Another of these bleak 1980s games that dealt with nuclear war by giving you no chance of winning. The name of the game is, in fact, a lie: you will not survive. There is no way (except QUIT) to end the game that doesn't involve your death. Nor is there any "better" ending that can be seen to be a relative win: you will lose this game.
By the way, you turn the tap on using "TAP ON". You can't use the verbs "TURN" or "SWITCH"; they're recognised, but not for the tap :-/
So, *can* you survive? Judging by the earlier comments, this sounds like a big "no" ;) Then again (SPOILER ALERT) they did plan for a sequel called The Survivor, so...
great game. i've spent half an hour trying to turn the tap on.
Another of these bleak 1980s games that dealt with nuclear war by giving you no chance of winning. The name of the game is, in fact, a lie: you will not survive. There is no way (except QUIT) to end the game that doesn't involve your death. Nor is there any "better" ending that can be seen to be a relative win: you will lose this game.
By the way, you turn the tap on using "TAP ON". You can't use the verbs "TURN" or "SWITCH"; they're recognised, but not for the tap :-/
There's a bug which might be handy if you become trapped. If you "RING" in any location you'll be transported to the neighbour's front door.
So, *can* you survive? Judging by the earlier comments, this sounds like a big "no" ;) Then again (SPOILER ALERT) they did plan for a sequel called The Survivor, so...