The Argon Factor

The Argon Factor is a video game in the adventure genre and published by Diamond Bytes originally released in 1990. It is currently playable on Commodore 64.

The year is 2152 and you are Captain Cord, Commander of the Space Fleet, and you have been searching the universe to clear your name from an incident that was not your fault. A space bandit named Valdira, who roams the universe destroying everything, has decided that your career and your life must be destroyed. Valdira created a holographic image of yourself and used it to send your fleet on a dangerous mission from which they never returned. The real you was arrested and found guilty and your punishment was to be banished from Earth forever. Three years later, with your trusty robot named LAP, you find yourself in the Velusian Belt and pass by a small planet called Argon. You start receiving a signal from the planet, mentioning the name of your girlfriend Ankira, who was on that fateful mission. You land on the planet and start searching for the missing fleet as well as evidence to clear your name.

The Argon Factor is a text adventure game with on-screen text describing each location you find yourself in with an occasional image showing what you see. Keyboard commands are entered to interact with the environment and the game plays in real time as you search the planet. The game is divided into two parts: in the first you search the planet for proof of your innocence and in the second you search for your girlfriend by solving various puzzles.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.