=============================================================================== FAQ/Walkthrough for COMMANDO =============================================================================== GUIDE INFORMATION ----------------- Author: Tom Hayes E-mail: thayesguides(at)gmail(dot)com System: ZX Spectrum Updated: 9th November, 2008 Version: 1.0 CONTENTS -------- 1. Introduction 2. Walkthrough 3. Item List 4. Maps 5. Copyright Information VERSION HISTORY --------------- 1.0: 9th November, 2008 (First version) =============================================================================== 1. Introduction =============================================================================== Commando is an interactive fiction adventure that was made in 1984 by Pocket Money Software. You play as part of an elite Commando unit who has been given a mission to find a list of enemy agents and return home. The strict parser ruins things slightly as numerous attempts are usually required to find the correct command, but overall this a nice little game with some good puzzles. =============================================================================== 2. Walkthrough =============================================================================== The game starts in the submerged submarine. PRESS BUTTON to arrive on the deck. BOARD DINGHY. Move SOUTH three times and EAST twice to the beach. SINK DINGHY. Move SOUTH to the beach. GO PATH to the pillbox. GO PILLBOX. STAB SOLDIERS. GET TORCH. Move NORTH, EAST, NORTH three times and EAST twice to the ditch. LOOK HEDGE to see a hole. GO HOLE to arrive on the country road. Move NORTH and WEST to the gate-lodge. OPEN CUPBOARD. GET KEY. Move NORTH and EAST to the chateau. UNLOCK DOOR. OPEN DOOR. GO DOOR to the entrance hall. Move EAST twice to the study. OPEN BUREAU. GET MONEY. Move SOUTH and WEST to the kitchen. GET COFFEE. Move NORTH and WEST twice to the guardroom. GIVE COFFEE to the guard. SEARCH GUARD to find a small key. GET SMALL KEY. OPEN DESK with the small key. GET PAPER. Move EAST twice and SOUTH to the kitchen. Turn ON TORCH. GO STEPS to the cellar. Move EAST and SOUTH to the safe. READ PAPER to see the safe combination. DIAL 661944 to open the safe. GET LIST. Move WEST, NORTH, UP, NORTH, WEST, SOUTH nine times, EAST twice, SOUTH and EAST to the wood. CLIMB TREE to the branches. GET PADDLE. Move DOWN, WEST, NORTH, WEST three times and NORTH to the bottom of a hedge. LOOK HEDGE to see a gap. Move WEST twice and SOUTH twice to the sentry. GIVE MONEY to the sentry. Move WEST to the beach with the canoe. BOARD CANOE to complete the game. =============================================================================== 3. Item List =============================================================================== ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN Found in the field. It is not used. COFFEE Found in the kitchen at the chateau. It is given to the guard in the guardroom. GUN Found on the submarine. It is not used. KEY Found in the cupboard in the gate-lodge. It is used to unlock the door to the chateau. KNIFE Found on the deck of the submarine. It is not used. LIST OF AGENTS Found in the safe. It is required to complete the game. MONEY Found in the bureau in the study at the chateau. It is given to the sentry in the field. PADDLE Found at the top of the tall tree in the wood. It is used to paddle the canoe on the beach. PIECE OF PAPER Found in the desk in the guardroom. It shows the combination for the safe. SMALL KEY After the coffee has been given to the guard in the guardroom at the chateau, the small key is found by searching the guard. It is used to unlock the desk in the guardroom. TORCH Found in the pillbox. It provides light in the cellar of the chateau. =============================================================================== 4. Point List =============================================================================== 10 10 Sink the dinghy. 20 10 Stab the soldiers in the pillbox. 30 10 Give the coffee to the guard in the guardroom. 50 20 Dial 669144 to open the safe in the cellar. 70 20 Give the money to the sentry. 100 30 Board the canoe on the beach. =============================================================================== 4. Maps =============================================================================== MAP 1: DINGHY ------------- ___ ___ ___ | |__| |__| | |_ _| |_ _| |___| | | _|_ _|_ |*1 |__| | |_ _| |_ _| | | ___ _|_ _|_ | |__| |__| | |_ _| |_ _| |___| | | _|_ _|_ | |__| | |_ _| |_ _| | | _|_ _|_ ___ | |__| |__| |_*2 |_ _| |_ _| |___| | | _|_ _|_ | |__| | |___| |___| *1: Start point. *2: Leads to Beach on map 2. MAP 2: ISLAND (WEST SIDE) ------------------------- _______ | Guard | | Room |-*4 |_______| _______ | | |Garden |-*5 |___ ___| | _______ ___|___ | Cliff | | Gate | | Top | | Lodge |-*6 |___ ___| |_______| | ___|___ _______ _______ | Field | | Field | | Ditch | | (1) |--| (2) |--| (1) |-*7 |___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___| | | | ___|___ ___|___ ___|___ | Beach | | Field | | Ditch | | (1) |--| (3) |--| (2) | |___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___| | ^ | | | +--------+ ___|___*1 ___|___ _______ | | Beach | |Country| |Country| | | (2) | |Road(1)|--|Road(2)|-*8 | |___ ___| |_______| |_______| | | | | +--------+ _______*3 ___|___*2 _______ ___v___ | Cliff | | Beach | | Field | | Ditch | | Top |--| (3) |--| (4) |--| (3) | |___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___| | | | | _______ ___|___ ___|___ ___|___ ___|___ | Mess | | | | Field | | Field | | Ditch | | Room |--|Pillbox| | (5) |--| (6) |--| (4) | |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |_______| |_______| | ___|___ _______ _______ _______ | Ammo | | Field | | Field | | | | Store | | (7) |--| (8) |--| Hedge | |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |___ ___| | ^ ___|___ _______ ___|___ | Field | |Country| |Country| | (9) | |Road(3)|--|Road(4)|-*9 |___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___| | | | _______ ___|___ ___|___ ___|___ | Beach | | | | Field | | Field | | (4) |--|Sentry | | (10) |--| (11) |-*10 |_______| |_______| |_______| |_______| *1: SINK DINGHY before moving north or south. *2: GO PATH to move west to the cliff top. *3: GO PILLBOX to move south. *4: Leads to the Entrance Hall on map 3. *5: Leads to Outside Chateau on map 3. *6: Leads to the Driveway on map 3. *7: EXAMINE HEDGE and GO HOLE to move east to the Country Road (1) on map 3. *8: Leads to the Crossroads on map 3. *9: Leads to the Country Road (6) on map 3. *10: Leads to the Wood (3) on map 3. MAP 3: ISLAND (EAST SIDE) ------------------------- _______ _______ _______ |Entrnce| |Dining | | | *1-| Hall |--| Room |--| Study | |___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___| | | | ___|___*3 ___|___ ___|___ |Outside| | | | | *2-|Chateau| |Kitchen|--|Library| |___ ___| |___ ___| |_______| | d| ___|___ ___|u__ _______ |Drive- | | | | Wine | *4-| way | |Cellar |--|Cellar | |___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___| | | | ___|___ ___|___ ___|___ |Country| | Wine | | | *5-|Road(1)| |Cellar |--| Safe | |___ ___| |_______| |_______| | ___|___ _______ |Cross- | |Country| *6-|roads |--|Road(2)| |___ ___| |_______| | ___|___ |Country| |Road(3)| |___ ___| | ___|___ _______ |Country| | | |Road(4)| |Clearng| |___ ___| |_______| | __/ \__ ___|___ _______/ \_______ |Country| | | | | |Road(5)| |Wood(1)| |Wood(2)| |___ ___| |___ ___| |_______| | | ___|___ _______ ___|___ _______ |Country| |Country| |Country| | | *7-|Road(6)|--|Road(7)|--|Road(8)| | Tree | |_______| |_______| |___ ___| |___ ___| | |d _______ _______ ___|___ __u|___*9 | | | | | | | | *8-|Wood(3)|--|Wood(4)|--|Wood(5)|--|Wood(6)| |_______| |_______| |_______| |_______| *1: Leads to the Guard Room on map 2. *2: Leads to the Garden on map 2. *3: GO DOOR after unlocking and opening it to go north into the chateau. *4: Leads to the Gate Lodge on map 2. *5: Leads to the Ditch (1) on map 2. *6: Leads to the Country Road (2) on map 2. *7: Leads to the Country Road (4) on map 2. *8: Leads to the Field (11) on map 2. *9: CLIMB TREE to climb up to the top of the tree with the paddle. =============================================================================== 5. 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