Technician Ted: The Megamix, ZX Spectrum

Technician Ted: The Megamix is a special version of the game, created for 128K Spectrums, which contains many more screens than the original release. It’s also been improved visually, and has some new AY-based music. Technician Ted: The Megamix was released by Hewson Consultants in 1986.

The manual describes the game as thus: “Technician Ted is an enthusiastic young computer hacker who bounces to work at the local microprocessor factory every day at 8.30am. Anxious to please, he knows he must complete his thirty daily tasks in and around the factory by clocking off time at 5.30pm, or incur the wrath of the Big Boss.”

These ‘tasks’ basically mean that Ted must touch two boxes, in every screen that has them (not all do), starting with the box that’s flashing first, then touching the second one afterwards. These tasks must be done in the correct order, and – thankfully – in this version of the game they’re at least numbered (which they were not in the first Technician Ted).

Technician Ted: The Megamix is arguably the definitive version of the game and is the one I’d recommend playing, if you only wanted to try one. Be warned, though – it is a very difficult game and may lead to some frustration.

If you want to see a recording of someone completing the game with ease, then download and run the RZX file from rzxarchive.co.uk.