Boulder Dash
Boulder Dash                                               [NES-XB-USA]JVC Musical Industries, Inc.--(THE STORY)Stoneford, an old adventurer ill in bed, called his son, Rockford, tohis side.  Handing Rockford an old map, he said: "My son, you must takeup the quest I never completed.  Find the Secret Jewels of the SixWorlds, and you will be rich beyond your wildest dreams!" These were hisfinal words.As Rockford, your quest begins in the strange and perilous BoulderWorld!  An underground world swarming with weird enemies, all out toprevent you from collecting the priceless diamonds just waiting to bemined.  Can you master the enchanted walls, transform butterflies intojewels, find the mysterious escape tunnel, and get away from the growingamoeba before it engulfs you?Six different magical words of adventure await you in BOULDER DASH!(USING THE CONTROLLER)CONTROL PADMoves Rockford up, down, right, or left.START BUTTONPress this button to start the game when the opening screen appears.  Ifyou leave the opening screen on for about thirty seconds, a demonstra-tion of the game appears.  Press the Start button to return to theopening screen and start the game.If you need to pause the game while you are playing, press the Startbutton.  To go back to the game, press it again.A BUTTON AND B BUTTONIf you move the Control Pad up, down, right, or left while you'repressing the A and B button, you can dig mud or pick up one diamond nextto you without moving in that direction.  You can also push a boulderaway from you, without moving, using this technique.When you are trapped and can't move in any direction, hold down the Aand B buttons at the same time for more than one second.  This allowsyou to escape from the town and return to the entrance of the World youare now in.  But you will lose one Rockford when you do this.(SCREEN DISPLAY)|                        YOUR CURRENT SCORE| NUMBER OF DIAMONDS| YOU NEED TO COLLECT|    IN THIS TOWN||   TIME REMAINING||||||(STARTING THE GAME)Press the Select button to choose between One Player and Two Player, andpress the Start button to decide.Press the Control Pad right or left to choose your character's color,and press Start.To enter your password, press the Control Pad right or left to move thecursor sideways, press the Control Pad up or down to change the numberon the cursor, and press the A button when you have entered your pass-word.  If you are playing the game for the first time, just press the Abutton when the password screen appears.The next screen shows you which world you are on.  Press the Control Padto choose which town you want to go to, then press the A button.  Pressthe A button again, and the game starts.(ENDING THE GAME)When your game is over (what a shame!), you can choose whether to "END"or "CONTINUE" that game.On the same screen, your password will appear.  Write it down for nexttime, so you can begin playing from the same world where you left off.(GAME OBJECTIVE)As Rockford, the hero of this game, you have six Worlds to explore onyour quest.  Each World has four towns.  Your goal is to collect therequired number of diamonds in the towns of each World.The number of diamonds you have to collect is shown at the top left ofthe screen.  After you collect them all, a door will appear which leadsto the next town.When you have completed the four towns of a World, you can go on to thenext World.  You decide in which town you should start in each world.NOTE: Each town has its own unique tricks and puzzles which you mustsolve in order to win.When you use your password to begin playing in a World where you leftoff before, you must go through all four towns, even if you completedsome of them before.(HOW TO PLAY)You begin the game with four Rockfords - one to play, and three inreserve.  With every 2000 points you earn, you receive an extraRockford.  Rockford loses a life when he touches an enemy or somethingfalls on him.You can cause rocks or diamonds to drop by digging a hole under them.Be careful not to drop them on yourself, or they will crush you.Some enemies turn into nine diamonds when they are hit by an object youhave dropped.You can move a rock until it touches another object to block it.  Youcan only move rocks which have empty space on the other side of them,and only one rock at a time.When you surround an Amoeba on all four sides with rocks, the Amoebaturns into a diamond.  If you are lucky enough to enclose severalAmoebas at the same time, all of them will turn into diamonds.When an Amoeba touches another enemy, that enemy turns into ninediamonds.The Amoeba multiplies itself during the game.  When it reaches a certainnumber, it turns into a rock.  Nobody knows what this number is.(BACKGROUND AND OBJECTS)DOOR - This appears when you collect the required number of diamonds ineach town.DIAMOND - This is the treasure you are seeking.MUD - Rockford can dig through the mud.ROCK - Rockford can't dig through rocks.  Rocks do not always look likerocks - in some towns, they look quite different from what you mightexpect.WALL - Rockford can't dig through the wall.SPECIAL STONE WALL - For certain periods of time when it is active, thiswall changes rocks to diamonds.  NOTE: Be aware that the appearance of mud, rocks, and walls is not  always the same.  Each World has its own unique forms.(ENEMY CHARACTERS)These enemies give you points when destroyed.  * BUZZBUZZ       * PINGPING  * FLAPFLAP       * BUBBLEBUBBLE  * BIMBIM         * GURIGURIThese enemies turn into diamonds when destroyed, but do not give points.  * PUFFPUFF       * PIROPIRO  * TACKYTACKY     * AMOEBA(USEFUL PLAYING TIPS)KNOW YOUR ENEMYSome enemies move clockwise, while others move counter-clockwise alongthe wall of the tunnel.CRUSH ENEMY AND BREAK WALLWhen an enemy is crushed by a rock, the enemy explodes and breaks ob-jects around it.  So by crushing an enemy beside a wall, you can makea hole in the wall.DROPPING A ROCK ON THE ENEMYDig a hole up to a rock until you are right under it, and wait for anenemy to appear below you.  Then move aside to drop the rock onto theenemy.GET HIGH SCORE WITH SPECIAL STONE WALLIf you find a Special Stone Wall, dig over and under it, and drop rockson it.  The first rock that hits the wall makes it active, so that for acertain period of time, the rocks that drop onto the wall will turn intodiamonds as they fall through the wall.  Be sure to clear room below thewall.  When the wall's magic runs out, it acts as an ordinary wall.