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SIERRA ORIGINAL VERSION
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XENON ORBITAL STATION 4
You begin your adventures outside Orbital Station 4. Your
wristwatch beeps, indicating someone is trying to contact you.
Unfortunately, the distraction caused you to lose grip of your
broom... again. LOOK WATCH to see the light
flashing, and type ’C’ to see your boss demanding you go inside to
clean up the mess from a recently docked shuttle. Sigh, a janitor’s
work is never done! For some fun, LOOK WATCH again,
and use ‘H’ to see your Horoscope, and ‘T’ to see the Time
& Temperature. When you’re ready, press F10 to exit
the close-up of your watch. Now walk up the wall (yes, really!) to
the hatch - the hatch will flip over, taking you inside the Orbital
Station.
After the decontamination process, walk over to your uniform
hanging on the wall, and CHANGE SUIT. Walk over to
lockers on the right. OPEN LOCKER and LOOK LOCKER,
then GET PUZZLE and GET SUPPORTER. Now
walk through door on the left.
As soon as you enter the room, your boss starts shouting at you.
Really, is that any way to treat someone who saved the entire
universe from the Sariens (SQ1)? Pity there’s nothing you can do
about it - you just have to obey his orders. Walk over to the yellow
lift on the left, and then enter the transport shuttle.
In the docking bay, climb down the stairs and enter the shuttle.
However, you’re surprised to find that the shuttle isn’t entirely empty.
Two thugs beat you up and knock you out.
SLUDGE VOHAUL
You wake up, only to find yourself in the company of Vohaul himself!
He has a long chat with you, while he explains his latest diabolical plan
- he’s going to use door-to-door life insurance salesmen to take over
the planet. The horror of it all! You are drugged, and when
you wake up, you find yourself on Labion.
LABION
Vohaul’s goons were supposed to take you to Vohaul‘s mines, so
you don‘t mess up his plans again. But the plans changed drastically
when the hover ship runs out of fuel and crash-lands on the planet
surface. You need to take control of the situation, before more goons
come looking for you.
After your less than glamorous landing, SEARCH GUARD and TAKE KEYCARD.
Also LOOK HOVERCRAFT and PUSH BUTTON to
turn the homing beacon off.
Walk up to the next screen. You hear a strange ‘Twang’
coming from the east. You can investigate that later - for now,
quickly hide in the foliage on the right. If you’re properly
hidden, Vohaul’s thug won’t see you.
After the thug has gone, take lower-right path to next screen. You
see one of the natives hanging from a rope. Poor little guy.
This must be the ‘Twang’ you heard earlier. Walk up to
him, and UNTIE ROPE to free him. He runs off, glad
to be free.
Go left twice and SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Those blue
spores look unusual. Walk close to them, but not too close (or
you’ll be paralysed), and TAKE SPORE. Now make your way
onto the high ledge at the back. That white thing is a mailbox, so LOOK
MAILBOX, LOOK SLOT, LOOK TRAY, and READ
SIGN. Now if you check your Inventory, you’ll see you have
an ORDER FORM for a WHISTLE. POST ORDER
FORM, LOOK TRAY again, and TAKE WHISTLE.
Wow, fast delivery!
Walk off the high ledge, so you are back at the ledge below. Head
up one screen, and SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. There is a
strange blue plant that has roots spreading out everywhere. Change
your speed to slowest, and then work your way through the root maze, being
careful not to touch any of the roots. When you get to the end of
the root maze, TAKE BERRIES from the bush.
Now SAVE YOUR GAME HERE, and make your way back through the
root maze. When you’re back at start of the root maze, put your
speed back to how you like it, and head back down to the mailbox screen.
Go right, and then take upper-right path, so you see the swamp. SAVE YOUR
GAME HERE. Now there is a swamp monster that will eat you if you
enter his swamp. You have to make yourself as unappealing
as possible to him. RUB BERRIES ON SELF, then enter the
swamp. Go right - the swamp monster will attack, but immediately
spit you back out again.
After the swamp monster has decided he doesn’t want to eat you, go
to top of the screen, in the centre, and look for the deeper area
when Roger starts swimming, and then HOLD BREATH. Roger
automatically dives down into the swamp. Swim down, left, and then
up again. Don’t waste any time under the water, or you’ll drown.
In the hidden cave, you see a beautiful glowing gem, so walk over to
it, and TAKE GEM. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Now walk
back over to the pool.
When you’re in the pool, HOLD BREATH again, swim right,
and back up to the surface.
In the swamp, go right twice to the deep fissure. Notice that tree
on the edge of the fissure? Go over to it, and CLIMB TREE.
The tree breaks, and falls across the fissure like a bridge.
Continue right to the next screen.
You’re in a forest, on the other side of the fissure. Start
walking right, until you’re snared by the rope, just like the native was
earlier. After a few moments, you pass out.
When you come to, you find yourself trapped in a cage, with your
captor sitting nearby. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. TALK
GUARD, and then TALK GUARD again. When he comes over
to you, THROW SPORES at him to paralyze him.
Quickly SEARCH GUARD, TAKE KEY, UNLOCK
DOOR, and OPEN DOOR. This all has to be done quickly,
or the guard will come to his senses and kill you. Now walk out the
cage, over to the rope, and TAKE ROPE.
Go up one screen. As soon as you see the hovercraft take off, head
left, before the goons spot you. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.
Walk left again, and you find yourself back at the edge of the
fissure. CLIMB TREE, and when you’re half-way
across, TIE ROPE TO LOG. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE,
and CLIMB DOWN.
You’re hanging by a rope, high above the gorge. There’s a huge
monkey here, and he looks hungry! Lower yourself to bottom of the
rope (careful not to fall off), and then SWING ROPE.
When you think you’re in the right position, press F6 to
jump off the rope, to the left. Now walk left into the cave.
It’s dark in this cave. You can’t see anything. Walk as far
left as you dare. Now remember that gem you picked up
earlier? USE GEM, and you automatically hold the gem in
your hand, lighting up the cave. Continue left to the next screen.
Uh-oh, you didn’t see the shaft in the floor. You fall straight
down through it. As luck would have it, the shaft leads to the
Pinkunz Canyon.
PINKUNZ CANYON
SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. The Pinkunz want to help you, since
you rescued one of their own earlier (you DID rescue the little guy…
didn‘t you?). GET GEM that you dropped near the cave
entrence, then follow them down to the next screen.
Listen to the Pinkunz Chief. He tells you to just say the word,
when you’re ready to leave. Have a look around if you want, but you
can’t do anything. When you’re ready, literally say THE WORD.
The Pinkunz will move a rock out of the way, revealing a ladder.
Climb down the ladder, into darkness.
THE MAZE
It’s pitch black here - time to use that glowing gem again, so PUT GEM
IN MOUTH. Ahh, you have a little light now. SAVE YOUR
GAME HERE. Now you have to navigate through a maze.
Here we go:
Climb down to bottom of the ladder.
Crawl right to the next ladder.
Climb down ladder a bit, and take first tunnel on the right.
Crawl right a bit, to the next ladder.
Climb down ladder, and take tunnel on the right.
Again, crawl right, to the next ladder.
Climb down to bottom of the ladder.
Crawl left , and keep crawling until you reach the third ladder.
Climb down ladder, and take first tunnel on the right.
Crawl right, until you reach the exit.
Phew! I bet you’re glad to be out of that maze!
You’ve reached an area with waterfalls and a pool. Enter pool, and
follow the stream to the next screen. When it splits into 2 directions,
head right, and let the stream take you to the next screen. You’ll be
sucked into a whirlpool here, but don’t worry. You’ll soon emerge in a
small pool outside the cave.
ESCAPE LABION
SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. From the pool, walk right to the
next screen. Hmmm, there doesn’t seem to be any way out of
here.
Not yet, anyway. You’ll need to make your own exit. Remember
the WHISTLE you got from the mailbox earlier? While you
are still in the pool, BLOW WHISTLE. The Labion Terror
Beast blasts his way through the rock to greet you. SAVE
YOUR GAME HERE. Now leave the pool, and quickly THROW
PUZZLE to the beast. While he is busy trying to figure out
the puzzle, TAKE ROCK from the small pile of rubble the
beast created, then head up through the rock.
You’re now hiding behind a bush, at the base of a landing pad. A
guard paces back and forth on the platform above. You need to take
out the guard, before he sees you. SLING ROCK AT GUARD (simply throwing
the rock isn’t enough), and the guard fall down in front of
you. Walk over to the door, and INSERT KEYCARD.
Enter the door, and the lift takes you up to the platform.
Walk to back of the ship, and ENTER SHIP. You’re now
inside the ship. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. First thing you need
to do, is PUSH POWER BUTTON. Now TURN DIAL to
your left, to set it to VAC (the ship travels vertically,
allowing you to take off), and then PUSH THRUSTER BUTTON.
Now PULL LEVER, and let the ship rise up off the planet.
When you’re alerted that ‘adequate altitude has been achieved’, TURN
DIAL on your left again, to set the ship to horizontal flight.
Now PULL LEVER that you’re holding, and you’ll start
flying. Your plan of escape is working.
Wait for a few moments, until Vohaul appears on your monitor.
He’s taken control of your ship, and he’s bringing you back to his
asteroid. Damn! So close, and yet so far.
All you can do, is wait for the ship to dock on Vohaul’s asteroid.
VOHAUL’S ASTEROID
SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Walk left along the platform, to the lift.
Enter lift, and go to level THREE (simply type ‘three’).
Walk left twice - if you look carefully, you’ll see a door, and some
buttons next to it. PUSH BUTTON to open the door. This
is the janitor’s cupboard. Enter cupboard, and TAKE PLUNGER.
Now return to the lift.
Go to Level FOUR. Walk left twice to the janitor’s
cupboard, and PUSH BUTTON to open the door. Enter
cupboard and TAKE GLASS CUTTER. Leave cupboard, and walk
left to the bathrooms. PUSH BUTTON to enter bathroom (it
doesn‘t matter which one). Go to the empty cubicle and OPEN
DOOR, then GET PAPER. Now leave bathroom, and head back
to the lift.
Go to Level FIVE. SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.
Walk left once, and make sure you’re walking along bottom of the
screen, to avoid monster in the cage. Also, make sure you avoid the
French-kissing monster and the floor polisher. Now walk left twice,
to the janitor’s cupboard, and PUSH BUTTON to open the door.
Enter cupboard and TAKE WASTEBASKET and TAKE
OVERALLS. Something falls from the pocket of the overalls,
so TAKE LIGHTER. Now leave the cupboard, and head back
to the lift.
Go back to Level ONE, and SAVE YOUR GAME HERE.
Make your way back to the ship, and walk down the stairs, to the
long corridor. Try to walk right - a barrier stops you. Try to
go left - another barrier stops you. The floor is shifting,
revealing a pit of acid underneath. Yikes! Wait until the
floor is nearly gone, then PUT PLUNGER ON WALL - Roger
uses this to hold himself above the acid pit until the floor
resets itself. Now LET GO of the plunger. The
barriers will now disappear, leaving you free to continue exploring.
SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Now Vohaul’s security robots are
waiting at either end of the corridor for you… and they are relentless!
PUT PAPER IN BASKET, DROP BASKET, and SET
FIRE TO BASKET. This sets off the water sprinklers, and
short-circuit’s the security robots.
Walk right twice, and enter Vohaul’s secret chamber. The
salesmen clones are here, waiting to do Vohaul’s bidding. Vohaul
start gloating about his upcoming victory. You HAVE to stop him!
Climb up the stairs in middle of the room. When you reach the
top, Vohaul will use his shrink ray on you. As well as making
you miniature size, the ray also transports you into a glass jar.
But that won’t stop you. Simply USE GLASS CUTTER to
cut a door in the jar. Luckily, Vohaul doesn’t notice. Walk to
vent on the left, and CLIMB VENT.
Wow, you’re inside Vohaul’s life support system. Walk over to
the button, and PUSH BUTTON to turn the life support
system off. Now walk back over the vent, and EXIT VENT to
get back out. Vohaul flips a switch before collapsing dead.
Walk left to the next screen, and see the giant computer terminal.
Walk over to the power switch and PULL SWITCH. Now use
the keyboard to TYPE ENLARGE. Walk right again, and
enter the glass jar to return to your normal size.
Much better! You see Vohaul’s dead body lying on the floor, and
you also see that the salesmen clones are gone. Vohaul must have
begun the launch, right before he died. SEARCH VOHAUL to
see the code SHSR on his hand. LOOK MONITOR on
the left, and quickly type in the code SHSR to abort the
launch. Press F6 to exit the close-up. That was a close call.
ESCAPE THE ASTEROID
Now you have to get out of here! SAVE YOUR GAME HERE, and
climb up stairs on the right.
In the glass corridor, TAKE MASK from box on the wall,
and WEAR MASK. Follow corridor (at one point, the glass
will crack - luckily the mask protects you from suffocating), until you
reach the normal corridors of the asteroid again. The alarms are
blaring, warning you about the autodestruct.
Head left twice, and SAVE YOUR GAME HERE. Change the
Speed to Slow, and walk left again, so you are at the escape
pods. PUSH BUTTON for the nearest (right-hand)
escape pod. Beware of the Marrow-Matic here. As soon as the
door starts to open, ENTER POD. With any luck, you’ll be in
the pod before the Marrow-Matic can get to you.
Once inside the pod, PUSH BUTTON to launch the
pod. Watch, as your pod escapes the asteroid. Unfortunately,
your oxygen supplies are dropping fast! You won’t last for long out
here.
LOOK at the interior of your pod. Walk over to the sleep chamber
on the right. OPEN CHAMBER and CLIMB IN
CHAMBER. You’re now in a deep cryo-sleep, hoping someone
will rescue you.
Sweet dreams, Roger.
The End!
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