ROBO-CITY (Argus Press 1984)

By Jacob Gunness, February 2001  C64 version

This would appear to be Pete Torrance's first adventure. Later on, he wrote 
Subsunk and Seabase Delta, which are quite 
a lot better. The plot is some utter nonsense about robots ruling Earth and then 
kidnapping a countess. Most of the 
puzzles are fairly simple, and the game is rather short. Read on...

(You begin in your ship's bed) GET PILLOW, GET MIRROR, GET UP, GO CLOSET, GET 
SUIT, WEAR SUIT (this 
will make you pass as a robot), EXAMINE SUIT, GET KNIFE, CUT PILLOW (it's 
loaded!), DROP KNIFE, GET 
CASH, W, N, E, OPEN LOCKER, GET KEYS, GET CARD (credit card), W, W, OPEN PANEL, 
GET GREASE, E, 
GREASE LEVER (this empties the can the grease came in), GET CAN, PRESS SWITCH 
(you must turn on your retro 
rockets), PULL LEVER (done!), PRESS SWITCH (you've landed), N, OPEN HATCH (need 
your suit!), GO HATCH

Outside the spaceship:
W, X GUARD (he's hot tempered), ATTACK GUARD (the mirror kills the robot), DROP 
MIRROR, GO ENTRANCE 
(to the mine), S, W, S, S, GET CUTTER, E, N, W, W, S, LEAVE MINE (out again), E, 
E, GO CITY, W, W, GET OIL 
(in the can), E, E, N, X PORTER (he's drunk), GIVE OIL (he goes to sleep), S, E, 
S, BUY ROPE (need the cash), N, N, 
BUY HANKIES, WIPE HANDS (they're still greasy  this allows you to climb the 
diving board), DROP HANKIES, 
S, W, W, W, CLIMB BOARD (clean hands?), GET DUCK, D, E, E, N, N (past the 
sleeping porter), OPEN 
CUPBOARD (there's a game cartridge inside), SQUEEZE DUCK (the baby will let you 
take the game now), DROP 
DUCK, GET CARTRIDGE, S, S, E, E, INSERT CARTRIDGE, PLAY COMPUTER (hint for 
entering the important 
looking building), W, N, BUY EYEPATCH, DROP CARD, S, W, N, W, N, READ PLAQUE 
(hint!), TURN BUST (a 
secret doorway opens), GO OPENING, COVER LENS (with the eye patch  now you 
won't get caught!), W, X CASE 
(there's a pair of wire snippers in there), CUT CASE (with the glass cutter), 
DROP CUTTERS, GET SNIPPERS, GO 
ALCOVE (the countess is here, behind electrified bars), E, E, GO OPENING, S, E, 
S, W, N (in the cinema), LIFT 
SEAT, GET HACKSAW, S, S, GET STRENGTHENERS, WEAR STRENGTHENERS, N, E, LEAVE 
CITY, W, N, 
RATTLE KEYS (the doors open), GO DOOR, U, OPEN SHUTTER (there's a battery 
inside), GET BATTERY (you 
must be wearing the arm strengtheners), D, GO DOOR (not mentioned in the text), 
S, W, GO MOLE (if you killed the 
guard at the beginning), INSERT BATTERY, START MOLE (it digs a deep hole), GO 
HOLE (it's too deep), DROP 
ROPE, GO HOLE, CUT CABLE (with the snippers  now you can free the countess), U, 
LEAVE MOLE, E, E, GO 
CITY,  N, W, N, TURN BUST, GO OPENING, W, GO ALCOVE, CUT BARS (did you cut the 
cable? You also need 
the hacksaw), GET COUNTESS, E, E, GO OPENING, S, E, S, LEAVE CITY, W, GO HATCH 
(The countess is 
saved!) 

Notes:
1. It isn't really obvious that you should wipe your hands in order to climb the 
diving board, but there it is, anyway.
2. There could be a couple more locations in the mine maze, but I really 
couldn't be bothered to map it better!



