Twice Shy

Twice Shy is a video game in the adventure genre developed by RamJam Corporation, The and published by Mosaic Publishing originally released in 1986. It is currently playable on ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC.

Twice Shy is a thriller written by Dick Francis and published in 1981. This game is a text-based adventure game that puts you in the role of Jonathan Derry, a physics teacher at a comprehensive school in southern England. Dick Francis is famous for his complex thrillers based on the English horse racing scene and this game is based on one of his classics. Without giving too much of the plot away, the story is based around some Spectrum software cassettes, horse racing and the bad guys who want them. In addition to the adventure itself, there is a racing game that can be run independently, as a standalone game, or as part of the adventure, when the game requires the player to go to a racetrack to look for clues.

The text interpreter is easy to use and has a large vocabulary. It accepts simple commands such as 'Go south', 'South' and even 'S', as well as more complex combined commands such as 'Go south, east, north and open the gate'. Orders can be given to other characters in the game by typing 'Tell Jane 'Tell me about Ted'', and 'Sarah 'Go south and open the door''.

It is possible to save the game and restart it from a saved position.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.