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----------------Version 2.0-----------------

Completion of Walkthrough:
12-6-01: Worked on title.
12-7-01: Copyrights and Getting Started.
12-8-01: Finished Stations 1 through 7
12-9-01: Finished Station 8.
12-10-01: Improved on directons to beating each station.
12-11-01: Finished Table of Contents, More About Secret Quest Section,
Password System, and disclaimer notices.
12-12-01: Fixed spelling errors, edited walkthrough format to fit 640-480
pixel screen.
10-21-03: Version 2.0 Updates (see further below)
3/2/08: Version 2.01 Updates

Secret Quest and it's instuctions manual are trademarks of Atari
Corporation. Copyright 1989, all rights reserved.

This FAQ is property of Aspie Giraffe, Copyright 10/21/03, all rights
reserved. Any relation to guide books or other websites dedicated to
Secret Quest are purely coincential, for this FAQ was put together by
experience of playing the game without any form of manual or other FAQs.
Feel free to distribute this FAQ or link this FAQ to your website. Just
be sure to give the proper credit where it's due.

I have removed my e-mail info, because I don't have time to answer
questions about video games anymore. This is pretty much a complete FAQ
anyway. If it's not here, it's probably not vital.

Table of Contents:

0A. Version 2.01 Updates

0B. Version 2.0 Updates

1. The Story

2. Starting/Controls

3. The Walkthrough

4. The Ending

5. More About Secret Quest

6. The Password System

6b. Password Updates

7. Special Thanks, Authored Walkthroughs, and Disclaimer Notice

0A. -----VERSION 2.01 UPDATES: 3-2-08 -----

I have only updated my contributor name and removed my e-mail
info. The rest of the FAQ remains the same.

0B. -----VERSION 2.0 UPDATES: 10-21-03 -----

It's been nearly 2 years since I have made any changes to this
walkthrough. The following has changed since then:

CHANGE OF NAME -- Since joining the Gamefaqs message
boards, I've been going by the name of Crazylaz. While
updating my FAQs (all of which have been LONG overdue) I
have decided to remove the Pelivor name and make it my
message board name. This is to prevent confusion to those
who have sent me e-mails. My e-mail address remains the
same at [email protected].

ADDITION TO THE PASSWORD SYSTEM -- Someone by the name of
Ant ([email protected]) sent me an excellent explanation to the
Secret Quest password system a while back, but I never
had the time to make the addition. I have included the
e-mail to this FAQ as it was typed.

MINOR ERROR CORRECTIONS -- All through the FAQ, I have fixed
minor errors and removed some of the excess clutter and filler.

Thus, concludes the Version 2.0 Updates section.

1. ------The Story------

Well, there are alien space stations...eight of them. Aliens are
gonna destroy the human race (seems like a common theme for a lot
of these Atari 2600 games). Your job is to blow them up.

2. ------Starting/Controls------

Unlike some of the old Atari 2600 games, this one is pretty advanced
for it's time, though not nearly as advanced as Solaris. When you start
your game, it will ask you for two initials. Input them, then start your
game by pressing the fire button on your joystick. NOTE: I HIGHLY
RECOMMEND using a Sega Genesis controller over an Atari joystick (B is
the default fire button). It's easier to use a directional pad over a
stick, especially for this game.

During the game, the directional pad moves the character, and the fire
button uses your weapon. There is a score at the bottom of the screen,
and two bars. The first is your energy bar (which depletes as you use
your weapons), and the other is your oxygen bar (your life force. If
this drops below empty, the game is over)

If you toggle the black/white switch on your Atari 2600, you get a
status screen, which tells you which floor you are located on the
current station. (The color that's flashing). To the right is your
current equipped item/weapon. To change it, press the fire button
(of course, nothing happens right now because you don't have a weapon).
At the bottom, there are 12 symbols. This is your password. You can
write it down and continue your game later (which I'll explain later).
There are 8 stations at the top of the screen. Those are the remaining
alien stations left to destroy. The flashing one is the station you are
on.

3. ------The Walkthrough------

Station 1
Difficulty: (on a 1 to 10 scale, 10 being hardest) 1

Level 1
_____________________________
| | | | |
|Start 1 E1 O1 |
|______|______|______|__ __|
| | | | |
| Code | Exit | Comp | E1 |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | | | |
| O1 | O1 | E1 | E1 |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | | | |
| E1 O1 E1 O1 |
|______|______|______|______|

Each 3x6 characters will represent one room. There will be a legend on
where items, stairs, and monsters are located, as well as a shortened
walkthrough on directions to getting all the items in one piece (in case
these primative maps get too confusing).

Because this level is so ridiculously easy (I beat it when I was only
5 years old), I will use level 1 as a was to get you used to the game.

Legend: 1. Energy Sword (your first weapon).
New Monsters:
E1: Bear Trap (50 Pts)
O1: Potato Man (100 Pts)

Time to Self-Destruct: 20 Secs

Coding for monsters:

E/O: Letter indicates rather if you lose energy or oxygen if the monster
touches you.
Number: Power of the enemy. A damage list is provided at the end of the
walkthrough.
Monsters always give either oxygen of energy when defeated. For the first
few levels, monsters ALWAYS give the item that they take away.
Any ALL CAPS typed are the most important things you need to do in each
level. Some include hints and tips that I highly recommend.

You ALWAYS start in the upper left corner of the first level in each
station.

Move one room to the right and take the sword. Swing it a few times by
pressing the fire button to get used to it. Move one room to the right
to fight your first foe.

Monster Strategy: As far as I know, based on several plays, the pattern
for monster movement appeared to be random. Here are the problems you'll
encounter:

1. The monster appears randomly in the room each time you enter it
(advantage: monsters).
2. NEVER chase! They're patterns are random, so at any minute they could
turn around and damage you. (advantage: monsters)
3. If you chase them anyway, DON'T chase them diagonally! Though you can
move diagonally, you can't use your weapon diagonally. (advantage:
monsters)
4. Wait until the monster comes to you, then use your weapon to kill it.
The problem: If the monsters don't come to you, time goes by, and you
lose oxygen. (advantage: monsters)
5. Even if you kill the monster, sometimes another monster will appear
afterward, up to a max of four monsters! (This is not determined at
random, but it'd take too much time to list how many monsters are in
each room).

That given, here's my strategy:
- Use a combo of waiting/chasing strategy, only attempting to attack
when they're within range.
- When a monster appears, two blurs phase onto the screen. This gives
you a split-second chance to set up where they're gonna appear and
get a quick hit in.

That's all you really need to know. Most importantly, WATCH YOUR ENERGY
AND OXYGEN LEVELS!!! If your energy drops to 0, you can't use your
weapon. If you can't use your weapon, you can't search for oxygen. When
your oxygen reaches 0, the game is over.

That said, let's finish this level:

Go to the right, all the way down, then all the way to the left (make
sure you practice killing monsters), the two rooms up. There is a
symbol in this room. Every station has one symbol on each of the
station's floors. They are part of the self-destruct sequence code (and
is always different each time the game is played). Now go two rooms down,
one room right, and two rooms up. The purpleish thing in the middle is
the exit. This is where you go when the self-destruct is initiated. Now
go two rooms down, one room right, then two rooms up. Notice you can't
enter the room...This is the computer of the station, where you input the
self-destruct code. That said, move forward to change the symbol until it
matches the one you saw in the other room, and press the fire button. The
self-destruct is now counting down. All the monsters have cleared the
station, leaving you the only one left. Get to the teleporter you found
before the station blows up! (well, it doesn't blow up, the atari is too
primative for those type of special effects...you just die). When you
exit, the status screen shows one of the eight stations crumbling to
dust, and then you appear on the next station.

Now you know the basic routine to beating each station. The following
station walkthroughs will be brief, giving you directions to beating
each level:

Station 2
Difficulty: 3
Crazylaz's Notes: Really just more practice. The only hard part is
remembering two symbols rather than one.

Level 1 Level 2
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | | | | | | | | |
|Start E2 1 | Code | | Code | O2 Exit | Comp |
|__ __|______|______|__ __| |__ __|__ __|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E2 O2 | $$ O2 | | E2 | E1 | O2 C | O2 |
|______|__ __|______|__ __| |__ __|__ __|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| O2 E1 O1 | E2 | | O2 E2 O2* | E2* |
|______|______|__ __|__ __| |__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | BB | | | | Y| | | |
| E2 | | | O1 E2 O1 |
|X_____|__BB__|______|______| |______|______|______|______|

Legend: 1: Sonic Horn (Used to reveal hidden stairs in the rooms marked $$)
X: Stairs leading up
Y: Stairs leading down
New Monsters:
E2: Chopper (150 Pts)
O2: Machine (200 Pts)

BB: Energy Barrier (random lightning bolts drain your energy).
C: Extra...no clue what it does. As far as I know, it merely
increases your score.
$$: Hidden one-way staircase. Use Sonic Horn to reveal it.
*: Killing monsters gets you quadruple your energy or oxygen
supply.
Time to self-destruct: 20 secs

Directions
1F: Two right, get horn, two left, one down, one right, one down,
one right, one down, one right, three up, GET CODE, one down,
one left, USE HORN, take stairs.
2F: kill monster to get Extra, take stairs.
1F: One right, two down, 3 left, take stairs.
2F: Three up, GET CODE, two down, two right, one down, one right,
three up, INPUT CODE (move left or right to change to other symbol.
1st level code is first code, 2nd level code is second code, etc.).
Self-destruct begins.

To Escape: Three down, two left, three up, one right.

Station 3
Difficulty: 5 out of 10
Crazylaz's Notes: Now newer monsters take two hits to kill. But a new
weapon is closeby.

Level 1 Level 2
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | |X | | | | |Y | 2 |
|Start | Code | | $$ | | Code O1* | | O3 |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __| |______|__ __|__ __|______|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E3 | E2 O3 | X| | E3 E2 O3 | Y|
|__ __|__ __|______|______| |__ __|______|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| O3 | O1 |X 1 | |X O2 Y| X|
|__ __|__ __|______|______| |______|______|______|______|
| | | | | | | BB | BB | |
| O2* E3 E3 X| | |
|______|______|______|______| |Y_____|__BB__|__BB__|_____X|

Level 3
_____________________________
| | | | |
| Code | E1 O1 | Comp |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | | | |
| O3 O2 | E3 E3 |
|__ __|__ __|______|______|
| | | |Y |
|Y | E3 Exit | |
|______|______|______|__ __|
| | | | |
| O3 O3 O3 |
|Y_____|______|______|______|

Legend: 1: Sonic Horn
2: Sonic Blaster (new weapon, double damage as laser sword, uses 2
units of energy).
X: Stairs leading up
Y: Stairs leading down
New Monsters:
E3: Floater (250 Pts)
O3: Spinner (350 Pts)

BB: Energy Barrier
$$: Sonic Horn Staircase
*: Quad supply of oxygen/energy
Time to self-destruct: 15 Secs

Directions
1F: Three down, one right, three up, GET CODE, one down, one right, one
up, take stairs.
2F: One down, one left, one up, one left, GET CODE, one right, one down,
one left, one down, two right, take stairs.
1F: One right, GET HORN, one left, take stairs.
2F: One up, two right, one up, take stairs.
1F: One down, one left, two down, two right, upstairs, three right, take
stairs.
2F: Three right, one up, take stairs.
1F: One up, downstairs, one up, USE HORN, take stairs.
2F: kill monster, GET SONIC BLASTER (explained at the end of the
walkthrough). take stairs.
1F: Backtrack to floor 1 (it's all linear).
1F: Two left, two up, one right, one up, take stairs.
2F: One down, two left, one down, take stairs.
3F: Two up, GET CODE, one down, one right, one up, one right, one down,
one left, one right, one up, INPUT CODE!

To Escape: One down, one left, one up, one left, two down, one right.

Station 4
Difficulty: 8
Crazylaz's Notes: What a pain. My maps probably won't help, because
most staircases are one-way only! You'll be going around a lot of
circles. I haven't completely finished the level 4 map, but may not
anyway because of how much of a pain this level was to begin with. This
is the first level in which the monster will leave behind the opposite
of what they drain from you. (ex. Oxygen depleting monster leaves energy
instead). I'd AVOID these encounters whenever possible.

Level 1 Level 2
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | | | | | | | | |
|Start $$ | 1 | Code | | Code | E4 C | E4 O O3 E |
|__ __|______|__ __|__ __| |__ __|______|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| O3 E O2 | O3 | O1 | | O3 E X|Y O3 |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __| |__ __|__ __|______|______|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E3 | E4 O |X | E1 | | E4 O Y| O3 E X|
|__ __|______|______|__ __| |__ __|__ __|______|______|
| | | BB | | | | | BB | |
|X |X O3 E | |Y O3 E Y|
|______|______|__BB__|______| |______|______|__BB__|______|

Level 3 Level 4
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | | | | | | | | |
| E1 X|Y E2 | | Exit | O1 | E2 Y|
|__ __|______|______|______| |__ __|__ __|__ __|______|
| | | | | | | | | |
| O3 | O2 X| E3 | |Y E4 O | O2 | Comp |
|__ __|______|______|__ __| |______|______|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| O2 |Y | X| |Y | O2 Code | E4 O |
|__ __|__ __|______|______| |__ __|__ __|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | BB | |
| E2 O3 E E4*O Code | | O3 E E3 O3 E |
|______|______|______|______| |______|______|__BB__|______|

Legend: 1: Sonic Horn
C: Extra
X: Stairs up
Y: Stairs down
New Monsters:
E4: Medusa (400 Pts)

BB: Energy Barrier
$$: Sonic Horn Stairs
*: Quad supply Oxygen/Energy
Time to self-destruct: 25 Secs

Directions
1F: Three down, take stairs.
2F: Three right, take stairs.
1F: Three up, GET CODE, Three down, two left, take stairs.
2F: Two up, one left, one up, GET CODE, one down, one right, take stairs.
3F: One right, take stairs.
4F: one up, one right, take stairs.
3F: One left, take stairs.
2F: One right, one down, one left, take stairs.
1F: One up, GET HORN, two down, take stairs.
2F: One right, take stairs.
3F: Upstairs, %%%%%
4F: One down, two left, one up, one right, GET CODE (remember this is the
fourth symbol not the third), one left, one down, one left, one up,
take stairs.
3F: One down, three right, GET CODE (this is the third symbol), two left,
one up, take stairs.
2F: take stairs.
1F: one up, one left, one up, one right, USE HORN, take stairs.
2F: Kill monster to get EXTRA, take stairs.
1F: One left, Repeat everything before the %%%%%. (serious, all in that
order!) Include finding codes if you hadn't done so already.
4F: One up, INPUT CODE!

To Escape: Two down, three left, one up, downstairs, two up, one right,
take stairs, one down,one left, one up.

Station 5
Difficulty: 6
Crazylaz's Notes: This is probably the last breather-level. It's for the
most part very straight-forward, and will probably be the last time
things go smoothly. The third and final weapon is found here, so plan to
make a side-trip. Notice that your Sonic Blaster freezes a monster if
it doesn't entirely kill it? THIS WILL BE CRITICALLY ESSENTIAL in the
later levels!

On another note: Monsters have become pretty strong from this point on.
Some of these maybe inaccurate in terms of rather they give energy or
oxygen when destroyed.

Level 1 Level 2
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | | | | | X | | | |
|Start O4 | O2 E1 | | E4 | E2 O3 E |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __| |__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E4 | E2 E4 O | E4 | | E2 | Code | O4 | O2 |
|__ __|______|__ __|__ __| |__ __|______|__ __|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E3 O3 | E4 O | O2 | | O2 |X O1 | O3 |
|______|__ __|__ __|__ __| |__ __|______|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
|X O1 | | Code | | E4 O3 Y| |
|______|______|____X_|______| |______|______|______|_____X|

Level 3 Level 4
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | | | | | | | | |
|Y O4 E2 | Code | |X E4* | Comp | Code |
|______|______|__ __|__ __| |______|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | BB | | | | | | | |
|X O3 E E4 | |Y O3 E E3 O2 |
|______|__BB__|______|______| |______|______|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
|X | E1 Y| O1 E4 O | |Y E4 O O3 E4 |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __| |______|__ __|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E3 O1 | $$ | | |X E2 | O4 2 | O1 |
|______|______|______|____Y_| |______|______|______|______|

Level 5
_____________________________
| | | | |
|Y E2 E3 | Code |
|______|__ __|__ __|______|
| | | | |
| 1 | E4 | O3 E O4 |
|__ __|__ __|______|______|
| | | | |
| O3 O4 | E4*O E4 |
|______|______|__ __|__ __|
| | BB | | |
|Y O3 E | Exit |
|______|__BB__|______|______|

Legend: 1: Sonic Horn
2: Particle Beam (Best weapon in game, but very energy-costly)
X: Stairs Up
Y: Stairs Down
New Monsters:
O4: Squid (500 Pts)

$$: Sonic Horn Stairs
*: Quad supply of energy/oxygen
BB: Energy Barrier (notice it shoots more lightning as you
progress).
Time to Self-Destruct: 25 Secs

Directions
1F: One right, one down, one right, one up, one right, three down,
GET CODE, three up, one left, three down, take stairs.
2F: Two left, three up, one right, one down, GET CODE, one up, one left,
take stairs.
3F: Two right, one down, one right, one up, GET CODE, one down, three
left, take stairs.
4F: Three right, one up, GET CODE, one down, two left, one up, one left,
take stairs.
5F: One right, two down, one left, one up, GET HORN, one down, two up,
one right, one down, one right, one up, GET CODE, backtrack to 4th
floor.
4F: One right, one down, two right, one down, three left, take stairs.
3F: One down, one right, one up, take stairs.
2F: one right, two up, one right, three down, take stairs.
3F: one up, one left, one down, USE HORN, take stairs.
4F: Kill monster to get PARTICLE BEAM, take stairs.
3F: Backtrack to 4th floor (it's linear).
4F: From 4th floor, go three right, one up, one left, one up, and INPUT
CODE!

To Escape: One down, one right, one down, two left, one down, one left,
take stairs, two right, one up, one right, and one down.

Station 6
Difficulty: 9
Crazylaz's Notes: Freaking hard in my opinion. Make sure you have all
the codes, because if you find the computer before you find the codes,
well, you'll probably discover you're trapped on the 6th floor.

Level 1 Level 2
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | | | | | X | Y | | Y|
|Start O1 | Code | 1 | | | O3 O5 C |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __| |__ __|__ __|______|______|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | O3 E | O2 E5 | | E5* | E2 | Code O5* |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __| |__ __|__ __|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | Y | |
| X| O5 X| O5 | | O1 E4 O | E1 |
|______|______|______|__ __| |______|______|__ __|______|
| | | | | | | | | |
|X E4 O5 E2 | | E3 E2 X|
|______|______|______|______| |Y_____|______|______|______|

Level 3 Level 4
_____________________________ _____________________________
| Y | Y | | | | X | | BB | |
| | E4 $$ | | E2 E5 |
|__ __|______|__ __|__ __| |______|______|__BB__|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E5 O3 E | O3 E | O2 | |Y E4 O4 | O1 |
|______|__ __|__ __|__ __| |______|______|__ __|__ __|
| X | | | | | | BB | | |
| | O2 | E2 E4 O | | Code E4 O | E1 |
|__ __|__ __|______|__ __| |______|__BB__|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | BB | |
| E4 O O5 Code | E5* | | O* E* E4 O |
|______|______|______|______| |______|______|__BB__|______|

Level 5 Level 6
_____________________________ _____________________________
| Y | |X | | | | | | |
| E4 O | Code | | 1 | E5 Y| Comp |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|______| |__ __|__ __|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E2 E5 | O3 | $$ | | E2 | E3 | O3 E5 |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __| |__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| O2 O5 | O3 E | O3 E | | E4 | O4* | Code | E3 |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __| |__ __|__ __|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| O4 | E3 O5 | | O5 E4 O | Exit O1 |
|_X____|______|______|______| |______|______|______|______|

Legend: 1: Sonic Horn
C: Extra
X: Stairs Up
Y: Stairs Down
New Monsters:
E5: Stomper (550 Pts)
O5: Ghost (600 Pts)

BB: Energy Barrier
*: Quad supply of Oxygen/Energy
$$: Sonic Horn Stairs
Time to Self-Destruct: 10 Secs

Directions
1F: One right, two down, one right, take take stairs.
2F: One down, one right, take stairs.
1F: three up, GET HORN, one down, one left, one up, GET CODE, one down,
one right, two down, three left, take stairs.
2F: Two right, one up, one right, one up, one left, GET CODE, one right,
one down, one left, one down, one right, take stairs.
3F: Three up, two left, take stairs.
2F: Two down, one left, two up, take stairs.
3F: One down, one right, two down, one right, GET CODE, two left, one up,
take stairs.
4F: GET CODE, two right, one up, two left, take stairs.
3F: One up, take stairs.
2F: Two down, one right, two up, take stairs.
1F: Two down, one right, take stairs.
2F: One down, one right, take stairs.
3F: Three up, USE HORN, take stairs.
4F: Three down, three left (COOL! Free oxygen and energy!), three right,
three up, three left, take stairs.
5F: Three down, take stairs,
6F: Three up, GET HORN, three down, one right, three up, one right,
take stairs.
5F: One right, GET CODE, one left, three down, one right, two up,
USE HORN, take stairs.
6F: One left, one down, GET CODE, one up, one right, one up, INPUT CODE!

To escape: Three down, and one left.

Station 7
Difficulty: 9
Crazylaz's Notes: You'll meet a new monster here (looks like a snake),
notice that you can't seem to kill him. This is where the Sonic Blaster
is needed. Freeze him with the Sonic Blaster, than finish him off with a
weapon. Seems like it takes too much energy though. I recommend avoiding
Snakes unless your forced to fight one (there will be a few occassions).

Level 1 Level 2
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | | | | | | | | |
|Start E5 E6* Code | |X O3 1 O2 E5 |
|______|__ __|__ __|______| |______|______|______|______|
| | | | | | | BB | | |
| E6 | O6 O5 X| |Y E2 O6 |
|__ __|__ __|______|______| |______|__BB__|______|______|
| | | BB | | | | | | Y|
| O6 | E4 X| |X O5 O3* | |
|__ __|______|__BB__|______| |______|______|__ __|______|
| | | | | | | | | |
| O2 E4 O E4 X| | Code E1 E4 O3 |
|______|______|______|______| |______|______|______|______|

Level 3 Level 4
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | X | | Y| | | Y | Y| |
| O3 E | | E4 O | O6 C | | $$ | | | $$ |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __| |__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E2 | O3 | E5 O2 | | E4 O | O3 E6 | O3 E |
|__ __|__ __|______|______| |__ __|______|______|__ __|
| | | BB | | | | BB | | |
| O3 | E2* O1 | | E5 Code | E4 |
|______|__ __|__BB__|__ __| |__ __|__BB__|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | Y | | |
|X O5 | Code E1 | | O2 O6 O5 |
|______|______|______|______| |______|______|______|______|

Level 5 Level 6
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | | | Y | | | | X | |
| E3 1 O5 | | | 1 | $$ | | Exit |
|______|______|__ __|__ __| |__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
|Y | | | | | | | | |
| O6 C E5* O3 | O2 | | O2 E6 O1 | O6 |
|______|______|______|__ __| |__ __|______|__ __|__ __|
| | BB | | | | | | | |
| Code E6 O6 | | O3 | Code | O3 | O5 |
|______|__BB__|______|__ __| |__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E4 O5 E2 | | E4 | E5 E4 O4 |
|X_____|______|______|______| |______|______|______|______|

Level 7
_____________________________
| | | | |
| Comp | O6 | E5* | Code |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | | | |
|Y O5 | E6 | O2 |
|______|______|__ __|__ __|
| Y| | | |
| | E4 O5 | O3 |
|__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | | | |
| E3 E4 | E5 O3 E |
|______|______|______|______|

Legend: 1: Sonic Horn
C: Extra
X: Stairs Up
Y: Stairs Down
New Monsters:
E6: Firecracker (650 Pts)
O6: Snake (AVOID THEM WHEN POSSIBLE!!!) (700 Pts)

$$: Sonic Horn Stairs
*: Quad supply of Energy/Oxygen
BB: Energy Barrier
Time to Self-Destruct: 20 Secs

Directions
1F: Three right, GET CODE, one left, one down, one right, take stairs.
2F: Three left, take stairs.
1F: Two down, three right, take stairs.
2F: Three left, GET CODE, two right, one up, two left, take stairs.
3F: One down, one right, one up, two right, one down, one left, GET CODE,
one right, one up. two left, two up, take stairs.
4F: One down, one right, one up, take stairs.
3F: One down, one right, one up, KILL SNAKE to reveal stairway. Take
stairs.
2F: Two left, kill monster to GET HORN, one left, upstairs.
3F: Three down, take stairs.
4F: One up, two right, GET CODE, two left one down, three right, three
up, USE HORN, take stairs.
5F: Two down, three left, GET CODE, three right, one down, three left,
take stairs.
6F: Three up, GET HORN, one down, two right, two down, one left, one up,
GET CODE, one down, one right, three up, take stairs.
7F: Three down, one right, three up, GET CODE, three down, one left, one
up, one left, one down, one left, one up, take stairs.
6F: one up, one right, one up, USE HORN, take stairs,
7F: one down, one left, one up, INPUT CODE!

To Escape: One down, take stairs, two right, two down, one right,
three up.

Station 8
Difficulty: 10
Pelivor's Notes: It's straightforward, but also confusing at the same
time. EXPLORE CAREFULLY! If you miss one code, you probably won't be able
to get it again.

FINALLY! A monster with a predictable pattern! It is the dragon! He sits
at the bottom of the screen shooting fireballs. (hope you have the sonic
blaster). Right now, he's invincible, but if you use the Sonic Blaster
to freeze him, you can kill him with any weapon. One problem: HE DOESN'T
DROP ANYTHING! WAH! So to continue at certain points, you WILL have to
waste some energy.

The energy barriers are probably now shooting so much lightning that
you can't get by them without taking damage. So just run right through
and don't worry about your energy level.

Notice that some of the rooms are empty? Well, that's basically the
escape path back to the exit. So by following my directions, you don't
find out what was in those rooms. (at least I didn't)

Level 1 Level 2
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | | | | | | | | |
|Start Exit E4 | | Code | Y|
|______|______|______|__DD__| |__ __|__ __|______|______|
| | BB | | | | | | | |
| O6 O5 O2 | | O5 | | O3 | $$ |
|__ __|__BB__|______|______| |__ __|______|__ __|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E6 E6 O5 X| | E6 | E3 E2 |
|______|__ __|______|______| |__ __|__DD__|______|______|
| | | | | | | | | |
| Code E4 O O3 1 | | O3*E E1 O5 X|
|______|______|______|______| |______|______|______|______|

Level 3 Level 4
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | BB | | | | | | | |
| O2 E5 O1 | | E2 O2 | Code O6 |
|__ __|__BB__|______|__ __| |__ __|__ __|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
|X |Y | | | | O5 | X| | E4 |
|__ __|______|______|__DD__| |__ __|______|______|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E4 | | 1 E4 | | |Y | | O3 E |
|______|______|______|______| |__DD__|______|______|__ __|
| | | BB | | | | BB | | |
|Y Code O5 | | O5 E6 E4 |
|______|______|__BB__|______| |______|__BB__|______|______|

Level 5 Level 6
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | | | | |Y | | | |
| | | | 1 | Code | $$ |
|______|______|__ __|__ __| |__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| Code | E4 O | Y | | | | O3 | E5 | E5 |
|__ __|__ __|______|__ __| |__ __|__ __|__ __|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| O2 | E2 | | | | O6 O5 O3 |
|__ __|______|__DD__|______| |__ __|______|______|__ __|
| | BB | | | | | | | |
| E4 O O6 $$ | | | O2 |
|______|__BB__|______|______| |______|______|______|______|

Level 7 Level 8
_____________________________ _____________________________
| | | | | |Y | | | |
| O6 O3 X| | | O6 C | Code E3 | Comp |
|__ __|______|______|__ __| |__ __|______|__ __|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
| E5 E6 E6 | | O2 E3 | | O1 |
|______|______|__ __|__DD__| |______|__ __|__DD__|__ __|
| | BB | | | | | | | |
| Code O2 | $$ | | 1 O6 | E5 | O3 |
|______|__BB__|______|______| |__ __|______|__ __|__ __|
| | | | | | | | | |
|Y | | O5 E6 O6 | |
|______|______|______|______| |______|______|______|____Y_|

Legend: 1: Sonic Horn
C: Extra
X: Stairs Up
Y: Stairs Down
New Monsters:
DD: Dragon

$$: Sonic Horn Stairs
BB: Energy Barrier
*: Quad supply of Oxygen/Energy
Time to Self-Destruct: 50 Secs

Directions
1F: Three right, KILL DRAGON, one down, three left, one down, one right,
one down, one left, GET CODE, three right, GET HORN, two left, one
up, two right, Take the stairs.
2F: Two left, KILL DRAGON, one down, one left, three up, GET CODE, three
down, three right, take stairs.
3F: Two left, GET CODE, one left, take stairs.
2F: One right, one up, two right, one up, USE HORN, take stairs.
3F: One down, one left, GET HORN, one right, two up, three left, one
down, take stairs.
4F: Two down, three right, three up, one left, GET CODE, one right, three
down, three left, three up, one right, one down, take stairs.
5F: One down, one right, one down, two left, two up, GET CODE, two down,
three right, USE HORN, take stairs.
6F: One up, two left, two up, GET HORN, two down, one right, two up, GET
CODE, two down, one right, two up, USE HORN, take stairs.
7F: One down, one left, one down, two left, GET CODE, two right, one up,
two left, one up, two right, take stairs.
8F: One left, GET CODE, one right, three down, two left, one up, GET
HORN, one right, one up, One left, one up, KILL SNAKE to REVEAL
STAIRS, Take stairs.
7F: One down, three right, one down, USE HORN, take stairs.
8F: Two up, INPUT CODE!

To Escape: Three down, take stairs, three left, take stairs, three up,
take stairs, two right, one down, take stairs, one down, one
left, take stairs, one up, take stairs, one up, two right,
take stairs, and two left.

4. The Ending

The eighth and final alien station explodes in a magnificent explosion,
and you (the hero) fly your way back to Earth. You are expecting a
wonderful parade in your honor, millions of dollars for saving the human
race once and for all, and of course, the key to the world. Well, you
arrive on Earth and there is no parade. Nobody gave a flying goat's
behind on what you did to save the world, for the streets are barren
and empty. And this dream of a perfect ending all becomes nothing when
a cheesy 2 second tune indicates you beat the game, followed by the
big GAME OVER line with your listed high score. (What? Did you really
think that an Atari 2600 game could have such an elaborate ending as
the one I made up? No, of course not).

I finished the game with 178,080 points. Probably would've been higher
if I didn't spare the lives of so many snakes.

5. ------More about Secret Quest------

Items List

Oxygen Bottle: When touched, it increases your oxygen bar by one unit.
Energy Pod: When touched, it increases your energy bar by one unit.
Sonic Key: There are yellow versions of the teleporters found in several
levels. Use the sonic key in these rooms to reveal a hidden
staircase.
Extra: I don't think this does anything except increase your score. If
anybody knows if this does anything else please e-mail me.

Weapons List

Energy Sword Strength Value: 2 Energy Used: 1
Description: It looks like a yellow rectangle when used.

Sonic Blaster Strength Value: 4 Energy Used: 2
Description: Two slow rectangles shoot in front of the player. Will stun
a monster if it doesn't kill it.

Particle Beam Strength Value: 8 Energy Used: 4
Description: Looks like the energy sword, except it shoots across the
screen at a fast speed. Frequent use will deplete energy quickly.

Monster List

I'm impressed by the detail of the monsters. For an Atari game the
programmer(s) did a fine job.

Bear Trap (50 Pts) Damage: Energy First Encountered: 1st Floor
Potato Man (100 Pts) Damage: Oxygen 1st Floor
Chopper (150 Pts) Damage: Energy 2nd Floor
Machine (200 Pts) Damage: Oxygen 2nd Floor
Floater (250 Pts) Damage: Energy 3rd Floor
Spinner (350 Pts) Damage: Oxygen 3rd Floor
Medusa (400 Pts) Damage: Energy 4th Floor
Squid (500 Pts) Damage: Oxygen 5th Floor
Stomper (550 Pts) Damage: Energy 6th Floor
Ghost (600 Pts) Damage: Oxygen 6th Floor
Firecracker (650 Pts) Damage: Energy 7th Floor
Snake (700 Pts) Damage: Oxygen 7th Floor
Dragon (750 Pts) Damage: Oxygen 8th Floor

Damage Chart (# Hits to kill monsters)

Monster | Energy Sword | Sonic Blaster | Particle Beam
-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------
Bear Trap | 1 | 1 | 1
Potato Man | 1 | 1 | 1
Chopper | 1 | 1 | 1
Machine | 1 | 1 | 1
Floater | 2 | 1 | 1
Spinner* | 2 | 1 | 1
Medusa | 2 | 1 | 1
Squid | 3 | 2 | 1
Stomper | 3 | 2 | 1
Ghost | 4 | 2 | 1
Firecracker | 4 | 2 | 1
Snake** | ? | 3 | 2**
Dragon** | ? | 1** | 1**

* Sometimes when the two spinners are split I'll attack with a weapon,
but it won't do damage. (glitch?)
** Snakes and Dragons must be stunned with the Sonic Blaster before damage
can be delivered.

6. ------The Password System------

There are two initials and 12 symbols that make up the password system.
Each symbol can be one of 16 other symbols, all of which are primatively
drawn here with cheesy graphics.
` _____
` \ \ / \ / \ | . |
` \ \ / \ < > |___| _______ \______/
` \ \ \ \ / \ / | | ___ | | |
` _____\ \ \ ------ ------ \ | / | | | | | | |
` \ / / / \ \|/ | | --- | |____|
` \ / / \ / \ | / ----- |_____| / \
` \ / \ / \|/ | |
` \ / |___|

`\ / /\ | _____ | | _____
` \/ /__\ --|-- / \ __ __ _____ | | / / \ \
` /\ \ / | /_______\ / \/ \ /\ /\ | | | | | | | |
`/ \ \/ ---|--- | | / | | \ | | | | | \ / |
`\ / /\ -|- ----------- \ / | | | | \-----/ | |
` \/ /__\ | _________ \ / | | | | | | |
`\ / \ / ---|--- \ / \/ \ | | / | | |
` \/ \/ | \_____/ \__||__/ \/___\/ | \_____/

The two initials you input at the beginning of the game also reflect
part of the password. If you input a password you wrote down with the
wrong initials, the code will not work.

To input a password, start a new game, toggle the black/white switch to
bring up the status screen, and press the game select switch. Right and
left moves to the next symbol, up and down changes the symbol. When your
done changing the symbols, hit game select again. Correct entry changes
the status screen to where you ended your previous game.

START AT LEVEL 8

Start the game with the initials J B, and input the following:

` _____
`\______/ \ \______/ \ / \ \
` | | \ | | \ /_______\ \
` | | \ \ | | / \ \
` |____| \ \ |____| ------ ----------- \ \
`/ \ / / / \ \ _________ / /
` / / / \ / / /
` / / \_____/ /
` / /
` _____
` | \ / | . | /\ ______
` --|-- \ / |___| /__\ / \
` | / \ | \ / /________\
`---|--- ------ ------ | \/
` -|- \ / | /\ ------------
` | / \ ----- /__\ __________
`---|--- / \ | | \ / \ /
` | |___| \/ \______/

I'm not sure if the same passwords work for different cartridges. If it
does or doesn't work please e-mail me.

6b. ------PASSWORD UPDATE------

As mentioned in the update section, somebody e-mailed me shortly after
this FAQ was sent to Gamefaqs. He/she/it went by the name of Ant
([email protected]). This person sent me some excellent information on how
the password system works. I have pasted the e-mail here in it's
original form.

NOTE: The link listed in the e-mail no longer works, and Ant has not
replied to my e-mails. If you are that person, and you would like
to make a change or addition to the info you have already sent me,
e-mail me at [email protected].

------Ant's E-Mail, sent on 12/16/01------

I just happened to run across your Secret Quest (Atari) FAQ and thought
you might be interested in how to make up a password with whatever you
choose.

If you are interested in adding this information to the FAQ, be sure to
try it out yourself and tell me if you have any problems, so that I might
clarify. I attempted to present the information in a more practical way
than the abstract way it is in my mind :-)

>>No changes necessary. They seem to work fine.

I also made an image that shows the values of the symbols, and the
correspondence for the player's initials. It may help you understand the
password better. http://www.io.com/~ant/secret_quest_pw.gif

BTW, I think the game is great when compared to other games on that
system. It was fast-paced, had enemies, levels to map, weapons, and
a password.

Enjoy, and thanks for your FAQ causing me to dig the Atari out and
hook it up again.

- ant

To make a password
------------------

Input your initials. It doesn't matter what they are. Bring up the
status screen by switching TV Type on the console. Enable password entry
by pressing the Game Select switch on the console.

The password consists of 2 lines of 6 symbols each. To change a symbol,
press up or down. To go to an adjacent symbol, press left or right. The
symbols will be described in the natural order (first line, left-to-right,
the second line, left-to-right).

While changing symbols, keep a running total of the number of times you
advance it by pressing up (if you adjust a symbol back down, subtract one
from your total). This will be used for the last symbol of the password.

(the symbols of the password)
A B C D E F
G H I J K L

A weapons: To have the sword, press up once. To have a sword and the
first gun, press up 3 times. To have a sword and both guns, press up 5
times.

B hundred-thousands place of score

C station. Press up to advance what station you are on. For example,
pressing up 3 times will start you at station 4.

D ten-thousands place of score

E oxygen. Press up to increase your oxygen. You start out with 6 units.
Maximum is 15 units (if you try to give more, it'll just wrap around
through 0).

F thousands place of score

G first initial (for letters past O, the system adds 8 up presses to
password position A)

H hundreds place of score

I second initial (for letters past O, the system adds 8 up presses to
password position C)

J tens place of score

K energy. See note for oxygen above.

L checksum. This is used to check that the password was entered
correctly. Password symbols have an internal value from 0 to 15. To
determine the checksum, they are totaled, then divided by 16. The symbol
corresponding to the remainder of the division, which will be in range 0
to 15, is put here. You don't need to calculate this yourself; you just</pre><pre id="faqspan-2">
need to keep it correct, since it starts out correct. When you press up
to change another symbol of the password, you'll need to press up on this
checksum symbol the same number of times. Take the total number of up
presses you used to change any other symbols in the password, if it's
greater than 15, divide by 16 and take the remainder, then press up on
this symbol that number of times.

Examples
--------

I want to start out at station 3 with all three weapons.

Procedure: Press up 7 times on the first symbol of the password. Press
up 2 times on third symbol of the password. Press up 9 times on the
last symbol of the password.

I want to start out at station 8 with all three weapons, and full
oxygen and energy.

Procedure: Press up 7 times on the first symbol of the password. Press
up 7 times on third symbol of the password. Press up 9 times on the
fifth symbol of the password. Press up 9 times on the fifth symbol of
the second line of the password. There's no need to adjust the last
symbol of the password, as the total of up presses (7 + 7 + 9 + 9 = 32),
divided by 16, has no remainder.

I want to start out at station 1 with 987,000 points.

Procedure: Press up 9 times on the second symbol of the password. Press
up 8 times on the second symbol of the password. Press up 7 times on the
fourth symbol of the password. Press up 8 times on the last symbol of
the password (9 + 8 + 7 = 24; 24 / 16 = 1 w/ remainder 8).

------End of E-Mail------

Thank you again, Ant, for the excellent information on the Password
system. If you have an e-mail change, or would like to make additions
to your explanations, feel free to contact me.

7. Special Thanks and Disclaimer Notices

Special Thanks to:

Atari, for proving that primitive systems can produce top-quality video
games The Secret Quest instructions Manual, for numerous information on
the monsters names, items and weapons names, monster points values, and
for lots of other things that I can't think of at this time. To make a
long story short, without it, this walkthrough wouldn't have been
possible.

I would also like to thank Earthshaker for the inspiration.

MAJOR SPECIAL THANKS TO: Ant ([email protected]), the person who sent me the
information on the Password system. All credit to you.

And of course, gamefaqs.com, for making it possible for video game
walkthroughs to be written and posted.

------DISCLAIMER NOTICE------

Secret Quest and it's instuctions manual are trademarks of Atari
Corporation. Copyright 1989, all rights reserved.

This FAQ is property of Aspie Giraffe, Copyright 10/21/03, all rights
reserved. Any relation to guide books or other websites dedicated to
Secret Quest are purely coincential, for this FAQ was put together by
experience of playing the game without any form of manual or other FAQs.
Feel free to distribute this FAQ or link this FAQ to your website. Just
be sure to give the proper credit where it's due.

I have removed my e-mail info, because I don't have time to answer
questions about video games anymore. This is pretty much a complete FAQ
anyway. If it's not here, it's probably not vital.

Last Updated: 3/2/08