PROJECT NOVA
Written by Mark Cantrell (1987)
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (Spectrum 48K Version)
Notes
1. Timing is very tight at the beginning of Part 1 and if you look around and examine objects you
will take too many moves, resulting in the aliens killing you. Once the ‘flu virus has killed the
aliens this restriction is lifted.
2. Sometimes the wording is a little odd, eg. ATTACH CELL INTO CUTTER!
Walk Through
PART ONE
(Start in wrecked cockpit – note the time limit in note 1 above), INVENTORY (carrying a portable
translator and wearing a space survival suit – no time to examine them), W (storage bay), GET ALL
(canister, clips and pistol), X CANISTER (concentrated flu virus pellets), INSERT CLIP INTO PISTOL,
E, E (by airlock), GET ALL (helmet, life support pack and manual), WEAR HELMET, WEAR PACK, READ
MANUAL, IN (airlock), CLOSE INNER DOOR, PRESS TOGGLE (air pressure equalises), OPEN OUTER DOOR, OUT
(docking bay), OUT (catwalk), S (outside an old airlock hatch on the hull of the western docking
bay).
OPEN HATCH, IN (airlock), CLOSE HATCH, OPEN DOOR, REMOVE HELMET, E (maintenance corridor), GET
SPANNER, E (see an alien maintenance worker), X WORKER (sleeping and blocking your progress), HIT
WORKER WITH SPANNER, N (air system control room), X SWITCH (set to on), PRESS SWITCH (now set to
off), NE (air intake vent), OPEN HATCH, PLACE SPANNER INTO HATCH, CLOSE HATCH, SW (air system
control room), PRESS SWITCH (the spanner is sucked into the filter system which explodes), NE, E
(small niche which houses the air filtration and purification system), OPEN CANISTER (‘flu pellets
are spread through the station), FIX PIPES (the flu virus kills the aliens and you are now free to
examine things and to explore the rest of the ship), DROP MANUAL.
W, SW, S, D, N, E, SE (brightly lit corridor), IN (medical centre), SEARCH CABINET, GET SCALPEL FROM
CABINET, OUT, E, D, N (recreation chamber where you see a dead alien), X ALIEN, CUT RIGHT HAND OFF
ALIEN, DROP SCALPEL, GET RIGHT HAND, S, IN (lift), U, NW, NE (before armoured door), X LOCK
(requires a palm print to clear personnel for entry), PRESS RIGHT HAND ON LOCK (door opens), IN
(defence control room), X BUTTON (auto defence is set to 'ON'), PRESS BUTTON, OUT, DROP
RIGHT HAND, SW, SE, SW, SW, IN (officer’s lounge), GET SECURITY CARD, OUT, S, NW (outside
station’s control room), INSERT CARD INTO SLOT (door opens), IN (control room), SEARCH COMMANDER
(find a slip of paper), READ PAPER (37161), DROP PAPER, X LEVER (energy gate lever is set to on),
PULL LEVER (now off), X COMPUTER (it has a slot for a computer tape), OUT.
SE, IN (robotics workshop), GET ENERGY CELL, X CELL, OUT, E (see code input log), INPUT 37161 (door
opens), IN (engineering lab), GET CUTTER, X CUTTER, OUT, W, N, NE, NE, E, D, S, S (vault door),
ATTACH CELL INTO CUTTER, FIRE CUTTER AT VAULT (door explodes), DROP CUTTER, IN (vault), S, GET TAPE
(computer), X TAPE (data concerning the Nova project), N, OUT, N, N, IN (lift), U, SE, IN (store),
GET TIMER, X TIMER, OUT, S, S (kitchen), GET CLEANER (bottle of oven cleaner), X CLEANER (a powerful
grease removing agent), N, N, NW, SW, SW, S, NW, IN (control room), INSERT TAPE INTO COMPUTER
(discover the code SOL III to arm the Nova device), OUT, SE, E, IN (engineering lab), X PROTOTYPE
(needs timer/detonator and arming code), CONNECT TIMER TO PROTOTYPE, SOL III (the Nova device is now
armed....detonation T-30 minutes and counting).
OUT, W, N, NW, W, W, IN (spacesuit maintenance area - your pack needs refilling with oxygen but the
nozzle is blocked up), POUR CLEANER ON NOZZLE (now clean), DROP BOTTLE, REMOVE PACK, FILL PACK FROM
NOZZLE, WEAR PACK, OUT, S, IN (airlock), CLOSE INNER DOOR, WEAR HELMET, PRESS TOGGLE, OPEN OUTER
DOOR, W (docking bay), ENTER SHIP, TAKE OFF (the station is destroyed and the Earth is saved).
PART TWO
(Start crouched in the wreckage of the alien ship), REMOVE HELMET (otherwise you will suffocate),
OUT (crash site), W, W (beach), GET BRANCH, X BRANCH (shaped like a club), N (sea where you see a
small alien), X ALIEN (has it’s back to you), HIT ALIEN WITH BRANCH (now unconscious), GET ALIEN,
S, E, E, NE, E (see a flesh eating plant), X PLANT (hungry), PUT ALIEN INTO PLANT (it’s hunger
satisfied it blends into the background), E, E (forest where you see a poison shrub), X SHRUB (has
bright red fruits), PICK FRUIT, W, S (meet an alien priest), X PRIEST (stands trance-like before a
shrine), SHOOT PRIEST WITH PISTOL, REMOVE SUIT, DROP SUIT, REMOVE PACK, DROP PACK, DROP HELMET,
SEARCH PRIEST (you get his cloak), WEAR CLOAK, W, W (you cannot go South past the Guards, even with
wearing the cloak), WAIT, WAIT (a hay cart stops), CLIMB INTO CART (you are now able to enter the
city).
S, E, N, X STALL, PUT FRUIT ON STALL (a rich Alien buys the poisonous fruit and you can now enter
the Surgery while the Doctor attends to the Alien), S, W, NW, W, IN, WAIT (6 times until the alien
rushes in), N, GET ALL (needle & serum), FILL NEEDLE WITH SERUM, INJECT SERUM (you had only
limited moves before you became ill!), S, OUT, E, SE, E, E, NE, IN, GET GUN, X GUN, E, SHOOT WORKER,
PUSH WORKER INTO MACHINE, NE (Alien Skin and Barrel of Meat), GET SKIN, WEAR SKIN, SW, W, OUT, SW,
SE, E, SEARCH MAT, GET KEY, IN, UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, IN, GET DAGGER, OUT, OUT, W, NW, W, W, N,
NE, E (locked door), KNOCK ON DOOR (you are not allowed in), REMOVE CLOAK, KNOCK ON DOOR, WEAR
CLOAK, KNOCK ON DOOR (now you are!).
STAB SOLDIER WITH DAGGER, SEARCH SOLDIER (you get a coil of rope), UP, STAB SOLDIER WITH DAGGER,
SEARCH SOLDIER (you get a pair of image-intensifying goggles) , PULL LEVER (the space raid siren
sounds.....this clears all aliens off the streets), TIE ROPE TO SIREN, CLIMB ROPE, W, SW, S, E, SW,
W, IN (you need to be wearing the alien skin to pass the guard dogs), W, NE, X MICROPHONE, SHOUT
INTO MICROPHONE, SW, N (the Guards have gone), SAY TO PILOT "FOLLOW ME" (he does now that
you have cleared the streets of the aliens), S, S, PULL CURTAIN DOWN, E, GET TORCH, E, X CREATURE,
IN (you need to be carrying the torch to pass the creature).
GET BAG, LOOK INTO BAG (lump of gold), GET GOLD FROM BAG, OUT, W, W, N, E, OUT, E, NE, E, NE, IN, E,
NE, TIP BARREL OVER, LOOK (pile of meat), FILL BAG WITH MEAT, SW, W, OUT, SW, SE, E, IN, X JAILER,
THROW GOLD INTO JAIL (you rescue the crew from the cell), SAY TO CREW "FOLLOW ME", OUT, W,
GET STONE, NW, S, WEAR GOGGLES (to see in the sewers), IN, NE, N (side chamber), GET MEAT FROM BAG,
DROP MEAT (the sewer rat will come here for the meat and allow you to escape from the sewers), S, E,
NE, NW (this is where you could not have gone North past the rat!), N, UP (there is a sentry Box to
the northeast), THROW STONE (the sentry goes off to investigate), NW, E, IN (space cruiser), SAY TO
PILOT "TAKE OFF"..........to complete the adventure)
