Suspended by Infocom "Advanced"-mode walkthrough by Kenneth Pedersen, tested on release 7
on a Commodore 64.
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This walkthrough is for the "Advanced" mode (also called "Harder" and
"Expert"). Most walkthroughs are for the default difficulty level, which all seem to
utilize that a robot can get past the "Cavernous Room" early in the game before the room
becomes "deadly" with acid fumes. That isn't possible when playing the
"advanced" mode. Nor is it possible to reach the primary and secondary channels before the
robot "dies". Thus, you need to get rid of the acid if you want to succeed.
This walkthrough will result in the best rank (rank 1 out of 5), though there is undoubtly a lot
which can be improved. Here we go:
Part 1 - INFO:
In "advanced" mode, something is wrong with both hydroponics, transit and weather. As your
main task is to minimize casualties, it is recommended to send a robot to each of the three control
rooms immediately and find some settings that result in zero casualties per cycle (measured in
thousands). If you want a better understanding of what is going on, fix Iris (done in part 2) and
look at the monitors when changing the settings. Auda should go to the sleep chamber, where she will
later steal the tool bag, once the humans arrive.
Part 1 - STEPS:
advanced [activates "advanced" mode, also called "harder" and
"expert"]
[1-3]sensa, poet and waldo, go to weather control [order always important]
[4]iris, go to middle supply
[5]auda, go to sleep chamber
[6]poet, go to hydroponics control
[7]waldo, go to transit control
[8]auda, listen
[9]arl [like waiting 1 turn, whereas WAIT waits 3 turns]
[10]sensa, set second dial to 95
[11]set first dial to 50
[12]set third dial to 50
[13]poet, set first lever to 90
[14]set second lever to 60
[15]set third lever to 85
[16]waldo, turn off first switch
[17]turn off second switch
[18]turn off third switch
Part 2 - INFO:
Now casualties per cycle is currently zero (or they will be soon), we can send the robots somewhere
else. Waldo should meet with Iris, so that Iris can get repaired in the Middle Supply. Sensa should
go to Gamma Repair to open up the large object there, and Poet should go to the Sub Supply and pick
up the ramp before placing it by the step in the Hallway Junction.
Part 2 - STEPS:
[19-21]waldo, sensa and poet, go to middle supply
[22]sensa, go to gamma repair
[23]poet, go to sub supply
[24,25,26]wait
[27,28,29]wait
[30]arl [Sensa arrives]
[31]sensa, examine large object
[32]turn switch
[33]poet, get ramp
[34,35]sensa and poet, go to hallway junction
[36]waldo, get extension, sixteen-inch, red ic, yellow ic and rough object
[37]wear extension
[38]open smooth panel
[39]replace rough device with rough object
[40]close smooth panel
[41]poet, put ramp by step
[42,43]poet and sensa, go to hallway corner
[44]sensa, get ramp [sensa moves on after taking it]
[45]waldo, drop extension and rough device
[46,47]waldo and iris, n
Part 3 - INFO:
Poet should go and get the camera in the biology lab, and iris and Waldo go to the main supply to
fix the machine there. Once fixed, it must be turned on to make it open. The fuse is temporarily
removed while Waldo replaces the fourteen-inch cable in the machine with the sixteen-inch from the
middle supply. Meanwhile, Sensa stands on the ramp in the small supply room to get the cutter. Then
she goes back to the sloping corridor and replaces the ramp. Poet meets Sensa and gives the camera
to her. Poet then goes to Hydroponics Control as new disturbances will occur around 100 turns into
the game.
Part 3 - STEPS:
[48]poet, go to hallway end
[49]sensa,n
[50]go to small supply room
[51]iris, get burned and fried
[52]waldo, put red ic in red socket
[53]sensa, drop ramp
[54]stand on ramp
[55]get cutter
[56]get ramp
[57]go to sloping corridor
[58]poet, enter carriage
[59]get out
[60]go to biology laboratory
[61]waldo, put yellow ic in yellow socket
[62]poet, get camera
[63]go to vehicle debark area
[64]sensa, put ramp by step
[65]waldo, push button
[66]poet, enter carriage
[67]get out
[68,69]sensa and poet, go to southeast junction
[70]waldo, get fuse
[71]replace fourteen-inch with sixteen-inch
[72]insert fuse in machine
[73]go to gamma repair
[74-76]wait
[77]arl [wait only 1 turn using arl]
[78]poet, give camera to sensa
[79]sensa, go to gamma repair
[80]poet, go to hydroponics control [Intruders at 80 cycles]
Part 4 - INFO:
Waldo and Sensa teams up in the Gamma Repair using the "both"-command, to move the broken
device, revealing a twelve-inch cable. Sensa gives camera and cutter to Waldo, so Waldo can cut the
twelve-inch free and take it. Auda steals the tool bag from the humans to lure them into the
Maintenance Access room so they will quickly discover some burst pipes. The humans will fix it so
Waldo can go safely through the Cavernous Room to the channels where the broken cables are replaced.
By the cables, Waldo can plug the camera in and point it at the sign to see the access code (write
it down), which consist of two 3-letter "words". They may be Foo(1), Mum(2), Ble(3),
Bar(4), Kla(5), Con(6), Boz(7), Tra(8). So if for instance the code is ConTra, then Iris must first
push the sixth key and then the eighth key to complete the game. However, before Iris pushes those
buttons, the casualty rate should again be brought down to zero, otherwise casualties will keep
occuring while the system is brought into balance. Thus Poet adjusts the hydroponics controls and
the weather controls once again after the latest disturbances.
Part 4 - STEPS:
[81-83]wait
[84]arl
[85]both waldo and sensa, get broken device
[86]sensa, give all to waldo
[87]waldo, cut twelve-inch with cutter
[88]auda, get bag
[89]go to maintenance access
[90]waldo, get twelve-inch
[91]go to short corridor
[92]sensa, go to weather control
[93]poet, set second lever to 45 [humans turn wheel so you know acid is gone]
[94]waldo, go to primary channel
[95]poet, set third lever to 70
[96]go to weather control
[97-98]wait [poet arrives]
[99]poet, set first dial to 55
[100]set third dial to 55
[101]waldo, replace four-inch with twelve
[102]s
[103]s
[104]replace nine-inch with fourteen
[105]plug camera in hole
[106]point camera at sign
[107]iris, push xth key [requires known code]
[108]push yth key
If you have followed this walkthrough exactly, you will have 71000 casualties in 107 cycles and will
receive a house in the country and an unlimited bank account (Rank 1).
