IKARIE XB 1

[KaiN]

I translated into English and improved a bit (e.g. 42 characters per line) my text game "Ikarie XB 1" (finished in 2023, but the concept is from 1989). It's a mix of sci-fi, fantasy and horror. Big thanks to Marc Welbourn.

+ no "guess the verb" problem (you can type VOCABULARY command)
+ commands can be shortened
+ no Samantha Fox

- no graphics (only loading screen)
- no music (but you can play all the music you want)
- no Samantha Fox

https://petrkain.pohroma.de/ikarie-xb-1-en

[goodboy]

I don't get enough standard commands
wear (use) helmet
eat (use) food

[DVDfever]

I like that it advises only advanced users of text adventures should play it. I am not advanced

[goodboy]

in this game PUT=DROP
you didn't wear a helmet

[Morkin]

Crikey, are you sure this isn't a UMIA text adventure from Dinamic? Lots of countdowns to death.

First you've got a few turns to

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Get out of your pod

before you have a few turns to avoid

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an asteroid hitting your ship

I think I must have died about 10 times so far...

Here's where I'm stuck at the moment:

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I've read the piece of paper containing the code - I thought it might be the password for the BANG button on the command console, as the option for entering a password only appears after you EXAMine the paper. But you can't enter numbers in the password option, so it must be something else.

[Edit: by the way, my guess is that it's a double bluff from the author and Samantha Fox WILL make an appearance at some point]

[firelord]

This is from the 1963 movie IKARIE XB 1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122111/ ?
I downloaded by mistake last week. Haven't seen it yet.

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Btw, maybe we could add a link to imdb for games that are related to movies...

[Morkin]

This is from the 1963 movie IKARIE XB 1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122111/ ?
I downloaded by mistake last week. Haven't seen it yet.

Oh - "Voyage to the end of the universe"? Looks like that one is on YouTube. Might watch it now

[firelord]

Oh - "Voyage to the end of the universe"? Looks like that one is on YouTube. Might watch it now

I can't understand is this a ramake or the same movie? The original is a Chech movie with Chech actors and I see another movie with Dennis Stephens translated in other languages. Imdb has both movies in the same entry.

[Einar Saukas]

For the American release, titled "Voyage to the End of the Universe," American International Pictures cut the film up, changing a number of things:
[...]
The cast and staff's names in the credits were altered significantly to look like English.

[KaiN]

IKARIE XB 1 is the first Czech science fiction film and has become a legend. But my game is not an adaptation of the film. I only used the name of the spaceship (IKARIE XB 1) and the name of the nerve gas (TIGER FUN) as in the movie. The crew of the spaceship is only from the eastern block as in the movie. And there is a robot as in the movie. And that's all, folks.