@  @  @  T E K N I S  @  @  @
The underground city of the robots
A cybernetic adventure by Olivier SIGAUD
1986 - Gasoline Software (ERE)

Following the forum created by Arnaud

we undertook to complete Teknis 

a little-know RPG with…

... very few informations on the net :

no user manual, no post in forums.

OGC is going to change that !

@  INTRODUCTION  @

@  CHARACTER CREATION  @

You have 40 points to put into 6 caracteristics : 

Technical abilities to create objects : 
- Fingering technique
-Technical sensitivity

Fighting abilities to kill robots :
- Power
-Resistance

Business abilities to buy and sell :
- Autority
- Amability

This choice determine :

- Technologic potential
- Life points
- Money

You'll see them in the bottom of the screen
 in the game

@  TELEPORTATION IN THE CITY  @

You are teleported in a cabin in north

there are 4, distributed at the 4 cardinal points.

Hit (H) to show the keys

for the moment you can only leave the cabin (S)

Once outside, you discovered the labyrinth 

it looks like another ?

The keys to move are showed :

Y - G - J

@  ROBOTS  @

After some steps, you meet your first robot 

fight it right now !

The first robots are easy to kill even without weapon, but
    after it'll became harder.

  - perquisitionneur et irradieur : easy to kill 
    
  - chapardeur et exterminateur : very difficult
  The number after the "+" indicate the strong of the robot
 ex: exterminateur 2+ or 4+

   They have different armours and weapons.

Sometimes it can be wise to flee
even if you could be lost after.

The fight stage is very quick

you should slow down euphoric to read the actions

Press "F1" and put the speed processor on 0,5 

>  There's a bug when we die :

the game leave automatically to the oric prompt

@  BAZAR  @

They are very hard in businnes

You can only bargain three time for a same object
or the shopkeeper will be angry and won't want 
to deal with you again.

   There're 2 Bazars, in the city.

 You can buy tools,

the fantastic teleportation belt,

the robot detector (need a battery),

etc...

@  WEAPONS SHOP @

  Go in your inventory (I)

  A "O" show the weapon you're using

  use the U key if you want to equip another weapon.

@  LIBRARY  @

If you want to became a good technician

you must buy books to increase your skills.

But read take time and time is

important in this game.

The books cost a lot of money

but you'll be able to sell items

that you have made.

             @  WORKSHOP  @

    In this RPG you can fabricate

weapons and detectors

it's a good deal because they cost a lot of money.

If you want to do technic go to the

workshop (there're two)

Your technical potential is very usefull in

this place.

@  LA CHAMBRE FORTE FINALE  @

It's the goal of your mission : 

you must enter here

this room is in the south west

and you must have a better rank 

than soldier

If you have the rank of sergeant

 you can activate the access computer

but you must give to it the access code.

The code is write on a paper

somewhere in the city and you must know the

The labyrinth 25 x 24

The automap (R key)

 The  The map by Arnaud :

the origin est the box  (1,1)

in the upper left

ex: 1er Teleportor : (13-1),

in font of the Bazar: (4-15) ...

You can locate yourself :

with the compass (20fs)

or with the locator (expensive)  >

@  ADVICES FROM MEMBERS  @

   The Arnaud Briefing's  

 

the Teknis forum 

@  CONCLUSION  @

Congratulation,  mission succeded

  you can continue the adventure

 with your skills and equipment :

  wil you be able to kill the exterminator 7+

thanks to Arnaud 
to have the idea to play with this game

thanks to Symoon 
to have introduced the author to us

thanks to Olivier Sigaud the author
to have participated in the forum