Take Man (14M131C)

Title – Take Man
System – NEC PC-8001mkII
Author – 14M131C
Publication – Program Pochette – ’84 Volume 4
Page Scans – 1
Preserved By – Dustin Hubbard (Hubz)
Recommended Emulator – j80

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Loading the Game –

– Run your PC-8001 emulator and make sure it is in PC-8001mkII mode.

Disk Version

– Insert the disk file.
– Game should autoboot if it doesn’t you may just need to reset the emulator.

Tape Version

– Insert the tape file.
– Type MON hit enter and then type L and hit enter.

Description & Instructions

You must collect the money on the streets to pay back the loan shark that is chasing you. There’s also a Policeman that will arrest you if you pick up money while he’s on the same Y-coordinate as you apparently but I never got it to trigger. You cannot go through the signs that say stop but the loan shark can. Once you’ve collected all the money it’s safe to touch the loan shark and a new level will begin.

Controls –

Numpad 2 – Moves down.
Numpad 4 – Moves left.
Numpad 6 – Moves right.
Numpad 8 – Moves up.

Magazine Article Translation from Google Gemini (FYI This may not be 100% accurate!)

TAKE
FOR PC-8001mkII
BY 14M131C

(How to Play)

Ugh, it’s the loan shark game from hell! You, who inadvertently got involved with a loan shark, have racked up a massive debt in the blink of an eye. Just then, you spot cash bills scattered all over the road. Getting involved with loan sharks isn’t good, but swiping fallen cash is even worse. Knowing this, you frantically start picking up the bills to repay your debt. However, from around one corner comes a policeman, and from another, the loan shark… What will be your fate?!

Use 2, 4, 6, and 8 to move up, down, left, and right, and collect the money. If you collect all the money, it will be just enough to match your debt, and you can finally meet the loan shark and pay him back. Once you return the money, you clear the stage.

However, if the loan shark catches you before you’ve collected all the money, you won’t be able to pay it back, and it’s game over.

If a policeman finds you taking money (you’re considered ‘found’ just by being on the same Y-coordinate), it’s game over. It’s also game over if TIME reaches 0. TIME isn’t displayed, but be careful, as a Beep sound will play when it gets close to the end.

The STOP signs that are sometimes set up are impassable. But the loan shark will even jump over those to chase you.

Author’s Bio –

I don’t really have much to say for a self-introduction. I’m a second-year high school student now, and I really need to start studying soon, so I thought, “If I’m going to make something, it’s now or never!” and got to work. …But I’m in a slump with the tape I’m making now… chan chan (sound effect for an anticlimactic ending)
I do like this game, though… a little.

From Hyogo Prefecture
The Boy Who Hates Writing,
3rd Year, 14M131C.