TIMEWATCH
by Matthew Wilson & Robin Garrish, 1986
Your task is to collect four pieces of the Timewatch and then take them to the otherwise inescapable
time warp.
NOTES:
This game is a strange one; except that you collect the 4 pieces of the Timewatch you can execute
some other actions which are not essential in order to finish the game. For example rescuing the
satellite; strange to say this is the only chance to get (only 2!) credits. Another thing is to make
a bomb from spaceship parts (hardly to believe that it works) you can find at a spaceship graveyard
on the moon of Kratos; though this is recommended by the strange ball, there's no use for a
bomb in the game - on the contrary, if you do this, you'll lose your 2 credits!
A few words about the game map: it's tridimensional; there are three levels with an
'upper' and a 'lower' level which both consist of 'empty space'
locations with 'up' and 'down' connections to a 'middle' level which
lies in between and is relevant to solve the game. You have to go to the upper level only once to
collect piece 1 of the Timewatch. Besides, there's a map linkage error at the location south
from the broken satellite - from there you can go west to the strange ball and also to the south
which isn't correct; to the south is an 'empty space' location from where to the east
you can see an alien space ship.
SOLUTION:
(you are in a space ship at home base) leave, examine, w, get satellite, e, land (you have rescued a
satellite and gain two credits), leave, w, n, u, get watch (you now have piece 1 of the Timewatch),
d, s, e, e, e, s, examine, land, get, knock, i, (you now have piece 2 of the Timewatch), get, shoot,
examine, get watch (you now have piece 3 of the Timewatch), leave, w, w, shoot (several times until
your photon torpedoes have blown up the aliens), s, look (you are in the alien mother ship), get
out, hide, s, examine, get watch (you now have piece 4 of the Timewatch), s, s, e, break (probably
this has an effect on the shields of the alien mother ship, for you don't execute this command,
you won't be able to leave the ship alive), w, n, n, get, blast off, n, n, w, n, e (well done,
you have set your timewatch to the year 1986), score (you have 2 credits).
Solution by boldir, February 2021
