Space Quest 1

                Some SynTax Helpline Queries

@~These answers are taken from a solution for the updated VGA
@~version of the game.

What do I do with the keycard that I found on the body?

Go further down into the ship and you'll find a control room with
a console.  There are some elevator doors here too. Insert the
keycard into the slot next to the doors.  Roger will then open the
doors and step inside the elevator.

When I try to leave in my escape pod, it smashes into the bay
doors!

Maybe you should have opened them before you left ... Go back to
the room with the console. Have Roger look at the large orange
buttons on the console.  Push the button marked "OPEN" and watch
the bay doors open through the window.

How do I defeat the spider droid?

This is complicated. Save your game first! Exit the first screen
by going south.  You will find nothing but sand here, so exit this
area to the east.  You will now get a view of a tremendously large
skeleton of some long-dead creature.  Move Roger to the middle of
this screen and then exit by going north.  Note that it is
possible for Roger to enter any one of 3 screens from this one,
depending on where he is when you go north, so you want to be
certain he is in the center or he won't end up in the right place.

After he has gone north, have Roger grab the purple flower growing
there.  Now exit to the east.  You will see a spot here where the
skeleton's spine comes down and meets the ground forming a ramp of
sorts that would allow you to climb up onto it.  Leave it for now,
and hop back to the west and the screen you just left.  After
reentering this area, you should see an object come crashing down
out of the sky.  This is the spider droid that will kill you if it
gets too close.  Hightail it back to the east and climb up the
ramp onto the skeleton's back.  Fortunately, the spider droid
seems to be less nimble than Roger and will not be able to climb
up after him.

Follow the path on the skeleton's spine north.  Keep going along
the spine to the west and you will find a section of bone
protruding from the main body.  This section of bone is hanging
somewhat precariously and will fall if you push it.  Stand next to
the bone and wait for the droid to walk underneath it.  Once it
looks like it is in position, give the bone a push and watch the
droid destroy itself and the bone in dramatic fashion.  You might
want to save the game before trying this as the timing is
important and you only get one try.

Where is the Orat and how do I defeat him?

Walk into the mouth of the skull.  Inside, you will find that the
skull serves as the lair of the dreaded Orat.  Throw him the can
of water, and watch him go to pieces. Speaking of pieces, make
sure you pick up his remains for future use.

Tentacles are grabbing me through a pit - help!

Throw the purple flower that you collected above ground at the
tentacles.  Once they are safely stuck in the gooey mess, you are
free to walk around the grate and exit to the southwest.

Which droid and ship should I buy?

Buy robot NAV-201 and the Drallion Cruiser.

Erm .... where do I go now?

You should have overhead somebody in the bar mentioning a space 
sector by name where something unusual happened to them if you 
bought a couple of beers. The name is a 2-letter code. When your 
droid gets the ship into orbit and then requests your destination 
code, refer to page 7 of the Space Quest I manual and punch in the 
symbols corresponding to the sector mentioned back in the bar.  
You will quickly make it to the correct sector only to be 
confronted with a Sarien battle cruiser. Uh-oh ...
















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