You are in a spaceship whose engines have failed while orbiting a planet. As you are drawn towards the planet by its gravitational pull, you are in danger of being burnt to a crisp in the planet's atmosphere. You must repair the ship before this happens.
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This adventure was published by VNU Business Publications in Personal Computer World, April 1983, pp. ?-? and reprinted in Personal Computer Games, issue 1, Summer 1983, pp. 75, 79. I haven't seen the original version, but the latter version is unplayable due to all the bugs. You can download a bug-fixed version below. At the time of writing, an extensively modified version was available at bbcmicro.co.uk, but this has a couple of bugs that haven't been fixed and has introduced a couple of new bugs that weren't in the original listing, so you can't complete the game.
Garry, we have updated the image of Engine Failure on bbcmicro.co.uk to include your fixed game. Thank You.
I have the Personal Computer World April 1983 listing if anyone would like it scanning.
Yes, please. I'd like to read the article and compare it to the other listing.