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== Information ==
 
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== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
Rasterscan, a large damaged spaceship, drifts uncontrollably towards a nearby star. The craft can be repaired and flown away from the star, but the only means of doing this is using a maintenance droid, also damaged, called MSB. The droid has a broken brain and is now only capable of repairing toasters; it has no knowledge of how to operate a space ship. This is where you come in...
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The game takes place aboard a large spaceship; The Rasterscan. After a skirmish The Rasterscan is badly crippled and drifting helplessly towards a star. The player takes control of a spherical service robot by the name of M.S.B. Unfortunately M.S.B's only remaining program is how to repair toasters and he hasn't a clue how to operate the spaceship.
  
 
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== Links ==  
 
== Links ==  
 
* [http://cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2858 CPC Power]
 
* [http://cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2858 CPC Power]
 
 
* [http://cpcoxygen.fxwebdevelopment.com/aa_depot/021JS.html Reviewed in Amstrad Action - Issue 21 Page 58]
 
* [http://cpcoxygen.fxwebdevelopment.com/aa_depot/021JS.html Reviewed in Amstrad Action - Issue 21 Page 58]
 
 
* [http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/r/index2.html#rasterscan CPC Game Reviews]
 
* [http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/r/index2.html#rasterscan CPC Game Reviews]
 
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasterscan English Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasterscan Rasterscan at Wikipedia]
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* [http://www.genesis8bit.fr/amstrad/game-rom/amstrad-game.php?prog_id=3816&title=Rasterscan&creator=Mastertronic Genesis 8Bit]
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* [http://www.amstradabandonware.com/en/game/rasterscan/497 Amstrad Abandonware]
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* [ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/r/Rasterscan_3.png Game map]
  
 
== Download ==
 
== Download ==
http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/downloads/filedetail.php?recid=727
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* [http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/downloads/filedetail.php?recid=727 The Amstrad CPC Games Resource]

Latest revision as of 22:58, 14 January 2013

Rasterscan by Mastertronic

Rasterscan is a game by Mastertronic

Information

Title: Rasterscan
Company: Mastertronic
Type: Arcade
Year: 1987

Plot

The game takes place aboard a large spaceship; The Rasterscan. After a skirmish The Rasterscan is badly crippled and drifting helplessly towards a star. The player takes control of a spherical service robot by the name of M.S.B. Unfortunately M.S.B's only remaining program is how to repair toasters and he hasn't a clue how to operate the spaceship.

Game Play

In this game you control a spherical droid (MSB) around a space ship - through a maze of pipes, cables and small areas. You need to repair the ship and get the power back on so that it can be steered away from the collision course it is on. You will need to solve puzzles to open doors - and these puzzles are not simple! to advanced futher in the game They consist of a multi-coloured puzzled arranged in an octagon and you need to turn the entire puzzle yellow before you can continue. There are broken power cables about which need to be repaired before you make your way to the bridge to turn the scanner back on by (correctly) turning on 3 switches in the correct order.

Screenshots

Cover

Links

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