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You will first have to connect your [[Sinclair ZX Spectrum]] or [[Commodore 64]] and cassette recorder to your television set, then switch all three of them on; once you have done this, you shall have to insert the cassette for [[Harbour Soft]]'s [[1984]] [[text adventure]] game [[Faulty Towers]] into the recorder, type ''LOAD ""'' (without leaving a space between the quotation marks), then press {{kbd|Enter}} to load the program into the console. The game shall then proceed to the start screen shown above (however, the image is of the ZX version, as the C64 version's uses different colours and a less medieval-looking font) as the text "Press any key to continue" flashes at the bottom of it - and once you have done so the game will proceed to the second start screen shown below. | You will first have to connect your [[Sinclair ZX Spectrum]] or [[Commodore 64]] and cassette recorder to your television set, then switch all three of them on; once you have done this, you shall have to insert the cassette for [[Harbour Soft]]'s [[1984]] [[text adventure]] game [[Faulty Towers]] into the recorder, type ''LOAD ""'' (without leaving a space between the quotation marks), then press {{kbd|Enter}} to load the program into the console. The game shall then proceed to the start screen shown above (however, the image is of the ZX version, as the C64 version's uses different colours and a less medieval-looking font) as the text "Press any key to continue" flashes at the bottom of it - and once you have done so the game will proceed to the second start screen shown below. | ||
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However, the address is now long-gone ('''''XXX'''%'' will also be the percentage you scored); if you answer ''YES'', the game will start again, but if you answer ''NO'', the text ''Bye........'' will appear and the game will terminate. Another BBC comedy series, ''Red Dwarf'', was also later spoofed in [[Rouge Midget]] ([[1991]]), and Harbour Soft's other text adventure games, [[Jolly Jack's Run Ashore]] (also released in [[1984]]) and [[Love Bytes]] ([[1985]]), were only released on the C64. | However, the address is now long-gone ('''''XXX'''%'' will also be the percentage you scored); if you answer ''YES'', the game will start again, but if you answer ''NO'', the text ''Bye........'' will appear and the game will terminate. Another BBC comedy series, ''Red Dwarf'', was also later spoofed in [[Rouge Midget]] ([[1991]]), and Harbour Soft's other text adventure games, [[Jolly Jack's Run Ashore]] (also released in [[1984]]) and [[Love Bytes]] ([[1985]]), were only released on the C64. | ||
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