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LodeRunner for PalmOS
(c) 1999, Aaron Ardiri
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THE GAME:
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Your an imperial agent, codenamed: "Lode Runner".

Your task is to recover the treasure stolen by the Dark Forces. The
stolen gold is being closely guarded by the Dark Forces robots, the
Spereoids.

Armed with a digging vaporizer and your wits, you set forth on your
mission.

Tips:
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When you dig a hole with your vaporizer; you can safely fall through
to the ground below, but if a Spereoid chasing you falls into the
hole; they will get stuck.

You may safely stand on a Spereiods head; getting on top can be
difficult.

The Spereiods can only carry one treasure, and a level is not over
until you get all of it. To get treasure off a Spereiod, you must
trap them in a hole. The treasure will appear above them.

Just because it looks solid, it does not mean it is. Regular bricks
can contain trap doors.

Not all bricks can be vaporized; solid bricks and trap doors may not
be vaporized.

After all the treasure is collected, you need to climb to the top of
the level to continue to the next.

If a Spereiods comes in contact with you, you die, and the level
restarts.

Controls:
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There are two modes of control for your runner:

KEYS: Use the six keys on your Pilot to control your runner
(configurable). The keys allow you to move the runner and
dig holes to trap guards.

STYLUS: Tapping a point on the screen will make the runner run
to that location (if possible). To dig holes, the user
must tap the area where the hole should be dug.

The [MENU] button terminates the current game.
The [FIND] button aborts the current life.

High Scores:
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A high score table is being maintained at the LodeRunner web page:

http://www.hig.se/~ardiri/development/palmIII/index.html

When registered users play the ORIGINAL level set, they are shown an
information screen containing their SCORE and access CODE. This info
should be emailed to the address shown.

Registering:
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In order to register LodeRunner, you will need to purchase ONLINE
(using your credit card or by phone orders) at PilotGearHQ.

http://www.viaweb.com/pilotgearsw/aaronardiri.html OR
http://www2.viaweb.com/pilotgearsw/aaronardiri.html

LodeRunner is ONLY US$10, and ALL updates are FREE.

Registration gives you the ability to play custom level sets and
obtain information relating to the development of LodeRunner.

Once you register at PilotGearHQ, a registration code will be sent
to you the NEXT working day (unless I am sick?) :)

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DATABASE SETS:
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LodeRunner supports a maximum of 16 database sets installed.

INSTALLING:
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To install custom database sets, you simply need to HotSync the
.PDB file to your Pilot device.

PLAYING:
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ONLY registered users of LodeRunner can use the custom level sets.
You will be able to select the database to use using the menu:

Database-Select

This will select the database requested, and ALL operations
(including editing, playing etc) will occur from this database
until it is either removed or another is selected.

REMOVING:
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You will be able to remove the database to use using the menu:

Database-Remove

CREATING:
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ONLY registered users of LodeRunner can create custom level sets.

Database-Create

ALL LodeRunner level sets created MUST BE released as FREEWARE.
You are not allowed to make money on CUSTOM LEVEL sets.

If you have created a level set which is challenging or has a
particular theme, then you should contact Aaron Ardiri at the
following email address and supply a copy for other people to
play!

mailto: ardiri@hig.se

Enjoy!

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