Features

1. Over 1,000 different screens
2. 32 different aliens
3. More than 50 puzzles
4. Over 80 different objects
5. Great music and sound effects
6. Sound on/off
7. Pause mode
8. Quit and save
9. Five lives and you can gain up to twenty
10. Moving water simulation
11. 3D graphics
12. Unique mission objective
13. Bar graph scoring
14. Light and dark rooms
15. True sprite routine
16. Reverse gravity
17. Teleportation rooms
18. 100% Machine Code
19. Fantastic Graphics
20. Super Playability

The Game

Crash landing on the fourth planet of the Inferium System was certainly a better proposition than drifting around in deep space. It looked to be an OK place, even though the old star charts called it Infinity. The Mutineers, who set you adrift in a small personal transporter, had been surprisingly generous with supplies. They didn't want to see you dead; just out of their way!

They couldn't be expected to know that the inhabitants of the fourth planet are a hungry, thieving bunch of maniacs who will steal the suit off your back given the slightest opportunity. If they can't be bought off with what you are carrying they may even take you apart. It is possible to bargain with them for transport and assistance, but they're not very reliable and so you had better beware.

It's a great moment when you discover and decipher an old manuscript that tells of a disused radio telescope that is on the most easterly of the chain of islands on which you landed. Your next problem, apart from avoiding being eaten by the natives, is to find and repair the telescope so that you can get a message to Earth. Well, it beats putting a message in a bottle!

Playing Hints

1. Infinity is a strange place and nothing is quite as it seems as sometimes you need the proverbial answer.
2. Parts of the planet are very barren and the vegetation may need encouragement to grow.
3. Certain gaps may need bridging and dynamite will not detonate without assistance.
4. In places you may experience a feeling of deja-vu, but with a little thought you'll be able to transport yourself around.
5. Data transference and machine communication may be necessary.
6. Some objects may make you experience a sinking feeling... but then again they may not.
7. Making a map of the game will assist you in your journey.
8. The whole game can be completed without giving up any of your rations.
9. As a last hint, mind that you don't pick up anything contageous.

Game Controls

Z - Left, X - Right, * - Up, ? - Down, ] - Jump
RETURN - Pick Up/Drop/Use, TAB - Pause, ESC - Lose Life
F0/F1 - Save/Load

The Authors

John Thornewill, aged 17, is at school in Tunbridge Wells. He is working hard at his 'A' levels, when he's not busy following his hobbies of Squash, Astronomy and Computing. He is now working on a complex game for the Commodore 64 which, studies permitting, will be launched in the Autumn.

William Scales, aged 16, is already deep into his 'A' Level study programme for Advanced Maths, Physics and Computing at the same school as John. He's a puzzle fanatic and plays a mean game of table tennis.

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