=============================================================================== FAQ/Walkthrough for ADVENTURE A: PLANET OF DEATH =============================================================================== GUIDE INFORMATION ----------------- Author: Tom Hayes E-mail: thayesguides(at)gmail(dot)com System: ZX Spectrum Updated: 6th April, 2011 Version: 1.0 CONTENTS -------- 1. Introduction 2. Walkthrough 3. Item List 4. Map 5. Copyright Information VERSION HISTORY --------------- 1.1: 6th April, 2011 (Submitted to solutionarchive) 1.0: 12th April, 2009 (First version) =============================================================================== 1. Introduction =============================================================================== Adventure A: Planet of Death is an interactive fiction adventure made by Artic Computing in 1981. The aim is to escape from an alien planet in your space ship which has been captured and disabled by the inhabitants of the planet. Artic's first adventure game only features a small number of locations and the puzzles are all quite easy, but the game remains quite a fun little adventure to play. =============================================================================== 2. Walkthrough =============================================================================== The game starts on the mountain plateau. GET FLINT. Move DOWN to the dense forest. CUT ROPE. When asked with what, answer WITH FLINT. GET ROPE. Move SOUTH and EAST to the strange house. GET BOARD. Move NORTH to the lake. USE BOARD to cross the ravine to the old shed. GET GUN. USE BOARD to return to the lake. Move NORTH and WEST twice to the edge of the deep pit. USE ROPE to climb down to the quiet cavern. GET MAN. DROP MAN. GET MIRROR. KILL MAN. When asked with what, answer WITH GUN. Move EAST to the wind tunnel. OPEN DOOR to enter the computer room. GET KEY. Move WEST twice and SOUTH to the passage. SMASH FIELD twice. DANCE to enter the large hangar. KILL SECURITY guard. UNLOCK DOOR. When asked how, answer WITH KEY to enter the lift control room. A sign gives a hint about the buttons. PUSH 3. PUSH 2. PUSH 1 to activate the lift. Move EAST twice to the tall lift. GET MOTOR. Move WEST to the large hangar. ENTER SHIP. PUSH AUX button to enter the lift. PUSH 4 to complete the game. =============================================================================== 3. Item List =============================================================================== BLOCK OF ICE Found in the ice cavern. It is used in the ice cavern to slide down the slope. FLOOR BOARD Found in the strange house. It is used to cross the ravine. GOLD COIN Found by wearing the boots and entering the lake. It can be used in the prison cell to escape. KEY Found in the computer room. It is used to unlock the door in the large hangar. LASER GUN Found in the old shed. It is used to kill the man in the quiet cavern. It is used to smash the field twice in the tunnel. METAL BAR Found by breaking the bar in the prison cell. It is not used. MIRROR Found by getting the man in the quiet cavern and then getting the mirror. It is used to pass through the weakened security field in the passage. PAIR OF BOOTS Found in the strange house. They are worn so that the lake can be entered. PAIR OF SLIMY GLOVES Found in the wind tunnel. They can be worn to pick up the slimy man in the quiet cavern, although nothing happens if the gloves are not worn. PIECE OF SHARP FLINT Found on the mountain plateau. It can be used to cut the rope in the dense forest. POOL OF WATER Available after carrying the block of ice around for too long. It is not used. ROPE Found in the dense forest after the rope has been cut with the sharp flint. It is used to climb down the edge of the deep pit. SLEEPING GREEN MAN Found in the quiet cavern. He is picked up and then dropped so that the mirror can be taken. STARTER MOTOR Found in the tall lift. It is needed to power the space ship. STONES Found at the edge of the deep pit. They are not used. =============================================================================== 4. Map =============================================================================== _______*3 _______ _______ _______ |Prison | |Quiet | | Wind | |Computr| | Cell |--|Cavern |--|Tunnel |--| Room | |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |_______| | ^____________________________ _______ ___|___ _______ | |Prison | | | |Prison | | | Cell |--|Passage|--| Cell | | |_______| |___ ___| |_______| | | | _______ ___|___ _______ _______ ___|___*2 _______ | Lift | | Large | | Tall | | | | Ice | | | |Control|--|Hanger |--| Lift | | Maze | |Cavern |--| Maze | |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |_______| __/ | | s\__ __/ _______/ ___|___ ___|___ \______e/ | | |Prison | | | | | | Ship | | Cell | | Maze | | Maze | |_______| |_______| |___ ___| |_______| | _______ _______ ___|___ |Edge of| | | | Damp | | Pit |--|Plateau|-------------| Cave | |_______| |___ ___| |_______| ^ d\__ | \_______ | | Dense | +------|Forest | |___ ___| | _______ ___|___*1 | | | | | Shed |--| Lake |------+ |_______| |_______| | | ___|___ |Strange| | House | |_______| *1: Use the board to cross the ravine on the west. *2: Get the ice and use it to slide down the slope. *3: Break the bar and move up to escape from the cell. =============================================================================== 5. 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