Punch & Judy/Walkthrough

You will first have to connect your Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 or MSX and cassette recorder to your television set, then switch all three of them on; you must then place the cassette for Alternative Software's Clockwize-developed 1989 action game Punch & Judy into the cassette recorder, type LOAD "" (without leaving a space between the quotation marks!), and press Enter to load the program into the console. Once you have pressed Space to start the game the text "COLLECT THE TENT PARTS" shall appear on the screen (with a tent part and the text "AND TAKE THEM TO THE BEACH FOR ASSEMBLY" below it, and the text "THEN GET THE CAST" with the four other cast members shall also be displayed below that).

This is a full view of Bridlington; Mr. Punch starts on the first screen of the first row (which is displayed in a postcard, with the text "BRIDLINGTON 1989" in the bottom-right corner!), and you'll have to walk to the right to the third screen of the row to collect two pound coins as you come to a "Joyland" video arcade that contains two old Pac-Man cabinets, then walk down to get warped to the third screen of the second row, continue walking right past a candy shop to the fifth screen of the row, walk up a passage to be warped to the fifth screen of the first row, continue walking to the right to the seventh screen of the row to collect the first tent part, and continue walking to the right to the eighth screen of the row (which is the beach). You will now have to retrace your steps back to that sixth screen of the row, walk down another passage to be warped to the sixth screen of the second row (and collect another tent part), and retrace your steps back to the eighth screen of the first row (the beach) - and you will then have to retrace your steps back to the third screen of the first row, walk back to the left to the second screen of the row to collect third pound coin, walk down a fourth passage to be warped to the second screen of the second row, walk down fifth passage to be warped to the second screen of the third row (inside a second candy shop), walk to the right to the third screen of the row and walk down sixth passage to be warped to the third screen of the fourth row (outside that second candy shop), walk back to the left to the first screen of the row, walk down a seventh passage to get warped to the first screen of the fifth row, then continue walking to the right past a café to the third screen of the row and collect a third tent part (outside a second "Joyland" video arcade containing two more Pac-Man cabinets).

You will then have to retrace your steps back to the eighth screen of the first row (the beach); once you have done so you will have to retrace your steps back to the third screen of that fifth row to collect a fourth tent part, then retrace your steps back to the eighth screen of the first row (the beach). You will then have to retrace your steps back to the first screen of the fifth row and walk down an eighth passage to be warped to the first screen of the sixth row and collect a fifth tent part - and you'll then have to retrace your steps back to the eighth screen of the first row (the beach). You will then have to retrace your steps back to the fifth screen of the second row, and walk down a ninth passage to be warped to the fifth screen of the third row (inside another gift shop) to collect a sixth tent part; once you have done this you shall have to retrace your steps back to the eighth screen of the first row (the beach). You will then have to retrace your steps back to the third screen of the fifth row, walk down a tenth passage to be warped to the third screen of the sixth row, walk to the right past a third candy shop and a fourth gift shop to the eighth screen of the row, and walk down an eleventh passage to get warped to the eighth screen of that seventh row and collect a seventh tent part - and you will then have to retrace your steps back to the eighth screen of that first row (the beach). You will then have to retrace your steps back to where you started, to collect the eighth and final tent part; once you have done so, you will have to retrace your steps back to the eighth screen of the first row (the beach). The text "CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE ERECTED THE BOOTH. NOW GO AND COLLECT THE OTHER CAST MEMBERS." shall then appear on the screen - and you might have seen some of them while looking for the tent parts (if you see the crocodile, you can press Space to drop a sausage, which will make him disappear and reappear elsewhere if he eats it). However, if Mr. Policeman catches you, the text "YOU WERE ARRESTED AND MUST ACCOMPANY MR. POLICEMAN TO THE POLICE STATION." shall appear on the screen; the police station is on the fourth screen of the third row, and if Mr. Punch was carrying a tent part it'll be placed elsewhere.

You will then have to wander around the town looking for the other cast members (except for the crocodile and Mr. Policeman), knock them out by hitting them over their heads with your truncheon and drag their unconscious bodies back to the beach (however, after a while, they shall regain consciousness and wander off again, and you shall have to go back after them again if they do); during this phase, you can also return to the fifth screen of the third row (inside the second gift shop) and walk to the right to the row's sixth screen to collect a fourth pound coin. Once all four "non-hostile" cast members (Judy, Baby, Joey the clown and Toby the dog) have got brought to the beach, the text "CONGRATULATIONS. YOU MANAGED TO ASSEMBLE THE BOOTH AND THE CAST BEFORE HIGH TIDE. THE SHOW CAN NOW GO ON." will appear on the screen - and again, if Mr. Policeman catches you during this phase, any cast member Mr. Punch has with him shall wander off elsewhere (unlike the tent parts, they are not so easy to re-find, as they always move).

The text of "THE PUNCH & JUDY SHOW. YOU TAKE CONTROL OF PUNCH...YOU MUST CLOBBER THE OTHER CAST MEMBERS AVOIDING MR. POLICEMAN." will then appear on the screen; Mr. Punch must repeatedly hit Judy, Joey, Toby and Baby over their heads with his truncheon in turn until they disappear (while once again avoiding Mr. Policeman, for he shall drain his energy if he touches him). Once Mr. Punch has hit Baby enough times to make him disappear the text of "CONGRATULATIONS. YOU COMPLETED THE SHOW AND THE AUDIENCE WERE THRILLED. YOU TRULY ARE A PUPPET MASTER. PUNCH & JUDY WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CLOCKWIZE SOFTWARE. SPECIAL THANKS TO KEITH DEN." will appear on the screen, along with a personal message from designer Gary Wood: "HI TO DEAN, CHUCH, CRAIG, ALI, WAYNE AND EVERYONE WHO KNOWS ME".