2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey is an action game inspired by the 1968 film of the same name. The player takes the role of Dr. Bowman. He has to stop the rebellion of the HAL-9000 computer on board the DISCOVERY. The object of the game is to turn off all HAL units while avoiding HAL-9000's laser and within a certain time limit. To turn them off, just stand on the "=" sign and hit the space bar. Do not take 3 ship units or the spaceship DISCOVERY will explode. Once all HAL units are turned off, the Stargate entry scene will occur. Move the pod to the mark in the center of the screen. It moves by ejecting rockets in the up, down, left, and right directions. Make sure that both the X and Y are 0. When successful, the screen will clear and the player gets to move on to the next stage.

In some versions it is possible to automatically return to the room where the player is at the start of the game. Pressing this key once will interrupt other operations until the player enters the room or press the spacebar. The PC-8001 uses the "N" key, Toshiba Pasopia the RETURN key and the PC-6001 the "x" key. Both the FM-8 and the MZ-80B/MZ-2000 use the "TAB" key instead. The Hitachi Basic Master Level 3 uses the "?" key.