Welcome to Gold Digger: 'The Lost Mines' (TM) version 2.0.1 for Microsoft Windows

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   Gold Digger is a fast-paced, multi-screen platform game featuring the 
   ultimate balance of STRATEGY and arcade-style ACTION!

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   Target Audience:

   * Gold Digger is suitable for everyone ages 7 and older.
   * Note to Parents: In the game you are rewarded for completing screens
     without harming your adversaries, as the game involves exploding
     cartoon-like sticks of dynamite to mine gold.

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   Minimum PC System Requirements:

   * Windows 95,98,98SE,ME,NT4,2000,XP
   * Pentium 90Mhz or higher CPU
   * 32MB of RAM
   * 7MB free hard disk space
   * 8-bit (256 color) video

   Optional PC System Requirements (not required but Gold Digger will use if available):

   * 16, 24, or 32-bit color video
   * DirectX
   * Joystick

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Evaluate Gold Digger for as long as you like. If you enjoy the game order a registration code that enables all of the game's features. The cost is $14.99 U.S. dollars. See the game's Welcome screen or www.golddiggergame.com for an order form.

Gold Digger comes with 175 well-designed screens (150 in The Official Lost Mines plus 25 in Novice Mines). You can also make your own screens! Before you register the game,
   * You can access 7 screens
     (#6,12,146 in The Official Lost Mines and #1-4 in Novice Mines),
   * You can NOT save games in progress,
   * You can NOT save screens that you make, and
   * A Welcome screen will appear each time you open the game.
   * Be sure to register to enable all of the screens and features!

Once you have registered your copy of Gold Digger, you are encouraged to create and share your own screen files. Other users who have registered the game will be able to play your screens.

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Help & Tips:

Complete Help for playing the game, using the Editor, and the Gold Digger story can be found under the Documentation menu in the game.

If you hold "I" and press "Ctrl" while playing a game, a "cheat menu" will appear to give you super-human health and more. However, you will not be able to obtain a high score for that game when you use this feature.

More Information and Tips can be found on the internet at www.golddiggergame.com or www.tandtsoftware.com.

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Revision History:

Version 2.0.1 (1/2004) - Maintenance release for Windows.
Version 2.0.0 (12/2003) - Debut release for Windows includes all new graphics and some other new features.
Version 1.3.1 (7/1996) - Latest release for the Macintosh.

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Disclaimer of Warranties and Liabilities:

This software has been tested extensively for compatibility and reliability on many system configurations. T&T Software offers no guarantees or warranties and will not be liable for any damage or loss caused by the use of this software; see the separate License document for the full text of the Disclaimer of Warranties and Liabilities. In the unlikely event that you find any bugs, or if you have any suggestions please send an email to support@tandtsoftware.com. Be as specific as possible about your system configuration and your issue.

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Gold Digger: The Lost Mines (TM) is Copyright 1995-2004 T&T Software. All rights reserved. Gold Digger may not be copied or modified in whole or part, except in its "unregistered" form as described in detail in the separate License document.
