Spelunker/Gameplay

Controls

Atari & Commodore

• Joystick: Use the joystick to make your Spelunker run left or right, and climb up or down ropes and ladders.
• Fire button: Press the fire button to make your Spelunker jump in the air. You can jump straight up, or you can perform a running jump. You can also direct the Spelunker to jump off of a ladder or rope that he is currently climbing on to the left or to the right.
•  Space : Press the space bar to fire your ghost-dispatching gun.
•  F : Press the F key to release a flare into the air.
•  D : Press the D key to ignite and deposit a bomb on the ground.

NES & MSX

• : Use the direction pad to make your Spelunker run left or right, and climb up or down ropes and ladders.
• : Press the A button to make your Spelunker jump in the air. You can jump straight up, or you can perform a running jump. You can also direct the Spelunker to jump off of a ladder or rope that he is currently climbing on to the left or to the right, but the timing is extremely sensitive.
• : Press the B button to fire your ghost-dispatching gun. If you hold while firing, you will release a flare in the air. If you hold , you will ignite and deposit a bomb on the ground.
• : Pause the game.
• : Not used.

Items

Bombs

Destroys the large piles of rubble that occasionally get in your way.

Blue Key

Opens the blue doors in the game.

Red Key

Opens the red doors in the game.

Scrolls

I'm not sure what these do. I'll look into it though.

Energy Tank

Restores your energy to MAX.

Gold Nugget

Gives you points

Money Bag

Gives you points.

Crystal

It does one of four things: restores your energy to MAX, adds a bomb to your inventory, adds a scroll to your inventory, or gives you points.

Enemies

There are only two enemies in the game but I figure I should mention them.

Bat

It doesn't attack you directly. Instead it drops stuff onto you in groups of two or three. It hovers above a small area but there is usually other obstacles to avoid as well as the bat droppings.

Ghost

A pretty weak enemy really since it's slow moving and easily destroyed with your gun. It appears after awhile if you live long enough.

Obstacles

Geyser

There are two types of geysers, ones that shoot out steam and ones that don't. The steam will kill you so you should wait a second or so when you approach one to see if it does or not.

Pit

There are two types of pits too, open ones and concealed ones. Open pits you can easily see since it's an open hole. Concealed pits often have a narrow stretch of ground covering it that will collapse when you step on it.

Screen Info

All information that you need can be found along the top of the screen when you're playing the game.

BOMBS #   SCROLL #
LIVES #           MIN--------------------------------MAX
                               SCORE #####

Everything should be self explanatory but I'd like to mention your energy, which is the long bar to the right of the SCROLL. You start with full energy meaning that the arrow is next to the MAX on the right. As you play the game, that arrow will gradually move to the left and when it reaches the MIN, you'll die and have to start again. You have to collect energy tanks to make the arrow move to the MAX again.

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