Pixelville Pensioners Hints and Tips

© 2004-11-06 gavD

These tips are for Pixelville Pensioners, my 8-bit sprite point and click adventure.

Click on the tips to reveal the hints! This means that you don't get spoilers unless you want them.

How do I get the donkeys?

"Stick" around in the woods and look carefully at the trees...

What is the map for?

Some exits are hard to see; check the map to make sure you've been everywhere.

What is the drill for?

Drilling for oil to help Optimus... Of course, you can't drill in GROUND you don't OWN...

Why can't I get to the prof's house?

You keep on knockin' but you can't come in... Only the LEARNED may enter... Try reading up thoroughly on the prof...

How do I win the beauty contest?

You need a makeover, but there are no beauticians in Pixelville... You need someone outside the "2 colours to a sprite"... You need someone with a machine...

How do I recruit help?

Just ask around. Some people won't help you until certain criteria have been met...

How do catch the oil?

There is a jar in the professor's house. It's really hard to see.

Why are the graphics so bad?

It's meant to look like a ZX Spectrum game! This was a classic computer from the 1980's.

How do I acquire the wasteland? - for DarkPixie

Town hall!

How do I get the stick? - for Squeeb

It's on a tree in the top-left of the map! You can go north and south, don't forget!

Please email me if you have any suggestions for this page

How does this tips page work?

  1. Tips hidden - If you do "view source", you'll see that the tips have a class "tip", which is defined as visibility:false.
  2. Link calls javascript function - When you click one of the tip links, it calls a javascript function which gets the unique ID of that tip and dynamically changes its style.

The function is:

Feel free to use it if you want it!