''Meltdown'' is an

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for the

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published by

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in 1986. There are two versions: a 64k version with basic

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and a 128k version featuring much more speech synthesis. A version was also released in

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called ''Le Syndrome''.

Gameplay

The player has to navigate three mazes from the 1st floor down to the 3rd floor of a

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to prevent a

nuclear meltdown A nuclear meltdown (core meltdown, core melt accident, meltdown or partial core melt) is a severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating. The term ''nuclear meltdown'' is not officially defined by the Internat ...

. There are eight

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s on each floor, the first allowing access to previous floors. Six of the terminals provide access to a different game within a game which the player must win in order to get a

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. Once all six passwords have been retrieved the eighth computer allows the player access to an end-of-level game which the player must complete before being allowed access to the next floor. Altogether there are 24 games (three isometric mazes, 18 sub-games and three end-of-level games) which must be completed to win the whole game. The final game is a text-input only

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system for adjusting the

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of the reactor so it won't

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at the Amstrad CPC Games Resource 1986 video games Action-adventure games Alligata games Amstrad CPC games Amstrad CPC-only games Single-player video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games with isometric graphics

Gameplay

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