| Genre: | Adventure Game: Text-Only |
| Publisher: | Electron Adventure Club |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | Acorn Electron |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | Acorn Electron, Amstrad 6128/PCW, Amstrad CPC464, Spectrum 48K/128K & ZX Vega |
| Compatible Emulators: | Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
| Original Release Date: | 8th July 1987 |
| Original Release Price: | £4.95 |
| Market Valuation: | £26.51 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 64g |
| Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
| Author(s): | Larry Horsfield |
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Computer & Video Games
1st August 1987
There are a number of timed messages that have to be read quickly, or are lost forever. Read Review
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1st July 1987
A most enjoyable mental exercise which I can recommend to the experienced adventurer. Read Review
Full Instructions
Introduction
You are Mike Erlin, 2nd Lieutenant of the United Planets Survey Service Spaceship, 'Stellar Queen'.
While on a survey of the stars and planets in the Pleiades cluster, you lose contact with your sister ship, the 'Stellar Princess'. Your Captain orders the 'Queen' to the last known position of the 'Princess' so a search can begin for her.
When you reach this position, you find it is near an earth-like planet that has three moons. The largest of these is bigger than Earth's moon. As the 'Queen' moves in closer to the planet, a powerful tractor beam lashes out from the large moon and seizes the 'Queen'! The ship gathers speed and hurtles towards an almost certain crash on the satellite!!
As the 'Queen' plunges down, the Pilot and Chief Engineer manage only by sheer skill to turn the ship and fire the main engines to slow the ship. Instead of a fatal crash, the 'Queen' makes a very hard, but safe, landing!
As damage reports start arriving in the Main Control Room, you use your survey equipment to discover that the tractor beam is no longer operating, but an even more powerful magnetic field is holding the 'Queen' on the surface of the moon. The source of this magnetic field is centred a few kilometres from the 'Queen', in a large underground installation.
The Captain calls for volunteers to form a party to search for this alien installation. You step forward, but the Captain refuses, saying you are needed on board. You have other ideas, and resolve to make your own way off the ship to search for this alien installation on your own!!
Playing Hints
You move around using the usual single letter directions N, S, E, W, plus U & D.
In various places you will get useful information about your surroundings by typing LOOK UP, DOWN or AROUND.
To redescribe your present location type 'R', and your current inventory can be displayed by pressing 'I'.
This adventure is in three parts and when you have completed parts 1 and 2 you will be asked to prepare a blank tape to save the current position in order to start playing the next part.
If you wish to go straight to Part 2 or 3, wind the tape forward to the appropriate part and type *RUN
Note that you need only type the first four letters of any Verb or Noun, etc.
This Adventure was written using The Quill from Gilsoft, and was inspired by the Sci-Fi works of Andre Norton, in particular the story 'Sargasso of Space'.
Solution
Magnetic Moon
Solution by Doreen Bardon on the Spectrum
F = FORWARD/NORTH , S = STARBOARD/EAST , P = PORT/WEST A = AFT/SOUTH , E = ENTER , L = LEAVE
Part 1
Start in control room:
WAIT, WAIT, AFT, STARBOARD, AFT, SEARCH FLITTER, GET BACKPACK, WEAR BACKPACK, AFT, SEARCH TOOLS, GET HEADSHIELD, WEAR HEADSHIELD, AFT, LISTEN (for name), WAIT, PORT, PORT, FORWARD, STARBOARD, SEARCH SHELVES, SEARCH RACKS, OPEN CUPBOARD, SEARCH CUPBOARD, GET FLASHLIGHT, GET ROPE, GET LASER, GET FORCER, PUT ALL IN BACKPACK, PORT, AFT, STARBOARD, STARBOARD, F, F, F, F, PORT, GET GRAPNEL, GET AXE, STARBOARD, F, F, PORT, AFT, STARBOARD, SEARCH SICK BAY, GET BOTTLE (oxygen), PORT, F, EXAM PANEL, PRESS HAND ON PANEL, SAY ERLIN IN MICROPHONE, PORT, F, U, F, EXAM COUCH, SEARCH COMPARTMENT, GET HELMET, FIT BOTTLE TO HELMET, AFT, D, AFT, AFT, PORT, PRESS RED BUTTON, ENTER AIRLOCK, WEAR HELMET, PRESS GREEN BUTTON, LEAVE AIRLOCK, JUMP DOWN
W, W, W, GET FLASHLIGHT FROM BACKPACK, SWITCH ON FLASHLIGHT, W, S, W, N, N, GET ROPE FROM BACKPACK, GET GRAPNEL FROM BACKPACK, TIE ROPES TOGETHER, LOOK UP, THROW GRAPNEL (random catch), CLIMB ROPE, CLIMB INTO PORT, GET GRAPNEL, PORT, AFT, PORT, PORT (fall into hold)
AFT, SEARCH WRECKAGE, GET LASER FROM BACKPACK, CUT GIRDER WITH LASER, PUT LASER IN BACKPACK, GET GIRDER, F, DROP GIRDER, LOOK UP, JUMP TO HANDRAIL, U, THROW GRAPNEL, CLIMB ROPE, U, U, PORT, AFT, PORT, SEARCH JUNK, GET WIRE, STARBOARD, F, STARBOARD, EXAM DOOR, TIE WIRE TO BOLTHOLES, THROW WIRE INTO HOLD, D, D, D, CLIMB DOWN ROPE, D, JUMP DOWN, GIRDER, TIE WIRE TO GIRDER, DROP GIRDER, JUMP TO HANDRAIL, U, CLIMB ROPE, ET GRAPNEL, U, U, PULL WIRE UP, GET GIRDER, UNTIE WIRE
PORT, AFT, PROP GIRDER UNDER PLATES, RUN AFT, AFT, PORT, EXAM GLASS, GET LASER FROM BACKPACK, CUT GLASS WITH LASER, PUT LASER IN BACKPACK, BREAK GLASS WITH AXE, EXAM PORT, HOOK GRAPNEL ONTO PORT, DROP WIRE, CLIMB OUT OF PORT, CLIMB DOWN ROPE, FLICK ROPE, FOLLOW TRACKS, EXAM CLIFF, EXAM NICHE, PUSH/PULL/TURN BUTTON, ENTER TUNNEL………………END Pt 1.
Part 2
Start in tunnel:
S, S, S, EXAM ALCOVE, SEARCH RUBBISH, GET GLUE, PUSH CRATE HARD, S, GET WIRE, N, OPEN CRATE, PUT HELMET AND AXE N CRATE, CLOSE CRATE, CLIMB ONTO CRATE, GET PAPER, EXAM GRILL, CUR GRILL WITH LASER, PUT LASER IN BACKPACK, CLIMB INTO HOLE, GET GRILL, GLUE GRILL, N, EXAM PAPER (fluttering s ) , N, EXAM PAPER, (fluttering w), E, EXAM PAPER (fluttering e), W, EXAM PAPER (fluttering s), N, EXAM PAPER (fluttering n), S, EXAM PAPER (fluttering s), N, EXAM PAPER (fluttering d), LOOK UP, EXAM SHAFT, THROW GRAPNEL (random catch)
GET FORCER FROM BACKPACK, CLIMB UP ROPE, EXAM GRILL, UNSCREW GRILL WITH FORCER, CLIMB INTO HOLE (cabin), GET GRAPNEL, GET GRILL, SCREW GRILL WITH FORCER, PRESS BUTTON, N, W, PICK LOCK WITH WIRE (random), OPEN DOOR, N, WAIT (for voices approaching and leaving)
DROP ALL, S, W, W, N, SEARCH LOCKERS, GET OVERALLS, WEAR OVERALLS, S, E, ENTER SHAFT, D, D, D, LEAVE SHAFT, E, SEARCH TABLE, GET WRENCH, W, ENTER SHAFT, U, U, LEAVE SHAFT, W, S, WAIT (for voices), N, E, ENTER SHAFT (see medic), D, LEAVE SHAFT, LOOK WEST, QUIETLY WEST, HIT MEDIC WITH WRENCH, SEARCH DESK, GET DICTAPHONE, E, ENTER SHAFT, U, LEAVE SHAFT, W, S, WAIT (for guard with book)
PRESS RECORD, DROP DICTAPHONE, DROP WRENCH, GET BOX, GET ALL FROM BOX, DROP ALL BUT BOX, N, E, ENTER SHAFT, D, LEAVE SHAFT, W, SEARCH MEDIC, GET KEY, SEARCH SICKBAY, UNLOCK LOCKER, OPEN LOCKER, DROP KEY, GET RED CYLINDER, GET GREEN CYLINDER, E, ENTER SHAFT, D, LEAVE SHAFT, E, GET CUTTER FROM BACKPACK, EXAM PUMP, CUT PIPE WITH CUTTER, DROP CUTTER, WEAR BOX ON HEAD, OPEN VALVE ON GREEN CYLINDER, OPEN VALVE ON RED CYLINDER, PUT RE CYLINDER INTO HOLE, REMOVE BOX, DROP BOX
W, ENTER SHAFT, U, U, LEAVE SHAFT, E, EXAM PIRATES, PULL RYRZQ WEST, PULL RYRZQ WEST, S, GET DICTAPHONE, N, PRESS RYRZQ HAND ONTO DOOR, PRESS PLAY (door opens)
S, DROP DICTAPHONE, GET PLUNGER, GET CLOTH, GET TIN, PUT TIN AND CLOTH INTO BACKPACK, STICK PLUNGER INTO DOORWAY, W, SEARCH MAN, GET CARD, SEARCH TABLE, GET NOTEBOOK, READ NOTEBOOK, DROP NOTEBOOK, E, E, ENTER SHAFT, U, U, LEAVE SHAFT, EXAM READER, INSERT CARD INTO SLOT, EXAM CONSOLE, GET PAD, EXAM PAD, READ PAD, DROP PAD, W, ENTER SHAFT, D, D, LEAVE SHAFT
E, N, GET FLASHLIGHT, GET GLUE, GET GRAPNEL, PUT ALL IN BACKPACK, S, W, ENTER SHAFT, D, D, LEAVE SHAFT, INSERT CARD INTO SLOT, EXAM KEYBOARD, EXAM VDU, TYPE 'SHUTDOWN ALL EXCEPT LS', EXAM VDU, TYPE 'SHUTDOWN SEQUENCE COMMENCE', EXAM VDU, TYPE 'RIGEL', EXAM VDU, TYPE 'CODE DELTA', EXAM VDU, E, ENTER SHAFT, D, LEAVE SHAFT, E, INSERT CARD INTO SLOT, DROP CARD, E, E, EXAM CRAWLER, OPEN CRATE, GET HELMET FROM CRATE, WEAR HELMET, W, S, TURN WHEEL, S …………….END Pt 2
NEED for Pt 3 FLASHLIGHT/GLUE/CLOTH/TIN/GREEN CYLINDER/GRAPNEL/HELMET
Part 3
Start on ledge:
D, SEARCH NEST, GET DIAMOND, PUT DIAMOND IN BACKPACK, D, N, SEARCH RUBBISH, GET POLE, S, GET CYLINDER, SE, OPEN VALVE ON GREEN CYLINDER (at monster), S, LOOK UP, THROW POLE UP, THROW GRAPNEL OVER POLE, HOLD ROPE, DROP CYLINDER, HOLD ROPE, SWING ACROSS HOLE, GET FLASHLIGHT FROM BACKPACK, SWITCH ON FLASHLIGHT, S, D, D, REMOVE HELMET, D, N, NW, N, E, SE (see humanoid eating something), EXAM MOSS, GET BERRIES, EXAM BERRIES, NW, NE, SE (see humanoid spit into flower), NE JUNCTION, EXAM FLOWER, EAT BERRY, SPIT INTO FLOWER, NE, N, NE, D, E, EXAM STATUE (see woman)
THROW GRAPNEL, CLIMB ROPE, EXAM SOCKET, GET DIAMOND FROM BACKPACK, GET GLUE FROM BACKPACK, STICK DIAMOND INTO SOCKET, D, LOOK NE, NE, U, EXAM STATUE, EXAM MIRROR, GET TIN AND CLOTH FROM BACKPACK, CLEAN MIRROR WITH CLOTH, D, SW (see woman and alien races, the diamond glows, receive gold and silver discs, then transported to moon surface.)
E, LOOK INTO PORT, E, EXAM SHIP, PULL LEVER, U, EXAM BODY, ROLL BODY, GET BLASTER, CUT HOLE IN DOOR WITH BLASTER, STARBOARD, FORWARD, GET ALL (commander and distress beacon)
AFT, PORT, D, W, W, NW, NE (ship explodes), EXAM COMMANDER, EXAM BEACON, SWITCH ON BEACON, SW, SE, E, E, NE, REPORT TO CAPTAIN
The End
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