Marsport

It is 2494. You are Commander John Marsh. Your mission: to locate the M-Central computer in the city of Marsport on Mars, find the original plans for the sphere of force which protects the Earth and the Moon, and escape unharmed with the plans intact.

Can you avoid the terrors of the Sept and their aliens and robots who now occupy Marsport as their command post and save the Earth?

The Story So Far

The year is 2494. For seventy years, the Earth has been under siege by the Sept, a race from the Galactic Centre. Since the siege began, the Sept have been kept at bay by a huge sphere of force, which surrounds both the Earth and the Moon.

Following the loss of Calcutta, it is obvious that the Sept will shortly have the capability to breach the sphere unless the force field can be strengthened according to the instructions contained in the original plans.

Unfortunately, these plans are thought to be hidden somewhere amongst the City Computer of Marsport, beneath the Great Elyslum Dome on Mars. Evacuated shortly before the start of the siege, it is now occupied by Sept of the Warrior and the Warlor castes as a command post. It is also known that the main control computer of Marsport, M-Central, has spent the last seventy years incorporating its own deterrents into the city architecture, making the recovery of the sphere plans highly improbable.

However, to this end, Commander John Marsh of the underground Terran Liberation Organisation, HASP, now stands in Marsport, on Level C, at the exit of the access tube to the Space Field in the belief that a determined man can sometimes achieve more than an army.

Gameplay

Although Marsport is a real-time adventure, it can be considered as consisting of three distinct objectives.

1. Locate the M-Central computer, Marsport is a three-dimensional city, where levels are connected by express tube, which will take you up or down, but probably not both. In addition, many sections of the city cannot be reached until specific problems have been solved.
2. Gain access to Muller's original sphere plans, held in M-Central's inner sanctum. This will require re-exploration of Marsport for you will fin many parts of the city previously unreachable now open to you.
3. Leave the city of Marsport with the plans intact, which may prove the hardest task of all.

There follows a list of some of the beings and city elements you will encounter as you explore Marsport.

Aliens

Are all hostile and deadly to Mankind: you can fight them or run away from them, but you can't ignore them.

Robots

Have been deployed by M-Central to assist it in guarding the plans - some are harmless information gatherers, some are warden robots that may mistake you for the Sept.

Supply Unit

Are the prime sources of objects in the game and are continuously replenished.

Lockers

Can be used for storing objects once they are gained.

Refuse

Refuse units can be used to dispose of unwanted objects.

Charge Units

Are a source of power.

Factor Units

Will assemble two or more objects to manufacture a new object.

Key Stations

Will normally require the insertion of a key object to release a nearby wall unit or door. However, note that not all locked doors and units can be opened in this manner - some may require a more active or remote solution...

Vidtex Units

Provide useful information which is displayed on the large video screen in the status area.

Other wall units are the resting place of M-Central's remote Servorobots and should be approached with care.

Playing Suggestions

1. Map the game carefully
2. Get a weapon
3. Examine problem situations carefully
4. Save the game regularly

Game Controls

Z - Left, X - Right, A - Camera Left, S - Camera Right, SPACE - Fire
CLR - Select Object, ENTER - Enter Door

Numeric/Function Block:
4 - Toggle Autorun, 5 - Toggle Pause, 6 - Return to Options

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