Adventure 2001
bY Robert Tomlin
For Atari 400/800/XL/XE, ZX Spectrum
Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution. You'll need to EXAMINE lots of things for this solution to make
sense. Some optional (but significant) commands are shown in parentheses. These can be omitted once
you know what to do.
(EXAMINE SCREEN) ("Find the microfilm and return to Earth to win")
GET CASSETTE
(EXAMINE CASSETTE) (it needs to be played on a recorder)
E
SEARCH BODY (you find a laser pistol and cremate the body)
GET PISTOL
W
W
W
SHOOT ALIEN (you can now go south)
DROP PISTOL
S
EXAMINE TOOLS (you find a laser scalpel)
GET SCALPEL
(EXAMINE SCALPEL) (it has no blade)
TURN ON SCALPEL (a glowing blade shoots out)
N
N
(OPEN CUPBOARD) (it's locked)
CUT CUPBOARD (with scalpel)
(L) (you find a wet piece of paper)
DROP SCALPEL
GET WET
(READ WET) (you can't read the wet ink)
N
SEARCH CONTAINERS (you find a space suit)
GET SUIT
(EXAMINE SUIT) (...)
WEAR SUIT (you can now go east from Pod Bay 1)
E
E (the space suit protects you)
(L) (you find a reflective shield)
GET SHIELD (you can now go east from eastern bare white corridor)
(EXAMINE SHIELD) (it reflects laser fire)
W
W
S
GET FISH
(EXAMINE FISH) ("Got anything I could read?")
S
E
E (the shield protects you from the laser blast)
(L) (you see a nasty robot)
(EXAMINE ROBOT) (there's some alien symbols on it)
DROP FISH (it reads the symbols as "96")
GET FISH (it will give us another hint later on)
(EXAMINE PIPES) (they're very hot)
DRY WET (the wet paper is now dry)
READ PAPER (it reads "20")
DROP PAPER
W
DROP SHIELD
W
S
(EXAMINE PANEL) (you must enter code to open door)
ENTER 2096 (from the two codes, door opens)
S
(L) (you see a red button)
CLOSE DOORS (you can now press the red button)
PRESS BUTTON (door opens to east)
E
ENTER POD
PLAY CASSETTE ("Open the pod door, HAL", you can now jettison the pod)
(L) (you see some open bay doors)
PRESS BUTTON (pod jets out to space)
(L) (you see emergency hatch)
OPEN HATCH (fish jumps out, you need to follow its lead)
(L) (you see an open hatch)
JUMP
(L) (you see a girder, you can use it to cross crater, but it breaks & you die)
W
ENTER HUT
GET TIN
(EXAMINE TIN) ("for slip ups", that's gotta be a hint!)
E
S
GET FOIL
(EXAMINE FOIL) (it's a good insulator)
N
E
E
E
GET BATTERY
(EXAMINE BATTERY) (it looks like a torch battery, hint: torches are cylindrical)
U
GET BOOTS
(EXAMINE BOOTS) (very bouncy)
WEAR BOOTS (you can now jump crater)
D
W
W
S
JUMP CRATER (while wearing the space boots)
(L) (you see a space buggy, if you go east, you get killed by soldiers)
(EXAMINE BUGGY) (the wheels are rusted)
OIL BUGGY
(EXAMINE BUGGY) (it moves easily)
PUSH BUGGY (it rolls down hill and scares soldiers away, you can now go east)
E
N
GET HELMET
(EXAMINE HELMET) (the lining is missing)
INSULATE HELMET (with foil)
(I) (you now have a sound-proof hat)
(EXAMINE HAT) (it's sound proof)
WEAR HAT (you can now go west from alien gun emplacement)
S
S (if you go west without wearing the sound-proof hat, you die)
(READ SIGNPOST) ("Danger south", if you go south, you can't escape from swamp)
W (the sound-proof hat protects you from the sonic gun)
W
GET CYLINDER
(EXAMINE CYLINDER) (it needs connecting)
CONNECT BATTERY (to cylinder, you now have a light sabre)
(EXAMINE SABRE) (you can feel The Force, now where have I heard that before?)
E
S
SEARCH DESK (you find a pass card)
GET PASS
(EXAMINE PASS) (the picture on it looks like you)
OIL FLOOR (you'll know why if you RING BELL without doing it)
RING BELL (guard runs in, slips on floor & breaks his neck, he drops something)
(L) (it's the microfilm)
GET MICROFILM
(EXAMINE MICROFILM) (you can't, it's top secret)
S
S (the guard sees your pass card and lets you pass)
E
(EXAMINE MONOLITH) ("Don't hurt me")
KICK MONOLITH (it drops a black bracelet)
GET BRACELET (you can now use the transporter)
(EXAMINE BRACELET) ("Argonian Public Transport")
W (if you go further west without the light sabre, you die)
W
KILL LEADER (with light sabre, you deal him a deathly blow)
W
S
PRESS BUTTON (with bracelet, you are transported to Earth, without it, you die)
GIVE MICROFILM (you're truly a hero)
***THE END***
