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THE THIRD DIMENSION
REVIEWS,PREVIEWS NEW DISKS.
3D KIT PREVIEW.
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
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