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PLANETFALL
            Part One
The third in Infocom's wonderful series of Science Fiction
Adventures is Planetfall. You will be delighted by the humor of
the game. It is always charming you somehow. The game features
several logical puzzles that can be solved with no greater magic
than common sense.
The point of the game: You begin on the spaceship Feinstein. You
are lowly cleaning help scrubbing the deck, when all of the
sudden the ship explodes--and by an accident of fate you happen
to be standing near the escape pod right at the moment. You
jettison from the Feinstein and land on a nearby planet with a
strange mystery. It seems to have been recently abandoned for no
reason. Survival is point one. You'll need food and rest. Repair
many of the broken machines that you find. And then figure out
why everyone is missing. Let's get started.
Deck Nine - All you have to do is keep waiting until the
explosion - stay here - you'll be entertained (randomly) by the
Ambassador from Blow' K-bibben-Gordo. After the ship explodes
immediately go Port. Get in the Webbing. Wait -- until the Pod
lands and the Emergency Kit appears. Get out of Webbing. Take
kit. Open Door. Go up. Keep going up until you get to Courtyard.
Drop the brush and your ID. (You won't be needing the brush or
the ID - they are excess baggage.)
Go north to the Plain Hall, then go NE. Go east until you get to
the corridor Junction. Then continue south until you get to the
Machine Shop. Go west to the Tool Room, take Laser (but drop the
old battery) take the pliers and the flask and the Metal Bar.
Then go back to the Machine Shop and put the flask under the
spout.
Then go north to the Corridor Junction. Then go east till you
get to Booth 2. In Booth 2 drop the Laser and the pliers. Then
go west to the elevator lobby and push both buttons. Then go
west till you get to the Corridor Junction. (If you're hungry,
open the kit and enjoy a treat of goo.) From the Corridor
Junction, go south then go east. Take the box. Then go back to
the Booth 2. Drop the box. Then go back to the Corridor
Junction.
Now go north to the Administration Corridor, go north and south
between the South Administration Corridor and the Adminstration
Corridor until you see the glint of light (random). Then search
the crevice in the Administration Corridor South. Hold the bar
near the key (it's a magnet) and bingo...you got it. (If you
don't get the key the game can't even begin.) Now drop the bar
once you have the key. (If the bar comes in contact with any of
the cards you'll find that they get scrambled--something you
will regret.)
Now go to the Mess Corridor. Unlock the padlock with the key.
Drop the padlock and the key and open the door. Drop everything
except your uniform. Take the ladder and go back to the
Administration Corridor. Drop the ladder. Open the ladder. Put
ladder over the rift. Then go north over the ladder. Then go
west into the offices. Open the drawers in the desks and take
the kitchen card, the shuttle card, and the upper elevator card.
By this time you should be getting tired. It's important that
you find a place to sleep that is safe. Go back to the Dorm Area
and get in bed. When you wake up you'll be bright and chipper
for tomorrow.
            Part Two
Get out of bed and take your things. Go to the Mess Corridor. Go
south into the Mess Hall. Take the canteen and open it up. Slide
the kitchen card through the slot and go south. Put the canteen
under the spout and push the button. Take the canteen. You've
now found an unlimited source of food. Just make sure that you
keep your canteen filled and you'll be O.K. Go back inside the
Mess Hall and drop the Kitchen access card. Now go back to the
Machine Room. From the Machine Room, go east to the Robot Room.
Search the robot. Then turn it on. Go to the elevator lobby. Go
south inside the lower elevator and drop the lower card and the
shuttle card. Then go to the upper elevator. By this time your
valuable friend Floyd should be bugging you for attention and
loving. Eat when you are hungry...it's better to eat from your
canteen than the kit. You might want to save the goo in the kit
for emergencies. Just go back to the kitchen and refill your
canteen when you need to. But don't forget to drop the kitchen
card in the Mess Hall.
Go to the Upper Elevator. Slide the upper card through the slot.
Push the up button. Wait. When the elevator door opens go south
then go northeast to the Comm Room. Pay attention to the color
of the flashing light. This will be the same color koulant that
you'll have to get in the Machine Room. Go back to the elevator,
activate the elevator and go downstairs to the Machine Room.
Fill the flask. Push the same color button as the flashing light
in the Comm Room, then take the flask.
Go back to the Comm Room and empty the flask in the hole. Pay
attention to the new color light. Take the flask back downstairs
to the Machine Room and push the new colored light koulant code.
Take the filled flask back upstairs and empty the flask in the
hole again. Do this one more time (there are three lights in
all). This will fix the Comm Room. You can drop the flask since
you won't be needing it any more. Now go back downstairs to the
elevator lobby. Don't forget to drop the upper card in the upper
elevator. Eat if you have to, but try to only eat from the
canteen. If the canteen needs to be filled, do it now.
Go to the lower elevator. Slide the lower card through the slot.
Then push the down button. Wait. Drop the lower card and take
the shuttle access card. When the elevator stops get out by
going north. Then go east. Go south and then go east. Slide the
shuttle card through the slot. Push the lever up. Do it again.
Wait until the display says 60. Then push the lever down. Again.
Wait until the shuttle slides into the station.
Go west and drop the shuttle card. Go north, then go east. Go
east again. At the fork go southeast to the Project Corridor

West. Go east to the Project Corridor. Then go south to the
Projcon Office. Go east to the Computer Room. Take the output
and read the output. (By the way make sure that Floyd joins youin the Computer Room.) With Floyd go south. Then go north until
the Project Corridor east. Then go east to the Main Lab. From
the Lab go south.

Search the lab uniform pocket and take the card and the paper
and the battery. The paper has the clue for opening up the
combination lock in the Rec Corridor (a puzzle that you'll never
need). Go back to the Project Corridor East. Then go north to
the Library Lobby. Play with the machine if you want. It's verygood for clues about the whys of the story, and a lot of fun to

translate. But time is of the essence. Go east to Booth 3. Slide
the card through the slot and push the beige button.
Zap!!! You find yourself back in Booth 2. Take a look around;
everything you put inside the Booth is waiting for you. Slide
the card through the slot again and this time push the tan
button. Wheeeeee! Now you and your supplies are back in Booth 3.
Take the pliers and the bedistor. Go west. Then go north. Then
go north again to the Course Control. Open the cube. Remove the
fused bedistor with the pliers. Drop the fused bedistor and the
pliers. Take the good bedistor and put it in the cube. Close the
cube.
           Part Three
Go to Systems Corridor West. Go down into the Repair Room. Make
certain that Floyd is with you here. If he's not, just wait and
he'll turn up. When Floyd shows, tell him to go north. When he
comes back, tell Floyd to take the Fromitz. Go back to the
Systems Corridor. Then go north to the Planetary Defense. Open
the panel. Take the second board. Put the shiny Fromitz in the
socket. Close panel. You have now completed the middle portion
of the game. Eat when you have to. Now go to the Main Lab.
Open the Bio-Lock, go southeast then go east. Make sure that
Floyd is with you. He'll volunteer for an important mission; let
him. Open the door, close the door, wait, open the door, close
the door. Floyd will be out of commission. Take the card and
sing your song about the legend of Starcross. Go back to Booth
3. By now it's late in the day and time for rest. Once in Booth
3, slide the teleportation card through the slot and push the
beige button. If you still have time before you rest, go ahead
and fill your canteen in the kitchen, then go to sleep in the
dorm area.
By now you're starting to feel pretty sick. If you didn't get a
chance last night to fill your canteen, you'd better do that
now. Head down to the Booth 2. Do your teleportation routine.
Drop the teleport card, and make certain that you have the
miniaturization card. Take the laser with the new battery. Go to
the miniaturization booth. Slide the card through the slot then
-- type 384 (that was the number from the computer output).
Please do a game save at this point because you won't be able to
waste any moves after this.
You have shrunk down to the size of a chip. At Station 384 go
east to the Strip near the station. Then go north to the Strip
near the relay. Look inside the relay. Make sure that your laser
is set to 1. Fire the laser at the speck. Keep on doing that
until the speck is no more. Once that's done, turn the dial on
the laser to 6. Now head back south. Oh no! A killer microbe.
Fire the laser at the microbe. Keep firing until you find
yourself holding a HOT laser. Once the laser is HOT, throw the
laser over the side. The microbe will follow the laser and
vanish to its death. Now head back to the Booth. From the
Auxiliary Booth go north to the Lab Office. Do another game save
at this point (this will be your last chance to take a rest).
Search the desk, then take and wear the gas mask. Push the red
button. Open the door. Go west into the Bio Lab. Open the lab
door. Go west to the Bio-lock west. Open the Bio-lock and go
west into the Main Lab. Run back to the Projcon office. Go south
into the Cryo-elevator. Push the Button. Whewww!! Just wait a
little bit and now all will come clear. The game is over. You
are a hero! And all is well in the universe until your next
adventure!
Please note that it is possible to finish the game in less than
2-1/2 days. But why rush it!!
    The game "Planetfall" is
 copyrighted by Infocom, 1983.
  This walkthru is copyrighted
     by John L. Moss, 1983.