
                                Lode Runner
                                ===========

Program Code                : Paul Robson
                              autismuk@aol.com

Graphics / Levels / Testing : Konstantin Beliakov
                              zkostik@hotmail.com

This is an implementation of the Classic game "Lode Runner" for the TI83
calculator.

The aim of the game is to collect all the coins on each level. Doing this
makes a "magic cloud" appear, which will carry you on to the next level.

There are monsters on each level, which will try and hunt you down. You
can dispose of monsters by digging holes, which they will fall into.
These holes are automatically filled in. They may climb out of the holes
after a while ; if the hole fills in before they do this then they will
die and return to their starting point. (the player can *not* climb
out of a hole, and will die when it is filled in).

The monsters can also pick up the coins that are scattered about the
level ; they drop the coins when they fall into a hole that has been
dug.

Keys :  [Menu Screen]

        Up/Down :               Change Start Level
        Left/Right :            Change Difficulty
        2nd/Mode :              Start game
        Del :                   Exit

        [Game Screen]

        Up/Down/Left/Right :    Move player
        2nd :                   Dig hole to the left
        Mode :                  Dig hole to the right
        Del :                   Return to menu screen

Porting
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If anyone wants to have a go at porting this to the TI82 or TI83+ let us know.
The game uses the grand total of 0 ROM Calls, but does use some memory space
(the display memory) to store various bits of program.

Porting to a larger screen memory mapped calculator TI85/86 should only be
slightly more difficult ; the program does hit the LCD Controller directly
but in a consistent manner. (Porting to the TI89/92 is impossible :))

Levels
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A "level development kit" which allows production of customised levels
up to 32 x 32 tiles in size will be available soon. The game can
support up to 99 levels in total.

