Message from Andromeda Written by David Banner & Terry Greer Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (Spectrum Version) Start in deep space on patrol with a message on the computer screen, READ MESSAGE (a signal has been received on the intergalactic distress band - Do you wish to investigate?), YES (you are in orbit around an unknown planet), LAND, OPEN AIRLOCK, LEAVE (you are on the landing pad), INVENTORY (you are carrying a laser pistol), S (to square), E, E, E (to workshop), GET KNIFE, W, W, W, W, W (into yellow room), S, S (into red room), GET crystal ROD, EXAMINE ROD (an ultrasound key), E (to control room), GET DETONATOR, EXAMINE DETONATOR (it has a button and is capable of transmitting a short range signal), E, E (into a mirrored room containing a panel with a square plate to one side), POINT ROD AT PLATE (the panel slides back revealing an exit south), DROP ROD, S (into crystal chamber), TURN SPHERE (the dish on which it sits rises), GET SPHERE. N, W, N, E (to antechamber), GET GLOVES, W, W, W, N, W, S (into guard room where an android guard shoots at you), KILL GUARD WITH PISTOL (he is dead), S (into blue room where there is a pedestal with a raised dish on top), PUT SPHERE ON DISH, TURN SPHERE (the dish sinks and an unnoticed force field snaps off revealing stairs down), D (to bottom of stairwell), E (to west end of a long cavern), D (to botanical grotto where a creeping vine coils itself around you, trapping you), CUT VINE WITH KNIFE (it withers and dies), DROP KNIFE, LOOK, E (from now on you will randomly meet soldiers who will fire at you - when they do just KILL SOLDIER WITH PISTOL and he will die), E, E, S, E (into a damp cave). E, E (to lower store room), GET EXPLOSIVES, EXAMINE EXPLOSIVES (the charge has an electronic receiver fitted), W, W, W, W, N, S (into dusty corridor), W, U, E (to east end of long cavern where a pile of rocks block your path), EXAMINE ROCKS (there is an exit behind them), DROP EXPLOSIVES, W, PRESS BUTTON (on the detonator - there is an explosion and the rocks to the east have been shattered), E (you now see an exit east), E (into hall of the ancients), GET space AXE, W, W, D (to grotto), E, E (into a limestone maze), E, S, S, S, E (into an old cave), READ WRITING (on the wall - note the word "OLD" written on the wall), W, N, N, E (to damp cave). E, E (into store room), OPEN DOOR (see passage leading down), D (into cavern of mists), S (to subterranean lake), E, S (to plateau), WEAR GLOVES, TAKE poison FUNGUS, EXAMINE FUNGUS (it is highly poisonous even to the touch), N, W, N, W (to sloping corridor where a huge blind slug is advancing towards you), THROW FUNGUS AT SLUG (it eats it and dies), DROP GLOVES, W (to underground stream), W (into torture chamber where a skeleton is tied by ropes), CUT ROPES (using the axe - the skeleton falls to the floor revealing an alcove containing some round stones), TAKE STONES, W (into a tall canyon), W (to rock slide), W (to crystal grotto where there is a crystal bridge guarded by a fierce scaled creature who prevents you crossing), THROW STONES AT CREATURE (it loses its footing and falls), E (into the creature's lair). S (into the Alien Commander's chamber), KILL COMMANDER WITH AXE (it pierces the space armour and he dies... a key drops to the floor), TAKE KEY, E (into reactor room), INSERT KEY IN KEYHOLE, TURN KEY (a message appears on the computer screen asking you to type in the password), TYPE OLD (the reactor will soon explode and you must leave the cave system as soon as possible... you hear a thud from the next room), W (into Alien Commander's chamber where a wall of rocks now blocks the northern exit), EXAMINE strange alien DEVICE (it appears to be a teleport), ENTER TELEPORT, PRESS BUTTON (you are teleported to another location), LEAVE TELEPORT (you find yourself in the control room), N, N, N (to landing pad), ENTER GALAXY, CLOSE AIRLOCK, TAKE OFF. CONGRATULATIONS! You have succeeded, Captain. You can now rest and prepare yourself for your next adventure in the Space Cruiser, Galaxy.