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''Adventure A: Planet of Death'' is an AdventureGame by Artic Computing released in 1981 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81, in 1982 for the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum, in 1984 for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64, and in 1985 for the UsefulNotes/AmstradCPC as part one of an eight-game series, which had its first three installments remastered for smartphones in 2020.

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''Adventure A: Planet of Death'' is an AdventureGame by Artic Computing released in 1981 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81, Platform/ZX81, in 1982 for the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum, Platform/ZXSpectrum, in 1984 for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64, Platform/Commodore64, and in 1985 for the UsefulNotes/AmstradCPC Platform/AmstradCPC as part one of an eight-game series, which had its first three installments remastered for smartphones in 2020.

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''Adventure A: Planet of Death'' is an AdventureGame by Artic Computing released in 1981 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81, in 1982 for the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum, in 1984 for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64, and in 1985 for the UsefulNotes/AmstradCPC as part one of an eight-game series, which had its first three installments remastered for smartphones in 2020. In it, you're stranded on an alien planet and have to find your spaceship to go back home, but the dangers along to way will make it a difficult task.

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''Adventure A: Planet of Death'' is an AdventureGame by Artic Computing released in 1981 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81, in 1982 for the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum, in 1984 for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64, and in 1985 for the UsefulNotes/AmstradCPC as part one of an eight-game series, which had its first three installments remastered for smartphones in 2020. 2020.

In it, this game, you're stranded on an alien planet and have to find your spaceship to go back home, but the dangers along to way will make it a difficult task.task.
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* GameBreakingBug: If you enter the lake while already holding the gold coin, the number of items you can carry decreases (a common bug in games derived from Ken Reed's [[http://www.nostalgia8.org/download/adv-creators/paw/kenreed.html Adventure II]] engine).
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There are ways to leave both the maze and the prison cell.


* ControllableHelplessness: If you end up in the maze or in the prison cell, that's it, you can try different commands but you can't get out.
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''Adventure A: Planet of Death'' is an AdventureGame by Artic Computing released in 1982 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81 and in 1983 for the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum as part one of an eight-game series, which had its first three installments remastered for smartphones in 2020. In it, you're stranded on an alien planet and have to find your spaceship to go back home, but the dangers along to way will make it a difficult task.

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''Adventure A: Planet of Death'' is an AdventureGame by Artic Computing released in 1981 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81, in 1982 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81 and UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum, in 1983 1984 for the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum UsefulNotes/Commodore64, and in 1985 for the UsefulNotes/AmstradCPC as part one of an eight-game series, which had its first three installments remastered for smartphones in 2020. In it, you're stranded on an alien planet and have to find your spaceship to go back home, but the dangers along to way will make it a difficult task.



* BewareTheSkullBase: The boxart of the 1983 release depicts a part of the planet as skull-shaped.

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* BewareTheSkullBase: The boxart of the 1983 1982 release depicts a part of the planet as skull-shaped.
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''Adventure A: Planet of Death'' is an AdventureGame by Artic Computing released in 1982 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81 and in 1983 for the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum as part one of an eight-game series, which had its first three installments remastered for smartphones in 2020. In it, you're stranded on an alien planet and have to find your spaceship to go back home, but the dangers along to way will make it a difficult task.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* BewareTheSkullBase: The boxart of the 1983 release depicts a part of the planet as skull-shaped.
* ControllableHelplessness: If you end up in the maze or in the prison cell, that's it, you can try different commands but you can't get out.
* InventoryManagementPuzzle: You can only carry five items at a time. It's necessary to drop what you don't need at some points, like at the computer.
* LittleGreenMan: The first alien you meet is described as a small green man.
* TheMaze: The damp cave leads to a maze, in which passages are everywhere.
* PressStartToGameOver: Taking the plant in the very first screen makes you die.
* UselessItem: The stones near the edge of a deep pit don't have any function.
* VideoGameRemake: The game was remade in Unity for smartphones in 2020, with all text commands removed and replaced with simpler buttons.
* AWinnerIsYou: Beat the game and you get the line "Congratulations, you managed to complete this adventure without getting killed."
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