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''Adventure C: Ship of Doom'' is an AdventureGame by Artic Computing released in 1982 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81 and the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum, in 1984 for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64, and in 1985 for the UsefulNotes/AmstradCPC as part three of an eight-game series, which had its first three installments remastered for smartphones in 2020. The game has your ship beamed onto an Alien Cruiser, and you're told by Fred, your pet android, that it's on a humanoid slave mission, as its inhabitants seek humanoids and replace their brains with microchips and you have to stop them.

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''Adventure C: Ship of Doom'' is an AdventureGame by Artic Computing released in 1982 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81 Platform/ZX81 and the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum, Platform/ZXSpectrum, in 1984 for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64, Platform/Commodore64, and in 1985 for the UsefulNotes/AmstradCPC Platform/AmstradCPC as part three of an eight-game series, which had its first three installments remastered for smartphones in 2020. The game has your ship beamed onto an Alien Cruiser, and you're told by Fred, your pet android, that it's on a humanoid slave mission, as its inhabitants seek humanoids and replace their brains with microchips and you have to stop them.
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''Adventure C: Ship of Doom'' is an AdventureGame by Artic Computing released in 1982 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81 and 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. The game has your ship beamed onto an Alien Cruiser, and you're told by Fred, your pet android, that it's on a humanoid slave mission, as its inhabitants seek humanoids and replace their brains with microchips and you have to stop them.

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''Adventure C: Ship of Doom'' is an AdventureGame by Artic Computing released in 1982 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81 and the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum, in 1984 for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64, and in 1985 for the UsefulNotes/AmstradCPC as part one three of an eight-game series, which had its first three installments remastered for smartphones in 2020. The game has your ship beamed onto an Alien Cruiser, and you're told by Fred, your pet android, that it's on a humanoid slave mission, as its inhabitants seek humanoids and replace their brains with microchips and you have to stop them.
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''Adventure C: Ship of Doom'' is an AdventureGame by Artic Computing released in 1982 for the UsefulNotes/ZX81 and 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. The game has your ship beamed onto an Alien Cruiser, and you're told by Fred, your pet android, that it's on a humanoid slave mission, as its inhabitants seek humanoids and replace their brains with microchips and you have to stop them.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: You have to cut the rope holding an android who was only trying to repair his ship.
* {{Dedication}}: The intro states that the game is dedicated to Chris and Gaynor.
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: This is the only game in Artic's ''Adventure'' series with "Doom" in the title.
* InventoryManagementPuzzle: You can only carry five items at a time. It's necessary to drop items that are no longer needed to be able to carry other stuff.
* NightVisionGoggles: When you use infrared glasses on a dark corner in a shady room, you see a square microbattery.
* RandomEncounters: There's a chance that you'll run into an alien once you open the door in the cold room after performing almost any action. You have to shoot him, but you will sometimes miss. He will try to shoot you, but he can miss as well. If you successfully beat him, more of them will appear.
* SelfDestructMechanism: Once you press the large control button in the computer room, self destruction will occur 30 turns later.
* {{Sexbot}}: You can enter an android pleasure room with a beautiful android girl inside.
* TractorBeam: According to the box, your ship was attracted to the Alien Cruiser by a Graviton Beam.
* UnwinnableByDesign: If you don't shoot the little girl in the cold room, she will strangle you later.
* UselessItem: The empty glass in the galactic bar has no use.
* VideoGameRemake: The game was remade in Unity for smartphones in 2020, with all text commands removed and replaced with simpler buttons.
* WhereItAllBegan: To complete the adventure, you have to return to the alien air lock and enter your space craft, which is the first room you visit.
* AWinnerIsYou: As usual for these games, you get one screen of text for winning and are told to cruise back to earth and play ''Adventure D''.
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