Meltdown (Zenobi Software)

If the "popular press" are to be believed, then the world will one day end in a blaze

of glory - most probably brought about by either a nuclear war or a nuclear accident.

One of their most common "theories" being that a nuclear reactor will explode and the

resultant "escape" of the core will bring about severe contamination of all surrounding

areas - perhaps even bringing about the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent civilians.

Such is the "price" of progress and such is the legacy we leave behind us.

The danger of such a thing happening is something that the authorities have learnt to live

with and something that the likes of YOU add I know very little about. However, it is a

fact of life and something we should be more aware of. Accidents do happen and even the

most "safety conscious" amongst us cannot cover for every eventuality ... mistakes do

occur, even to the best of us!

This game is a story of one such event, one such "accident" and it is up to YOU to try

and prevent the catastrophe that could entail ... are YOU capable of preventing it???

The Story So Far ...

It had been a routine flight - up until five minutes before the plane hit the deck -

and as far as anybody at N.F.U.K. was concerned there had been no reason to fear a

thing. After all, it was only a batch of "used" plutonium rods - on their way to be

re-processed - and such a cargo had been handled hundreds of times before. In fact

there were three more such trips planned for the coming week and none of them would be

handled any differently to this one.

However, the plane hit the ground and wreckage was scattered far and wide - amongst it

were the plutonium rods that nobody seemed to worry about. But worry they soon would,

because unless the rods were recovered and sealed away in lead boxes, one thing was

more than certain - that particular piece of "Mother Earth" would never one be the same

again. Nor would any of the creatures or people that lived there!

Your task is to make your way to the "crash site" then, once there, search for and find

the missing rods before they brought about a nuclear explosion. Time is of the essence

as the rods went "critical" on impact and if their temperature goes beyond a certain

point "MELTDOWN" will occur and a dreadful explosion take place. This explosion will

most certainly kill tens of thousands and render the area contaminated for hundreds of

years.

NOTES This game will recognise the usual commands. However, Laurence has added an extra

one that will enable you to examine the contents of "containers" ... without having to

go through the rigmarole of having to open them first. This command is ... LIN or LINS

and means LOOK IN SOMETHING - eg. LIN CASE will enable you to ascertain the contents

of the case.

This was one of the games included on the ZX-Spectrum Vega.