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FAQ/Walkthrough for
ADVENTURE D: ESPIONAGE ISLAND
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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. Maps
5. Credits
6. 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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Released in 1982, Adventure D: Espionage Island is the fourth in a series of
eight interactive fiction adventures made by Artic Computing. This game is set
on an enemy island. The aim is to explore the island to find the briefcase
containing secret plans and then return to the plane to escape from the
island. The game is well designed, but is quite short and easy to complete.
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2. Walkthrough
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The game starts in the aircraft. GET PARACHUTE. WEAR PARACHUTE. PULL LEVER to
exit the aircraft. PULL CORD on the parachute to land in a dark bundle. REMOVE
PARACHUTE to see the jungle clearing. Move WEST twice to the aircraft wreckage.
GET BRANCH. FEEL CORNER to feel a string. PULL STRING and some lucky beads will
fall out. GET BEADS. Move EAST twice, SOUTH and EAST to the grass plain.
GIVE BEADS to the woman and she will drop a knife. GET KNIFE. Move WEST, NORTH,
WEST twice and SOUTH to the guarded clearing. KILL GUARD with the knife. GET
GUN. GET TORCH. Move SOUTH to the guards' hut. Read graffiti to see the date
27/09. Move SOUTH to the river cove. ENTER BOAT. When asked if you want to push
off, enter YES to float downstream. When asked if you want to get out, enter
YES to get out at the river bank. Move EAST to the mountain shelter.
GET ROPE. Move DOWN, NORTH and EAST three times to the eroded bank. DROP BRANCH
to make a bridge across the crevasse. Move SOUTH and EAST to the stitched
swamp. Move SOUTH, EAST, WEST and NORTH to the marsh land. Move UP to the
mining ground. TIE ROPE. When asked what to, enter TO ROCK. TIE ROPE. When
asked what to, enter TO TRUCK. Move UP to enter the automatic tipper truck.
PUSH BUTTON to start the engine. PUSH PEDAL to pull the rock away from the
tunnel entrance on the mining ground. Move DOWN and SOUTH to the rock tunnel.
GET EXPLOSIVE. Move SOUTH, UP, SOUTH and WEST to the control hut. SWITCH SWITCH
to turn the landing light off in the landing clearing. Move EAST to the landing
clearing. REMOVE BULB from the landing light. INSERT EXPLOSIVE. When asked into
what, enter INTO LIGHT. Move WEST to the control hut. SWITCH SWITCH to hear the
sound of a tank moving. Move UP, SOUTH twice and DOWN to the metal platform.
SHINE TORCH. When asked into what, enter INTO HOLE in the panel to make the
south door open. Move SOUTH and EAST twice to the safe room. When asked if you
want to enter the combination, enter YES. Remembering the graffiti from the
guards' hut, enter the combination 2709 to open the safe. GET BRIEFCASE. Move
SOUTH to the office. SHOOT COLONEL. OPEN CUPBOARD to see a jacket. GET JACKET.
WEAR JACKET. Move WEST, SOUTH twice, EAST and UP to the helicopter. REMOVE
JACKET. PUSH LEVER. Move WEST and SOUTH three times to complete the game.
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3. Item List
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BRANCH
Found in the aircraft wreckage. It is dropped at the eroded bank to make a
bridge across the crevasse.
BRIEFCASE
Found in the safe in the safe room. It is needed to complete the game.
COLONEL'S JACKET
Found in the cupboard in the colonel's office. It is worn to trick the guard
in the guard's office, and is removed before leaving in the helicopter.
GUN
Found after the guard has been killed in the guarded clearing. It is used to
shoot the colonel in the colonel's office.
KNIFE
Found by giving the lucky beads to the woman at the grass plain. It is used
to kill the guard in the guarded clearing.
LUCKY BEADS
Found by pulling the string in the aircraft wreckage. They are given to the
woman at the grass plain to see the knife.
MATCH
Found in the jungle thicket. It is not used.
PARACHUTE WITH A CORD
Found in the aircraft. It is worn before leaving the aircraft. After pulling
the lever, the cord is pulled to land in a dark bundle. The parachute is then
removed to see the jungle clearing.
PEN LIGHT TORCH
Found after the guard has been killed in the guarded clearing. It is shined
into the small hole in the panel on the metal platform to open the door to
the main corridor.
PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE
Found in the rock tunnel. After the landing light has been switched off, the
bulb is removed from the light in the landing clearing and the plastic
explosive is inserted into the light.
ROPE
Found in the mountain shelter. It is tied to the rope and the truck in the
mining ground.
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4. Maps
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MAP 1: WEST SIDE
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_______*1
| Air |
| Craft |
|___ ___|
|
___v___*2
| |
|Mid Air|
|___ ___|
|
_______ _______ ___v___*3
|Aircrft| | Burnt | |Jungle |
|Wrckage|--|Bushes |-------------|Clearng|
|___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___|
| | |
___|___ ___|___ ___|___ _______
|Guarded| |Jungle | |Jungle | | Grass |
|Clearng|--| Trail | |Thicket|--| Plain |
|___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___|
| | | |
___|___ ___|___ _______ ___|___ ___|___*5
|Guards'| | Dried | | Open | | Giant | |Eroded |
| Hut | |Riverbd|--|Clearng|--|Forest |--| Bank |
|___ ___| |___ ___| |_______| |_______| |___ ___|
| | |
___|___*4 ___|___ ___|___ _______*6
| River | | Rocky | | Rocky | |Stitchd|
| Cove | |Ground | | Slope |--| Swamp |
|___ ___| |___ ___| |_______| |_______|
| ^
___|___ |
| | |
| Boat | |
|___ ___| |
| |
___|___ __d|___
| River | |Mountn |
| Bank |--|Shelter|
|_______| |_______|
*1: GET PARACHUTE, WEAR PARACHUTE and PULL LEVER to enter mid air.
*2: PULL CORD to land in the jungle clearing.
*3: REMOVE PARACHUTE after landing in the jungle clearing.
*4: ENTER BOAT to board the boat.
*5: DROP BRANCH to make a bridge across to the rocky slope.
*6: SOUTH, EAST, WEST and NORTH leads to the marsh land on map 2.
MAP 2: EAST SIDE
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_______
|Automtc|
|Tipper |
|___ ___|
|d
_______ __u|___*2
| Marsh |u |Mining |
| Land |--|Ground |
|___ ___| d|___ ___|
| |
___|___*1 ___|___ _______
|Sinking| | Rock | | Rock |
| Swamp | |Tunnel |->| Cell |
|_______| |___ ___|d |_______|
|
___|___
| Long |
|Tunnel |
|___ ___|
|u
_______ __d|___
| Rocky | | Mine |
| Plain |--|Entrnce|
|___ ___| |___ ___|
| |
___|___ ___|___
|Control| |Landing|
| Hut |--|Clearng|
|___ ___| |_______|
|u
__d|___
| Rocky |
| Slope |
|___ ___|
|
___|___*3
|Guarded|
|Ravine |
|___ ___|
|
_______*4 ___|___
| Metal |u |Volcano|
|Platfrm|--| Top |
|___ ___| d|_______|
|
___|___ _______ _______
| Main | |Waiting| | Safe |
|Corridr|--| Room |--| Room |
|___ ___| |_______| |___ ___|
| d\__ |
___|___ \u__|___
|Picture| | |
|Gallery|-------------|Office |
|___ ___| |_______|
|
___|___*5 _______
|Guards'| | Mess |
| Room |--| Room |
|___ ___| |___ ___|
| |
___|___ ___|___
|Opratng| | |
| Room |--|Heliprt|
|_______| |___ ___|
u|
_______ ___|d__*6
|Air Abv| | Heli- |
| Sea |--|copter |
|___ ___| |_______|
|
___|___
|Air Abv|
| Sea |
|___ ___|
|
___|___
|Air Abv|
| Sea |
|___ ___|
|
___|___
|Aircrft|
|Carrier|
|_______|
*1: SOUTH, EAST, WEST and NORTH leads to the stitched swamp on map 1.
*2: SOUTH leads to the rock tunnel after the rock has been pulled away.
*3: The tank must have moved before it is safe to enter the guarded clearing.
*4: SHINE TORCH, INTO HOLE before moving south to the main corridor.
*5: The jacket must be worn before it is safe to enter the guards' room.
*6: REMOVE JACKET before taking off in the helicopter.
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5. 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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6. Copyright Information
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This file is Copyright 2010-2011 Tom Hayes. As it can be difficult to keep
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