Operation: Sabotage

Guild Adventure Software, The , SoftSide Publications 1982

Aka:: Guerilla Warfare
Language:: English
Authors:: Ray Sato, Rich Bouchard, Ron Shaker
Systems:: BASIC
Platforms:: Atari 400/800, C64/128 , TRS-80
Genres:: Science fiction, Type-in
Entered by:: Alex, Garry, Gunness, Strident
Added:: 03-08-2010
Edited:: 17-08-2022

Synopsis

Plot

The aliens from the distant planet Zekloke have established a large military complex on Mars which presents a great threat to Earth. Your job is to sneak into the alien complex and destroy it, but you must also find the plans for a powerful defence shield which are known to be hidden in the complex.

Notes

This adventure was originally written for the TRS-80 by Ray Sato, ported to the the Apple II by Ron Shaker, ported to the Atari 400/800 by Rich Bouchard and all three versions published in SoftSide magazine, issue 32, vol. 5, no. 11, August 1982, pp. 29-46. Corrections to the Atari version were published in SoftSide, issue 33, vol. 5, no. 12, September 1982, p. 52 and issue 44, vol. 6, no. 11, September 1983, p. 91. It was reprinted in The Best of SoftSide Apple edition, pp. ?-?, Atari edition, pp. 61-70 and TRS-80 edition, pp. 75-86.

This was unofficially ported to the Commodore 64 by Tim Buja and published by The Guild Adventure Software.

There is another version of the game for C64, ported from a TRS-80 CoCo version by Barry Hart in 2020.

Jim Gerrie has created a version of the game for the TRS-80 MC-10.