ROCK - INSTRUCTIONS




INTRODUCTION


THE AIM OF THE GAME...
The goal is for players to survive the perils of the caves, collecting 
valuable diamonds and destroying (or avoiding) baddies. Enough diamonds 
must be collected in each cave to open the exit (signified by a white 
flash/sound), allowing progress to the next...




THE CAST...


THE PLAYERS
Syd & Sid - Two reasonable dudes, who just want to get the game finished,
so that they can sit back, relax and watch the end sequence!
Each player starts the game with 3 lives. A free life is awarded
every 1000pts.


EARTH
Players automatically digs through this when walking around the caves, 
leaving a tunnel behind. Earth supports rocks and diamonds and acts as a 
barrier against baddies.


ROCKS
Rocks are affected by gravity and will topple, if not supported by earth.


DIAMONDS
Collecting diamonds increases players' score. On collecting a certain number
of diamonds, the exit will open allowing the level to be completed.
As with rocks, diamonds are affected by gravity and will kill the player or
any baddies they fall onto.


TITANIUM WALLS
This type of wall is totally indestructible and forms the cave perimeter.


BRICK WALLS
These can be damaged or destroyed by explosion.


MAGIC WALLS
Magic walls are similar to brick walls, but are semi-permiable.
When rocks fall through a magic wall, they are transformed into diamonds,
but if diamonds fall through, they are turned into rocks.

A magic wall is activated by dropping a rock or a diamond onto it. Once this
happens, the wall will seem to move, but beware - this effect only lasts
for a short time.

Before activating a magic wall, a space must be cleared underneath it for
the transformed rocks and diamonds to fall.


GUARDIANS
These baddies roam aruond the caves and will kill a player on contact. When
killed, guardians explode causing proximity damage.


SUPER GUARDIANS
Similar to guardians, but when killed, or touch slime, they explode
into a shower of diamonds.


SLIME
This harmless creature grows slowly through earth and tunnels. When slime is
fully enclosed and can no longer grow, it suffocates and turns to diamonds,
however if the slime grows too big, it will die and turn into rocks.


ENTRANCE
Players' starting position within a cave.


EXIT
Players must collect the required amount of diamonds, then head for this
point.




CONTROLS

KEY           GAME                              MENU

UP            Player up                         Move cursor up
DOWN          Player down                       Move cursor down
LEFT          Player left                       Change option
RIGHT         Player right                      Change option
FIRE          Push, pick up, dig                Select option
F10           Pause
<ESC>         Abandon current life              Exit
SHIFT+<ESC>   Return to the Main Menu




THE MAIN MENU
On the title screen, you are presented with a menu, containing the following
three options, with the current option highlighted by the bouncing cursor.

START GAME
Starts the game

CAVE - *
Selects the starting cave (Registered version only)

SETUP
Enters the game setup menu




THE SETUP MENU
From here you can modify many aspects of the game, using the following
options and sub-menus.

      CONTROLS
      Enters the controls menu

      SOUND
      Turn sound on/off

      GAME OPTIONS
      Enters the game options menu

      ONE PLAYER
      Toggle between one and two player mode

      SAVE SETUP
      Saves game setup to disk

      FINISHED
      Returns to the main menu




THE CONTROLS MENU
Allows keyboard or joystick selection and modification.

     KEYBOARD
     Toggles between keyboard and joystick control. If joystick is selected
     and has not been calibrated, the CALIBRATE option will automatically
     be selected (see below for more information on joystick calibration)

     REDEFINE KEYS
     Allows the player to specify alternative keyboard controls
     (default controls are the cursor keys and the spacebar)

     CALIBRATE
     Before the game can be played using a joystick, it must first be
     calibrated. Follow the on-screen prompts...

     FINISHED
     Returns to the setup menu




THE GAME OPTIONS MENU
     Allows display aspects of the game to be changed.

     SCREEN SIZE:1
     A size of 1 gives the largest display with 5 giving the smallest
     Setting the screen size to 0 gives a custom display, but requires
     a fast CPU/VGA card

     SMOOTH SCROLL
     Toggles between smooth/rough scrolling

     SHUDDER ON
     If enabled, the playing area shudders when multiple rocks fall or an
     explosion occurs

     BRIGHTNESS
     Increases or decreases screen brightness

     FINISHED
     Returns to the controls menu




REQUIREMENTS
In order to play this game, you need at least:

Color VGA
386/33 CPU
512k RAM
VGA Graphics
1MB hard disk space