The Radar

by alexburlton

Description

Your radar is the item that allows you to 'see' squares that you haven't actually explored yet. Whilst it is your generator that controls how far you can move, you cannot move into unseen territory and so the generator and the radar combined determine how far you can travel in the universe. Your radar does not affect your travel when in explored territory but when venturing out to new places it's important that your radar is upgraded otherwise progress will be slow.

Upgrades

At the beginning of the game you have a standard radar, which is not even shown in your page. This radar can be upgraded a total of three times by the following methods:

The Ambro-X

Collected on Moltear through the hidden mission: "Ambro-X"

The Karbonite Tablets

12 of these are collected from asteroids, and after unlocking the hidden mission "Karbonis' Memory" you can use them to further upgrade your radar

Terre

Once you reach Terre and land there you have the opportunity to return to the origin with an extra boost to your generator and radar. This provides the third and final radar boost.

Damaging

At some certain spaces in AlphaBounce you will encounter a regular level, however after you complete it you will be sent a message that your radar has been damaged and you must fix it. These spaces are not marked or have any warning until you have complete the level and the damage has already been done. If your radar is damaged will only be able to go to an unexplored space adjacent to your position, and no further. Anti-radar spaces can horribly delay your quest to return to the Earth and thus it would be recommended to plan your route via any of the AlphaBounce maps to avoid such spaces. In order to repair your radar, you must go to any nearby merchant and have them repair it for you. See also: Asteroid Field (Mission)