Null Grad Nord  (German)
Original title: 0° Nord
Alternative title: 0 Grad Nord
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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In English title is, "0dgr North" An old book from your friend's dusty bookcase has done it to you. It tells of the adventures of the Northern Philosopher Scott. Not only does he have to pay for his researches, but he also tells of a valuable treasure that he left there in the eternal ice. - Legend, or truth? Fascinated, you get more documentation about Scott's expedition, and the log book leaves no doubt: the treasure exists! Determined to defy all dangers, to meet the everlasting ice, the snow storms, you take the risk to pass the adventure in the snow, find the way to the North Pole to find the treasure. But already in your hometown you encounter difficulties which are not easy to solve. , , To put on warmly, it is for those who are ready to take this difficult expedition into the land of eternal ice. Good nerves, sense and combination are the prerequisites. This adventure in the snow. Would you dare?

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Description  (google translate, sorry) :

An old book from the dusty bookcase Your friend has done to you. It tells of the adventures of the North Pole researcher Scott. But not only the fact that he had to pay with his life his research, it says, but also of a precious treasure he has left behind in the eternal ice. 

- Legend or truth? 
Fascinated you procure more documentation on Scotts expedition, and the logbook leaves no room for doubt: the treasure exists! Determined to defy all dangers, the eternal ice to meet the snowstorms, you take the risk to yourself, to the adventure in the snow to look for the way to the North Pole, to find the treasure. But already in your hometown you face difficulties that are not easy to solve. , ,
Dress warmly, it is for the person who sets out to take on this difficult expedition into the land of eternal ice up. Good nerves, instincts and powers of deduction are the prerequisites. this adventure to survive in the snow. Will you dare?

Design

A typical entry-level text / graphic adventure with some beautiful pictures, good lyrics and many Knobeleien, only the parser is a little getting used to. One can thousands of death to die, but the plot and witty gags are very good and tempting again to continue playing.

Notes

[Operation
Only one space between the commands !!
No space before the first command !!
You have to reverse the instructions. (Object before verb)
Example: Lighter take, save game, load game, etc.
Usually rich the first 3 letters ("SPI SPE" = game store)
For inventory and directions enough the first letter (I, H, R, N, O, S, W)
Only a score on an extra disk Save Save !! (A Score per disc)
Zugbeschränkung to 150 inputs to solve the game.

Carrying restricted to 4 objects.
(But you can take 5 items, only if one then looks at the inventory, the formatting of the font issue is incorrect and can only be produced by storing of the result and subsequent restart of the game and load the saved game again)

directions, commands, verbs

nor - n - north, south - south - south, east - o - east, wes - w - West hoc - h - high run - r - down
inv - i - inventory, spe - save, lad - invite
ABW - wait ans - See, bes - order, bet - press, bre - break, a - interject, fes - hold, go - go, kau - Buy, KLE - climbing, les - Read, neh - take oeff - oeffnen, seh - see schla - sleep, schli - close, spr - talk, away - put away, who - throw zer - break spi - play zuen - ignite

Objects

There are many objects in the Adventure, here are some that you should take a closer look: 
Card, mug, picture, bus, camping stove, dynamite, diamond, parachute, lighter, money, grave, grave, belt, hammer, map, lamp, Luke, knife, stake, coffin, bucket, key, signature, rope, rod, Ticket, chest, tent.

Some Tips

To find something that needs to see you's. , mostly . ,
You lost your house keys, but never mind, somewhere in the house, he must be yes. ,
Each house has an attic. ,
If one is too small, could be a. , , help . ,
Did you not borrowed anyone money. ,
When you're at a stop must be the bus. ,
The display stops on the bus is broken, but still you can see how many stops we drove. ,
A journey without identification is not recommended. ,
What so anything lying around in the snow. ,
You can not always back where you came from. ,
In a storm you hold on tight. ,
In a shop you can get more things than you can see. ,
There are people who take their. , to the grave
With a knife you might open something. ,
In a maze helps purposefulness. ,
You do not have anything that is valuable. ,

Best playable with 300% speed (50% speed during the bus trip)
Score storable (1 per disk) !! ONLY provide on specially Save Disk !!
The "AXIS" intro can not be canceled, just wait ...

Versions

Until now (01/17/2014) not by playable original version (error in the program code itself by "built on purpose?") Was found. Unfortunately, the "original disc" on C64-Games.de (Sidea CRC ee2fb2e7, Sideburns CRC 4ea08183) includes all below the listed errors.
The version "0_Grad_Nord_ (HtW)" (found on C64Games.de) is a playable by, patched version contains some changes and fixes.

Bug Fixes
Crash after boarding the bus and Space key (the stops display is replaced now by blinking frame)
Crash in the 1st picture in the city at the North Pole to the wrong track - typo in the Pgm (you have to solve here through the game)

Some crosslinked Pictures (gefixed)
The knife is again available (without knives not solve the Games)
The key for the final picture will be correctly entered into your inventory and used correctly
Fixed various other logic error

Not resolved
Despite carrying restriction to 4 items in the inventory can take 5 items, only if one then looks at the inventory, the classification of the whole issue is incorrect and can be produced only by restarting the game and load the saved game again.

Source Code
The well commented source code of the main program "DEMOFILE.PRG" ("0_Grad_Nord_ (Ariolasoft) _Listing.doc") and other internals can be found on C64Games.de in zip under "solution".

Emulator Settings

Vice: 
Options - True drive emulation = ON (ticked) 
Options - Virtual device traps = OFF (unchecked)
CCS64: 
True Drive Emu = ON - (Shift + Alt + 8 - Emulation Mode = NORMAL)

Trivia

A gag on the side: On the front of the cover Kemal Ezcan and Axel Weber are seen (the programmer) as they wrapped up thick in midsummer at a bus stop in Hamburg had to readjust Arctic cold!


https://www.c64-wiki.de/index.php/0°_Nord
