(please leave this doc with the game)
       CLOD HOPPER
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(reasons to be cheerful part 4)
KEYS:Title screens:press trigger or space to start a game
Game:joystick control.
SPACEBAR:pause, resume.
ESC:quit back to title screens.
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The object is to help Bill find his girlfiend,Sonia,who has wandered into
the old plutonium mine.Bill must search the ten sections of the old mine.
To complete a screen he must fill in every segment of the floor.He is able
to do this simply by walking over it,where it will be filled in,filling in
all segments is your aim.
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There are a couple of snags to doing this(there would be wouldn't there?)
Firstly the old closed up sections of the mine contain only enough oxygen
to sustain Bill for a few minutes,if your time is below 10 seconds you
will hear a warning hooter,then you must hastily complete the screen,or die
in the attempt!Secondly,the old mine has become infested with mutant
creatures affected no doubt by the radiation.Contact with these creatures is
fatal to Bill,unless he first picks up a bonus which temporarily renders the
creatures harmless and enables Bill to kill them.(the children asked him if
to kill was not a sin.)However,it isn't necessary to kill the mutants in
order to finish a level.
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On his adventure,Bill encountered old items of machinery,some still
functional.He didn't know how he would have managed otherwise.Old matter
transporters were still operating,he made sure there were no flies around
while using them!He operated these teleporters just by standing in the
doorway and moving the joystick up.When teleporting he had visions like
fireflies in a windstorm,he heard strange sounds,like distant flutes playing
a last fugue,to a lost Oberst.Other pieces of machinary were obvious in use
and needed no explanation.On and on he progressed,always searching.Through
the caves of ice.Meeting Kubla Khan.Into Xanadu.He became the last Immortal
Man.
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At the bottom of the game-screen three things are displayed:On the left is
shown your current score,middle is shown your remaining oxygen time.Rightmost
are shown your lives,an extra life is awarded around level 5.Finally,but very
important none the less,your score and the level you reached will be recorded
for posterity.You are able to type in a 7 letter message from the keyboard.
The high scores will be saved to disk on SECTOR 6 of DRIVE A,FIRST TRACK,(an
otherwise unused sector)unless the disk is write protected.Because of this
we advise you to boot always from drive A,and leave the GAMEDISK in the drive
ALWAYS while the game is running.Scores are saved just prior to the start of
a new game,therefore,if you want to quit the game,but want your score saving
to disk,start a game before exiting.Finally,if you have difficulty with game
loading,it may be due to lack of memory on some ST's,there are 2 suggestions
to try: rename the game to either:-miner3.tos or miner3.prg
Otherwise copy the game into an AUTO folder and switch off the ST for a few
minutes before rebooting.
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I hope you will enjoy this game and rescue Sonia,this final scene maybe
unsuitable for young children and I advise you to use parental guidance
I may be writing a follow up game with more levels and equipment,but will
not be releasing this,except to those sending the registration fee for this
game,the charge is five pounds,the address is shown in the titles of the game.
I can fly, my friends!
