Alien [CP Verlag] - Commodore 64 - Real Hardware longplay
18Alien was released in Game On 1990/05 and also in Abo Disk #1.
Many many many many many thanks to minotaurus, he played directly from his Commodore 64 this game with Metroid / Mission Impossible vibes, translating also the instruction text!
Brief ending text has been translated, enable subtitles to sse it!
WHEN THE "ETERIUS" RESEARCH PROBE FREED THE PLANET HEGIRA FROM COLONIZATION 23 YEARS AGO, A HUGE PROJECT WITHOUT EQUAL IN THE UNIVERSE WAS LAUNCHED. THE ENTIRE PLANET HAS BEEN CLEANED UP AND IS NOW HOME TO ABOUT 30 BILLION COLONISTS.
IN THE CAPITAL OF HEGIRA, PERGON, IS THE E.F.U. (ENERGY FUSION UNIT) THAT PROVIDES VITAL ENERGY TO THE ENTIRE PLANET.
THE EFU CENTRAL COMPUTER REGULARLY SENDS THE STATUS REPORT WITH SUPERLIGHT PULSES TO THE SUPREME SPACE AUTHORITY OF THE EARTH EVERY 2 HEJIRA DAYS.
HERE IS AN EQUALIZED REPRODUCTION OF THE LATEST STATUS REPORT:
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ZLR PERGON WITH UL STATUS REPORT ON DISTORTION***88277RHB
TEMPERATURE HHE MEILER 2000567K
COOLING SYSTEM SECTOR A -273
COOLING SYSTEM SECTOR B -271
COOLING SYSTEM SECTOR C -191
COOLING SYSTEM SECTOR D -201
COOLING SYSTEM SECTOR E -198
COOLING SYSTEM SECTOR F -183
WARNING! SECTORS C-F ABOVE CRITICAL VALUE
NO HUMAN ENERGY RETURN REPORT FROM DR. BALER, MR. SCORF AND DR BLADE
ONLY HUMANOID WITHIN EFU PLANT:
CHIEF ENGINEER SHILA BYRON
AUBERDIAN LIFEFORMS LOCATED
SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE CALCULATED FOR 13.34 HOURS
REPORT END
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REPORT ANALYSIS REVEALS WITH AN ACCURACY OF 99.98 PERCENT THE PRESENCE OF "GEITS" IN THE E.F.U. SECTORS.
"GEITS" ARE COLD WORMS AND SLOOSY (SLIME), ALREADY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOSS OF ANTARES COLONIES. THESE ALIENS POSSESS NO SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, MORE THAN AN UNNATURAL IMPULSE TO SELF-DESTRUCTION.
DEPENDENT ON ENERGY, THEY CONSTANTLY REDUCE IT.
THEIR EXCREMENTS ARE TOXIC TO THE POINT THAT IT EVEN MELTS THE STEEL AND TITANIUM OF HHE MEILER.
IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE ENTIRE PLANT LITERALLY GOES TO HELL.
THE SURVIVAL OF THE PLANT, AND THE LIFE OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE HEGIRA PLANET NOW DEPENDS ON YOU.
TAKE THE ROLE OF SHILA BYRON AND DESTROY ALL THE "GEITS"
CONTROLS: JOYSTICK PORT 2
RIGHT AND LEFT TO RUN, UP TO JUMP
BUTTON TO SHOOT WITH RELEASE EXPLOSION [THE LONGER YOU KEEP THE BUTTON PRESSED, THE FURTHER THE BULLET TRAVELS UNTIL YOU RELEASE THE BUTTON TO MAKE IT EXPLODE]
GUN ONLY HAS 9 ROUNDS.
TO RELOAD YOUR WEAPON, JUST DO IT AT ANY TERMINAL AND AT ANY TIME.
THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION UNIT (MCU) IS AN IMPORTANT ORIENTATION AID,
THE DISPLAY IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
"MOBILE COMMUNICATION UNIT (MCU)"
AT THE BOTTOM LEFT WE SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ALIENS, NEARBY WE ARE SHOWN THE LETTER OF THE SECTOR IN WHICH SHILA IS LOCATED.
THE CENTRAL SCREEN, HOWEVER, TRANSMITS MESSAGES FROM THE SYSTEM'S MAIN COMPUTER.
ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF AMMUNITIONS WHILE IN THE NEXT WINDOW THE ENERGY INDICATOR (99 AVAILABLE AT THE START).
IMPORTANT MESSAGES ARE TRANSMITTED ACOUSTICALLY FROM THE MCU SPEAKER
THE E.F.U. COMPLEX IT'S DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL SECTORS [6]
EACH OF THESE SECTORS IS MARKED BY A LETTER OF THE ALPHABET.
THE SECTORS CAN ONLY BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE SYSTEM. JUST SIMPLY JUMP INTO THE CORRESPONDING DUCT AND THE HOVER LIFT TAKES US DOWN SAFELY.
EACH SINGLE SECTOR IS COMPOSED OF MULTIPLE ROOMS AND HAS NO CONNECTION WITH THE ADJACENT SECTOR. IT'S NECESSARILY TO USE THE HOVER LIFT TO RETURN TO THE ROOF OF THE EFU AND GET DOWN INTO THE OTHER SECTORS FROM THE RESPECTIVE DUCTS, SINCE THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER.
THE ROBOTIC AUTOMATION OF THE PERGON ROBOTIC UNITS IS ACTIVE AND NORMALLY MONITOR THE ROOF OF THE COMPLEX (BETWEEN SECTOR D AND SECTOR F FOR PRECISION). SO WE EXPECT GRENADES THAT WE HAVE TO DODGE IN ORDER TO AVOID DAMAGE.
THE GEISTS WILL ONLY BE SET IN THE SECTOR INDICATED BELOW, SO IN ONLY ONE SECTOR AND NOT IN MULTIPLE SECTORS AT THE SAME TIME.
THE GEISTS TEND TO REPRODUCE IF TIME IS WASTED DURING THE EXPLORATION OF SECTORS BUT IF YOU MANAGE TO REDUCE THEM TO 20 OR LESS THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO MULTIPLY AND THERE WILL BE FEW FOR EACH SECTOR IN WHICH THEY ARE REPORTED TO US.
IF YOU NEED TO STOP, PRESS RUN-STOP TO PAUSE THE GAME.
GOOD LUCK!
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