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Re: leotrope
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 4:04 am
by terri
I've gotten into the pod.
The manual instructions say you need a matter translator. Maybe there was one we missed somewhere?
Re: leotrope
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 5:25 pm
by Alex
terri wrote:The manual instructions say you need a matter translator. Maybe there was one we missed somewhere?
After the pod has been launched the game tells you're just outside a natural matter translator before it gives the room description. Don't know how to use it though

Re: leotrope
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:10 pm
by terri
Neither do I.
Short of contacting the author, I don't know where to go next. Googling his name doesn't give me an address, other than he is/was from the UK.
Re: leotrope
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:29 pm
by Alex
terri wrote:Googling his name doesn't give me an address, other than he is/was from the UK.
I did find some more info but no address. It appears we are stuck on this one

Re: leotrope
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:20 pm
by Alastair
Have you tried SAY "MATTER" ? (The quotes are obtained by either Control or Alt + P depending on the emulator.)
Re: leotrope
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:18 am
by Alex
Alastair wrote:Have you tried SAY "MATTER" ? (The quotes are obtained by either Control or Alt + P depending on the emulator.)

That's it !!! Thanks a lot !!! I'm now flying through space

. In my emulator Zxspectrum4 you have to type Right Alt +P, but it worked.
Re: leotrope
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:39 am
by Alastair
I've completed Part I, but where is Part II?
Re: leotrope
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:06 am
by Alex
Alex wrote:I've completed Part I, but where is Part II?
Unfortunately I've got the same problem. I got the password to part 2 plus an extra password for collecting an object from one of the other planets but, when I want to load part 2 it loads part 1 again. Seems the tape image is incomplete or wrong. Normally when it's a tape image with the Spectrum4 emulator you can look at all the files on the tape image and forward or backward the tape but with this tape image it's not possible to see the contends of the tape.
Re: leotrope
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:58 am
by Alex
Alastair wrote:I've completed Part I
I only got 75 points when I solved the game. What score did you have? I've no idea how to obtain the other 25 points. I did use all the objects inside the game.
Re: leotrope
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:19 am
by terri
I've tried various emulators and can't get it to load as well.
Though I see that, size-wise, the .zip file is only a little bit bigger than the unzipped file, so, shouldn't that mean it is in there somewhere?
I only got 70 points. Were the other five for visiting the other planets?
Re: leotrope
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:33 am
by Alex
terri wrote:I only got 70 points. Were the other five for visiting the other planets?
Yes, There are two more planets where you can land to obtain two more objects needed in the second part. They give you an extra code which you must enter at the beginning of part 2.
I saw that the game in 1996 was republished on a PD tape and/or disk containing 15 adventure games by Dave Fountain of Fountain PD maybe he still has a copy of this disk somewhere. More information including an address of him can be found on the Worldofspectrum website. It seems nowadays he sells lawnmowers.
Re: leotrope
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:49 pm
by Alastair
Alex wrote:I only got 75 points when I solved the game.
I get a score of 75 too. I wonder if there is something to do at the fungus wall, as it seems a little strange for it to exist.
Re: leotrope
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:10 am
by terri
But I only visited one other planet. And still got 75. so I guess I am not really finished, or at least up to your point.
I got the other object, but still only 75 points.
Re: leotrope
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:49 pm
by Alex
terri wrote:But I only visited one other planet. And still got 75. so I guess I am not really finished, or at least up to your point.
I got the other object, but still only 75 points.
Did you take the rock from pluto ? This gives you the other code.
Re: leotrope
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:51 pm
by Alex
Alastair wrote:I get a score of 75 too. I wonder if there is something to do at the fungus wall, as it seems a little strange for it to exist.
Could be, but there are no more rooms (at least none with a room description) nor objects inside this part of the game.