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POD←AREA

FILE INFORMATION

FILENAME(S): POD←AREA

FILE TYPE(S): PRG

FILE SIZE: 996b

FIRST SEEN: 2025-10-19 22:49:25

APPEARS ON: 4 disk(s)

FILE HASH

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FOUND ON DISKS (4 DISKS)

DISK TITLE FILENAME FILE TYPE COLLECTION TRACK SECTOR ACTIONS
RDV 092684 43O1 POD←AREA PRG Radd Maxx 8 18 DOWNLOAD FILE
RDV 092984 43S1 POD←AREA PRG High Voltage Complete C64 Collection, Markus Merz 8 18 DOWNLOAD FILE
AHP POD←AREA PRG Jonathan 8 18 DOWNLOAD FILE
END W AMA POD←AREA PRG DuncanTwain 8 18 DOWNLOAD FILE

FILE CONTENT & ANALYSIS

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00000040: 20 6F 66 20 73 6C 6F 74  73 20 63 75 74 20 69 6E  | of slots cut in|
00000050: 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 6F  74 68 65 72 77 69 73 65  |to the otherwise|
00000060: 20 73 6D 6F 6F 74 68 2C  20 67 72 65 79 20 66 6C  | smooth, grey fl|
00000070: 6F 6F 72 2E 20 41 6E 6F  74 68 65 72 20 73 6C 6F  |oor. Another slo|
00000080: 74 20 72 75 6E 73 20 74  68 72 6F 75 67 68 20 74  |t runs through t|
00000090: 68 65 20 61 72 65 61 27  73 20 63 65 6E 74 65 72  |he area's center|
000000A0: 2E 20 50 72 6F 74 72 75  64 69 6E 67 20 66 72 6F  |. Protruding fro|
000000B0: 6D 20 74 68 69 73 20 73  6C 6F 74 20 69 73 20 61  |m this slot is a|
000000C0: 20 67 6C 65 61 6D 69 6E  67 2C 20 6D 65 74 61 6C  | gleaming, metal|
000000D0: 6C 69 63 20 70 6F 64 2E  00 44 6F 20 79 6F 75 20  |lic pod..Do you |
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000000F0: 68 65 20 70 6F 64 20 73  74 61 6E 64 73 20 61 62  |he pod stands ab|
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000001B0: 72 6E 20 61 6E 64 20 61  62 61 6E 64 6F 6E 65 64  |rn and abandoned|
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00000210: 65 65 64 2E 20 46 6F 72  74 75 6E 61 74 65 6C 79  |eed. Fortunately|
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00000290: 54 68 65 20 70 6F 64 20  72 65 74 75 72 6E 73 20  |The pod returns |
000002A0: 74 68 65 20 77 61 79 20  69 74 20 63 61 6D 65 2C  |the way it came,|
000002B0: 20 6C 65 61 76 69 6E 67  20 79 6F 75 20 61 6E 64  | leaving you and|
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000003E0: A2 01 00 00                                       |....            |
..8........Q.THIS AREA OF THE GREAT PLAI
N IS BOUNDED BY A NUMBER OF SLOTS CUT IN
TO THE OTHERWISE SMOOTH, GREY FLOOR. ANO
THER SLOT RUNS THROUGH THE AREA'S CENTER
. PROTRUDING FROM THIS SLOT IS A GLEAMIN
G, METALLIC POD..DO YOU MEAN CLIMB UP?.T
HE POD STANDS ABOUT ONE METER HIGH, AND 
IS ABOUT TWO METERS IN DIAMETER. ITS APP
EARANCE IS THAT OF A FLATTENED, METALLIC
 GLOBE PERCHED ATOP A THIN STALK..WHATEV
ER IT IS, IT LOOKS KIND OF FORLORN AND A
BANDONED..THE POD IMMEDIATELY LURCHES FO
RWARD, AND YOU ARE CARRIED SOUTHWARD AT 
GREAT SPEED. FORTUNATELY, THE POD EXECUT
ES NO HAIR-RAISING TURNS. INSTEAD, IT CO
MES TO A GENTLE HALT JUST NORTH OF THE C
YLINDRICAL SEA..THE POD RETURNS THE WAY 
IT CAME, LEAVING YOU AND YOUR BELONGINGS
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