THE FIFTH QUADRANT (1987, Bubblebus Software) This arcade adventure is set on the spaceship Orion which has approximately 230 rooms/locations, and has been overrun by alien ZIMEN. You, the player, have to regain command by controlling the four robot crew members by swapping from one to the other as necessary. Each robot has his own identity, and at the start of the game some of the robots will be confined in some way. Your task is to free all four robots and to log them on to the Bridge Computer to complete the game. Many of the ship's systems, including the lift and the matter transmitters, can be programmed assuming the alien language can be cracked. The game is a desperate race against time as many tasks have to be completed before the ship's energy has drained away. The deadly Zimen are everywhere, and must be avoided or destroyed in order to complete your mission. The Crew consists of: SLOG - Ship's Captain and Pilot. He has a specialised compubrain but is an older model with a complex - he is slowing up and doesn't like it. PLOT - Ship's navigator. Brilliant at any sort of calculation. Bit of a loner. Plays 4-dimensional chess with the ship's computer and hates losing. KNUT - Ship's engineer. Expert maintenance and repair man. Knows every zecometre of the ship, but has a screw loose! BODD - Crewman. Jack of all trades, master of none but a useful robot to have around. Looked down on by the rest of the crew, not very bright and a bit of a coward. Some of the features of the game are: * Multi-role playing * Reception Bays * 230 locations * Computer Consoles * Replenishment points * Bouncing Bombs * Active monitors to decode * Controllable Sub Systems * Lifts * Matter Transmitters * Excellent graphics * Intelligent Zimen * Stunning music * Oodles of sound effects SPECTRUM LOADING INSTRUCTIONS Type LOAD"" then press ENTER PLAY Press SPACE to start game. CONTROLS Uses keyboard or Kempston, Sinclair ZX2 or Cursor Joystick Joystick Keyboard Function UP Q Move robot up screen. Down A Move robot down screen. Left O Move robot across to left. Right P Move robot across to right Fire SPACE Fire Bomb (release to explode). 1-4 Select robot 1 to 4: 1 - Captain Slog 2 - Plot 3 - Knut 4 - Bodd S Transfer energy between currently selected robot and robot that is touching you (if any). X Pause game. Any Robot movement (left/right/up/down/fire) to restart. YUIOP Abort game. (Simultaneously) THE ZIMEN - A race of strange mechanical intelligences, whose origins and purpose are shrouded in mystery. They have introduced many alien features to Orion and are deadly.