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- digger
-
- by
- richard caravella
-
-
- digger is a hungry little critter
- who needs a constant supply of food to
- survive. he spends most of his day
- collecting food in the garden. digger
- digs paths through the ground as he
- collects the fruit, nuts and berries
- scattered throughout the garden. but
- life is not easy for our little friend.
- he is constantly being chased by evil
- grubs. these grubs are deadly, and
- would just love to have digger for din-
- ner- as the main course!/
- as the game begins, digger will be
- located in the center of the screen.
- scattered throughout the screen are
- fruits, nuts and berries, as well as
- barriers, paths, and the evil grubs.
- exits appear at the top and bottom of
- the playing screen.
-
- in the upper right-hand corner of
- the screen the number of remaining
- lives are displayed. the current
- level, round and score are displayed in
- the upper left-hand corner of the
- screen./
- you begin the game with four lives
- and lose one each time you are eaten by
- a grub. one additional digger is
- awarded when you reach level ten.
-
- each level consists of three
- rounds, each screen is one round. each
- level includes barriers which digger
- cannot pass through. as you advance
- through each level, the number of bar-
- riers will increase. to advance to the
- next screen, go through one of the
- exits located at the top and bottom of
- the screen./
- points are awarded for each fruit,
- nut or berry collected. point values
- increase as you go from level to level.
- as you move through the screen, digging
- paths, five points will be deducted
- from your score for each block of dirt
- you dig through. it is not unusual for
- your score to drop below zero. no
- points are lost for moving through
- paths which have already been dug. it
- is therefore wise to pass through paths
- which have already been dug./
- from one to three grubs appear on
- each screen. digger has one defense
- against the evil grubs. he has an un-
- limited supply of dirt bombs which can
- be fired at the attacking grubs. dirt
- bombs can only be fired through an
- existing path. dirt bombs will not
- travel through blocks of dirt. to
- fire, press the fire button and push
- the joystick in the direction you wish
- to fire. points are added to your
- score for each grub hit./
- the game ends after all of your
- diggers have been eaten by the grubs.
- your score and the high score will be
- displayed. remember, negative scores
- are possible. if you wish to play
- another game at this time, press the
- fire button.
-
- you may exit the game at any time
- by pressing the f8 key. this will exit
- you back to the uptime menu.
-
- good luck!
-