Harold (The Hairy Hermit)

Harold the Hairy Hermit is a platformer which involves the rescue of stray dalmatian puppies. Spanning five levels, each separated into three stages and a boss, the aim is to rescue the requisite number of puppies.

A demo originally appeared at the ECTS (European Computer Trade Show) and this one-disk version has been previously available. However, the game was not released and a mostly complete three disk version existed. This was in the possession of Nigel Critten, a programmer who had helped Rasputin with the A1200 and CD32 versions of Jetstrike and who was asked to look at Harold. It is thanks to Nigel that the disks survived.

This three disk version is still not 100% complete and has some issues; some levels crash and there is some level tile corruption.

This table summarises the levels and issues:

Password Level Description Status

RAPUNZEL 1.1 THE TOWER

FROG SPAWN 1.2 CASTLE KEEP

HABITS 1.3 THE COURTYARDS

Boss OUTWIT THE OGRE

BURPAHS 2.1 THE RUINS

OUTBURST 2.2 WASTELANDS

BASEBALLS 2.3 BROADWALK

Boss SKILL AND CROSSBONES

THINGIES 3.1 THE SWAMP

ETERNAL 3.2 THE BOG Error

ADDER BUOY 3.3 QUICKSANDS Error

Boss CLOBBER THE COBRA

FLIPPERS 4.1 SUBTERRANEA

ALL BLACKS 4.2 THE FERNS

SCRUMPTIOUS 4.3 THE FOREST

Boss WITCH TREE?

CAMPFIRES 5.1 THE FOOTHILLS

EDMUND 5.2 THE MOUNTAINS Error

SLEEP IT OFF 5.3 THE CAVES

Boss ENTER THE DRAGON