Escape from Pulsar 7

_Escape From Pulsar 7_ is the fourth title in the Mysterious Adventure series
of illustrated text adventures by Brian Howarth. It has a science-fiction
theme influenced by the hit film “Alien”. The player finds themselves trapped
alone on a giant space ship. The rest of the crew are dead, killed by a
mutated zoo specimen.

The player’s goal is ultimately that they must escape the ship in a life pod
to avoid being the creature’s next meal. Explore the bunks of your comrades to
find the tools needed. Only useful items can be taken, so the gameplay is
quite linear, with several maze sections.

These games used the Scott Adams adventure engine, and thus also have the same
features – a basic 2-word parser, small vocabulary, and brief descriptions.
They were similar to other adventures of the time.