=============================================================================== FAQ/Walkthrough for STRANDED =============================================================================== GUIDE INFORMATION ----------------- Author: Tom Hayes E-mail: thayesguides(at)gmail(dot)com System: Commodore 64 Updated: 10th June, 2008 Version: 1.1 CONTENTS -------- 1. Introduction 2. Walkthrough 3. Item List 4. Maps 5. Copyright Information VERSION HISTORY --------------- 1.1: 10th June, 2008 (Format update) 1.0: 3rd March, 2008 (First version) =============================================================================== 1. Introduction =============================================================================== Stranded is a very small interactive fiction game made by English Software in 1984. It takes place on a bleak and lonely planet, where the aim of the game is to try and find a way to return home to civilisation. The game features some interesting environments, but Stranded is let down by a lack of interactivity. The parser is limited, and there are absolutely no characters to communicate with in the game. On top of this, the puzzles are too easy. It can be completed in a few minutes, but is still worth a play if you like early adventure games. =============================================================================== 2. Walkthrough =============================================================================== The game starts on the barren plateau. Move WEST to the rocky mountain path. GET FUEL capsule. Move NORTH, DOWN, WEST, and NORTH to the forest. CLIMB TREE to see a parachute. GET PARACHUTE. Move DOWN, EAST and SOUTH to the edge of the steep cliff. JUMP DOWN to land on the ledge. GET LASER rifle. JUMP DOWN to the base of the cliff. Move SOUTH, EAST and NORTH to the desert. GET LOCKPICK. Move NORTH, WEST, DOWN and SOUTH to the flat plain. SHOOT ROBOT with the laser rifle to land by the spaceship. ENTER AIRLOCK of the spaceship to see that the inner door is locked. PICK LOCK using the lockpick to enter the main control room. DROP FUEL capsule in the slot. PULL LEVER and the ship will take off. Move NORTH, WEST, NORTH, WEST and NORTH to see the time machine. PICK LOCK with the lockpick to enter the time machine. Move EAST twice to the suit locker. GET SUIT. Move WEST twice, SOUTH twice, EAST three times and SOUTH twice to the main reactor. GET CRYSTAL. Move NORTH twice, WEST three times and NORTH to the time machine. PICK LOCK again to return to the time machine. Move NORTH to the control room. DROP CRYSTAL in the slot. PUSH RED button. Move SOUTH twice, WEST and SOUTH to the edge of the ravine. GET KEY. Move NORTH, WEST and NORTH to the control room. PUSH WHITE button. Move SOUTH twice to the front porch. UNLOCK DOOR with the door key from the edge of the ravine to complete the game. =============================================================================== 3. Item List =============================================================================== DOOR KEY Found at the edge of the ravine in the cave. It is used to unlock the front porch door. FUEL CAPSULE Found on the rocky mountain path one screen west from the start point. It is dropped in the slot in the main control room on the spaceship. LASER RIFLE Found on the ledge halfway down the cliff face. It is used to shoot the robot on the flat plain. LOCKPICK Found in the desert. It is used to pick the lock on the inner door in the the spaceship airlock. It is used to pick the lock on the time machine. PARACHUTE Found at the top of the tree in the forest. It is used to survive the fall when jumping down from the edge of the cliff to the ledge halfway down the cliff face, and from the ledge to the base of the cliff. SPACE SUIT Found in the suit locker on the time machine. It is used to survive standing near the main reactor on the spaceship. TIME CRYSTAL Found in the main reactor on the spaceship. It is dropped in the slot in the large control room on the spaceship. =============================================================================== 4. Maps =============================================================================== MAP 1: SURFACE -------------- _______ | Para- | | Chute | |___ ___| |d __*2___ _______ | | | | |Forest |-*3 *6-|Desert | |___ ___| |___ ___| *3 | ^ __u|___ ___|___ _______ ___|___ | Rocky | | | |Base of| | Lock | | Path | |Forest |<-----------------------| Cliff | | Pick | |_______| |_______| |___ ___| |___ ___| d\__ ________________________/ | ^ u\______d/ ___|___*7 ___|___ | Rocky | | | | | | Path | | Plain |->|Desert | |___ ___| |___ ___| |_______| | | ___|___ _______*1 _______ ___v___*8 | Rocky | |Barren | | Rocky | |Outside| | Path |--|Plateau|->| Path | | Ship | |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |_______| | ___|___ | Steep | | Cliff | |___ ___| *4 ___v___ | | | Ledge | |___ ___| | *5 *1: Start point. *2: CLIMB TREE to see the parachute. *3: Leads to the Barren Plateau. *4: JUMP DOWN to land on the ledge. *5: JUMP DOWN to land at the Base of Cliff. *6: Leads to the right Rocky Path. *7: SHOOT LASER to land outside the ship. *8: ENTER AIRLOCK to board the spaceship. MAP 2: SPACESHIP ---------------- _______*3 |Control| | Room | |___ ___| | ___|___ _______ _______ | Time | | Boot | | Suit | |Machine|--| Room |--|Locker | |___ ___| |___ ___| |_______| | | ___|___*2 ___|___ |Outside| | Empty | |Machine| | Room | |___ ___| |_______| | ___|___ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ | | | | | | | | | | | | |Airlock|--|Corridr|--|Corridr|--|Corridr|--|Corridr|--|Corridr| |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |_______| | | | ___|___ _______*4 | |Engine | |Machine| | | Room |->| Maze | | |___ ___| |_______| | | | ___|___ _______ | | Main | | | | |Reactor| |Corridr| | |_______| |___ ___| | | ___|___ _______ _______ ___|___ | | | | | | | | |Corridr|--|Corridr|--|Corridr|--|Corridr| |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |_______| | ___|___*1 |Control| | Room | |_______| *1: Before taking off, moving north leads to the airlock. After taking off, moving north leads to the corridor maze. *2: PICK LOCK to enter the time machine. *3: PUSH RED after dropping the crystal to arrive in the control room on map 3. *4: Maze of machinery. Move north to return to the engine room. MAP 3: CAVE ----------- _______*1 |Control| | Room | |___ ___| | ___|___ | Cave | +----------->|Entrnce| | |___ ___| | | | _______ ___|___ | | | | | +-| Cave |--|Labrnth| |___ ___| |_______| | ___|___ | | |Ravine | |_______| *1: PUSH WHITE to arrive in the control room on map 4. MAP 4: EARTH ------------ _______ |Control| | Room | |___ ___| | _______ ___|___ _______ | | |Outside| | | | Hills |<-|Machine|->| Hills | |_______| |___ ___| |_______| | ___|___*1 | Front | | Porch | |_______| *1: UNLOCK DOOR to complete the game. =============================================================================== 5. Copyright Information =============================================================================== This file is Copyright 2008 Tom Hayes. 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