION → CAGE → CLOSE ACTION → BIN LINER → OPEN (revealing the dissection kit, the handbook, the apple, the video nasty and the pickaxe) ACTION → CAGE → PUT DOWN ACTION → BIN LINER → CLOSE

ACTION → BED → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → BED → CLOSE WALK → NEIL'S BEDROOM ACTION → 1 POUND → PICK UP (saying "COMPLETELY BRILLIANT! I'LL OPEN THE BED", then "COMPLETELY BRILLIANT! I'LL OPEN THE BIN LINER"'') WALK → RICK'S BEDROOM WALK → NEIL'S BEDROOM ACTION → BED → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → BED → CLOSE WALK → LANDING (saying "A CERTAIN PERSON CALLED RICK HAS PUT DOWN THE WALKMAN") WALK → BATHROOM (saying "LA-DI-DA, MIKE HAS CLOSED THE SAUCEPAN") ACTION → TOILET → OPEN (revealing the golf ball and the now-smashed video recorder) ACTION → TOILET → CLOSE WALK → LANDING (saying "A CERTAIN PERSON CALLED RICK HAS PUT DOWN THE CRASH HELMET") WALK → HALL WALK → GARDEN ACTION → BIN → OPEN (revealing a dead rat) ACTION → BIN → CLOSE WALK → HALL (saying "LA-DI-DA, NEIL HAS PUT DOWN THE VEGEBURGER") WALK → LAUNDERETTE ACTION → SOAP MACHINE → OPEN (revealing a box of "Bio Sud" washing powder) ACTION → BIO SUD → PICK UP ACTION → SOAP MACHINE → CLOSE (saying "THAT UTTER BASTARD MIKE HAS PICKED UP THE BOMB") ACTION → AXE → PUT DOWN (saying "THAT BASTARD MIKE HAS PUT DOWN THE SLEDGE HAMMER") ACTION → BIN LINER → OPEN (revealing the dissection kit, the handbook, the apple, the video nasty, the pickaxe and the cage) ACTION → BIN LINER → CLOSE WALK → SHOP ACTION → HOOVER → PICK UP ACTION → HOOVER → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → HOOVER → CLOSE ACTION → HOOVER → PUT DOWN WALK → HALL ACTION → WALK → NARNIA (saying "BUT THIS IS ONLY A WARDROBE") WALK → LIVING ROOM ACTION → T.V. → SWITCH ON ACTION → T.V. → SWITCH OFF WALK → KITCHEN ACTION → FRIDGE → OPEN (revealing the key to Narnia) ACTION → FRIDGE → CLOSE ACTION → COOKER → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → COOKER → CLOSE WALK → GARDEN ACTION → GRAVE → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → GRAVE → CLOSE WALK → HALL WALK → LANDING WALK → NEIL'S BEDROOM ACTION → BED → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → BED → CLOSE WALK → RICK'S BEDROOM (saying "I'VE GOT A TERRIBLE HANGOVER AND ALL I CAN HEAR IS 'OPEN THE FLOORBOARDS'" ACTION → SPADE → PUT DOWN  WALK → LANDING  WALK → MIKE'S BEDROOM  ACTION → BED → OPEN (revealing nothing)  ACTION → BED → CLOSE  WALK → VYV'S BEDROOM  ACTION → BED → OPEN (revealing nothing)  ACTION → BED → CLOSE  WALK → LANDING (saying "THAT BASTARD NEIL HAS SWITCHED ON THE LIGHTER")  WALK → BATHROOM  ACTION → TOILET → OPEN (revealing the golf ball and the now-smashed video recorder)  ACTION → TOILET → CLOSE  WALK → LANDING (saying "LA-DI-DA, NEIL HAS PUT DOWN THE 10 POUND NOTE")  WALK → HALL  WALK → BELOW STAIRS  WALK → CELLAR  WALK → HALL  WALK → SHOP  WALK → HALL (saying "THAT UTTER BASTARD NEIL HAS PICKED UP THE SEED PACKET") WALK → SHOP ACTION → POST BOX → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → POST BOX → CLOSE WALK → LAUNDERETTE ACTION → CLEANOMATIC → OPEN (revealing a pair of clean undies, a clean duvet and a festering sock) ACTION → CLEANOMATIC → CLOSE WALK → HALL WALK → GARDEN WALK → KITCHEN ACTION → CUPBOARD → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → CUPBOARD → CLOSE ACTION → FRIDGE → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → FRIDGE → CLOSE ACTION → COOKER → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → COOKER → CLOSE WALK → LIVING ROOM WALK → HALL (saying "THAT BASTARD NEIL HAS OPENED THE SINK") ACTION → LETTER BOX → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → LETTER BOX → CLOSE WALK → LANDING (saying "A CERTAIN PERSON CALLED NEIL HAS SWITCHED ON THE TAP") WALK → NEIL'S BEDROOM ACTION → BED → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → BED → CLOSE WALK → RICK'S BEDROOM ACTION → FLOWER POT → PICK UP ACTION → FLOWER POT → OPEN (revealing nothing) ACTION → MANURE → PUT DOWN ACTION → FLOWER POT → CLOSE ACTION → BIN LINER → OPEN (revealing the dissection kit, the handbook, the apple, the video nasty, the pickaxe and the cage) ACTION → BEGONIA → PUT DOWN ACTION → BIN LINER → CLOSE (saying "LA-DI-DA, NEIL HAS PUT DOWN THE KETTLE")

WALK → LANDING (saying "THAT UTTER BASTARD NEIL HAS PICKED UP THE KETTLE") WALK → HALL (saying "LA-DI-DA, MIKE HAS PUT DOWN THE 10P") WALK → LIVING ROOM WALK → KITCHEN (saying "A CERTAIN PERSON CALLED MIKE HAS PICKED UP THE 10P", "LA-DI-DA, MIKE HAS PUT DOWN THE TEN POUND NOTE" and "LA-DI-DA, MIKE HAS PICKED UP THE TEN POUND NOTE") WALK → GARDEN (saying "THAT BASTARD RICK HAS PICKED UP THE BAG OF LENTILS") WALK → KITCHEN WALK → GARDEN WALK → HALL (saying "LA-DI-DA, RICK HAS OPENED THE BAG OF LENTILS") WALK → BELOW STAIRS WALK → CELLAR ACTION → KEY → PICK UP WALK → HALL WALK → NARNIA ACTION → SNOWMAN → OPEN (revealing a kebab) ACTION → KEBAB → PICK UP ACTION → SNOWMAN → CLOSE WALK → CELLAR WALK → HALL WALK → LAUNDERETTE (saying "THAT BASTARD RICK HAS PICKED UP THE ENVELOPE") ACTION → CLEANOMATIC → OPEN (revealing the festering sock) ACTION → KEBAB → PUT DOWN ACTION → FESTERING SOCK → PICK UP ACTION → LAGER → PUT DOWN ACTION → BIO SUD → PUT DOWN ACTION → CLEANOMATIC → CLOSE ACTION → CLEANOMATIC → SWITCH ON ACTION → CLEANOMATIC → OPEN (revealing a salmonella germ) ACTION → SALMONELLA → PICK UP ACTION → CLEANOMATIC → CLOSE ACTION → BIN LINER → OPEN (revealing the dissection kit, the handbook, the apple, the video nasty, the pickaxe, the cage and the begonia) ACTION → SALMONELLA → PUT DOWN

The text "CONGRATULATIONS! TO PLAY AGAIN PLEASE RELOAD ME." will then appear above the top half of the screen as Vyvyan, in the bottom half of it, says "A BLEND OF PSYCHOLOGY AND VIOLENCE MEANS I'VE WON IN X DAYS AND X:XX HOURS" (X and X:XX based on how long it took you to finish the game, for Jerzei Balowski shall never show up to collect the rent before you do so); the game will then return to the start screen.