PLUTO ADVENTURE



David Knight may not have shining armour, but the quest he sets

from the safety of Didcot would challenge King Arthur's best!



In this adventure, which runs on a 48K ZX Spectrum, you play the part

of Ferdo, a scientist researching into atomic energy.



The year is 2066, and a new civilisation has been discovered below the

surface of the planet Pluto. The small community appears to be devoid

of life. The Mekon, most wanted criminal on Earth, is known to have

transported to the underground village in his deluxe spaceship. You

and your fellow Earthman, Bill, have gone to the planet to trap him.

You must find and pilot home the Mekon's ship, leaving him stranded on

the planet. Other beings known to have transported in their ships to

Pluto are: Gasher, an android from planet Mars; Pharto, a Noxian;

Ilko, a subterranean from Mercury (he is used to being underground);

and finally, Toronto, a Korzaxian from Korsak.



Bill, Pharto and Toronto, being friends of yours, will collect

information to help you. The Mekon, Gasher and Ilko, however, are very

likely to attack on sight. You can only control the Mekon's ship, the

others being beyond your comprehension. Unfortunately, you cannot

yourself take a ship with you. You use the matter-transporter which

you developed. It cannot get you back!





Entering the Program



First, type in program 2. Save it at the beginning of a tape with:

SAVE "Pluto Load" LINE 10. Next, type in program 3. Save this after

the other program, with: SAVE "Pluto" LINE 1. Now, type in program 1 ,

run it, and SAVE the data from it after Program 3 with:

SAVE "Data     " DATA a()

SAVE "Data     1" DATA o()

SAVE "Data     2" DATA c()

SAVE "Data     3" DATA c$()

SAVE "Data     4" DATA d$()

SAVE "Data     5" DATA h$()

SAVE "Data     6" DATA o$()

Now, if all of the data and program is correct, you can LOAD it from

tape by typing LOAD "" or LOAD "Pluto Load" and playing the tape from

the beginning. Instructions and vocabulary are given in the program.





Variables



Arrays

a	contains the data for the map.

o	contains the data for the objects.

c	contains data for the characters.

c$	contains names of objects and characters.

d$	contains 53 descriptions of positions.

o$	contains object descriptions.

h$	contains character descriptions.



Strings

s$	name for Saving and Loading.

z$	the string the user types in.



Variables

bill1, gasher1, toronto1, pharto1, mekon1, ilko1

	Variables used by the computer to check

	whether a character is in the same place as Ferdo.

Ferdo, bill, gasher, toronto, pharto, mekon, ilko

	Variables which point to subroutines.

x	multipurpose variable

p,q	co-ords of characters (consistently change)

yy	a check for whether there are any objects

k	a number for different objects

r,r1	random numbers for fight sequence.