Stuck in Final Countdown

Crowley · 03 August 2012, 18:57

Is there anybody around who is familiar with this rather obscure game? I've gotten fairly far in it, I think, but now I've hit a brick wall. I've managed to shut down about half of the ship's systems. Trying to shut down the main computer with the virus causes an alert, and trying to disable the self-destruct causes an alert. On Deck 7 there is a pathway which opens up after shutting down the solar assimilator, but there is a robot in the way which always raises and alert and I cannot get to a terminal fast enough to shut it down.

Dimouse · 15 November 2015, 03:20

Hi guys,
I started playing this game and still couldn't understand even the beginning. When I try the computer at far left side there is protected file CODES.TXT. When I try to read it there is a message "SECTOR III CODE" and some alien (?) chars. I can't understand what I need to enter there and it seems it will show me the code for the first deck. I already found in the game files that it is NASKUR. But then I manage to enter DECK 5. But I wonder how to do it fair.
Also I can't understand why I can't enter DECK 2. When I use teleporter there is message about "wrong mass"???
Are there someone who played this game? I couldn't find any video longplays...

dlfrsilver · 15 November 2015, 07:46

you must use the game manual. This game has no copy protection, but quite a number of commands in the manual.

Dimouse · 15 November 2015, 12:54

I know about manual. Do you know how to find out this password for the first deck (it is not in the manual)? Or why it's not possible to get to DECK 2 (but for this I suppose the answer will be - it will be understood later in the game).

Dimouse · 15 November 2015, 12:56

Btw, there is copy protection with manual - at some moment there is a question about "what is the radius for trade which was possible" the answer to that is inside manual story.

dlfrsilver · 15 November 2015, 15:29

Oh thanks i was not aware of this

butfluffy · 15 November 2015, 17:38

is the manual protection not removed with the pdx crack of the game? i would have thought it would have been removed, or are you using a non cracked version?
i've never played the game myself and notice that there is also an ipf but it seems to be one of the ones the sps team has not released, well it's not in my set anyhow.

dlfrsilver · 15 November 2015, 20:48

i guess paradox have not even found the manual protection.....

the game is so cryptic..........

butfluffy · 15 November 2015, 21:26

sounds like a masterpiece lol. i love cryptic games, i must be a sadist.
the good news is that HOL has the manual in pdf format so i downloaded it ready for when i decide to give this game a play

dlfrsilver · 16 November 2015, 05:30

In fact, i have this game in budget format, but i also have the retail release

Dimouse · 16 November 2015, 15:19

In case somebody will try to actually play it and help me with my questions I made a video of how far I get: [ Show youtube player ]
The "copy protection bit" which I was talking about is around 2:27 ("security check").
The problematic place where I stuck is at 3:30. When I try to read CODES.TXT it asks about "SECTION III CODE". I tried to search through game files and couldn't find anything about it.
Then at 9:10 computer asks about code which I suppose is inside CODES.TXT. Actually I managed to get past this, but anyway I wonder what I missed.

dlfrsilver · 16 November 2015, 18:16

Let's see if i can help you there

type code 'AXYRN' for SECTION III CODE. you passing really fast the text, it's hard to follow, and you're missing some informations. This game holds a lot of texts....

Dimouse · 17 November 2015, 00:14

I tried it. But no.
Thanks for trying to help anyway.

dlfrsilver · 17 November 2015, 15:17

ah sorry then if it's not that

your video is however showing how things must be done

thanks for that.

03 August 2012, 18:57	#1
Crowley Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 83	Stuck in Final Countdown Is there anybody around who is familiar with this rather obscure game? I've gotten fairly far in it, I think, but now I've hit a brick wall. I've managed to shut down about half of the ship's systems. Trying to shut down the main computer with the virus causes an alert, and trying to disable the self-destruct causes an alert. On Deck 7 there is a pathway which opens up after shutting down the solar assimilator, but there is a robot in the way which always raises and alert and I cannot get to a terminal fast enough to shut it down.

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15 November 2015, 03:20	#2
Dimouse Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow Posts: 20	Hi guys, I started playing this game and still couldn't understand even the beginning. When I try the computer at far left side there is protected file CODES.TXT. When I try to read it there is a message "SECTOR III CODE" and some alien (?) chars. I can't understand what I need to enter there and it seems it will show me the code for the first deck. I already found in the game files that it is NASKUR. But then I manage to enter DECK 5. But I wonder how to do it fair. Also I can't understand why I can't enter DECK 2. When I use teleporter there is message about "wrong mass"??? Are there someone who played this game? I couldn't find any video longplays...

15 November 2015, 07:46	#3
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,420	you must use the game manual. This game has no copy protection, but quite a number of commands in the manual.

15 November 2015, 12:54	#4
Dimouse Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow Posts: 20	I know about manual. Do you know how to find out this password for the first deck (it is not in the manual)? Or why it's not possible to get to DECK 2 (but for this I suppose the answer will be - it will be understood later in the game).

15 November 2015, 12:56	#5
Dimouse Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow Posts: 20	Btw, there is copy protection with manual - at some moment there is a question about "what is the radius for trade which was possible" the answer to that is inside manual story.

15 November 2015, 15:29	#6
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,420	Oh thanks i was not aware of this

15 November 2015, 17:38	#7
butfluffy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: In the Hills Posts: 377	is the manual protection not removed with the pdx crack of the game? i would have thought it would have been removed, or are you using a non cracked version? i've never played the game myself and notice that there is also an ipf but it seems to be one of the ones the sps team has not released, well it's not in my set anyhow.

15 November 2015, 20:48	#8
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,420	i guess paradox have not even found the manual protection..... the game is so cryptic..........

15 November 2015, 21:26	#9
butfluffy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: In the Hills Posts: 377	sounds like a masterpiece lol. i love cryptic games, i must be a sadist. the good news is that HOL has the manual in pdf format so i downloaded it ready for when i decide to give this game a play

16 November 2015, 05:30	#10
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,420	In fact, i have this game in budget format, but i also have the retail release

16 November 2015, 15:19	#11
Dimouse Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow Posts: 20	In case somebody will try to actually play it and help me with my questions I made a video of how far I get: [ Show youtube player ] The "copy protection bit" which I was talking about is around 2:27 ("security check"). The problematic place where I stuck is at 3:30. When I try to read CODES.TXT it asks about "SECTION III CODE". I tried to search through game files and couldn't find anything about it. Then at 9:10 computer asks about code which I suppose is inside CODES.TXT. Actually I managed to get past this, but anyway I wonder what I missed.

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16 November 2015, 18:16	#12
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,420	Let's see if i can help you there type code 'AXYRN' for SECTION III CODE. you passing really fast the text, it's hard to follow, and you're missing some informations. This game holds a lot of texts....

17 November 2015, 00:14	#13
Dimouse Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow Posts: 20	I tried it. But no. Thanks for trying to help anyway.

17 November 2015, 15:17	#14
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,420	ah sorry then if it's not that your video is however showing how things must be done thanks for that.