Attack of the Insecticons

Attack of the Insecticons is a multipath adventure in Generation 1.

Vital Statistics

ISBN 0-345-34151-1
Writer: Lynn Beach
Illustrator William Schmidt (interior pencils and cover painting)
Pagecount: 74pp
Major characters:

• Starscream
• Beachcomber

Originally published: by Ballentine Books under the Find Your Fate Junior imprint, 1986

Synopsis

Kickback spies on the Autobots secret test of the Sun-Pak, an experimental solar battery developed by Sparkplug. Starscream leades the Decepticons in an attack.

• The Decepticons capture the Sun-Pak, which must be either recovered or destroyed in a raid on the nearbye Decepticon Headquarters.

• Starscream captures Sparkplug for himself, and plots to use its power to overthrow Megatron. (Blaster, Buster and Bumblebee play prominent roles)

• The Autobots' retreat leads them into the Insecticons' nest, built into the same mountain. Beachcomber uses his geological skills to find a path through the caves to the surface.

• The Insecticons steal the Sun-Pak for themselves, Shrapnel plans ot use its power to overthrow Megatron. Buster and Mirage go after the Sun-Pak.

Trivia

• Attack of the Insecticons features a series of humiliating endings for Starscream; destroyed by Thundercracker when he tried to surrender, sent for reprograming by Megatron, tricked into thinking he's an Autobot after he loses his memory...

• The creation of the Sun-Pak would drastically alter the war between the Autobts and the Decepticons, but in one ending Sparkplug suffers brain damage and isn't able to remember how to re-create it. Perhaps this represents the 'real' ending?

External links

• Attack of the Insecticons online at Cybertron Alliance
• Review on Demian's Gamebook Web Page
  
  
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