ROBO-CITY (Argus Press 1984)
By Jacob Gunness, February 2001 – C64 version
This would appear to be Pete Torrance’s first adventure. Later on, he wrote
Subsunk and Seabase Delta, which are quite a lot better. The plot is some
utter nonsense about robots ruling Earth and then kidnapping a countess.
Most of the puzzles are fairly simple, and the game is rather short. Read
on...
(You begin in your ship’s bed) GET PILLOW, GET MIRROR, GET UP, GO CLOSET,
GET SUIT, WEAR SUIT (this will make you pass as a robot), EXAMINE SUIT, GET
KNIFE, CUT PILLOW (it’s loaded!), DROP KNIFE, GET CASH, W, N, E, OPEN
LOCKER, GET KEYS, GET CARD (credit card), W, W, OPEN PANEL, GET GREASE, E,
GREASE LEVER (this empties the can the grease came in), GET CAN, PRESS
SWITCH (you must turn on your retro rockets), PULL LEVER (done!), PRESS
SWITCH (you’ve landed), N, OPEN HATCH (need your suit!), GO HATCH
Outside the spaceship:
W, EXAMINE GUARD (he’s hot tempered), ATTACK GUARD (the mirror kills the
robot), DROP MIRROR, GO ENTRANCE (to the mine), S, W, S, S, GET CUTTER, E,
N, W, W, S, LEAVE MINE (out again), E, E, GO CITY, W, W, GET OIL (in the
can), E, E, N, EXAMINE PORTER (he’s drunk), GIVE OIL (he goes to sleep), S,
E, S, BUY ROPE (need the cash), N, N, BUY HANKIES, WIPE HANDS (they’re still
greasy – this allows you to climb the diving board), DROP HANKIES, S, W, W,
W, CLIMB BOARD (clean hands?), GET DUCK, D, E, E, N, N (past the sleeping
porter), OPEN CUPBOARD (there’s a game cartridge inside), SQUEEZE DUCK (the
baby will let you take the game now), DROP DUCK, GET CARTRIDGE, S, S, E, E,
INSERT CARTRIDGE, PLAY COMPUTER (hint for entering the important looking
building), W, N, BUY EYEPATCH, DROP CARD, S, W, N, W, N, READ PLAQUE
(hint!), TURN BUST (a secret doorway opens), GO OPENING, COVER LENS (with
the eye patch – now you won’t get caught!), W, EXAMINE CASE (there’s a pair
of wire snippers in there), CUT CASE (with the glass cutter), DROP CUTTERS,
GET SNIPPERS, GO ALCOVE (the countess is here, behind electrified bars), E,
E, GO OPENING, S, E, S, W, N (in the cinema), LIFT SEAT, GET HACKSAW, S, S,
GET STRENGTHENERS, WEAR STRENGTHENERS, N, E, LEAVE CITY, W, N, RATTLE KEYS
(the doors open), GO DOOR, U, OPEN SHUTTER (there’s a battery inside), GET
BATTERY (you must be wearing the arm strengtheners), D, GO DOOR (not
mentioned in the text), S, W, GO MOLE (if you killed the guard at the
beginning), INSERT BATTERY, START MOLE (it digs a deep hole), GO HOLE (it’s
too deep), DROP ROPE, GO HOLE, CUT CABLE (with the snippers – now you can
free the countess), U, LEAVE MOLE, E, E, GO CITY, N, W, N, TURN BUST, GO
OPENING, W, GO ALCOVE, CUT BARS (did you cut the cable? You also need the
hacksaw), GET COUNTESS, E, E, GO OPENING, S, E, S, LEAVE CITY, W, GO HATCH
(The countess is saved!)
Notes:
1. It isn’t really obvious that you should wipe your hands in order to climb
the diving board, but there you have it, anyway.
2. There could be a couple more locations in the mine maze, but I really
couldn’t be bothered to map it better!
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