Explorer Jacko

Explorer Jacko

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Another early game based on an acquaintance (as well as Star Control). There are some coincidental, yet weird, similarities to Xenoblaster: Attack of the Xorg.

Story

• CLANK!*

You awake inside a strange cell. Everything is black. Outside, you can hear strange noises. As you stagger to your feet, you remember that your craft was rammed by a strange ship, but before and past that is a total blank.

You step on something squishy. Plastic explosives! You recognise them from history books you've read in the past.

Everything comes rushing back. Your name is Jacko Berr. You were on a mission of peace to the Naquru people on Ralnort Eight, when they mistook you for an invader and destroyed your ship. Even though there wasn't any oxygen around for light years, you, for some odd miracle, survived long enough for them to capture you and put you in here for storage until you can be disposed of.

Looking out the window, you see an earth station. You've been out so long that the prison has returned to your solar system. The prison must have been going at extreme speeds, by the look of the thing. There are cracks everywhere, but some force is keeping the air in.

Well, no time to enjoy the scenery. You've gotta blow the bars out and make a run for it. By the looks of it, the other inmates have already escaped, and don't look all too friendly. They must never have heard of searching, as your communicator and pocket electronics kit are still there.

You hear the beeping, finally, and realize that someone's been trying to contact you for a long time. You flick open your com. and report that you've done so. For a second, the screen is fuzzy, but when it clears, you see the commander.

"Berr! What in God's name have you been doing for the last six hours?! We just got a report that the Naquru have declared war on earth! What the hell did you say to them?"

"They mistook me for some attacker, I suppose. I never even got to land," you reply.

"WELL, YOU'D BETTER GET YOUR ASS BACK THERE AND STRAIGHTEN THIS THING OUT, OR YOU'LL NEVER SEE THe light of da..."

CLICK!

Well, now. This is a fine mess. They did have the forethought of taking all of your UC, so you can't get there very easily. You need a ship... maybe there's one around here... and enough power to get there. I guess you'll need to destroy the ships of Earth's enemies, or something. Well, first to get out.

Instructions

JACKO:

Up, Down, Left, Right: Walk those ways.

Y: Shoot upwards.

B: Shoot downwards.

G: Shoot left.

H: Shoot right.

<SPACE>: Drop plastic explosives.

[ENTER]: Use shield.

,: Pick up.

.: Drop.

SHIP:

Up, Down, Left, Right: Fly those ways.

<SPACE>: Shoot.

[ENTER]: Drop bombs.

{INS}: Use shield.

Y,B,G,H: Extra thrust in those directions.

SUGGESTIONS:

At the beginning, plant plastic explosives on top of the slimes for money.

Once you leave, go straight down to the starbase.

There, buy a phaser for Jacko and then leave.

Go back to the jail and kill monsters for money to buy more weapons.

From here on, you're on your own...

Credits

IDEA:

Eric-Jon Waugh

GRAPHICS:

Eric-Jon Waugh

SOUND:

Eric-Jon Waugh.