------------------------------------- MAX PICKLES PART II: THE MINE OF DOOM ------------------------------------- By getting the map of the diamonds mine, Max got to arrive to such mysterious place, eager to get fortune and respect. For his rejoice, he found diamonds of many pounds of weight. However, he found out the same castles' spirits were now controlling numerous objects within the mine, thus protecting the precious treasure. Your mission is to help Max to get the diamonds without dying in the experience. Structure and concepts ---------------------- - The mine is represented by 12 screens-levels in which one single exit is present, a door which will only open when getting all the diamonds in the screen. - Max got 3 lives and a bar representing his energy, which decreases with every contact with enemies and also as time passes. This bar is refilled when the screen is passed. - Max will score points for each diamond, and also, according to the remaining energy when passing each screen. - Max can climb ladders, and activate objects just pushing them with direction keys. Controls -------- - Predefined Keys (supports simultaneous presses): O - Left P - Right Q - Up A - Down [B - Space] half row = Jump. - Redefinable keys (does not support simultaneous presses) Additional keys Caps Shift+1 (Edit) - Pause Caps Shift+0 (Delete) - Lose one life and restart the screen. Trivia ------ - This game is the second of a series based in the title "Mr. Pickles", written in 1990 by Ariel Ruiz, updating game engine and graphics. - "Mr. Pickles" was the first World XXI game using DIM vectors to manage multiple sprites in screen. The result was a very slow game, with flickering sprites as well. Also, it used a map technique based in storing only the objects and their positions (for the remake, was replaced by the tiles method based in characters). Credits ------- Concept, program and graphics: Ariel Ruiz ZX7 compressor (turbo load version): Einar Saukas (c) 2018 Ariel Ruiz. Web World XXI Soft: http://www.worldxxisoft.com EMail: worldxxisoft@yahoo.com