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FAQ/Walkthrough for
AFTER SHOCK
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GUIDE INFORMATION
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Author: Tom Hayes
E-mail: thayesguides(at)gmail(dot)com
System: ZX Spectrum
Updated: 29th March, 2011
Version: 1.1
CONTENTS
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1. Introduction
2. Walkthrough
3. Item List
4. Point List
5. Map
6. Credits
7. Copyright Information
VERSION HISTORY
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1.1: 29th March, 2011 (Submitted to solutionarchive)
1.0: 17th September, 2010 (First version)
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1. Introduction
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After Shock is an interactive fiction adventure that was made by Interceptor
Micros Software in 1986. The game takes place in a city which has recently been
hit by a powerful earthquake. The cooling system at the power plant is rapidly
losing pressure and in a few hours the reactor will explode. The aim is to make
the journey from the office to the power plant on the other side of the city.
With flooded underground stations, looters roaming the city and armed guards
patrolling the streets, making the journey there will not be an easy task.
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2. Walkthrough
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The game starts in the office. TAKE CHAIR. Move EAST twice to the lift. EXAMINE
LIFT to see a panel in the ceiling. DROP CHAIR. CLIMB ON CHAIR. REMOVE PANEL.
CLIMB OUT OF LIFT. Move DOWN, SOUTH and WEST to the utility room. EXAMINE
WORKBENCH to find a torch. TAKE TORCH. SWITCH OFF ISOLATOR. Move EAST three
times, UP, EAST, NORTH, EAST twice and SOUTH to Parkview Road.
TAKE TELEVISION. Move EAST, NORTH, EAST and SOUTH to the park area. EXAMINE BIN
to find a bottle. TAKE BOTTLE. Move NORTH, WEST, SOUTH, WEST and NORTH to
Darwin Street. FILL BOTTLE WITH OIL. Move SOUTH, WEST, SOUTH three times and
DOWN to the storm drain. SWITCH ON TORCH. Move EAST four times. TAKE HANDLE.
Move SOUTH twice, WEST and SOUTH to the sluicegate. EXAMINE SLUICEGATE to see a
mechanism. FIT HANDLE ON SLUICEGATE. LUBRICATE MECHANISM. DROP BOTTLE. OPEN
SLUICEGATE. Move SOUTH, WEST, NORTH, WEST and NORTH to the storm drain.
DROP TORCH. Move UP, NORTH, DOWN, EAST, UP, SOUTH, EAST and SOUTH to the
filling station. ENTER KIOSK. TAKE SCREWDRIVER. Move NORTH to the filling
station. CLIMB OVER RUBBLE to the waste ground. TAKE BEAM. Move WEST to Manor
Drive: A gang of looters see that you are carrying the television and move
away. DROP TELEVISION. Move WEST to Royal Street: The soldiers see that you are
not one of the looters and move away. Move SOUTH to Kings Close.
OPEN GATES. Move WEST to the overgrown garden. OPEN DOOR. Move WEST to the
hallway of the derelict house. EXAMINE STAIRS to see that the central section
is unsupported. SUPPORT STAIRS WITH BEAM. Move UP, WEST, NORTH, WEST, SOUTH,
WEST and UP to the roof. SLIDE DOWN ROOF to the parapet. JUMP TO ROOF of the
nearby building. Move DOWN, SOUTH and EAST to Castle Road. DROP SCREWDRIVER.
If you didn't drop the bottle and the torch earlier on, drop them now as well.
Check that you have nothing in the inventory by entering INVENTORY.
TAKE BUNS. Move WEST, NORTH and UP to the apartment block roof. JUMP TO
PARAPET. CLIMB UP ROOF. Move DOWN, EAST, NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, EAST, DOWN, EAST
twice, NORTH and EAST twice to the waste ground. CLIMB OVER RUBBLE to the
filling station. Move NORTH, WEST, NORTH, DOWN, WEST, UP, NORTH twice, EAST
twice, NORTH, EAST and SOUTH twice to the circus tent. GIVE BUNS TO ELEPHANT
and it will move away. TAKE RAMP. Move NORTH twice, WEST, SOUTH, WEST twice,
SOUTH twice, DOWN, EAST, UP, SOUTH, EAST and SOUTH to the filling station.
CLIMB OVER RUBBLE to the waste ground. Move WEST twice, SOUTH, WEST twice, UP,
WEST, NORTH, WEST, SOUTH, WEST and UP to the roof. SLIDE DOWN ROOF to the
parapet. JUMP TO ROOF of the nearby building. Move DOWN, SOUTH, EAST and SOUTH
to South Way. DROP RAMP BY CHASM. Move NORTH to Castle Road. TAKE SCREWDRIVER.
Move SOUTH to South Way. EXAMINE BODY to find a key. TAKE KEY. REMOVE BODY from
the car. ENTER CAR. START CAR. DRIVE CAR TO RAMP and it will become wedged in
the chasm. Move SOUTH twice and EAST twice to the gatehouse.
OPEN GATE. Move SOUTH to the reception area of the power plant. EXAMINE DESK to
find a key. TAKE KEY. Move SOUTH, DOWN and EAST to the corridor. UNLOCK DOOR.
OPEN DOOR. Move EAST and NORTH to the maintenance area. EXAMINE BODY to find a
valve. TAKE VALVE. Move SOUTH and WEST three times to the reactor service
corridor. FIT VALVE ON PIPE. FIT WIRES ON VALVE with the screwdriver. Move EAST
and UP to the control room. PRESS BUTTON to complete the game.
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3. Item List
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BOTTLE
Found by examining the bin in the park area of the zoo. It is filled with the
oil from the tanker on Darwin Street to get the bottle of oil.
BOTTLE OF OIL
Found by filling the bottle with the oil from the tanker on Darwin Street. It
is used to lubricate the mechanism on the sluicegate in the sewer.
BUNS
Found on Castle Road. They are given to the elephant in the circus tent.
CAP
Found in Cook Street underground station. It is not used.
CHAIR
Found in the office. It is dropped in the lift and is then climbed on so that
the panel in the ceiling can be removed.
DIAMOND
Found on North Street. It is not used.
FRUIT
Found in Legion Parade. It does not have to be used to complete the game, but
can be given to the chimpanzees in the zoo.
HANDLE
Found in the sewer. It is fitted onto the sluicegate in the sewer.
KEY
Found by examining the body at South Way. It is used to start the car.
KEY
Found by examining the desk in the power plant reception area. It is used to
unlock the door to the storage yard.
MEAT
Found in Legion Parade. It does not have to be used to complete the game, but
can be given to the lion in the zoo.
PANEL
Found after dropping the chair in the lift, standing on the chair and then
taking the panel. It is not used.
PEN
Found in the office. It is not used.
PICKAXE
Found in the utility room. It is not used.
RADIO
Found in the office. It is not used.
RUSTY NAIL
Found on the roof of the old building. It is not used.
SCREWDRIVER
Found in the kiosk. It is used to fit the wires on the valve in the reactor
service corridor.
STOUT WOODEN BEAM
Found in the waste ground. It is used to support the stairs in the derelict
house.
SWEETS
Found in the kiosk. They are not used.
TELEVISION
Found on Parkhouse Road. It should be in the inventory before entering Manor
Drive to avoid the looters. It should then be dropped before moving west from
Manor Drive to Royal Street to avoid the guards.
TICKET
Found in Byron Street underground station. It is not used.
TISSUES
Found in the washroom. They are not used.
TORCH
Found by examining the workbench in the utility room. It should be switched
on before moving east from the storm drain in the sewer.
TRUMPET
Found in Cook Street underground station. It is not used.
WOODEN RAMP
Found in the circus tent after the buns have been given to the elephant. The
wooden ramp can only be carried if no other items are in the inventory. It is
dropped by the chasm on South Way.
WOODEN STICK
Found in Clarence Square. It is not used.
VALVE
Found by examining the body in the maintenance room. The screwdriver is used
to the fit the wires on the valve.
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4. Point List
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4 4 Climb out of the lift while standing on the chair.
8 4 Take the torch from the workbench in the utility room.
12 4 Move to the eastern end of the service tunnel.
16 4 Take the bottle from the bin in the park area of the zoo.
20 4 Fill the bottle with oil from the tanker on Darwin Street.
24 4 Move down from Scott Street to enter the storm drain.
28 4 Take the handle from the sewer.
32 4 Fit the handle on the closed sluicegate in the sewer.
36 4 Lubricate the mechanism with the bottle of oil.
40 4 Open the sluicegate in the sewer.
44 4 Move up from the underground station to Byron Square.
48 4 Climb over the rubble next to the filling station.
52 4 Move south from Royal Street to Kings Close.
56 4 Move up from the derelict house hallway to the east wing.
60 4 Slide down the roof of the old building to the parapet.
64 4 Jump to the roof of the apartment block from the paapet.
66 2 Give the buns to the elephant in the circus tent.
70 4 Take the wooden ramp from the circus tent.
74 4 Enter the car at South Way.
78 4 Move south on South Way after the car has been wedged in the chasm.
82 4 Enter the power plant reception area.
86 4 Take the key from the desk in the reception area.
90 4 Move east from the corridor to the storage yard.
94 4 Fit the valve on the pipe in the reactor service corridor.
96 2 Fit the wires on the valve with the screwdriver.
100 4 Press the button in the control room.
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5. Maps
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MAP 1: OFFICE BUILDING
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_______
| |
|Stairs |
|___ ___|
|u
__d|___ _______ _______
|Stair- | |Office | |Top of |
| well | | Roof |--| Shaft |
|___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___|
| d|
_______ ___|___ _______*1 ___|u__
| Your | | Main | | | |Top of |
|Office |--|Office |--| Lift |--| Lift |
|_______| |___ ___| |_______| |___ ___|
| d|
___|___ ___|u__ _______
| Wash | |Btm of | | |
| Room | | Shaft | | Alley |-*2
|_______| |___ ___| |___ ___|
| |d
_______ ___|___ _______ __u|___
|Utility| | | |Service| |Service|
| Room |--|Basemnt|--|Tunnl W|--|Tunnl E|
|_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
*1: DROP CHAIR. CLIMB ON CHAIR. REMOVE PANEL. CLIMB OUT OF LIFT.
*2: Leads to Livingstone Square on map 2.
MAP 2: CITY (WEST SIDE)
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_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______
| North | |Columbs| |Darwin | | | |Monkey | |Elephnt|
|Street |--|Avenue |--|Street | | Lion |--| Cage |--| House |
|___ ___| |_______| |___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___| |_______|
| | | |
___|___ _______ ___|___ ___|___ ___|___ _______
|Lvngstn| |Legion | |PrkView| | Zoo | | Park | |Insect |
*1-|Square | |Parade |--| Road |--|Entrnce| | Area |--| House |
|___ ___| |_______| |_______| |___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___|
| | | |
___|___ _______ ___|___ ___|___ ___|___
|Jessop | |Clarnce| |Reptile| |Circus | | Bear |
|Street |--|Square | | House | | Tent | | Cage |
|_______| |___ ___| |_______| |_______| |_______|
|
___|___ _______
| Cook |d |Undrgnd|
|Street |--|Station|-*2
|___ ___| u|_______|
|
___|___
| Scott |
|Street |
|___ ___|
d|
___|u__ _______ _______ _______ _______
| Storm | | | | | | | | |
| Drain |->| Sewer |->| Sewer |->| Sewer |->|Handle |
|___ ___| |_______| |_______| |_______| |___ ___|
^ |
___|___ _______ ___v___
| | | | | |
| Sewer |<-| Sewer | | Sewer |
|_______| |___ ___| |___ ___|
^ |
| _______ ___v___
| | | | |
| | Sewer |<-| Sewer |
| |___ ___| |_______|
| |
| ___v___
| |Sluice |
| | Gate |
| |___ ___|
| |
___|___ ___v___
| | | |
| Sewer |<------------| Sewer |
|_______| |_______|
*1: Leads to the Alley on map 1.
*2: Leads to Underground Station on map 3 after the sluicegate has been opened.
MAP 3: CITY (EAST SIDE)
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_______ _______ _______
|Undrgnd| | Bryon | |Virgil |
*1-|Station|--|Square |--| Close |
|_______| |___ ___| |_______|
|
___|___ _______
|Shakspr| | Burns |
|Avenue |--| Road |
|_______| |___ ___|
|
_______ _______ _______ ___|___*2
| Royal | | Manor | | Waste | |Filling|
|Street |--| Drive |--|Ground |--|Station|
|___ ___| |_______| |_______| |___ ___|
| |
_______ ___|___ ___|___
|Overgwn| | Kings | |Inside |
*3-|Garden |--| Close | | Kiosk |
|_______| |_______| |_______|
*1: Leads to Underground Station on map 2.
*2: CLIMB OVER RUBBLE to the waste ground.
*3: Leads to Hallway on map 4.
MAP 4: DERELICT HOUSE
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_______
|Aptment|
| Block |
|___ ___|
__/u |
______d/*4 ___|___ _______
|Aptment| | East | |Castle |
| Roof | |Street |--| Road |
|___ ___| |_______| |___ ___|
| |
___|___*3 ___|___*5
| | | South |
|Parapet| | Way |
|___ ___| |_______|
|u
__d|___*2 _______ _______
|Buildng| | | | |
| Roof | |Corridr|--|Kitchen|
|___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___|
|d | |
__u|___ ___|___ ___|___ _______
| West | |Dining | |Dining | | East |
| Wing |--|Room W | |Room E |--| Wing |
|_______| |_______| |_______| |___ ___|
d|
___|u__
| |
|Hallway|-*1
|_______|
*1: Leads to Overgrown Garden on map 3.
*2: SLIDE DOWN ROOF to the parapet.
*3: JUMP TO ROOF or CLIMB UP ROOF.
*4: JUMP TO PARAPET to move south.
*5: After the car has been wedged in the chasm, moving south leads to South Way
on map 5.
MAP 5: AFTER CHASM AND POWER PLANT
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*1
___|___
| South |
| Way |
|___ ___|
|
___|___ _______ _______
|Cactus | |Desert | | Gate- |
| Drive |--| Road |--| house |
|_______| |_______| |___ ___|
|
_______ _______ ___|___ _______ _______
|Western| | | |Receptn| | | |Eastern|
|Office |--|Corridr|--| Area |--|Corridr|--|Office |
|_______| |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |_______|
|
___|___ _______
|Control| |Mainte-|
| Room | | nance |
|___ ___| |___ ___|
d| |
_______ ___|u__ _______ ___|___
|Service| |Reactor| | | |Storage|
|Corridr|--| Room |--|Corridr|--| Yard |
|_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
*1: Leads to South Way on map 5.
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6. Credits
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- EMUZWin (http://kolmck.net/apps/EmuZWin_Eng.htm)
The emulator that was used to run the tape image for this game.
- GUEmap (http://www.cjmweb.net/GUEmap/)
A program that was used to map out the locations in this game.
- World of Spectrum (http://www.worldofspectrum.org/)
A website that hosts a massive amount of Spectrum-related material. The tape
image for this game was found here.
- ZX Modules (http://www.zxmodules.com/)
Hosts different applications for managing and editing Spectrum files. The ZX
Preview application was used to extract information from this game.
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7. Copyright Information
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This file is Copyright 2010-2011 Tom Hayes. As it can be difficult to keep
track of websites that haven't posted the latest version of this file, please
do not distribute it without my permission. Send an e-mail to me if you would
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