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

Program Code                : Paul Robson
                              autismuk@aol.com

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

TI83+ Port and Testing      : Dan Englender
                              alfix97@hotmail.com

Description
===========
This is an implementation of the Classic game "Lode Runner" for the TI83
and TI83+ calculators.

The aim of the game is to collect all the coins on each level. Doing so
makes a "magic cloud" appear, which will carry you on to the next level.
Now there are 40 levels in total, of approximately increasing difficulty.

Initially, the only level you can access is Level 1. When you complete
a level, you can then pick from any of the levels you have done. *But*
you will lose this information if you reload Lode83 into your calculator.

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 :                   Pause Game (Del to continue,2nd/Mode to 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

Installation
============
To run Lode Runner 83, you need ION 1.4 or higher (ION 1.6 included)
or a compatible shell, load LODE.83P and run it from Ion.

Levels
======
A "level development kit" (v2 included) which allows production of customised levels
up to 32 x 32 tiles in size is now available. The game can support up
to 63 levels in total.

Releases
========
27-02-99        Release 1
29-02-99        Release 2. Now 25 levels !
03-04-00	Release 3. 40 levels, new features (the project has been discontinued)

You may distribute this archive as much as you want, but it must be unchanged!

Should you experience any problems using contents of this archive, please email:
zkostik@hotmail.com

Thank you for reading.