EARTHSHOCK Michael White (Eighth Day Software) Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (Spectrum Version) Notes: 1 . Alternative Object Choices: SWORD - CHOOSE SWORD, D, D, D, KILL MUTANTS, D, W, GET SALT, E, E, CUT PLANT (until you sever it), E, N, THROW SALT, GET TOOTH, EXAMINE TELEPORTER, PRESS GOLD, GIVE TOOTH. HOOP - CHOOSE HOOP, S, THROW HOOP, U, S, U, D, D, D, D, GET VALVE, FILL VALVE, EXAMINE TELEPORTER, PRESS GOLD, GIVE VALVE. 2. Ark: It is a good idea to save your position immediately you enter this area. Use the STORE and CALL feature to ramsave often. If you find you are being followed you have only a couple of moves before the game ends, so restore your position and try again. Walk Through (Start in the dark), LOOK (your hand brushes against a lamp), GET LAMP, LIGHT LAMP (you are on a small dusty ledge), INVENTORY (in addition to the lamp you are carrying a metal bow, an arrow, a carved timber shield and a spear), E, SEARCH RUBBLE, GET STRIP (plastic), W, EXAMINE SKELETON (pointing south), S, D (into maintenance cradle), EXAMINE PANEL (you see buttons and a slot), INSERT STRIP (in slot), PRESS GREEN (up), E (small side room), GET CARD (metal), PRESS YELLOW, PRESS YELLOW (down), E (ledge), N (by ventilation shaft), D (you are below the silo). N, N (to hot desolate plain where a cube juts out), DIG CUBE (you are ambushed by tribesmen, led to a small damp cave and asked to choose an object to fulfil your quest), CHOOSE KEY (or sword or hoop - see note 1 above - you are told to use it when your quest is fulfilled and to bring the Eye of the Sun... a cone of light descends and you find yourself on a spaceship), E (cockpit), EXAMINE CONSOLE, PRESS 3 (locker release on), W, S, S (equipment store), GET BOARD (circuit), N, E (suspension chamber), PRESS BUTTON (nothing appears to happen), W, N (your teleporter is stolen), S, E (back to suspension chamber), GET SPHERE (holograph), W, N, W (cargo bay), PRESS BUTTON (nothing happens), INSERT BOARD (a cone of light descends and you find yourself back in the damp cave surrounded by four tribesmen), GIVE SPHERE (or valve or tooth - see note above - you are rewarded with a gift and find yourself back on the hot desolate plain), GET CUBE, S, S, U, S. W (into maintenance cradle), PRESS GREEN, PRESS GREEN, PRESS GREEN (up), E (to base of shaft), CUT GRILL (with the wire cutters), EXAMINE CUTTERS (coded 42 Beta), D, S (walkway), EXTINGUISH LAMP, E (you meet a robot guard), FIRE ARROW, E (by door), INSERT CARD (metal - the door opens), E, E (note energy blasts co-ord yellow), WAIT, WAIT (the co-ord should now be blue), E (into blue junction - co-ord blast should be yellow), S (to yellow junction), GET SUIT (co-ord should be blue), NW (to blue junction), N (back to walkway). WAIT (co-ord should be blue), E (to blue junction - co-ord should be yellow), S (to yellow junction - co-ord should be green), NE (to green junction), SW, S (into a plastic lined room), E (tube), EXAMINE PANEL, PRESS 4 (override down), PRESS 3 (you find yourself in a well lit equipment store room), OPEN CUPBOARD, GET GREEN KEY, GET DISC (log - note don't hang around here), E (tube), EXAMINE PANEL, PRESS 2 (down), PRESS 3 (back to yellow junction - co-ord should be green), NE (to green junction), SW, S (into plastic lined room), INSERT DISC (into the disc drive - override system activated), E (tube), PRESS 4 (override on - down), PRESS 3 (to equipment store room), GET BATTERY, E (tube), PRESS 2 (up), PRESS 3 (to yellow junction - co-ord should be blue), NW (to blue junction), N (back to walkway), W. W, W, W, W, S (walkway junction), E (belt 2), S (production plant main entry), E (twisty path), EXAMINE SUIT, WEAR SUIT (protects you from the molten lava), S (lava floe), S, S (onto robot battlefield where lasers bounce off the shield), E (crater), GET YELLOW KEY, W, S, E (cliff top), S (onto a glass bridge), D (rock scarp), E (you are on a lava barge), GET COLLAR (steel), EXAMINE COLLAR (will decode some robot dialects), WEAR COLLAR, W, U, U, W, SW (to dome where a blackened droid asks for juice), GIVE BATTERY (you are given some useful information), MOVE DEBRIS (uncover steps leading down), D (bottom of steps), GET GEIGER COUNTER, E (to tube fill station), PRESS PINK BUTTON (the suit recharges), S, W, N, N, N, N (back to twisty path), W (production plant main entry), S (into production plant), E (base of a pile of metal junk - a pilot droid zooms off to power-up the barge), W, W (west end of plant), THROW BOW (it short circuits the machine allowing you to take the power cell), GET CELL, EXAMINE CELL (coded 14 Alpha), E, N. E (twisty path), S, S, S (onto robot battlefield), S, E (cliff top), S, D, E (lava barge), EXAMINE PANEL, PRESS 2 (heat shield on), PRESS 1 (the barge skims effortlessly across the molten ocean), E (east side of lava sea), N (south end of ravine - see note above regarding saving position), ENTER TRUCK (dumper - see buttons 1 - 5), PRESS 1 (the truck moves), PRESS 5 (lasers blast out destroying the guards), OUT (metal ramp), N (hanger bay), U, U (sealed corridor), E, N (onto bridge of the ark), READ WRITING, INSERT YELLOW KEY, INSERT GREEN KEY, INSERT CELL, S, W, D, D, S, S, S, W (lava barge), PRESS 1 (the barge skims across the ocean), W, U, U, W, N, N, N, N (twisty path). W, N, W, N, E, E, E, E (east/west pathway), W, W, W, N (by grill), LIGHT LAMP, U (shaft), W (into maintenance cradle), PRESS YELLOW (down), E (small side room), GET CELL (power), W, PRESS GREEN (up), E, D (by grill), EXTINGUISH LAMP, S, W, S, E, S, E (twisty path), S, S, S, S, E (top of cliff), S, D, E (onto lava barge), PRESS 1 (the barge skims across the ocean), E, N, N, N, U, U, E, N (ark bridge), INSERT CELL, S, W, D, D, S, S, S, W (lava barge), PRESS 1 (the barge skims across the ocean), W, U, U. W, S (southern tip of isle), GET CELL, EXAMINE CELL (coded 14 Alpha), N, E, D, D, E (lava barge), PRESS 1 (the barge skims across the ocean), E, N, N, N, U, U, E, N (ark bridge), INSERT CELL, S, W, D, D, S, S, S, W (lava barge), PRESS 1 (the barge skims across the ocean), W (hot rock scarp), EXAMINE GEIGER COUNTER (there is a lethal level of radiation), U, U, W, N, N, N, N (twisty path), W, N, W, N, E, E, E, E (east/west belt walkway), OPEN HATCH, PRESS BLUE BUTTON (radiation is neutralised), S, W, W, W, W. S, E, S (production plant main entry), PRESS BLUE BUTTON (a cone of light descends and you find yourself in a padded observation cell), GET CELL (power), PULL PADDING (reveal a silver and gold button on a hidden panel), PRESS SILVER (a cone of light descends and you are at belt 2), S, E (twisty path), S, S, S, S, E, D, D, E (lava barge), PRESS 1 (the barge skims across the ocean), E, N, N, N, U, U, E, N (ark bridge), INSERT CELL (a cone of light descends and a massive explosion heralds the destruction of the ark.... you are on the lava barge), W, U, U, W, N, N, N, N (twisty path). W, N, W, N, E, N (by grill), LIGHT LAMP, U (shaft), W (into maintenance cradle), PRESS YELLOW, PRESS YELLOW, PRESS YELLOW (down), E, N (small doorway), D, S, S, W (above shaft), D, N (circular platform - the tunnel collapses behind you.... a crouched figure demands the cube), THROW CUBE (the astronaut scrambles for the cube but loses his footing and falls over the parapet), GET CUBE, D (hot pipe), D (end of pipe), E (onto a circular metal walkway where automated sensors detect your presence), JUMP (you are hanging onto the bomb), EXAMINE PANEL, PRESS YELLOW (the magnetic field increases crushing the guards and the bomb starts to fall), PRESS RED, PRESS BLUE, PRESS 1442 (the bomb is disarmed but is still falling), RUB CUBE (a cone of light descends........) Well Done. With the Ark destroyed and the bomb de-armed the threat to the planet is over. The robots far below the earth's surface have been defeated. 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