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[edit] Options

Press at the title screen to enter the options screen.

• Start: Starts the game.
• Players: Sets the game at one or two players.
• Sound Turns on either the music or the sound effects when you play the game.
• Difficulty Sets the difficulty to Novice or Hero.

[edit] Controls

• : Shoots bomb. Press together with either left or right to jump.
• : Doesn't do anything.
• : Pauses the game.
• : Doesn't do anything.
• : Enters a door. Goes up an elevator.
• : Goes down an elevator.
• /: Moves your character around.

[edit] Screen information

The only information you're provided with is located along the bottom of the screen. They are separated into little boxes from left to right.

Lives Remaining >> Time Remaining >> Score >> Tower Number