Back to Skool
Back to Skool is an action-adventure game that is a sequel to Skool Daze. It was made by David Reidy with graphics by Keith Warrington for the ZX Spectrum and released by Microsphere in 1985. The gameplay is similar to - if more advanced than - Skool Daze, incorporating most of the same characters, elements, graphics and open world design.
The game is ranked 19th in the "Your Sinclair official top 100" Spectrum games of all time.
Gameplay
The game differs from its predecessor by an increase in the size of the play area and a number of gameplay changes.The girls' school incorporates its own new characters including undistinguished girls with hockey sticks, Hayley and Miss Take. Only at break time and lunch time are the girls allowed to mingle with the boys, in the central grassy playground, separated by a high gate. The opening and closing of the gate is controlled by the school caretaker Albert, a new character to the game. It is also possible for Eric to sneak over the gate and enter the girls' school during lessons, either by using the bicycle, by watering the flower beside the gate and jumping on top of it, or by kissing Hayley through the gate. When the girls and boys are allowed to mingle and when Eric gains access to the girls' school, he can kiss Hayley, who will then agree to do 1000 of his lines for him. This reduction method can be used up to six times before Hayley refuses to help Eric any more.
Elements added in Back to Skool include stink bombs, water pistols, mice that can be released in the girls' school causing widespread panic, and sherry.