mintz@cvl.umd.edu (Doron Mintz) (01/02/91)
Hi, I have been trying to play "The Colony" for some time now and I don't seem to get anywhere. All I could do is to turn on the light, get the suit on, lower the reactor and then get terminated going into some rooms or at the moment the external air lock door is opened. Is there anything I'm missing? There are two drawers that I could not open but I cannot see anything else. This is the first time I am playing this kind of games so maybe I am missing something very basic. Please help. Thank you,
jma@sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU (James M. Alexander) (01/02/91)
In article <4770@cvl.umd.edu> mintz@cvl.umd.edu (Doron Mintz) writes: >Hi, > >I have been trying to play "The Colony" for some time now and I don't >seem to get anywhere. All I could do is to turn on the light, get the suit >on, lower the reactor and then get terminated going into some rooms or at >the moment the external air lock door is opened. Is there anything I'm >missing? There are two drawers that I could not open but I cannot see >anything else. This is the first time I am playing this kind of games so >maybe I am missing something very basic. > >Please help. > >Thank you, This one took me a few days to figure out too. Remember: it is an airlock you are trying to leave through, therefore you need to CLOSE the inner door before you open the outer one, or, as you have obviously noticed, you die by getting blown out by the explosive decompression. Hope this is what you need. Jim jma@earthquake.berkeley.edu
ylsul@athena.mit.edu (Young Sul) (01/03/91)
In article <4770@cvl.umd.edu> mintz@cvl.umd.edu (Doron Mintz) writes: >Hi, > >I have been trying to play "The Colony" for some time now and I don't >seem to get anywhere. All I could do is to turn on the light, get the suit >on, lower the reactor and then get terminated going into some rooms or at >the moment the external air lock door is opened. Is there anything I'm >missing? There are two drawers that I could not open but I cannot see >anything else. This is the first time I am playing this kind of games so >maybe I am missing something very basic. Yeah. That messed me up also. I don't know what to do with the reactor, but if you want to get through the airlock, make sure you close the door you previously went through! I believe you can only open the top drawer on the dressers, but can open all the drawers in desks. You've GOT to get outside so you can find the colony. It gets alot more interesting then. Oh, also, there's a Colony editor available through anonymous ftp at sumex-aim.stanford.edu. You can crank up all your stats this way... Young Sul Project Athena, MIT