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Montezuma's Revenge
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The Quzimodo
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THE OUTPOST
312/441/6957
This game from Parker Brothers is silmilar to Aztec but infinitely
better. The graphics are great the the game has no apparent flaws
except for the boot which goes through 4 bad sectors. Anyway, your
Panama Joe has to find jewels in a crypt. The last part of the crypt
is full of jewes for the taking until you can't stop falling. You then
begin the next level. Press return at the all-text title page, you
get a menu:
1 JOYSTICK/keyboard
2 Game Level 1, 2, 3 (starts as 1)
3 Define Keys
*5 Return to Main Menu
*0 Pause
* Fucntion valid only during game play
Its set at Joystick, level 1. If you want to change something, press
the number to change. After you're done, press Return and start
playing. The pre-set keys for keyboard are:
Left J
Jump K
Up I
Right L
Down M
In the game, there's the game screen and two boxes at the upper right
and left corners. The upper right one displays your score. The upper
left one dispays how many guys you have left(hats), what tools you
found and your level.
In each room, there might be any of the following:
LASER GATES:
If Joe gets caught when one is there, he' dead. They turn on and off
very so often.
CONVAYOR BELTS:
These never stop or change direction. They either make Joe slow down
or speed up depending on which way he's going.
DISAPPEARING FLOORS:
Certain sections that look differet from the rest and blink on and
off. Joe can walk on one if its there or else he falls. When Joe
falls, he might die, and this is not the only case of him fallin.
DOORS:
There are 3 color doors: red, blue and grey. Joe must find the right
key to open one. If he opens a door, its 300 points.
FIRE PITS:
If Joe falls in one, he's dead.
LADDER:
Joe can go up or down them, but can't jump off or onto one.
POLES:
If Joe jumps on to one, he slides down, if he misses, he dies.
CHAINS:
Just like LADDERS except he can jump off or onto one.
The tools/objects:
AMULETS:
They look like hammers and when taken, turns killer creatures grey and
allows him to pass by harmlessly. After a few seconds it disappears
and so does the grey color. Taking one is worth 100 points.
KEYS:
Three different colors to open doors. The one used disappears after
opening a door.
SWORDS:
If Joe runs into some creatures with a sword, he kills the creature
and loses the sword.
JEWELS:
What your trying to find for a big 1000 points cache. One catch, if
Joe has more than 5 swords/amulets/keys, he can't take any. He may get
as much as he can get his hands on. Doesn't count as a tool.
TORCHES:
Help light dark rooms. Otherwise, you only see creatures and fire pits
there. Counts as a object. Worth 3000 points if you get one.
Note: You must jump to grab an object. Maximum of 5 tools you can have
at one time. You can have an unlimited amount of jewels.
Killer Creatures:
SKULLS:
These guys are either rolling or bouncing. Jump over rolling ones or
walk under bouncing ones or die.(I never tried jumpinga bouncing
skull, etc) You might get hit by a bouncing one from below so watch
out. Killing a skull with a sword is worth 2000 points.
SNAKES:
They don't move, run into one and die. You can' kill them.
SPIDERS:
These critters crawl all over the place, even up and down ladders. Get
hit by one and die. Kill one and get 3000 points.
TREASURE ROOM:
When Joe jumps into darkness to find chains and jewels. Don't jump
onto a pole or else go to next difficulty level. Grab as many jewels
as quick as possible. Don't miss any chains or else you grab a pole
and slid down to next level.
With joystick, make sure you move the joystick up, down, left and
right before you start to calibrate it.
If you lose all your Panama Joes, press the Jump button to restart
"once" where you left off, reseting the score to 0.
SCORING:
COLLECTION SPECIAL TOOLS AND REWARDS:
Keys.................................50 points each
Swords...............................50 points each
Amulets.............................100 points each
Jewels.............................1000 points each
Torches............................3000 points each
KILLING CREATURE WITH SWORD:
Skulls.............................2000 points each
Spiders............................3000 points each
ROOM FIXTURES:
Opening a door......................300 points each
BONUS PANAMA JOEs:
Levels 1-3.......Extra every 10,000 points
Levels 4 and up..Extra every 20,000 points