SUBTERRANEAN NIGHTMARE - AMERICANA SOFTWARE LTD Date: 10 April 1986 Despite international opposition, the nuclear test took place under the Nevada desert. Results were satisfactory and everything went as planned. Date: 26 January 1991 Unusual seismic disturbances have been detected in the Nevada desert area. These may have something to do with our nuclear test of 1986, though what is not known. Our top scientist Professor Fusion have been sent to investigate. Prof. Fusion's Story As I strode out into the desert I could not help feeling a little bit apprehensive. The recent seismic disturbances had everyone baffled, so it was with caution that I tested the ground with my geiger counter, even though I knew my insulating suit would protect me from any harmful radiation. I was just thinking that the readings were unusually high when I felt an unearthly tremor, the ground beneath my feet began to quake terribly, and, horrified, I felt my helpless body slipping downward... ... The next thing I know I am lying on my back in a huge cavern, the desert surface far above me. As I stand up, my eyes accustom themselves to the darkness and I realise the extent of my nightmare. Hideous creatures surround me, their limbs and features cruelly mutated by radiation. Slimy fingers and dripping fangs reach out to clutch at me from the darkness, but I slip out of their grip just in time. Desperately I search the subterranean tunnels, but I find only RADIUM CRYSTALS, deposited here all those five years ago. However, as I gather them, secret doorways open, exits appear where before there were none. I make my way downward, through underwater lakes, forgotten tombs, into crypts where no dust has stirred for aeons, and even to the depths of the UNDERWORLD itself. As I creep stealthily, avoiding the terrible mutations, a vision beyond my worst nightmares unfolds before my weary eyes. A huge subterranean complex, built by these mutants with a technology that far surpasses our own. As I clamber through the shiny metal corridors I see missiles, that the mutants are preparing to launch to the surface, in revenge for what we did to them. Desperately I search, scramble, crawl, climb and leap. I must warn the world of this terrible danger. I must, somehow, escape from this SUBTERRANEAN NIGHTMARE!!! The Controls O - LEFT P - RIGHT Z - JUMP W - SUICIDE E - ABORT S - SAVE Enter - LOAD Mutants aren't always deadly to the Prof! They can even be used to his advantage, if he is careful to jump on their heads to help him up to higher ledges, some will carry him quite willingly, but they must all be approached with the utmost caution. To save a game start the tape recording and press 'S'. To load a pre-saved position press 'ENTER' and start the tape in the appropriate position. Once a new game position has been loaded the game will always start there. Loading Instructions Cassette: Type LOAD"" and press ENTER. Press PLAY on the cassette recorder. © 1986 AMERICANA Software, Unit 10, The Parkway Industrial Centre, Heneage Street, Birmingham B7 4LY.