GENRE: Text Adventure \ Interactive Fiction
WHERE TO GET IT: GOG
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THE ARCADA
You begin your adventures in the Arcada StarShip, having been
woken from your nap due to a VERY loud alarm. Who set that alarm
off? SO inconsiderate - you were really enjoying your nap!
You step out of your hiding place in the closet… only to find
chaos around you. The alarm screams out that the Arcada has been
boarded by unknown invaders. And all your crew mates are dead!
You have to find a way to escape, before YOU are killed as well.
Now this first section is timed, so you only have a certain amount
of time (15 minutes) to escape, before the Auto Destruct destroys
the ship.
Walk left 3 times, to the dead-end. SEARCH MAN,
and TAKE KEYCARD. Now walk back right twice, so you are in
the library. Wait here for a few moments, and soon, one of the
ship’s scientists will stumble in. He’s mortally wounded, and falls
to the floor. Walk over to him, and LOOK MAN. He
struggles up on one elbow to tell you that the Arcada is under attack, and
that the Star Generator is in danger. With his dying breath, he
utters the words ‘Astral Body’. Poor scientist.
Walk over to the computer console (which is really a Data
Retrieval System), and LOOK SCREEN. Type in ASTRAL
BODY, and the Retrieval System obediently fetches it for you.
Don’t forget to TAKE CARTRIDGE.
Head right twice, and take the lift down to the lower floor. Go
right twice, again, and take the lift down to the floor below. If
you hear the Sariens coming, hide on the left side of the lift. Now
walk right, to a room with 3 flashing lights in the floor. Walk
over to the window, and LOOK WINDOW to see the Vehicle Bay.
Walk to the Control Panel along the window, and LOOK PANEL.
There are 2 buttons here, so PUSH OPEN BAY DOOR BUTTON -
you see the bay door open below you.
Go right again, walk over to panel next to the lift, and LOOK
PANEL. You see the display light is not currently on.
INSERT KEYCARD, then LOOK PANEL again - the
display light is on. Take lift down to the next level.
You’ve reached the Airlock Control Room. Go over to the two
cupboards on the back wall. PUSH LEFT BUTTON, and TAKE
GADGET. EXAMINE GADGET to see that it’s a
Dialect Translator. Hmmm, this could be useful. TURN
GADGET ON - you can now understand any language. PUSH
RIGHT BUTTON and TAKE SPACE SUIT - you
automatically change into the space suit, and hang up your janitor’s
uniform. Walk over to the Control Panel, and LOOK CONTROL
PANEL. PUSH AIRLOCK, and a door on the left opens.
Walk through this door.
This is the airlock itself. You have your space suit on, the bay
doors are open, and you’re all ready to escape. There’s just
one problem - where’s the escape pod?
Walk to Control Panel at the bottom left, and LOOK CONTROL PANEL to see
a button marked ‘Platform’. PUSH BUTTON.
Ahhh, there it is! You’ve raised the platform, and can now see
the escape pod. Walk to the left side of the escape pod, and ENTER
POD.
You are now inside the escape pod. CLOSE DOOR,
and FASTEN SEATBELT. Now LOOK BUTTONS to
see 3 buttons in front of you. PUSH POWER button
and PUSH AUTONAV button. Now, notice the lever
in front of you - PULL LEVER.
Congratulations, you escaped from The Arcada. The fun is only
just beginning!
ESCAPE POD
You’re safely in the escape pod, travelling through the cosmos.
SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. For a bit of fun, PULL
DON’T TOUCH button - you’re treated to an easter egg for King’s
Quest 1 (heehee).
Ahem! Restore your game, and let’s try that again.
You’re safely in the escape pod, travelling through the cosmos.
You’ve already turned on the AutoNav (or at least, you should have), so
just sit back and relax for a while.
When the monitor flashes, it tells you that it’s heading for the
planet Kerona. All you can do, is wait for it to land.
PLANET KERONA DESERT
The escape pod crash-lands on the planet Kerona. You can
see immediately that this is a desert-like planet - extremely hot!
SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.
LOOK POD to see the survival kit, and then TAKE KIT. EXAMINE
KIT to see that it contains a KNIFE, and some DEHYDRATED
WATER. EXAMINE KNIFE, EXAMINE WATER,
and READ LABEL on the water can. Apparently you
just need to add air to the dehydrated water, and voila!
Okay, let’s leave the pod, and explore our new surroundings.
UNFASTEN SEATBELT, then LEAVE POD.
Walk to front of ship, and LOOK GROUND to see some
reflective glass from your wind-screen. TAKE GLASS,
then SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.
Remember, this is a desert planet. Whenever you get thirsty,
just DRINK WATER.
Start walking right - soon you’ll see a spider droid landing from the
sky (eek!). Spider droids are designed to destroy all organic life
forms. In other words, it wants to kill you! You have to kill
it first.
Continue right until you see a ledge going up - walk onto the ledge.
The spider can’t get you here, but it still follows you from below.
Follow the ledge up and left, so you are on the bridge.
Beware, that bridge becomes more unstable each time you walk over it - you
can only walk over it 3 times in total, before it collapses. Now
there is a ROCK here. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.
Walk over to the rock, and when the spider droid is underneath, PUSH ROCK -
if you timed it correctly, the rock falls onto the spider droid, crushing
it dead. Phew! If you missed the spider droid, simply
Restore your game and try again.
Follow path round until you see a broken arch. Walk through the
arch - oh, you found a secret platform taking you to a hidden
underground cave.
UNDERGROUND CAVE
What an interesting cave. Notice the ROCK next to the
lift, so GET ROCK. Walk left one screen, and SAVE
YOUR GAME HERE. For a bit of fun, walk over the grate in the
floor. Wasn’t that nice of you, to fed the tentacled beast?
Hehe. Okay, Restore your game, and try again. Walk left to
the next screen, and walk up to the grate. Now hug the far
wall, and shimmy along the edge of the grate, so the beast can’t reach
you. Phew, you’ve passed the grate. But now what? There
doesn’t seem to be a way out. Patience, my little friend.
Notice that geyser spewing steam there? PUT ROCK IN STEAM,
and a door opens. Walk up into the next screen.
Another interesting cave. Find your way to the exit at the top
left, and carry on to the next screen.
Wow, there’s a laser barrier here. Now, I hope you picked up
that REFLECTIVE GLASS from your escape pod, when you crash
landed. Walk up to the laser barrier, and PLACE GLASS IN
BEAM to reflect the lasers in on themselves, and fry the
circuits. Follow path up to the next screen.
SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Notice those marks on the floor? You
need to be wary of them - acid from above is dripping down, and landing on the
floor here. Time the drips carefully, and run past the acid,
between drips. You may want to Save between each drip. Now
continue right twice, so you are in a dark room.
The only thing you can see in this dark room, is a huge
holographic image looming above you. It tasks you with destroying
the Orat beast, and bringing back evidence that it’s dead. Note that
if you haven’t picked up the TRANSLATER GADGET from the
Arcada, or haven’t turned the TRANSLATOR GADGET on, then
you won’t be able to understand the hologram. Anyway, the hologram sends
you back to the surface to complete your mission.
PLANET KERONA DESERT
Follow the ledge down & right (beware of that bridge), until you
are back at ground level. If you haven’t dealt with the spider
droid, it will still be lurking. Also remember to DRINK
WATER when you get thirsty.
From base of the ledge, walk up one screen. There is a cave on
your right - this is the Orat’s cave. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.
Type THROW WATER (remember warnings on the water
container about not puncturing it), but don’t press Enter yet. Walk
right into the cave. The Orat will immediately come for you.
Now press Enter to throw the water. The Orat will catch the water
container, swallow it, and explodes, heehee. The Orat is dead!
Now walk over to the right side of the cave, and GET ORAT
PART. This is proof that the Orat is really dead. Walk
left to leave the cave, then down one screen.
Climb up onto ledge again, and follow it all the way to the broken
archway. Walk through then archway, and take the life down to
the underground cave.
UNDERGROUND CAVE
Follow the steps you did before, until you reach the dark room with
the giant hologram.
DROP ORAT PART in front of the hologram. You have proven yourself worthy,
so walk forward through the doorway.
Wow, you didn’t expect this. You finally get a ‘Welcome To
Kerona’. LOOK ROOM and then LOOK CONSOLE.
That console seems very similar to the console back on Arcada.
Walk over to the console, and INSERT CARTRIDGE. Read
the info about the Star Generator, and remember the passcode 6858.
Remember to TAKE CARTRIDGE from the console again.
SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Now GET ON SKIMMER, and TURN
KEY to turn it on. The skimmer takes you back up to
the desert surface.
SKIMMER ARCADE SEQUENCE
Turn your speed right down to SLOW. Now follows an annoying
arcade sequence that you can‘t skip. You have travel over the desert,
avoiding rocks, until you reach Ulence Flats. You can only get hit 5
times before you die, so be careful! I recommend Saving your progress
every so often.
ULENCE FLATS
Finally, you make it to Ulence Flats. As soon as you arrive here,
put your speed back to how you like it, then TAKE KEY from
your skimmer (so no-one can steal it) and LEAVE SKIMMER.
A man will approach you, wanting to buy your skimmer - tell
him NO. Wait a few moments for the man to return.
He’ll offer you a new deal that includes a JETPACK. This
time, tell him YES (you’re gonna need that jetpack later on).
Now enter that bar on the right. Fantastic live band on stage.
If you leave, then enter again, you might see a different band.
Anyway, go over to the bar, and BUY BEER from the
bartender. DRINK BEER. Tastes yuk, but you need
a drink after recent events. Now again, BUY BEER,
and DRINK BEER. For a third time, BUY BEER and DRINK
BEER. You should now overhear some aliens talking about the
Deltaur enemy ship in Sector HH. That’s where you need
to go next. You just need to buy a ship to get there. And to
buy a ship, you need money.
Walk over to Slot Machine on the right, and SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.
Now this Slot Machine is the only way to get money… if you win.
But it’s random, so it could take a while. Press F8 to place
your bets. If you win, SAVE your progress. If
you lose, or if you get zapped, simply Restore
your game. Repeat this process until you have won $250 BUCKAZOIDS,
at which point, the Slot Machine will malfunction. You can’t do
anything else here, so leave the bar.
From outside the bar, walk up and right, to Droids B Us. Enter the
shop, and follow sales assistant up the stairs to the ‘Sale’
droids. Walk over to the white droid, and BUY DROID.
Now leave the shop - the droid will follow you.
Walk down, and then left twice, to Tiny’s Used Spacecraft. Tiny
will try and sell you various ships, but don’t buy them. Now walk
up one screen, to the scrambler ship. Tiny will give you his best
sales pitch - this time, BUY SHIP. When Tiny
leaves, ENTER SHIP. Now LOOK CONTROL PANEL,
and PUSH LOAD BUTTON to load your droid on board.
The droid (who will be flying the ship) asks what sector you wish to go
to, so tell him HH (you overheard this in the bar). As
you are taking off, the REAL owner of the ship turns up… Tiny sold you
someone else’s ship, hehe.
Watch the cutscene, as your droid flies through the asteroid field, to
the Sarien ship Deltaur.
THE DELTAUR SHIP
WEAR JETPACK, LEAVE SHIP, and float over to the middle of the door.
OPEN DOOR, then walk forward into the airlock. There’s no
going back now.
Try, unsuccessfully, to OPEN DOOR in front of
you. Damn, it won’t open. Wait a few moments, and when the
droid comes in, walk up through the airlock door.
You now find yourself in a mainly-empty room. Walk over
to the trunk on the left, OPEN TRUNK, and GET IN
TRUNK. Wait a few moments, and the Sariens will take the trunk
(and you) into the laundry room.
OPEN TRUNK, and SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Walk over to
the washing machine. OPEN DOOR, and CLIMB IN
WASHING MACHINE to hide. Now a Sarien will enter the room,
and turn on the washing machine. Don’t worry, you survive the
experience. When the rinse cycle is over, OPEN DOOR to
get out of the washing machine. Wow, some- how, you find yourself
in a Sarien battle uniform. What a brilliant disguise! LOOK
UNIFORM to find an ID CARD for Butstom Freem.
Wearing your new disguise, walk right to the next room with 2 lifts.
If you want, you can TALK GUARD to hear some
amusing comments.
Now take the left lift down to the floor below, and head left.
Take this lift to the upper level, and head right three times, past the
Star Generator, so you are in the Armoury. SAVE YOUR GAME
HERE. Walk over to the counter, and SHOW ID CARD to
the droid. While he is gone, quickly GET GRENADE from
bottom edge of the counter. The droid returns, and gives you a
pulse ray unit.
Walk left, so you are above the Star Generator, and SAVE YOUR
GAME HERE. When the guard is below you, THROW GRENADE to
knock him out. Walk back right, into the Armoury, and SAVE
YOUR GAME HERE. As before, SHOW ID CARD to the
droid. While he is gone, GET GRENADE from bottom
edge of the counter. The droid returns, but this time doesn’t give
you anything, since you already have your weapon.
Go left 3 times, so you are back at the lift. But UH-OH… you
tripped… and your helmet fell off. Now the Sariens can see you’re
not one of them, so you need to be careful. SAVE YOUR GAME
HERE.
Take the lift down to the lower level, and make your way right to
the Star Generator. Press F6 to shoot any Sariens
you come across.
In the Star Generator room, SEARCH GUARD to find
a REMOTE CONTROL device. PUSH BUTTON on
the REMOTE CONTROL to turn off the force field.
Walk up to the Star Generator and LOOK CONTROL PANEL, and
enter the passcode 6858. Remember to push the
Enter key.
Now you have 5 minutes to get out of here, before the whole
ship explodes. Walk left, take the lift down, so you are back in
the room with 2 lifts. Take lift on the right, to find yourself in
a new area, with an escape pod. Walk over to the ship, ENTER
SHIP and PUSH BUTTON to escape.
YOU DID IT! You blew up the Star Generator, and stopped the
Sariens from carrying out their evil plans.
Congratulations! You have saved the galaxy! You’re a hero!
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