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INFILTRATION by Robin Ball 

Atari ST and Falcon.

Here is a preview as told by Robin.

            GAMEPLAY
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Your basic aim  in  INFILTRATION is
to lay mines on  important parts of the
alien ship, this would be impossible if
you  didn't  have  the   help  of  your
on-suit computer. This  shows you where
to place mines  by  projecting an image
of a large  yellow  cross apparently on
to the floor via a  high tech HUD.

     All you have to do is to walk over
the cross  and  you  will automatically
lay a mine. Sounds simple huh? Well the
problem is that  the  places  where you
need to lay mines  are  never very easy
to get to. (Well they wouldn't be would
they).

     There are a total  of twenty mines
which need to be  laid, after which you
must leave the  ship.  This is achieved
by leaping down one  of  the many holes
in the floor. (Footnote- Due to the way
the game works, it's  best  to choose a
hole that  isn't  too  far  below  you,
otherwise the game  might  think you've
fallen too far and  kills you before it
has a chance to  check if you've fallen
out a hole. It  shouldn't occur in many
locations, so don't worry too much.)

      Some of the  more common problems
you will face are lifts and short range
teleporters. Lifts  always  need  to be
operated by shooting a  switch, this is
often in  the  form  of  a  geometrical
shape and is quite  often hidden in the
design of the  room.  Teleports come in
two forms, those which  are operated by
the use of  a  switch  like  lifts, and
automatic ones which you simply have to
step on. The ship is equiped with anti-intru-
der   laser   guns    of   varying
design. some can be  switch  off in se-
veral different  ways  and  others must
simply be avoided.

      Your suit only has limited energy
and this can be  reduced  by being shot
or falling too far.  Your energy can be
partly   replenished    by   collecting
batteries which can be found around the
ship.  Some  parts  of   the  ship  are
inaccessible  until  you  find  certain
objects.
              THE STORY
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This isn't one  of  those tired old
storylines  that  pit   a  single  lone
warrior against  a  whole  universe  of
malevolent aliens for  the  goodness of
all mankind. Oh no none of that rubbish
for you, you're in  this purely for the
money. You couldn't care less about the
goodness of mankind  or  the  future of
the universe, you're only interested in
knowing where the  next  pint is coming
from.

      This is some time into the future
and   the   human   race   has   spread
throughout the  stars,  colonising many
newly discovered planets.  Trade routes
have been set up between these colonies
and large companies (not mentioning any
names) start to make their fortunes. It
is for one of  these companies that you
are currently working.

      What has happened  is  that space
freighters have begun  to  disappear in
an area of space  soon  to  be known as
the Bermudan  Pyramid.  Pretty  soon no
ship  managed  to   traverse  the  area
without vanishing.  The  big  companies
began to lose  millions  (good) and put
out an offer of  a  huge  reward to any
person who  could  find  out  what  was
happening to  all  their  cargo  ships.
(even  better)  You  as  a  hired  gun;
mercenary  and  all  round  free-booter
couldn't pass  up  this  opportunity so
off you fly to  put  an end to whatever
it is. After flying  around for a while
with no sign of  anything,  you round a
planet to come  face  to  face  with an
enormous alien  space  craft  bristling
with massive weapons.  Thinking this is
the end, you close  your  eyes and wait
for the end. When  it doesn't come, you
run checks  over  the  ship  with  your
computer  (after  a   quick  change  of
underwear). It appears that the ship is
temporarily dormant as its  pilot is in
suspended animation  (presumably whilst
repairs are being  made  by  a horde of
small robots scurrying  across the out-
side skin  of  the  ship).  You realize
that this presents  you  with  an ideal
opportunity to infiltrate  the ship and
plant a series of  mines to destroy it.
Quickly donning  your  space  suit, you
rush to the  teleporter  of  your ship.
This is where the game starts.

More details Next month!Tony