Enterprise Escape
By unknown author
For Sega SC-3000
Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution to a badly implemented game. Very few commands give you a meaningful
response. If the command is understood, you generally get no response. That's a good sign. It
means something has happened. You then have to LOOK to see what happened. The only trouble is that
it doesn't understand LOOK. Instead, you have to LOOK SOMETHING, where SOMETHING is an object
that you know to be in the room that doesn't ordinarily give a response. It will then list all
the objects in the room so that you can see what has changed.
You have 4.1 hours to complete the game. That's 4 hours 1 minute, not decimal hours. Each move
takes one minute. The game is littered with viewscreens, ventilators and computer terminals. The
computer terminals will give you the remaining time.
The game is also littered with doors. There are three types of doors, jammed doors, doors that
require authorised access and one that has a depressurised atmosphere beyond. The jammed doors can
be blasted open with a phaser. The authorised access doors require you to present (or drop) an ID
badge. Don't forget to pick it up again! The final door requires wearing a spacesuit. There are
two spacesuits. The first only has enough oxygen for about ten moves. The second has an unlimited
supply of oxygen. You must drop everything in order to wear a spacesuit. Once worn, you can pick
things up again. It seems to get really confused over the spacesuits. When you're wearing the
first spacesuit, you have to get the second spacesuit, drop it somewhere, move away, remove and drop
the first spacesuit, then move back to get and wear the second spacesuit. Got that? I really
struggled to work this out.
Only the first two letters of each verb and each noun are significant. This can lead to some strange
outcomes. For example, I tried to DRINK BRANDY and this caused me to DROP it.
(LOOK POSITION) (you have 4.1 hours until contact with atmosphere)
(LOOK PANEL) (you find a message tape)
(PLAY TAPE) ("...engines damaged, transporter out...")
GO TURBOLIFT
GO DOWN
GO OUT
GO SOUTH
GO WEST
GO WEST
GO NORTH
OPEN LOCKERS (nothing appears to happen)
(LOOK LOCKERS) (you find uniforms & shoes)
LOOK UNIFORMS (you find pockets)
LOOK POCKETS (you find ID badge & pencil)
GET ID
GO EAST
GO NORTH
GO EAST
GO NORTH
(OPEN ARMOURY) (must present ID first)
PRESENT ID (although it doesn't tell you, this causes you to drop it)
OPEN ARMOURY (nothing appears to happen)
(LOOK ARMOURY) (you find phaser & klingat)
GET PHASER (used for blasting jammed doors)
GET ID (don't forget it!)
GO SOUTH
GO WEST
GO WEST
GO WEST
GET PILLOW
GO EAST
SHOOT DOOR (nothing appears to happen)
(LOOK DOOR) (an exit has been added to south)
GO SOUTH
GO SOUTH
SHOOT DOOR (nothing appears to happen)
(LOOK DOOR) (an exit has been added to west)
(GO WEST)
(LOOK READOUT) (fragile magnatomic valve on starboard engine needs replacing)
(GO EAST)
GO EAST
GO SOUTH
SHOOT DOOR (nothing appears to happen)
(LOOK DOOR) (an exit has been added to west)
GO WEST
GET SPACESUIT
GO EAST
GO NORTH
GO EAST
GO EAST
(OPEN DOOR) (must present id first)
PRESENT ID (this causes you to drop it, so don't forget to get it again)
OPEN DOOR (nothing appears to happen)
(LOOK DOOR) (an exit has been added to north)
GET ID (don't forget it)
GO NORTH (aha, a magnatomic valve)
GET VALVE
(OPEN DOOR) (must present id first)
PRESENT ID (this causes you to drop it)
OPEN DOOR
GO SOUTH (don't worry about ID this time, as we're finished with it)
GO WEST
GO NORTH
GO TURBOLIFT
GO DOWN
GO OUT
(OPEN DOOR) (area depressurised, spacesuit required)
(WEAR SPACESUIT) (hands are full)
DROP PILLOW (so valve doesn't break)
DROP VALVE
DROP PHASER
WEAR SPACESUIT (nothing appears to happen, but you're wearing it, trust me)
(for the following moves, you can't waste any time or you'll run out of oxygen)
OPEN DOOR (nothing appears to happen)
(LOOK DOOR) (an exit has been added to east)
GO EAST
OPEN LOCKER (nothing appears to happen)
(LOOK LOCKER) (you find a spacesuit & magnetic boots)
GET SPACESUIT
GET BOOTS
GO WEST
CLOSE DOOR
DROP SPACESUIT (this is the one you just found)
GO TURBOLIFT
REMOVE SPACESUIT (whew, just made it)
DROP SPACESUIT
GO OUT
LOOK SPACESUIT (it has pockets)
LOOK POCKETS (you find a Phillips head screwdriver)
GET SPACESUIT
WEAR SPACESUIT
WEAR BOOTS
GET SCREWDRIVER
GET VALVE
OPEN DOOR
GO EAST
GO OUT (don't do this without wearing boots)
GO UP
OPEN HATCH (what with?)
SCREWDRIVER (nothing appears to happen)
(LOOK HATCH) (it's now open, you find a cracked valve)
REPLACE VALVE (nothing appears to happen, but it's fixed, trust me)
GO DOWN
GO DOWN
GO WEST
(CLOSE DOOR)
GO TURBOLIFT
GO UP
GO OUT
GO SOUTH
GO WEST
GO WEST
GO WEST
(LOOK READOUT) (engines ready)
PUSH BUTTON (horray [sic], you saved the Enterprise)
***THE END***
