About

The aim of the game is for you to collect as much gold as possible, and get

it and the gem back to the tent You will only score points for these items

when they are actually dropped in the tent NOTE that the game ends when you

drop the gem in the tent, so if you want to acquire the maximum score you

should leave this until the end

At the start of the game you are at the entrance to the mines You will find

the tent to the right, your Landrover to the left, and a number of oxygen

bottles, batteries and spades scattered at your feet You will already be

holding and using 1 oxygen bottle and 1 battery displayed on the right of the

screen; and m addition to these you will be carrying 1 spare oxygen bottle. 1

spare battery and 1 spade which are displayed at the bottom of the screen

You may choose to carry 4 items with you at a time To pick up another item

move your man above and slightly to the left of the item you wish to select

and then press the SPACE-BAR to enter selection mode You should then move the

Right or Left keys or joystick position so that the red bar at the bottom of

your screen moves to an empty position Press T or the Fire-button to take the

obiect

If you press SPACE-BAR by mistake and do not want to pick anything up. just

press the Up key or move the joystick up to exit the selection mode To drop an

object move your man to a clear piece of ground, press the SPACE-BAR. then

move the red bar under the item you wish to drop and press T or the

Fire-button To swop an object that you are carrying for one on the ground,

first move above the object, press SPACE-BAR. then move the red bar under the

item you wish to swop and press T or the Fire-button

A number of obstacles await you in the caves Some of these, like the green

slime, the spiders that come down on a thread, and the dragon's flames, are

instantly fatal Others, like the bats, the scorpions, and the spiders that

scurry along the corridors may be killed if you are carrying a spade when you

run into them. Note that when you are climbing the ladders you cannot also use

your spade and so may be killed To prevent this you should stop your man

climbing and face sideways while you are fightmg-off the attack Some of the

tunnels are flooded, and you can only pass through these while you still have

some oxygen in your tank (displayed on the right of the screen).

Your air supply goes down steadily while you are in the water If you run out

of oxygen when you are submerged you drown Similarly the battery of your pit

lamp will slowly be discharging all the time you are m the caves Your lamp

will fade as soon as your batteries have run out. in which case you will die

As soon as either a battery or an oxygen cylinder on the right of your screen

is empty it is automatically replaced by a spare one from your load, providing

you have one left Note that when your TIME' is up lie: when you have been

playing for 9999 time units) the game ends, so don't hang around just killing

the monsters, as this won't give you a very high score

TREASURE

There are 20 gold bars which are coloured yellow, and scattered throughout

the mine workings There is only one gem which is hidden deep m the mines

beyond the last of the dragons Getting it back to your tent is your ultimate

aim If you are killed while carrying the diamond it will be returned to its

original position m the caves Just carry these up to the tent and they will

automatically be taken from your load and added to your score

LIVES

You get five lives per game Each time one of your lives is lost you will be

shown how many are left, and then be returned to your last position, with all

the objects that you were carrying at the time.

SCORE

GEM (in the tent)........................................................ 1000

GOLD BAR (m the tent...................................................... 100

MONSTER (when killed)...................................................... 10