Tips
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And now coming bang up to date, Paul Allen from Hull has finished last month's megagame, Shadowfire. Considering the trouble that YS arcade aces, Ross Holman and Steve Malone had lasting for more than four minutes without an almighty barney on tactics, that's no mean achievement. Perhaps they can learn something from Paul's very clever suggestion that instead of shifting all the Enigma team around the ship, you should just use Manto equipped with the transporter. That way, when he finds Zoff, he can just drop the transporter, beam himself back to the ship and beam the fighting crew, fit and fully armed, straight into the thick of the battle. Now why didn't we think of that? 
(Paul Allen in Your Spectrum issue 17 , Page 64) 1649


Off in a corner, Mighty McKinnon of Glynder passed on the secret of how to capture Zoff in Shadowfire. "Place Manto just outside the armoury and drop the transporter. Send another fighter into the armoury and then the Zoff quarters. Zoff will then move away past the armoury and out the door where Manto and the transporter wait. Manto must then activate the transporter and beam Zoff to the Enigma craft. But be quick with the transporter or Zoff will escape." This science is beyond me. 
(Mighty McKinnon in Sinclair User issue 45 , Page 121) 4163


To capture General Zoff position Manto outside his quarters and drop the transporterbeamer. Pick the lock and send someone into Zoff's quarters. Move a character intothe same location as Zoff. Zoff will then try to escape. As soon as he moves ontothe same location as Manto, beam him aboard the Enigma. A similar method can be usedto capture the enemy soldiers - this saves energy.

The other half of the destruct code can be found on the Bridge but it is unlikelythat you will need it because to complete the game you must capture the Zoff 5. Thiscan be done by capturing or killing everyone on board. By now you should havecompleted the game.
(Unknown - Uncredited in Crash issue 18 , Page 77) 7810 



Complete solutions
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Here is one of the many strategies that you can employ to complete it.

Before setting off on your mission make sure you equip your characters properly, the booklet gives alot of hints on how to dothis. Now beam down to the fighter bay (red) and take all members except Sevrina, Syylk and Maul. Move the characters that you have beamed down S twice, then SE and E. Atabout this point you should be attacked by two to three aliens. Once they have been destroyed get Manto to beam down Sevrina. Go to Sevrina's object screen and get her to pick the lock which is to the south.

Once the lock is picked, using Manto beam Sevrina back to the ship. Now move your three characters S twice, which will take them to a junction with exits leading E, W, N and SW. Take the E route. You should now be attacked by a trooper from NE. Kill him and move NE twice. Moving E from here should take you to just outside a locked door which has a trooper behind - here Sevrina's talents are needed so beam her down to pick the lock. When this is done be am down the other members of the Enigma team to fight the trooper. Once all our characters are beyond the door you will be attacked by two more enemies and these have to be massacred before advancing E. Advance three of the characters that still have a good amount of strength E to attack a Marshal. Send another reasonably fit character W then N once, this will take him into the Robot Armoury. From here take the Rocket launcher, if it is too heavy then wait a while for your character's strength to build up.

By now the Marshal should be dead, if he isn't then attack him with a few more characters until he's really dead. By now all your team should be standing outside a locked door which leads SE. Give the rocket launcher to Maul. If he is too weak then drop it by him. Wait for 5 to 10 minutes for your characters' strength to build up, or for however long you think appropriate. Get Sevrina to pick the lock and advance every character through the door making sure they are all well armed. In this room you will be heavily attacked so before entering make sure your strength is up.

If you survive the onslaught you will realise you are in a room called 'Zoff Security' which has four exits. Get Sevrina to unlock them all. Using Zark, go through the SE exit. You are now in a room that contains General Zoff, Ambassador Kryxix and the self destruct card. Zoff will try to flee so you must be quick to capture him. Go to Kryxix with Zark and you should get the report that you've found Kryxix and that he follows Zark. Kryxix will only follow Zark because Zark is the translator. Get Kryxix onto the same location as Manto and beam him aboard Enigma, you have now rescued Kryxix. Also in the Fighter Bay is Zoff's second in command, Sky Fortress Captain Churl, he is located in his quarters near the bridge. A time delay device can be found near Churl and if used properly can help capture Zoff.

The reason for not beaming all the characters down at the beginning of the game is i tis quicker to move the three characters with more agility than to bother moving all six when some of them are really only any use in a fight.

To capture general Zoff position Manto outside his quarters and drop the transporter beamer. Pick the lock and send someone into Zoff's quarters. Move a character into the same location as Zoff. Zoff will then try to escape. As soon as he moves onto the same location as Manto, beam him aboard the Enigma. A similar method can be used to capture the enemy soldiers - this saves energy.

The other half of the destruct code can be found on the Bridge but it is unlikely that you will need it because to complete the game you must capture the Zoff 5. This can be done by capturing or killing everyone on board. With a bit of practice at these strategies it shouldn't take long to complete the game.


General tips are:

Always rest after a good bout of fighting.

Only beam down Maul when you are in a tricky situation because he is too slow to keep up with the others.

Throughout the game you will constantly be arming and rearming because your strength goes down. My strategy for this is to go into battle with a heavy weapon and switch to a lighter one as soon as the character shows signs of flagging. It is best to use some games just for mapping and exploring levels (or you can use the Shadowfire Tuner if you own a copy) because many rooms seem to serve no specific purpose.

(Robin Candy in Crash Tips Special issue 27 , Page 4) 6023 