''Meltdown'' is an
isometric
The term ''isometric'' comes from the Greek for "having equal measurement".
isometric may mean:
* Cubic crystal system, also called isometric crystal system
* Isometre, a rhythmic technique in music.
* "Isometric (Intro)", a song by Madeon from ...
action-adventure game
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Typically, pure adventure games have situational problems for the player to solve to complete a story ...
for the
Amstrad CPC published by
Alligata in 1986. There are two versions: a 64k version with basic
speech synthesis
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and a 128k version featuring much more speech synthesis. A version was also released in
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
called ''Le Syndrome''.
Gameplay
The player has to navigate three mazes from the 1st floor down to the 3rd floor of a
nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor is a device used to initiate and control a fission nuclear chain reaction or nuclear fusion reactions. Nuclear reactors are used at nuclear power plants for electricity generation and in nuclear marine propulsion. Heat from nu ...
to prevent a
nuclear meltdown
A nuclear meltdown (core meltdown, core melt accident, meltdown or partial core melt) is a severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating. The term ''nuclear meltdown'' is not officially defined by the Internation ...
. There are eight
computer terminals on each floor, the first allowing access to previous floors. Six of the terminals provide access to a different
game within a game which the player must win in order to get a
password. Once all six passwords have been retrieved the eighth computer allows the player access to an
end-of-level game which the player must complete before being allowed access to the next floor. Altogether there are 24 games (three isometric mazes, 18 sub-games and three end-of-level games) which must be completed to win the whole game. The final game is a
text-input only
robot
A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be c ...
system for adjusting the
control rods of the reactor so it won't
explode
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.
See also
*''
Scram
A scram or SCRAM is an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor effected by immediately terminating the fission reaction. It is also the name that is given to the manually operated kill switch that initiates the shutdown. In commercial reactor ...
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References
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External links
''Meltdown''at the Amstrad CPC Games Resource
1986 video games
Action-adventure games
Alligata games
Amstrad CPC games
Amstrad CPC-only games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Video games with isometric graphics