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Rama
10 November 1996
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Walkthrough Abbreviations
F: Forward (Fn for n repetitions)
L: Left
R: Right
B: Back out
U: Up
D: Down
Most animations can be skipped by pressing Esc
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Walkthrough Introduction
A significant characteristic of Rama is its randomization of play
components, affecting inventory item locations, the timing of animation
sequences, a few puzzles, and certain destination locations in the central
plains. For example, many inventory items have no fixed location where
they may be found - if you need something you haven't found yet, you're
just going to have to search carefully for it (fortunately, items do not
seem to migrate within a particular game). As a result, it's not possible
to give an exact step-by-step procedure for progressing through the game -
your mileage may vary. If you can't find an item that you need for a
puzzle, continue on with the game and it may become available later. The
game designers' purpose in creating these randomizations is not clear -
they change only the details of the game, not the basic concepts or
gameplay strategy, and add little to game replayability.
As a basic strategy, pay particular attention to the ground, as artifacts
may often be found there. A painstaking, but effective approach to moving
through the environment is to turn completely around at each node position
and check each view carefully.
Much of the inventory turns out to be "red herrings" - unneeded in your
actual gameplay sequence, but perhaps confusing your choices at various
points and making gameplay a bit more complex.
To prepare for several tasks in Bangkok and other locations, brush up on
your base-8 and base-16 arithmetic skills.
Project Newton Crew:
ID Character Game Role
002 Yourself Adventurer
004 Shigeru Takagishi Scientist
005 David Brown Mission Commander
006 Francesca Sabatini Video Journalist
007 Otto Heilmann Chief Security Officer
008 Michael O'Toole Codemaster
009 Richard Wakefield Chief Engineer
010 Reggie Wilson Print Journalist
011 Irina Turgenyev Career Cosmonaut
012 Nicole des Jardins Medical Officer
Hiro Yamanaka IBI Agent
Janos Tabori IBI Agent
Valeriy Borzov Your predecessor, now deceased
All characters are from the Clarke/Lee book Rama II
After the game introduction and animation of Nicole, move F L F2 to the
computer console. Click on it, then on the MAIL command to bring up your
vidmail. Each message adds a bit to the backstory of the game and
introduces you to the basic personalities of the other astronauts. In
particular, note Wakefield's Falstaff creation (you'll see more of it
later) and O'Toole's favorite primes sequence
41,43,47,53,...,1601
or
x^2 - x + 41, for 1
10 November 1996
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Walkthrough Abbreviations
F: Forward (Fn for n repetitions)
L: Left
R: Right
B: Back out
U: Up
D: Down
Most animations can be skipped by pressing Esc
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Walkthrough Introduction
A significant characteristic of Rama is its randomization of play
components, affecting inventory item locations, the timing of animation
sequences, a few puzzles, and certain destination locations in the central
plains. For example, many inventory items have no fixed location where
they may be found - if you need something you haven't found yet, you're
just going to have to search carefully for it (fortunately, items do not
seem to migrate within a particular game). As a result, it's not possible
to give an exact step-by-step procedure for progressing through the game -
your mileage may vary. If you can't find an item that you need for a
puzzle, continue on with the game and it may become available later. The
game designers' purpose in creating these randomizations is not clear -
they change only the details of the game, not the basic concepts or
gameplay strategy, and add little to game replayability.
As a basic strategy, pay particular attention to the ground, as artifacts
may often be found there. A painstaking, but effective approach to moving
through the environment is to turn completely around at each node position
and check each view carefully.
Much of the inventory turns out to be "red herrings" - unneeded in your
actual gameplay sequence, but perhaps confusing your choices at various
points and making gameplay a bit more complex.
To prepare for several tasks in Bangkok and other locations, brush up on
your base-8 and base-16 arithmetic skills.
Project Newton Crew:
ID Character Game Role
002 Yourself Adventurer
004 Shigeru Takagishi Scientist
005 David Brown Mission Commander
006 Francesca Sabatini Video Journalist
007 Otto Heilmann Chief Security Officer
008 Michael O'Toole Codemaster
009 Richard Wakefield Chief Engineer
010 Reggie Wilson Print Journalist
011 Irina Turgenyev Career Cosmonaut
012 Nicole des Jardins Medical Officer
Hiro Yamanaka IBI Agent
Janos Tabori IBI Agent
Valeriy Borzov Your predecessor, now deceased
All characters are from the Clarke/Lee book Rama II
After the game introduction and animation of Nicole, move F L F2 to the
computer console. Click on it, then on the MAIL command to bring up your
vidmail. Each message adds a bit to the backstory of the game and
introduces you to the basic personalities of the other astronauts. In
particular, note Wakefield's Falstaff creation (you'll see more of it
later) and O'Toole's favorite primes sequence
41,43,47,53,...,1601
or
x^2 - x + 41, for 1
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