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                              FAQ/Walkthrough for
                                 URBAN UPSTART

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GUIDE INFORMATION
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Author:   Tom Hayes
E-mail:   thayesguides(at)gmail(dot)com
System:   Commodore 64
Updated:  10th June, 2008
Version:  1.1


CONTENTS
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1. Introduction
2. Walkthrough
3. Item List
4. Maps
5. Copyright Information


VERSION HISTORY
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1.1:  10th June, 2008  (Format update)
1.0:  20th May, 2008   (First version)


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1.                                Introduction

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Urban Upstart is an interactive fiction adventure by Richard Shepherd Software
that was made for the Commodore 64 in 1983. The aim is to escape from the town
of Scarthorpe. There are many locations that can be explored, although not all
areas have to be visited in the order to complete the game. There are a few red
herring items as well, so the game can be completed quite quickly if you manage
to avoid the unnecessary items and locations. The graphics are very basic, but
if you can look past this then Urban Upstart is quite an enjoyable game.


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2.                                Walkthrough

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The game starts in the red room. TAKE DUNGAREES. WEAR DUNGAREES. Move NORTH,
DOWN and SOUTH to the kitchen. OPEN FRIDGE. TAKE LAGER. Move NORTH twice to the
living room. TAKE KEY. Move EAST to the store room. TAKE SCISSORS. Move WEST
and SOUTH to the hall. UNLOCK DOOR using the large key. DROP KEY. OPEN DOOR.
LEAVE the house. ENTER the bookshop. TAKE BOOK. READ BOOK to learn how to fly.
DROP BOOK. LEAVE the bookshop. Move SOUTH twice to the bus shelter.


TAKE UMBRELLA. Move EAST twice to the back of the house. EXAMINE DUSTBINS. TAKE
LETTER. EXAMINE LETTER to find a cheque card. DROP LETTER. TAKE CARD. Move WEST
twice, NORTH, WEST three times and SOUTH to the swings. TAKE CHEESE. Move
NORTH, EAST three times, NORTH twice and WEST three times to the area outside
the football ground. GIVE LAGER TO FAN. TAKE TRAP. Move EAST three times, NORTH
and WEST to the side of the bank. INSERT CARD in the servicetill. Enter 1001.
TAKE FIVER. Move EAST, NORTH and EAST twice to arrive outside the town hall.

ENTER the town hall. TAKE PAPERS. LEAVE the hall. Move WEST four times to Muck
Alley. OPEN UMBRELLA. Move NORTH twice and EAST to the canal. TAKE SMALL KEY.
Move WEST twice to the car park. TAKE MILK. Move NORTH to the canal. CROSS the
bridge to the old building. DRINK MILK. OPEN DOOR. ENTER the house. PUT CHEESE
IN TRAP. Move DOWN to the cellar. DROP TRAP. Move SOUTH to the other end of the
cellar. TAKE BOX. Move NORTH, UP, WEST, SOUTH twice, EAST and SOUTH to rainy
street. OPEN BOX WITH SCISSORS to find a pair of boots. TAKE BOOTS. WEAR BOOTS.

Move WEST three times to the pipes in the building site. EXAMINE PIPES to see a
flying suit. TAKE SUIT. Move WEST and NORTH to arrive outside the airport.
ENTER the airport. GIVE PAPERS TO OFFICER. GIVE FIVER TO OFFICER. ENTER the
plane. INSERT SMALL KEY IN PANEL. WEAR SUIT. TAKE OFF to complete the game.


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3.                                 Item List

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BOTTLE OF MILK
 Found in the car park. It has to be drunk before the door to the run down old
 building can be opened.


CAN OF LAGER
 Found in the fridge in the kitchen. It is given to the fan outside the
 football ground.


CARDBOARD BOX
 Found in the cellar of the deserted building. It is opened with the pair of
 scissors to get the pair of boots.


CHEESE
 Found in the park. It is put in the rat trap.


CHEQUE CARD
 Found after reading the letter. It is inserted into the service till at the
 west side of the bank.


FIVER
 Found by entering the correct number after the cheque card has been inserted
 into the till at the west side of the bank. It is given to the officer in the
 airport.


FLYING SUIT
 Found by examining the pipes at the west end of the building site. It is worn
 before taking off in the plane.


FOOD
 Found by the empty church. It is not used.


LARGE KEY
 Found in the living room. It is used to unlock the solid door in the hall.


LETTER
 Found by examining the dustbins at the back of the house. It is not used.


OFFICIAL PAPERS
 Found in the town hall. They are given to the officer in the airport.


PAIR OF BOOTS
 Found by using the pair of scissors on the cardboard box. They are worn at
 the building site to prevent from sinking in the mud.


PAIR OF DUNGAREES
 Found in the red room. They are worn to prevent being arrested.


PAIR OF SCISSORS
 Found in the store room. They are used to open the cardboard box.


RAT TRAP
 Found outside the football ground. After the cheese has been put in the rat
 trap, it is dropped in the cellar of the deserted building.


RED SCARF
 Found on Amputation road. It is not used.


RED TAPE
 Found at the top of the hill by the well. It is not used.


SMALL BOOK
 Found in the bookshop. It must be read before taking off in the plane at the
 end of the game.


SMALL KEY
 Found at the east end of the canal. It is inserted in the panel on the plane.


UMBRELLA
 Found at the bus shelter. It should be opened before entering the rainy
 street.


WHITE COAT
 Found in the hospital. It is worn before leaving the hospital.


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4.                                   Map

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MAP 1: HOUSE
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           _______    _______
          |Living |  | Store |
       *2-| Room  |--| Room  |
          |___ ___|  |_______|
              |
_______    ___|___
|       |d |       |
|Landing|--| Hall  |
|___ ___| u|___ ___|
   |          |
___|___*1  ___|___
|  Red  |  |       |
| Room  |  |Kitchen|
|_______|  |_______|


*1: Start point.
*2: LEAVE the house to travel to Grime Street on map 2.


MAP 2: TOWN (EAST SIDE)
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    _______    _______    _______    _______    _______
   |       |d |       |  |       |  | Waste |  |       |
*1-| House |--|Cellar |  | Road  |  | Land  |  | Cell  |
   |_______| u|___ ___|  |___ ___|  |___ ___|  |___ ___|
                  |          |          |          |
    _______    ___|___    ___|___    ___|___    ___|___
   |       |  |       |  | Grime |  | Waste |  |Police |
*2-| Canal |  |Cellar |  |Street |--| Land  |->|Station|
   |___ ___|  |_______|  |___ ___|  |_______|  |_______|
       |                     |
    ___|___    _______    ___|___
   | Rainy |  |       |  | Phone |
*3-|Street |--| Canal |  |  Box  |
   |___ ___|  |_______|  |___ ___|
       |                     |
    ___|___               ___|___               _______
   | Rainy |             | Grime |             | Town  |
*4-|Street |             |Street |             | Hall  |
   |___ ___|             |___ ___|             |___ ___|
       |                     |                     |
    ___|___    _______    ___|___    _______    ___|___*14
   | Muck  |  |Outside|  | Cross |  | Civic |  |Outside|
*5-| Alley |--| Shop  |--| Roads |--|Street |--| Hall  |
   |___ ___|  |_______|  |___ ___|  |___ ___|  |_______|
       |                     |          |
    ___|___    _______    ___|___    ___|___
   |Amputn.|  |Service|  |Outside|  |Yellow |
*6-| Road  |  | Till  |--| Bank  |--| Wall  |
   |_______|  |_______|  |___ ___|  |_______|
                             |
    _______    _______    ___|___    _______*13
   |       |  |       |  | Grime |  | Book  |
*7-| Path  |--| Alley |--|Street |  | Shop  |
   |_______|  |_______|  |___ ___|  |_______|
                             |    __/
    _______               ___|___/*12
   | Grave |             | Grime |
*8-| Yard  |             |Street |-*11
   |_______|             |___ ___|
                             |
    _______    _______    ___|___
   | Park  |  | Leafy |  | Grime |
*9-|Entrnce|--| Lane  |--|Street |
   |___ ___|  |_______|  |___ ___|
       ^                     |
    ___|___    _______    ___|___    _______    _______
   |       |  |       |  |  Bus  |  |Back of|  |       |
*10-| Path  |--| Park  |  |Shelter|--| House |--|Dustbin|
   |_______|  |_______|  |_______|  |_______|  |_______|


*1: Leads to Outside House on map 3.
*2: Leads to Canal on map 3.
*3: Leads to Car Park on map 3.
*4: Leads to Building Site on map 3.
*5: Leads to Muck Alley on map 3.
*6: Leads to Amputation Road on map 3.
*7: Leads to Football Ground on map 3.
*8: Leads to Church on map 3.
*9: Leads to Park on map 3.
*10: Leads to Swings on map 3.
*11: Leads to the Living Room on map 1.
*12: Type ENTER to enter the bookshop.
*13: Type LEAVE to return to Grime Street.
*14: Type ENTER to enter the town hall.


MAP 3: TOWN (WEST SIDE)
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_______    _______    _______               _______*13
|       |  |       |  |       |             |Outside|
| Fence |--| Fence |  | Plane |             | House |-*1
|___ ___|  |_______|  |___ ___|             |___ ___|
   |                     |                     |
___|___    _______*15 ___|___*16            ___|___*12
|       |  |       |  |  Air  |             |       |
| Fence |  | Hall  |--| Field |             | Canal |-*2
|___ ___|  |___ ___|  |_______|             |___ ___|
   |          |                                |
___|___    ___|___*14                       ___|___
|       |  |Outside|                        |  Car  |
| Fence |--|Airport|                        | Park  |-*3
|___ ___|  |___ ___|                        |_______|
   |          |
___v___    ___|___    _______    _______    _______
| Crash |  | Crash |  |       |  |Buildng|  |Buildng|
| Lane  |--| Lane  |--| Pipes |--| Site  |--| Site  |-*4
|_______|  |_______|  |_______|  |_______|  |_______|
                                    |
_______    _______               ___v___    _______
|Top of |  |Outside|             |       |  | Muck  |
| Hill  |  |Office |             |Buildng|  | Alley |-*5
|___ ___|  |___ ___|             |_______|  |_______|
   |d         |
__u|___    ___|___    _______    _______    _______
|Foot of|  |Outside|  |       |  | Empty |  |Amputn.|
| Hill  |--|Hospitl|--| Road  |--| Road  |--| Road  |-*6
|_______|  |_______|  |_______|  |_______|  |_______|
              |
             *11                            _______
                                           |Ftball |
                                           |Ground |-*7
                                           |_______|

                                            _______
                                           |       |
                                           |Church |-*8
                                           |___ ___|
                                               |
                                            ___|___
                                           |       |
                                           | Park  |-*9
                                           |___ ___|
                                               |
                                            ___|___
                                           |       |
                                           |Swings |-*10
                                           |_______|


*1: Leads to House on map 2.
*2: Leads to Canal on map 2.
*3: Leads to Rainy Street on map 2.
*4: Leads to Rainy Street on map 2.
*5: Leads to Muck Alley on map 2.
*6: Leads to Amputation Road on map 2.
*7: Leads to Path on map 2.
*8: Leads to Graveyard on map 2.
*9: Leads to Park Entrance on map 2.
*10: Leads to Path on map 2.
*11: Leads to the Hospital (map 4).
*12: CROSS the BRIDGE to arrive outside the building.
*13: DRINK the MILK, OPEN the DOOR and type ENTER to enter the house.
*14: Type ENTER to enter the airport.
*15: Give the papers and the fiver to the officer to enter the airfield.
*16: Type ENTER to enter the plane.


MAP 4: HOSPITAL
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_|_    ___    ___    ___
|*3 |__|   |__|   |__|   |
|___|  |___|  |___|  |_ _|
                      |
       ___    ___    _|_
      |*1 |__|   |  |   |
      |_ _|  |___|  |_ _|
        |             |
       _|_    ___    _|_
      |   |__|   |__|   |
      |_ _|  |___|  |_ _|
        |             |
       _|_    ___    _|_
      |*2 |__|   |  |   |
      |___|  |___|  |___|


*1: Start point.
*2: White coat.
*3: Hospital exit. Wear the coat and move north to leave the hospital. Moving
   north leads to Outside Hospital on map 3.


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5.                          Copyright Information

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