YEAR: 1991
GENRE: Point & Click Adventure
WHERE TO GET IT: No Official Link
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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 Jerry’s body, and
take the 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 talk to him. 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 some words, which is really a code. The
code changes with each play through, so pay attention to what he
says.
Interact with the Data Archive Unit so you are sitting down,
then use the machine’s monitor to get a close-up of it. This is
where the Copy Protection comes in. A small blue Touch-pad pops
up, with various symbols on it. Remember the words that the
scientist told you.
Refer to your ARCADA PLANETERY REFERENCE SHEET to
know which four symbols to use. Since there is no way to buy
this version of the game, and therefore no way to know what the codes are, I
supply the relevant document for you.
The Retrieval System droid obediently fetches it for you, so
when he holds it out to you, take the CARTRIDGE.
Head right twice, and take the lift down to the lower floor. Go
right, to where Dave and Blanche’s bodies are, and go up into the
next room (not the lift).
You’re now in the Star Generator Development Lab. Take MAGNET from
the destroyed pedestal, then leave the room.
Go right twice, and take the lift down to the floor below. If you
hear the Sariens coming, remember to hide. Now walk right twice
to a room with a window and a control panel. Look at the 2
orange buttons in the control panel to get a close-up, and see that
they control the bay doors. Press the OPEN BAY DOOR button.
Now try to take the lift down to the floor below, only to
discover that this lift needs a KEYCARD. No problem
- use the KEYCARD you found on Jerry earlier on, with
the keycard slot next to the lift, then take the lift down to
the floor below.
You’ve reached the Airlock Control Rom. There’s a cupboard along the wall
here. Open cupboard, and take the SPACESUIT -
you automatically change into the SPACESUIT and hang
up your janitor‘s uniform. There’s also a drawer to the left of
the cupboard - open the drawer, and take the GADGET.
Open your inventory, look at the GADGET, and
turn the GADGET on. Now walk over to door
on the right, and push the button to open the door and go through
to the next room.
This is the airlock itself. The escape pod is right in front of
you, so enter it.
ESCAPE POD
You are now inside the escape pod. Remember to fasten your SEATBELT on
the right. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Now look at those
3 buttons in front of you (at eye level). The buttons
are: AutoNav (left), Don’t Push (middle), and Power
(right). Push the Power button to turn the power on, then use
the Throttle joystick in front of you. When you have cleared
the Arcada, look at those 3 buttons again, and push AutoNav (left)
button. The AutoNav will take you to the nearest inhabitable
planet, which is Kerona.
Phew, you escaped from the Arcada. The fun is only just beginning!
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! SAVEYOUR
GAME HERE.
Okay, let’s leave the pod, and explore our new
surroundings. Unfasten your seatbelt - you automatically climb
out of the escape pod. You can see something peeking out of the
cockpit you just climbed out from, so take the SURVIVAL KIT from
the cockpit. Go to your Inventory, and open the SURVIVAL
KIT to see it contains an ARMY KNIFE and
a canister of DEHYDRATED WATER. Look at the DEHYDRATED
WATER to see the warning label. Close your Inventory window
again.
Notice there is something on the ground in front of the escape
pod - go and pick it up. It’s a piece of REFLECTIVE
GLASS. Now SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. There is
a Grell lurking in the desert sand, and if you hang around for too
long, the Grell will eat you.
Remember, this is a desert planet. Whenever you get thirsty,
just drink your WATER.
Walk right, and then down. Take one of the purple STICKY PLANTS.
Wow, is that sticky! Now go down again, and right twice, so
you see the beginnings of a giant skeletal backbone emerging from the
sand. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Start to walk up
the spine, and follow it round. As you do so, you should see
something hurtling towards the sand (if not, walk back & forth
until you see it). It’s a spider droid (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.
Luckily, it can’t get to you while you are on the
skeletal spine.
Stay on the spine, and follow it left, until it forms a bridge, and
you see a cracked disc, but DON’T walk onto the cracked disc yet -
it becomes more unstable each time you walk on it, and you can
only cross over it 3 times in total before it breaks. SAVE
YOUR GAME HERE. Look at the rib bones, and notice there is
one BROKEN RIB BONE towards the front. Wait
for the spider droid to walk underneath, and then push the BROKEN
RIB BONE - if you timed it correctly, the BONE falls
onto the spider droid, crushing it dead. Phew! If you
missed the spider droid, simply Restore your game and try again.
Continue along the spine until you see a sign on a spike. Walk up
to the sign, so you can read it. Uh-oh, you found a secret lift
taking you to a hidden underground cave.
UNDERGROUND CAVE
What an interesting cave. Take the STALEGMITE ROCK TIP from the ‘repaired’
rock near the lift. Walk left one screen, and SAVE YOUR GAME
HERE. For a bit of fun, walk over the grate on the
left. Wasn’t that nice of you to fed the tentacled beast?
Hehe. Okay, Restore your game, and try again. Walk
close to the grate (but not on it), so the tentacled beast pops up.
Now throw the STICKY PLANT to the tentacled
beast - it’s tentacles grab it, and stick themselves together, thus
it’s unable to grab you. Simply walk left into the next screen now.
You’ve reached a door with no apparent way to open it. Ahh,
but appearances can be deceptive! Notice that geyser spewing
steam there? Put the STALEGMITE ROCK TIP in there
to plug it up, and the door opens. Now SAVE YOUR GAME
HERE.
Notice that green pool? For a bit of fun, take a drink from it
(use the Tongue icon at top of the screen). Oops! Okay,
Restore your game. This time, ignore the acid pool, and walk
left to the laser barrier.
Now, I hope you picked up that REFLECTIVE GLASS from
your escape pod, when you crash landed. Walk up to the laser
barrier, and use the REFLECTIVE GLASS in the beam to
reflect the lasers in on themselves, and fry the circuits. Nice
work. Now follow path up to the next screen.
SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Notice the acid drops, dripping on
the floor? You need to be wary of. 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
SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. If you haven’t dealt with the spider
droid yet, it will still be lurking around, wanting to kill you.
Okay, you need to kill the Orat. Walk right, down, right, and up,
so you see a giant skull. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.
Take one last drink of WATER, then walk into mouth of
the skull, to discover that this is the Orat’s cave. And the
Orat is here. And he looks awfully hungry! Quickly throw
your WATER canister to the Orat - he catches it with his
mouth, and swallows it whole… and then explodes. By puncturing
the canister, he created 10 gallons of water all at once (remember
the warning label). Now walk over, and take the ORAT
PART, so you have proof that he‘s dead. Now leave the cave.
SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Head down to the spinal bone,
climb onto it, and follow it along to the end, then take the lift
down to the underground cave.
UNDERGROUND CAVE
Work your way through the cave, Saving at the acid drops, until
you reach the dark cave again. Give ORAT PART to
the giant 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’. When the man has finished talking to you, look
around the room. Look at the computer on the wall, and
insert CARTRIDGE (from the Arcada) into the
computer. Read the info about the Star Generator, and take note
of the passcode you see here - it changes with every play through, so
you need to pay attention. Make sure you get the CARTRIDGE back from
the computer. Now look at the skimmer, and SAVE YOUR
GAME HERE. Climb into the skimmer, which will take you to
your next destination.
SKIMMER ARCADE SEQUENCE
This section is an arcade sequence, which you can choose to skip
if you wish. If you decide to play it, 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,
a man will approach you, wanting to buy your skimmer - tell him NO WAY. When
he’s gone, take the SKIMMER KEY from the
skimmer. Wait a few moments for the man to return. He’ll
offer you a new deal that includes a JETPACK. This
time, tell him IT’S A DEAL (you’re gonna need that
jetpack later on). He also gives you some COUPONS, before
driving off in your skimmer.
Enter Rocket 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 talk to the bartender.
Buy a BEER, and then drink the BEER.
Tastes better than it smells. Now again, talk to the bartender
and buy a BEER, and then drink the BEER. That
hit the spot! For a third time, talk to the bartender, buy
a BEER, and drink the BEER. You should now
overhear an alien talking about his encounter with the Sarien ship
Deltaur.
Take note of which Sector this happened in - it changes with
every play through, so you need to pay attention.
Whatever Sector it was, 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.
Stand up and walk over to Slot Machine on the right (notice
who‘s currently playing the Slot Machine!). Now when the Slot
Machine is free, SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. This Slot Machine
is the only way to get money… if you win. Now to make sure you
win, use MAGNET on the Slot Machine (it’s not really
cheating… honest). Insert 3 BUCKAZOIDS on the Slot
Machine, then press the button to start gambling. Since you’ve
stuck the MAGNET on side of the machine, you’ll win.
Keep playing, inserting 3 BUCKAZOIDS at a time,
until you win 315 BUCKAZOIDS, at which point, the Slot Machine
will over-heat. You can’t do anything else here, so leave the
bar.
From outside the Rocket Bar, walk up and right, to the Droids B
Us entrance and enter the building. The sales assistant will give
you his best sales pitch, and give him your DROIDS-B-US
COUPON to get 20% off the sale price. Wait until you
see the Nav-201 model showing on the display screen, then give him
some BUCKAZOIDS. You’ve now bought yourself a
droid. You automatically leave the shop, and collect your DROID from
the Pick Up point.
Walk left, and down to Tiny’s Used Spaceships. Tiny will try and
sell you various ships, but don’t buy them. Now walk up one
screen (Tiny will follow you), and walk over to the Drallion Cruiser
(the ship with the ladder). Give BUCKAZOIDS to
Tiny, to buy the cruiser. Now climb up into your new ship - the Nav
droid will load himself automatically. As you are taking off,
the REAL owner of the ship turns up… Tiny sold you someone else’s
ship, hehe. Note that mysterious ship that appears after you’ve
gone!
Now, in the cockpit of your new ship, the Nav-droid will ask
where you want to go.
I hope you took a note of the Sector you overheard in the Rocket
Bar - ENTER CODE for that
Sector in the Touch Pad. Since there is no way to buy this version of the
game, and therefore no way to know what the codes are, I supply the relevant
document for you.
Watch the Cutscene, as your droid flies through the asteroid field,
to the Sarien ship Deltaur.
THE DELTAUR BATTLE CRUISER
Now you’ve reached the Sarien ship, your poor little droid gets
scared and wants to leave. Tell him NO. The
Nav-droid drops you off, and beats a hasty exit. Float over to that
handle on the left, and pull it. The airlock door opens, and you
automatically fly in. The door closes behind you. There’s no
going back now.
Now, SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Try to open the door in
front of you, but you will be unsuccessful. Hide on right-side of
the door, and wait a few moments for the droid to appear. Sneak past
him, through the open door, into the storage room.
Walk over to the trunk centre of the room. Push trunk over to the
air shaft. Use your ARMY KNIFE to open the shaft,
then crawl into the air ducts. Now crawl forward, and make your way
up to the next level. In the next section, climb up one level, and
exit through vent on the right - use the Hand icon to push it open.
You should be in the Laundry Room now. Open the giant
washing machine, and climb in it to hide. A Sarien will enter the
room, take his uniform off, throw it in the washing machine, turn the
machine on, and then leave. Only problem is… YOU’RE also in the
washing machine! Luckily, you survive the experience. And when
the wash cycle is over, you emerge wearing a Sarien Officer Uniform.
What a brilliant stroke of luck! Unfortunately, you’ve lost
most of your possessions. Now search through pile of clothes on the
floor to find an ID CARD for Butstom Freem.
Wearing your new disguise, walk right to the next room with 2
lifts. 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. Notice those gas grenades behind the counter?
Walk over to the counter, and show ID CARD to the
droid. While he is gone, quickly lift up the counter, take a GAS
GRENADE from the shelf, walk back in front of the counter, and
lower the counter back down. The droid returns, and gives you a
pulse ray unit.
Walk left, so you are above the Star Generator, and SAVE YOUR
GAME HERE. While the guard is below you, drop GRENADE on
him 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, lift up the counter, take the second GAS
GRENADE from the shelf, walk back to the front of the counter,
and lower the counter back down. The droid returns, but this time
doesn’t give you anything, since you already have your weapon (love his
sarcasm, hehe).
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.
Have your PULSE RAY ready, take the lift down to the
lower level, and make your way right to the Star Generator. Use
the PULSE RAY on any Sariens you come across.
In the Star Generator room, search the guard to find a REMOTE CONTROL device.
Now use REMOTE CONTROL on the Star Generator force
field to turn it off. Walk up to the Star Generator and use control
panel at the base of it. Enter the passcode you found on the
cartridge earlier.
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 escape pod, and climb
into the escape pod.
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!
The End!
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