Frankie Crashed on Jupiter

Frankie Crashed on Jupiter
Game No.	481
Voting	6.00 points, 6 votes
Developer	Programming: Andreas Arens, Michael Meiszl Graphics: Gabi Kittner
Company	GILSOFT
Publisher	Kingsoft
Release	1985
Platform	Amstrad CPC, C64
Genre	Adventure, Graphic(Hi-Res)/Text
Gamemode	Single player
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Media
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Description

Frankie Crashed on Jupiter is a slightly whimsical text/graphical adventure. As the name suggests, a certain spaceship called Frankie (see title screen) crashed on Jupiter. If it wasn't Jupiter, you could call it "normal", but Jupiter is a gas giant, after all. However, the things you have to collect in the ship and assemble in order to get a code word, is rather aloof. Curious? Just beat the game, and you will know it as well ...

Design

A typical text/ graphical adventure with, to some extent, beautiful pictures (the screen is divided, upper half the image, lower half text input/output). There is a separate picture for every scene. A time limit to type in your command does not exist, but your inventory is limited to 7 items. You can save your game on disk (use only a separate savegame disk!). Difficulty is not too high, so the game is quite ideal for beginners.

the starting point at the airlock

death comes often and unexpected

some pictures from the game

Hints

The controls

The game is controlled solely by keyboard commands, using only letter and number keys. INST-DEL  erases the last character in front of the cursor, RETURN  finished your input. The game uses a two word parser, i.e. verb and object have to be typed in. An example of a command understood by the game: "EXAMINE BEDS" or "CONNECT COMPUTER". There are also special commands for which a single character is sufficient.

Commands

Special commands:

If you type in "HELP", you get this message

• N, S, E, W, SW, NE, U, D
  Directional commands (north, south, east, west, southwest, northeast, up, down).
• "I", "INVENTAR"
  Displays all objects you are carrying at the moment.
• "SAVE GAME"
  Save game (Save only on a dedicated savegame disk (empty disk)!).
• "LOAD GAME"
  Load game.
• "X", "EXAMINE", "LOOK"
  Show room description.
• "X item", "LOOK object"
  Examine item more closely.
• "GET item"
  Take item and put it into the inventory (7 items at max).
• "DROP item"
  Take item from the inventory and drop it.

Some verbs and objects

• help, get, examine, insert, move, open, light, pour, drop, connect, turn, wear, press, give, start, say.

• floppy, card, cup, dress, beds, ring, card, painting, disk, vault, food, lighter, water, cable, drill, battery, monitor.

Walkthrough

Tips

You made it...

• If a disk has two write-protect notches, and both have been taped, you could argue that both sides of the disk were used to save data.
• Without space suit and oxygen it is not recommended to open an airlock ...
• There is a rumour going on that there are monsters on the planet which are specialized on fast food
• An abandoned vehicle was probably left due to some kind of defect...
• To get into the saving station you need a password (now where do you save passwords again? *ponder*,*thinking*)

Map

A map for this adventure can be found here

Step by Step

E, S, W, W, GET FLOPPY, E, GET CARD, S, S, D, S, S, GET CUP, W, GET DRESS, EXAMINE BEDS, GET RING, E, INSERT CARD, E (Captains Control Room), GET LIGHTER, MOVE PAINTING, OPEN VAULT, EXAMINE VAULT, DROP RING, GET DISK, W, N, LIGHT LIGHTER, POUR WATER, DROP CUP, EXAMINE CABLES, GET CABLE, N, N, W, DROP JOYSTICK, DROP FLOPPY, DROP CABLE, E, E, E, OPEN DRIVE, EXAMINE DRIVE, GET DRILL, D, SW, GET MONITOR, DROP LIGHTER, NE, U, GET BATTERY, W, OPEN CASE, DROP DRILL, EXAMINE CASE, GET PRINTER, EXAMINE PANEL, GET 64, W, W, DROP 64, DROP MONITOR, DROP PRINTER, CONNECT COMPUTER, TURN DISK, INSERT DISK, GET LISTING, E, S, S, S, GET FOOD, N, N, N, N, U, GET TANKS, D, S, S, W, WEAR DRESS, WEAR TANKS, CONNECT TANKS, PRESS RED, D, D, U, U, GIVE FOOD, GO CAR, INSERT BATTERY, CONNECT BATTERY, START CAR, N, SAY KINGSOFT.

(Adventure solved... You made it...)

Cheats

Cheats are not need for this adventure.

Voting

Voting of the C64-Wiki users (10=the best vote):
6.00 points at 6 votes (rank 816). You need to be logged in to cast a vote.
C64Games	8	18. June 2018 - 20126 downs

Reviews

H.T.W: "Another typical “Kingsoft” adventure with a minimal parser and not really an exciting plot. According to the title, you expect everything here except a scavenger hunt in a spaceship. But the graphics are very well executed for the time. Overall, a mediocre adventure, but it's still nice if you can still play through it 33 years later.

Step-by-step solution corrected and played through with the version from “Gamebase64.com”" (CRC = 7d9a0232)."

Miscellaneous

Cover

"Cover"

Highscore

• The fewer turns needed, the better.

1. H.T.W - 98 (21.06.2018)
2. Niemand - 0 (tt.mm.jjjj)
3. Leer - 0 (tt.mm.jjjj)

	#2 Niemand		#3 Leer

Links

• C64Games.de - Game No. 3496 (ECA version - completeable)
• Gamebase64.com - Game No. 9904 (ECA version - completeable)
• CSDb - Release No. 33676
• CSDb - Release No. 165014
• CSDb
• C64.com - Game No. 670
• Solutionarchive.com
• retrocollector.org