Championship Lode Runner FAQ v. 0.5.0 General game info and text maps Copyright 2000 Andrew Schultz This FAQ is copyright 2000 by Andrew Schultz. Although it was LODES(ba-dum-bum-CRASH) of fun to make, it also took, er, lots of time to write. Therefore, please do not re-distribute for profit without my prior consent(i.e. please ask nicely to use my materials first with SPECIFIC queries!) The maps were created with the help of a thirty-line C program and the disk image at apple.asimov.net. Long live(sic) automation! WARNING: This FAQ may be a serious spoiler. It includes solutions as well as maps. Follow the link below to see just the maps. For access to graphical representations of these maps, go to (segue to SHAMELESS PROMOTION:) http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/2762/loderunner/lodemaps.htm where you can check out whichever level map you please of both Lode Runner and Championship Lode Runner. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/2762/loderunner/main.htm is my generic Lode Runner page which also has a link to a Lode Runner FAQ. It contains a lot of material that I decided not to put in here because most people who've played CLR have played LR, too. Versions calculated by ((number of levels with solutions) + (number of levels proofread)) / 100. Championship Lode Runner is copyright 1984 by Doug Smith and Broderbund. This FAQ's purpose is to show a solution for Championship Lode Runner. Non-solutions are mentioned if they are particularly tempting, but for the most part, I wanted to keep this FAQ as information-dense as possible, so I tried to keep opinions about difficulty, etc. off this. Trying to be concise also means I don't have to show y'all some of my more abysmal failures as I tried to re-solve this game. --------------------------- FAQ OUTLINE: INSTRUCTIONS, TIPS AND MISCELLANEOUS IMPORTANT INFORMATION KEY TO THE MAPS MAPS, SOLUTIONS AND MESSAGES HOW TO CHEAT THE AWARD CERTIFICATE --------------------------- INSTRUCTIONS, TIPS AND MISCELLANEOUS IMPORTANT INFORMATION THE STORY: The Bungeling Empire has confiscated gold chests again. It's up to you to rescue them--there are, err, bungling robots that will stand in your way and even pick up gold chests(although you can't tell if they have from the screen!) The levels have gotten tougher, and there are more of them, but you're quicker and smarter--plus, when you're in trouble, you can dig a hole for them to fall in(on bricks, but not on cement or bricks just under a ladder or rope)--they'll also release any gold they might be carrying! THE BREAKDOWN: Each level is a 28x16 grid of ladders, ropes, bricks, cement, and false bricks. You must avoid the robots while picking up all the gold chests, for which you are rewarded with another level. Score is kept at the bottom in "high-tech futuristic" font. After you've gotten the gold chests for every level the computer puts a message(under 16 letters) at the bottom of the screen. CONTROLS Controls ctrl-k: toggle keyboard ctrl-j: toggle joystick(left/right buttons dig left/right) ctrl-l: load game(when not playing) ctrl-s: save game(can't be used when your man is active. That turns off the sound) Keyboard controls: U=dig left O=dig right I=up K=down J=left L=right ctrl-a=kill your man. Useful when you're trapped and can't move. ctrl-s: toggle sound ctrl-r: kill game Enter: see high score list SCORING Scoring 500 Pick up a gold chest 2000 Get to the top of the level 100 Get a robot to fall in a hole 100 Hole closes on a robot The scoring's a bit inflated over Lode Runner(33%, except the gold-100%) but hey, it is a tougher game. There are 10 high scores in the list at the end. They are ranked first by the level achieved, and second by your score. This is to reward puzzle solving over getting stuck on a hard level with a lot of gold chests. In Championship Lode Runner, you get an additional 20-letter message after completing level 50. But if someone takes your saved game and re-solves with a higher score, he takes your spot over. That's life, I guess. DEMO The demo screen is different from regular Lode Runner. A person solves a board and then dies an extremely silly death falling into a hole he's drilled when he is placed back on the same board, re-set. The demo level is as follows(see map key below): (taken from map at 0x13000 offset): + X----X $ $ XXX~~~~XHXXXXXXXXXXhXXXXX X XHX ~ h ~ ~ $ XHXHXXXhXXXX$XX XX XX XXX XHXHX$XhXXXXX$XX XX X HH XHXHX Xh XX$XX XX HH HHXHXXXh XX$XX XX HH HX h XX$XX X XXX XXXHX h XX$XX **********XXhXXXXXXXH XX$XX hX$HX H XX X $ XHhX X H XXXXXXXXXHXXXX**XXXXXXXXHXXH H X X H $ H H5H $XXXXX$ H XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX5HX Solution: Check out the demo. It has a lot of puzzles that are simplified forms of levels in the game. MESSAGE: DID YOU GET THAT? KEY TO THE MAPS #|Character|Use -+---------+----------- 0| |empty space 1| X |brick--you can dig through this 2| * |cement 3| H |ladder 4| ~ |line of rope 5| V |false brick 6| h |ladder appears at end of level 7| $ |gold chest 8| - |them 9| + |you Note: the map starts two lines below "Level #" text. So, for instance, the top row of level #1 is blank. MAPS, OUTLINES AND SOLUTIONS N.B. I've adopted a convention here midway through writing the solutions, and if I deviate from it please tell me. I want this FAQ to be consistent. Instead of saying "left" and "two left and three down" I say "W" and "WWSSS" (or 2W3S). Basically instead of the basic directions (up, down, left, right) I substitute (N, S, W, E) the first letters of the cardinal directions (North, South, West, East) as they are usually shown on a map(North=up, West=left, etc.) This makes it easier for me and also means less words to read for you. Inconsistencies will be ironed out in future revisions of the FAQ. Level # 1 H~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~H H $ $ $$$$ $ $ $$ H H $ $ $ $ $ $ $ H H $$$$ $$$ $ $ $ $ H H $ $ $ $ $ $ $ H H $ $ $$$$ $$$$ $$$$ $$ H H - -H H~~HHH~~~HHH~~~HHH~~HHHH~~~H H+h h h h h h h h H HXHX h h h h h HXXH HXh XHH h h h h hXXXh XH HXh hXHX h h HXH h XH HX hhhh hHHX$$HHH hhhh XH HX XH XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX SOLUTION: not too bad here. You just get the two bad guys to fall into the bottom. Stand in a bottom corner and they will run to you. Move to the other one and wait until they're under the gold chests. Then pick up the chests that make the "hello" before running over the two robots to get the last two chests. Support ladders will pop up, and you'll find an easy way to the next level. MESSAGE: HELLO...WELCOME Level # 2 $- ** h$h - + $ H~~~~~*~*~~~~H~~~~**~~~~~~~H H~~~~$*~~*~~~H~~~~*~*~~~~~~H H~~~***~~~~~~H~~~$*~~*~~~~~H H~~~***~~~~~~H~~***~~~~~~~~H H~~~~~~~~~~~~H~~***~~~~~~~~H H- $$$ - -H H $ $$ H H~~~~~~~~~~~~H~~~~~~~~~**~~H H~~~~~~~~**~~H~~~~~~~~~*~*~H H~~~~~~~~*~*~H~~~~~~~~$*~~*H H~~~~~~~$*~~*H~~~~~~~***~~~H H~~~~~~***~~~~~~~~~~~***~~~H H *** $$$ H H H H$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$H SOLUTION: The key is to isolate all bad guys on one side. The rightmost robot will chase you up the ladder. What you'll want to do is to get to the fifth-highest line of rope. Wait for the robot to chase you and drop down. Then ascend the ladder a bit. They'll all run the other way. Go back up to the fifth-highest rope and go across. When the bad guys chase after you, drop down one rope. Get them to chase as far as possible before they drop all the way--you'll be able to outrun them to the left. From there you can pick up the rest of the chests and advance to the next level. MESSAGE: MUSIC MAESTRO Level # 3 HHHHH$HH-HHHHHHHH+HHH h HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH* h HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH* h $HHHHH-HHHH$HHHHHHHHH*XXXXXX HHHH************************ HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHH$HHHHHHHH-HH$HHHHHHHHHH ************************HHHH HHHHHHHH$HHHHHHHHHH$HHH*HHH$ HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*HHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*HHHH HHHH$HHHHHHHHH$HHHHHHH$*$HHH HHHH**************HHHHH*HHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*HHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHH-H$H$H*HHHHHHHHHH ***************X**H$HHHHHHH$ SOLUTION: Split second timing is required to get past the bad guys, but it can be done. Note that if they are trapped between ladders, you can gain a little time on them when you go down. You need to juke the monsters a bit , once going down and once going up, but after you do it is not so bad to get to the next level. MESSAGE: LADDERS GALORE Level # 4 H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~h~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $h$ H $ HXHX -$ H H************H************** H h H $h$ H - $ XXHXXH $ - *************H*************H h H $h$ H $ HXXXHXXX $ - H H************H************** H h H $h$ H $+ XXXXHXXXXH $ - SOLUTION: The key thing here is to note that this is a one-way level. You zig-zag your way to the top. Therefore you can trap robots(they tend to fall down through the center), but you will have to make sure that if robots do fall behind you(as you work your way up) that they aren't holding any chests in the meantime. MESSAGE: DROL HOLE Level # 5 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXh + $ X h H*X*X*X*X*X*X X XXXXXXXXXXXH H*X*X*X*X*X*X*X X XXXXXXX XH H $ X XXXXXXX XH HX*X*X*X*X*X X X X~XXX~X XH HX*X*X*X*X*X*X X X~XXX~X XH H $ X X~X X~X XH H*X*X*X*X*X X X X~X X~X XH H*X*X*X*X*X*X X X~X X~X XH H $ X X~X X~X XH HX*X*X*X*X X X$X$X$X$X$XH HX*X*X*X*X*X XVXXXXXXXXXH H ----H HXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX Solution: Climb all the way down the ladder. The four robots will run to the left and drop in the gap. You then should run over them and take out the right side. The only way to do this is to take four trips. First, dig the leftmost square at the top of the ladder and jump down. Second, dig four holes(fourth to seventh from left) and then jump down, dig from the left to the right, and so on until you're next to the rope. Then get on the rope and dig to the right. Drop down one and dig to the right again. Repeat until you've gotten the two gold chests. A similar process will get you the second-rightmost chest, and digging the rightmost block on the top, digging the one directly below that, and so forth will get you the fifth chest. Now walk across the robots again and dig just one out of where they've fallen into. Basically, dig the square to the left of the robots and then go to the bottom of the left ladder. This will regenerate a robot, which you need to pick up the four gold chests on the left. For each chest on the left, climb up so you're to the left of it and dig a hole for the robot to fall into. Run past him and go a square above the foot of the ladder--the robot will go to the right. Run over him and pick up the chest. Naturally, the robot must be re-used to pick up the other gold chests and then to get to the top. To do this, stand on top of him, dig to the right, and go to the left. Repeat the process until you've got all four gold chests. Then walk over the four robots to level 6. MESSAGE: FOUR IS COMPANY Level # 6 H~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~H HX X X X $ XXX X X H HXXX XXX X X X X XXX H H $ $ XXX $ +H H X X XXX $ XXX X XH H XXX X X$ XXX X X XXXH H$ $ X X X X - H HX X X X XXX $ X X H HXXX XXX $ X X XXX H H $ $ X X XXX $ H H X X XXX XXX $ X X H H XXX X X X X XXX H H $ X X XXX - H H X X X X XXX$ $ XXX H H XXX XXX X X X X H H --- $ XXX $ $H Solution: This goes a lot easier if you are able to trap some robots. Make sure they're not carrying gold chests, though. You'll notice three U's at the top where you can sucker robots into dropping in. If you can get two, that is good enough. Try to get all robots in U's as you can release them pretty much any time by digging one way and running another.. For the moment assume there are no robots. You can take care of pretty much any gold chest excelt the U in the center(directly under another U) and the U that rests on the bottom. Some times you may have to dig through the center of an N, but look before you leap and you won't fall into a U, which would force you to abort. If you can get the robot to fall in the U above the obstructed center U, jump on the robot and dig to the right. It will fall down. Follow it and repeat except dig to the right this time and go left immediately. You've now got one obstructed gold chest, and digging to the right and going left means you've got the really tricky chests. Check for robots with gold chests if you don't seem to have completed the level yet. They'll eventually cough up. MESSAGE: THE U N Level # 7 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H H H $$ H H $VV$ H H XVVX H H $ $XVVX$ $ H H X$X $ XX$X H H $ $XXX X$ XXX$ $ H H X$XXX $XX$ XXX$X H H XXXX XXXX XXXX H H $ $XX $ $X XX$ $ XX$ $ H H X$XX X$XX XX$X XX$X H H XV $ $XXX XXX$ $ VX H H XX X$XXX XXX$X XX H H XX XXX $$$$$$ XXX XX H H + HXXXXXXH ---- H Solution: The key is to get the robots to fall in the right places. You'll want the robots to fall down each of the false bricks as well as two squares away from them. Just wait 'til they're on the ladder and jump down. They'll try to follow you. Once you've gotten all four robots immobilized in a hole, pick off all the chests you can, and then get the robots to fall out of the pyramid. For instance, if the robot is to the left, stand on top of him, dig to the left, and run to the right. When the robot falls down to the bottom, wait until he won't be able to catch you. You may want to drop him in the same hole again by climbing again and dropping down. If you only have to battle one robot at a time, this level isn't too bad. MESSAGE: PYRAMID TRAPS Level # 8 H$HXXH$H**H$HXXH$H**H$HXXH$H H**H HXXH H**H HXXH-H**H HXH HH-H**H HXXH-H**H HXXH H**HH HHXXH H**H HXXH H**H HXXH HH H*H HXXH H**H HXXH H**H HXXH H H**H HXXH H**H HXXH H**H H HXXH H**H HXXH H**H HXXH-H*H HH HXXH H**H HXXH H**H HXXHH HH**H HXXH H**H HXXH H**H HH HXH H**H HXXH H**H HXXH H**H H HXXH H**H HXXH H**H HXXH H H**H HXXH H**H HXXH H**H HXH HH H**H HXXH-H**H HXXH H**HH HHXXH H**H HXXH H**H HXXH HH H*H HXXH H**H HXXH H**H HXXH H+H**H$HXXH$H**H$HXXH H**H$H Solution: The main thing to remember here is that robots go to the left when they're confused. So the ones above the line from the bottom left to the upper right will generally be on the left ladder when you're in the middle. The ones below will go as far left as they can in the "line" of ladders(where a "line" consists of all ladders connected by not using the outside ladders.) Probably you'll want to clear below out first. This is best done by going to the next-to-top, going up, digging, and then going down a couple of rungs and down diagonally. Repeat with the other robot and the bottom part is done. To complete the upper part, you may have to sucker the robots one by one. Go as far lower left on the main diagonal of ladders as you can until one robot follows you. You have to tease him until he almost catches you a couple of times before he'll get on your trail. Then dig a hole and have him fall in. Run back over him and down--he'll go up and down. Repeat until they're all out of the way and the upper portion is easy. MESSAGE: EIGHT WAS GREAT Level # 9 XXXXXXXXXXXXh X hXXXXXXXXXXh XX -HHH HH -h h-HH HH -Xh $XX $X $XHH HX$ XX$ XX$h $XX $X $XHH HXX$ XX$ XXh XX $X $XHH $ + H XX$ XX$ XX X $X $XHH $XXXXH$ XX$ XX$ X $ X $XHH $XX XXH$ XX$ XX$ HXX $XHH $XX $$ XXH$ XX$ XX HX $XHH $XX$HXXH$XXH$ XX$ XX H $XHH $XX$HX XH$XXH$ XX$ H$XHH $XX$HX $$ XH$XXH$ XX$- HXHH $XX$HX $XX$ XH$XXH$ XXH HHH $XX$HX $XXXX$ XH$XXH$ XH HH $XX$HX $XX$$XX$ XH$XXH$ H H$ XX$HX $ XX $ XH$XXH$H XXH $XH XXXXXXXXXXXX HX $HXX Solution: This one is not so bad, because you can deal with the monsters individually. First you'll want to make sure that the rightmost one doesn't fall into the trap on the right-hand side or you'll never get his gold chest. Just wait a bit and dig on either side. When the robots fall in the holes, stand over one and dig to get inside the triangular structure. Picking off the gold chests is an easy proposition. Do so and then lure the robots in one by one. For simplicity let's assume the robot you want to dispose of is on the left. Dig the leftmost bottom brick in the central structure and wait at the bottom until a robot is close enough to follow you. Then climb up and dig a hole on the left side of the top(i.e. you're standing on the right.) After the robot falls in, go right and down so that you are level with the robot. He'll get up, go to the left, down, and to the right--trapped in the inner structure! Repeat until you've gotten all the robots that way, and the rest is not so bad. The two upper left gold chests are gotten by digging the brick 2 down and right of the top, then 3 down 1 right, then 4 down 1 right. Follow a similar strategy for the string of five gold chests on the right. The upper right one is the last to get. Just dig the brick 2 down and left from the upper right and you are done. MESSAGE: ARROWHEAD Level # 10 H~~~ XXXX $HH XXXXXXXX H $XX$XXX $H $XX X H $XXXX$XX $H $XX$HXXXXXXX H$XXXXXX$X H$ ~XX$H XX HXXXXXXXXX $H ~X H XX H ~~$$X$$X H$ ~XH $X H$ XX$XX$ $H ~XHX HX +H $XX$XX H$ ~XHX$HX$HX$HX XH XX$XX$ $H ~XH*********X -XH $XX$XX H$ ~XH X XH XX$XX$ $H ~XXXXXXHXXXXX XH $XX$XX XH ~XX$ XHX $X $H XX$XX$X H ~ X -XHX XX XH XXXXX H XX XXXHXXXX H~~~ XXXXX XHHHHHXXX h Solution: This has a definite order to how you must pick up the gold. The first thing to do is go right so you don't land on the bottom with no escape. Then pict off the three gold chests on the left of the one. Next are the chests inside the one and to the oeft. Go to the top and dig the leftmost square until you get to the edge of the one. Dig right and you'll catch the rope that will get you the two adjacent chests. From there dig right, left, etc. until you get to the bottom. Climb back up to the top and dig right three times, getting the gold chests. Dig again to pick up the two gold chests, then dig right, left, etc. until you get the last chest, where you should dig right again. Climb up the alternating ladders all the way and fall off to the right, then drop down the ropes until you get to the last one. Dig the right of the two squares and crawl through the ladders to get inside the zero. Pick up the two upper chests leaving four chests you can't just crawl in and get. For these you can just dig up everything in sight and get them all. The remaining two chests are a bit tougher. The right one first--Dig the two bricks directly to the right of the ladder's top two rungs. Wait a couple of seconds and dig the brick right below that. Then after the bricks regenerate, dig above the gold chest and pick it up. Dealing with the robot on the left is best done in two steps--first, get the robot out of the way by digging him out and trapping him. Then, proceed as in the right. Even if the robot regenerates inside the 0 just dig the two bricks left of the one over the gold chest and proceed as before. MESSAGE: TEN Level # 11 H~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~H H + H H XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX H H X $ X X $ X X $ X X $ X H H X*XXX XXXXX XXXXX X*XXX H H X X X X H H XXX*X XXXXX XXXXX XXX*X H H X $ X X $ X X $ X X $ X H H X*XXX XXXXX XXXXX X*XXX H H X X X X H H XXX*X XXXXX XXXXX XXX*X H H X $ X X $ X X $ X X $ X H H XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX H H X X X X H H- X X -H XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Solution: The chests in the center are the easiest to pick off. Do so, and pick up the chests in the top of the end structures, but remember that robots always run left when they have a choice. Therefore, do not let both robots get trapped in the "pit" by having them drop from the second-from-right structure because you need them to complete the level. Also, it is a risk to kill the robots, so be warned. The right side is the easier, so let's take care of that first. If you're above the second-from-right structure(put yourself at the very right of it), wait until the robot on the right is above the first-from-right structure. Drop down on top of him and move right. Voila! You couldn't dig to get here, but you can jump on a robot to. Repeat again for the bottom chest. The left side requires you to drop down on top of the leftmost structure, dig a hole for the robot, climb up the stairs, and jump down on top of the robot. MESSAGE: CHAIN REACTION Level # 12 h ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~H Xh V - X X - X X X H $Vh $X$ $V$ $X$ $V$ $X$ H V XVXhXXX XVX XXV VVX XXX H X h X X X X X H $X$ $Vh hVh $X$ $V$ $V$ $X$H VXX XXXhXXVhVXX XVV XXX XXXH X X - X h X - V X X H $V$ $X$ $Vh $V$ $X$ $X$ H V XXX XXX XXXhXXX VXX VXV H X X X h X X X H $X$ $X$ $V$ $Xh $X$ $X$ $X$H VXX XXX XXX XXXhXXV XXX XXVH X $ X $ X $ X h X $ X $ X H + HXH HVH HXH hX HXH HXH -H XXH H H H H H H H H H H HXXH Solution: This level requires immediate evasive action. Often you will be on the left side of the structure(brick with ladders two tall on each side) with a robot on the right and by moving up and down on the ladder you can fake him out. Not for the faint of heart. Once you've gotten to the right(and relative safety) the only way I can find to progress is to stand 1 left of the tall ladder, dig a hole, and go right and down. One monster will follow, get trapped, and (hopefully) fall into one of the top crosses that have a false brick and that monsters can't escape from. If not, you can simply climb up halfway, fall to the left, dig a hole, and try again. Once you've eliminated one robot, go to the second rung on the stair and dig to the left. Once a robot's fallen in and the others are chasing you, go up the ladder. The robots will all follow you. Go to the end of the rope. Once they're close enough, drop down and run to the right. Repeat this until you get all gold chests. One you have, DO NOT take the "new" stairs up. Unless a robot has dropped into the false brick, you'll get a very nasty surprise. MESSAGE: CROSS YOUR T Level # 13 * *************************h *h+H H$H H$H H$H H$H H$H H*h ***H*******H*******H*****H*h *H*H$H H$H*H$H H$H*H$H*H*H*h *H*******H*H*********H*H*H*h *H$H H$H*H*H*H$H H$H*H*H*H*h ***H*****H*H*H*****H*H*H*H*h *H*H*H H$H*H*H*H$H*H*H H$H*h *H*H*H*****H*H*H*H*H*****H*h *H$H H$H*H$H*H$H*H*H H$H*H*h *H*****H*H*H***H*H*****H*H*h *H*H$H H*H*H$H*H*H H$H*H*H*h *H*H***********H*H***H*H***h *H*H H$H H$H H$H*H*H*H*H-H*h *H***************H*H*H***H*h *H-H$H H*H H$H H$H*H$H H*H Solution: The point to remember with this level is that, if you are level with a robot, he will follow you. If you are not, he may turn away. Thus after picking up safe gold chests you can manipulate the robot on the left to come out and follow you to the upper right. By going to the right and down first you will also put the robot on the right in a box. He will probably have a gold chest, however, so you may need to tempt him out of his hiding place--remember that robots often lose gold chests when they turn ladders. Remember to flee quickly so he doesn't get smart and follow you. MESSAGE: MAZOLIA Level # 14 + - - - - - h XXXHXVXHXXXHXVXHXXXHXVXHXXXH XXXHXVXHXXXHXVXHXXXHXVXHXXXH XXXHXVXHXXXHXVXHXXXHXVXHXXXH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH XXXHXVX XVXHXXX XVXHXVX XXXH XXXHXVX XVXHXXX XVXHXVX XXXH XXXHXVX$XVXHXXX$XVXHXVX$XXXH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH XVX XXXHXVX XXXHXVX XXXHXVXH XVX XXXHXVX XXXHXVX XXXHXVXH XVX$XXXHXVX$XXXHXVX$XXXHXVXH H$HHH$HHH$HHH$HHH$HHH$HHH$HH XXXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXH XXXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXH XXXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXH Solution: Stay on top at first, or you will pay for it. Generally you'll want to keep all the robots on one side of you, and the more you can get in free-fall(i.e. you climb down a ladder and for them to stay vertical with you, they wind up in open spaces). As for specific strategy, just wait at first for the leftmost robot to climb after you. Go to the right and then go down the stairs to the right. Wait for the robots to fall and catch gold chests in the meantime. Always have access to an up ladder. Don't worry about doing it all at once. Use the top row as "home base" as you are always protected by a)false bricks and b)being able to dig. MESSAGE: NEW YORK CITY Level # 15 - +$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ h H~ H~ H~ H~ H~ H~ H~ H~ H~ H H H H- H H H- H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H ~H H H H H H H H ~H H H H H H H ~H H H H H H ~H XXXXXH H H H H ~H X$XXXXXXH H H H ~H XXXXXXXXXXXH H H ~H XXXXXXXXXXXXXXH H ~H X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH ~H XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH h XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH Solution: Not a complex solution, but it has a nasty twist. Pick up all but the last gold chest on the ladders. By now all three robots are taken care of. Step on the first, dig to the left, and go to the right. He'll fall down a bit and you'll want to dig three holes after you fall down, followed by a few more on that level. Dig a hole beneath one that will close up, and then go on top of the second robot. Dig to the left and go to the right again and this robot will fall to the floor. You now have a bridge, so climb/fall to the last gold piece, and go right to complete the level. MESSAGE: MAGICAL GOLD Level # 16 HHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H $XX ** $ *H$- **$ *H $H H $XX **-$ *H$ **$ *HH H$XX $ ** $ *H$ **$ H HXX HXX ** $ *H$ **$H H* $ HVX ** $ *H$ *H H ** $ HXV ** $ *H$ H H$ *X XX $** $ **H H*H$ ** $ HXX ** $ H H$ *H$ ** $ HVX **+H H*$ *H$- ** $ HXV $XH H **$- *H$ *X XX $X**H H$ ** $ *H$ ** $ $X* H H*H$ **$ *H$ ** $ $X* H H- *H ** *H XX XX H HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHXXXXXXXH Solution: Take out the upper right part first. One way to do this is to go E, dig W, go W and pick up the gold and go/dig W until you get to the bottom gold, where you dig E. Wait for the two robots to come down the stairs, dig two holes, and run over them. You've probably bought enough time to pick off a lot of chests. Repeat the process to pick them all off. The next order of business is trapping the three robots that start in the lower left. You'll notice there's a place that you can fall through. Go just right of it and drop down when they get neat. They'll fall into the inside structure with the three "boxes." If more than one falls, move up and down on one of the end ladders so they climb/fall(via fake ladders) into the next box, each of which has a hole that will immobilize the robot. You can then pick off the lower left gold chests at your leisure. You might want to run through the structure, picking up all the chests you can while not releaseing the robots--yet. You'll want to release the robot in the bottom box as follows: Dig from the left ladder to get inside it, then dig W until you're just above the robot. Then while above him, dig W, go E, and dig E. Just stay on that level and he(along with his gold chest) will be eaten up. Now you should only have one gold chest to worry about, which the robot in the middle box's hole has. Stand on top of him, dig W, go E, and after he's fallen go W and juke him. Get to the top for level 17. MESSAGE: RUNAROUND QUILT Level # 17 h h $ h h H*XH- h h HX*H $ H*XH H**H H**H H**H H+ $ $ HX*H $HX*H $ $ H **H $ $ hH**H H*X HX*H- H**h$ H**H H*XH $ H**$ HX*H $ Hh**H$ H** H $ HX*H- H*Xh HX*H HX*h $ H**h H $ H - $ h**H H** hX*H H*X*H H*XH $ H**H $ H H*XH $H**H HX*H H H**H HX*H H*XH H*XH$ H**H H h h -h h$ h$h h h $h H********HX **X**HX ******** Solution: The key here is to find a way to immobilize several robots at once and have them all in a line chasing you. The lowest row is a big problem because it's almost all cementThe place to go is 3E3N of the lower left corner. Picking off the right-hand size is a relatively mild exercise, but the real trick is gettting the four robots on the left to chase you. In the meantime, go into the lower left corner so that the robot on the right falls down to the cement and into a hole where he's trapped. Once you do that, remember to pick off the gold 6W2N of the lower right corner before dropping down to the bottom row. Run across the robot and when WWN of him dig E, go W, and dig E over the only brick. Get his gold, climb over him(go right if you can't shake the robots any other way) and you are finished with this level. MESSAGE: SUSPENDED GOLD Level # 18 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX + ~ XH XXH XXH XX XXH XX~XXXHXXX~XHXXX~XHXXX~X XXH XX~XVXHXXX~XHXXX~XHX$X~X XXH XX~XVXHXX~ XHXXX~XHXV~ X XXH XX~XVXH ~ XXH ~XH XXXXXH XX~XVXH XXXXHXVX~XHXXXX X XH XX~XVXHX XXXHXXX~XHXXXX X XH XX~XVXHXX$XXHXXX~XHXXXX$ XH XX~X$ HXVV HX$X~ HX $XXX XH XXXVXXXXXXXXXVXXVXXXVXXXXXXH hhh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- -H h hh h hh h hh h h - H hh h h hh hh hh H h h h h h h H hhh hh h h h h H Solution: Dig the rightmost hole and fall through. Then go up the ladder, dig the rightmost hole and the one below that. Falling to the next rope dig to the right, go down, dig two to the right, and dig the left suare below those. Climb all the way up and dig the rightmost brick and then dig the four rightmost bricks in the block below that. Dig the center brick to the right of the next ladder, and then go back up and dig the rightmost. Similar to before, drop down to the rope two down and dig to the right. Dig the three rightmost bricks below the one you just dug. Then dig the two rightmost below those and one below those. Dig below that one and pick up the final brick before falling through. You'll have to fake out the robots now and the best way to do that is toclimb up to the middle of the second r, have robots follow you, jump down, and make a run for it. But there may be a few tries before you're successful. MESSAGE: TRAP FOURTEEN Level # 19 ~~ * ~ *** ~ ** XH*$X**H X$X* HX $X* H~$ XH XX$ *H ** HX$ X* H X X****X *H -H*X *XX H X* $ X***HX***X**X** H X** V H* HX ~~ ~~~~H XX$* V*H **X**X* $ *X *V* X** **H ~ **X***X **$** ** **H *X$* $X***V*** * ~~ **H *X *** ~~~H **$ $ H **H H H ** XH *H HX*H~~~~ *H ** XH*XX *HX*X H - X-* H *X $XX* H*$XX**Xh X*X HVh ***XXX HX**XX $XhX$* H*$*h$ *$ XH*H +X** *h*X H V h* Solution: Wait a bit--one robot will drop down to the bottom. First order of business is to deal with the remaining mobile robot. Climb up the stairs and then go east. Dig the only brick and have him fall in. Go over him and head NW. Dig the brick W, get the gold chest, dig E, get the chest E, dig E, and dig the brick S of that. Again dig the brick and climb over the robot except this time dig the two bricks SE and SSE of the ladder's top rung. Fall E, get the gold, and dig the block S of it. Wait for the robot to run to you and then jump through the hole. He'll get trapped where you'll now be able to walk across him. Do so and once across, dig the first brick E, then the ones SE and SSE of it. Circle back around and there is a gold chest near the top with bricks to W and E and cement N and S and SE. Dig the W brick, then dig the E brick to get that one. once you've fallen go E and N to the top of the ladder. Dig E, wait a bit, dig the hole S of that, wait, dig the brick S of that. Once the top brick regenerates, dig it again, go E to fall and pick up a chest, goW and dig E. Go 3 E and drop down(fake brick)then drop through another fake brick 4S4E of the rope where you wound up. Then drop on top of the robot between the brick and cement. Dig W and go E. He'll fall a bit, and dig below where he used to be. Now pick up the gold chest 2N of your starting point. from 3N of the chest, dig the holes E, SE, wait a bit, then SSE, SSEE, 3Se, 3S2e, and 4SE. There's a chest suspended over a hole on the bottom row at this point and go as fast as you can to dig E when 2N of it. Stand on the robot, dig E, then dig W and go E. Run E then W to pick up the gold, and now you just have some gold on the east side. It's fairly straightforward. Pick up the gold SW of the upper right corner, dig the square below it as well as those SW, 2S2W, 3S2W, 4S2W and fall down to pick up the remaining two chests. A ladder will pop up which will allow one robot to escape. Simply climb up the diagonal ladders but stand to the right of the top one. When he closes in on you, climb down and he'll fall. You can then run past him to safety. MESSAGE: THE THINKER Level # 20 h h$ - ~~~~~~~~~~~~$$ H*~~~~~~~~~~~~ $$$$$$$$ $$*H H*VXXXXXXXVXXXVXXXVXXXXVXX*H H* $ - $ $ $ $ *H H* *********** XXXVXXXXVXX*H H* $$$-$$$$$ * * $$$$$$$$ *H H* XXXXXXXXX * * XXXXXXXX *H H* $ - $ $ * $ $ *H HXHXXXXXXXXXXXVXXXXXXXXXXHXH HXH$ - $ $ $ $ $ HXH HXXXXXXXXXXXXX **********XXH H $ + $ $* $ $ $ $ H HXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XH H $ $ $ $* $ $ $ $ H HXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXH Solution: First, you must fall through the false brick on the left, but only after the monsters are aligned so that you can run over them to pick up the bricks beneath the cement. Dig your way past the monsters and clear out the left-hand side. You should be able to sucker a robot into falling down the center. Once you do, you're pretty much set. The only really tough gold chests to clean off are the ones three above the bottom. To do that you need all four of the remaining robots to have fallen on top of the first--dig a bunch of holes and then take the third rung of the right ladder. Climb up to the fourth and one robot will be on the row you can't get to. You'll have to repeat this, but it's not too tough. MESSAGE: STACK EM UP Level # 21 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXh XXXX~~~~~~~~X~~~~~~~~~ Xh XXX + X - HX Xh XXX XXXX XXXXXXXXX HX Xh XX XXXXX XXX$XX$XX HX Xh XX $XX X$XXXXX$X HX Xh X - XXX$XXXX$ HX Xh X XXXX X$XXXX$XX HX Xh XVXXXXXX** XXX$X$XXX HX Xh XVX$$$$$XHH X$XXXXX$X HX Xh XVXXXXXXHH XXXX$XXXX$ HX Xh XVXXXX XXX$XXXX$XX HV Xh XVXXXXHX XXXXXXXXXXXX HXXXXh X H X XXX HX Xh X H XXX X HX $Xh XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXVhh Solution: Timing is everything. Play this level slowly if need be. Dig left, go right, dig left. Go left, dig left, pick up the first gold chest. Dig the leftmost brick below, go two squares left, and dig right. Pick up the 5 gold chests and dig the rightmost brick. Go right and you'll walk over the robot onto the ladder. Any other way(digging two blocks below where the robot started) and you'll be too late and stuck on the left-hand side. From there climb up and dig to the right. Then dig two to the right below and then all three right of the robot, going left immediately. Keep digging the robot out until he falls to the bottom and run over him. The right side is easier; Basically if you dig the two leftmost holes, you can pick up ann the gold on the left side of the block(pick up gold, dig one way, pick up gold, dig the other way) and then dig two in the center, fall in, and dig right. You'll pick up the gold pretty easily. The final chest is found by climbing up, falling right, and digging right. MESSAGE: TWENTY ONE Level # 22 ** **********h*********** ** XH$$$$$$$$$$$h+$$$$$$-$$$$HX *H***********H************H* XH*-$$$$$$$H H H$$$$$$$$ *HX *HX$****X**H$H$H**X*****$XH* XH*$XH$$$-*HHHHH* $-$$ X$*HX *HX$*H***V**HHH**V****H*$XH* XH*$XH* $$$$HHH$$$ $H*HX$*HX *HX$*HX$****HHH***$*HXH*$XH* XH*$XH*$$ $$HHH$$-$$H*HX$*HX *HX$*H***V**HHH**V****H*$XH* XH*$XH$$$$XHHHHHX$$$$$HX$*HX *HX$*******H*$*H********$XH* XH*$$$$$$$$HX$XH$$$$$$$$$*HX *H***********$************H* XH$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$HX Solution: Getting all three robots on the same side is half the battle, and it's best to get all three of them together so they're totally ineffective. Since you are quicker than they are yo can lead them on a wild goose chase. MESSAGE: CRAZE MAZE Level # 23 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X+ X X X X ~~ ~~ ~~H X$ X $HX $ X X $X X$ H XXXXHXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXHXXXH X XH$X X $X X $ X$HX H X XH X X HX~~~~HX H XXXXXHXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH X X HX X X $X $ X$HX H X $ HX$ X XH HHX$ H X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH X X X X$HX X HX X H X $ X X X $HX X X H X XXHXXXXXXXXHXXXXXXXXXXXXXH X $XH X X H$X X$ X H X XH $ XH hX $H XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Solution: This solitaire level has a definite order to it. First you should clear out the space above the third row of bricks and on the left(including the "suspended" chest) which is not too bad. Often you may need to dig the brick to the right of the single ladder, go to the ladder above the third row, and dig the three bricks to the right of each rung. You can make it in time to pick up the suspended gold. Second are the gold chests to the right of the middle and above the second row of bricks. Climb up the one-rung ladder on the fourth row of bricks and dig right. Remember to either get back there before the hole closes or get to the bottom, or you will be trapped! You'll want to drop down to the right of the barrier above the first row, and this orucedure in tricky. From the one-rung ladder dig right, go down, and dig right. Pick up the two gold chests and dig the two squares to the right. dig the square to the right of the ladder and the one below that. You can then get to the right of the brick which would otherwise trap you. Pick up the two "free" gold chests and then from the rope, dig the brick left of the ladder. Knock out the three below it and the one to the left of the ladder--there's another gold chest. Again knock out the four bricks on top of each other, although you'll want to wait to dig the fourth until the first is filled. That'll allow you to get the gold chest under the rope. From there take the rope to the left and dig. You're now ready for the third part, clearing the lower left. Be sure to go to the left of the one-rung ladder and dig, because you must pick up the suspended gold next to the ladder. Dig above it and the two bricks to the right. Then on the ladder, dig the two bricks allowing you passage tp the right. The rest of the gold, except the bottom left, aren't a problem--just dig the brick to the left of the ladder and get back in time. The final one is very sticky. Dig the obstructing brick, wait a bit, then dig the brick to the left of the lower-left ladder and the one below it. Get back and dig below those two--when they form, go over them, dig to the left, and pick up the final gold piece. (You may wish to return and re-dig so you aren't trapped!) Get out. Pretty tough level for no monsters. MESSAGE: BEST BUNGELINGS Level # 24 H~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -XXXX ~~~~ H~~~~~ - ~~~~~~~ XXXXXXX ~~~ H~~~ XXX ~~~~ XXXXXXXX ~~~ H~~ XXXXXXX ~ XXXXXXX ~~~~ H~ X XXXXXXX XXXXXX ~~~~~ H~ X $ XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX ~~ H~~ XXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX H~~~~~~~ XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX H XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX H XXX$XXX$XXXXXX XXXXXX H XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX H ~~~~~XXXXXXXX~~~~~XXXXXX H ~~~~XX XXX~~~~~~XXXXX H~~ XXXhXXXXHXXXXX XXXX XXXX H X$XXh XXXXXX XXXXXX XXX H+HVHXXXh XXHXHXX XXX Lots of digging in this level. The most treacherous part is to get the robots trapped to the right of the "broderbunny." Do this by getting a brick to fill up over them, and eventually they'll be exiled. One will fall between its ears, and the other you must be persistent with. Dig the left ear heavily and try to trap a robot so he's beneath a brick. Always leave yourself an out. The bottom gold is not tough to pick up--just dig the brick to the left of it and fall over it. Right, up, left, right. To get the robot from between broderbunny's ears, dig all of the left ear's top row and all of the next row(start from the left) and then dig as much as you can of the third. Fall in and dig. Step over the robot as he falls in and dig to the right. You'll get gold and "rescue" the robot. Then kill him until he's exiled. The chest on the left is the easier of the two. From the row with four ropes, dig the two bricks to the left, then dig as much as you can. The important thing is to dig the square two to the right of the rope end because once that's gone you can dig two squares below and two below that, get to the chest, and get out alive. The left vhest is a tougher proposition. For this you need to start at the row above broderbunny's ear and since you need two spaces dug next to the right chest to escape safely, you'll need to dig six(making seven all told) where Broderbunny's ear is. That means you'll have to dig EVERYTHING at the third row from the top and repeat that for the fourth row. After that without ropes to help you you'll be left with 6, 5, 4, 3, and then 2 spaces to dig(remember to plan so that the spaces are NEXT to the chest!) Get the chest and dig some more--2 spaces, 1, and dig out of the "mouth." Take the ladders that have appeared. MESSAGE: BRODERBUNNY Level # 25 XXXXXXXXXXHHHHHHHHXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXHHHH-- +HHHHXXXXXXX XXXXXXHH XXXXXX HHXXXXXX XXXXXHH XXXXX~XXXXXX HHXXXXX XXXXHH XXXXXX~~X X$XX HHXXXX XXXHH XX$XXXX~~XXXXXXX HHXXX XXXH XXXX- ~~ -XXXX HXXX XXXH XXXXXXXX~~XXXXXXXX HXXX XXXH XXXXX~~X~~X~~XXXXX HXXX XXXH XXXX~~XX~~XX~~XXXX HXXX XXXHH XX~ XX ~~XXX$~XX HHXXX XXXXHH XXXXXX ~XXXXXX HHXXXX XXXXXHH XXXXXX XXXXX HHXXXXX XXXXXXHH XXXXXX HHXXXXXX XXXXXXXHHHH HHHHXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXHHHHHHHHXXXXXXXXXX Solution: A bit of a break, but precision is still required. It's easy to get the two active robots out of the way, but once you do, start on the right side. Dig the square above and to the right of the chest and then take out the two to the right of the chest. Take out the three below those and four below those. Take out four below those(use the rope) and keep digging down, making sure that when you can only dig one, it's the one two to the right of the chest. Get the chest and dig right to get out. Get the active robots to follof you to the right, and the gold chest on the left is similar to the one on the upper right. MESSAGE: BO Level # 26 XXXXXHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHXXXXXX XXXXHH HHXXXXX XXXHH + - HHXXXX XXHH HXXXXXXHXXXXXXH HHXXX XXH HX $ XHX $ XH HXXX XXH~~~H*$ XHX $*H~~~HXXX XXH$$$HXX XXXHXXX XXH$$$HXXX XXH$$$H X V*****X X H$$$HXXX XXH H XXX XXX H HXXX XXH~~~H $$$ H~~~HXXX XXH H XXXXXXXXXXX H HXXX XXH- $HHHHH$ -HXXXX XXXH VVXVVVVVXVV HXXXXX XXXXH- -HXXXXXX XXXXXH HXXXXXXX XXXXXXH$$$$$$$$$$$$HXXXXXXXX Solution: Trapping the monsters one at a time works best here. But don't trap them all at once. Bring them over to one side one at a time. This works best by digging a hole on the left side of the structure. Then go to the right ladder and climb down. The robot will go off to the left after he climbs out. Once they're all on one side, you'll probably want to clear out the six gold chests on the left as well as those beneath the structure you started on(it's almost impossible to do with robots on both sides, as you must reach the bottom and there's just one way to get back up), and the most convenient way to do this is, from the top of the ladder in the middle of the structure, dig the bricks SW, SSW, SSSW, and 4S3W before falling west, digging west, and picking up 3 chests. Dig over a ladder, fall through, and pick up the two chests. Turn around immediately after you do or you'll fall through. After getting these two chests I advise falling off to the left so that you can run left a bit then right to get all the chests. Now you want to drag the robots into the structure one at a time. The ultimate plan is to be able to walk across them to get the chests next to the cement. So what you do is to climb down the left ladder of the structure and get one robot to follow you. This example will show you how to drop one in the right-hand side; for the left-hand side, you must get one to come over, dig a hole, run over the robot when they fall in, then proceed as in the right-hand side. On top of the ladder, dig W and after the robot falls, dig E. Then dig the squares S and 2S of that before digging the square 2E of the base of the ladder. The robot will follow you. Once he's fallen in, climb around and to the right of where he'd come out. He'll fall into the hole that fits two robots. Repeat three more times until it's easy to pick up both chests. Two suspended chests remain. From the top of the ladder, dig the squares SW and SSW, wait a while, dig the square SSSW, and then go back up and dig the brick over the gold. Drop through. Repeat similarly for the right side. MESSAGE: MASK OF THE SUN Level # 27 *- * *H******** * *H** * *H** ******* H H H H H H H H *******************h H $$*$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$H H ********************** H H $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$H H ********************** H H $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$H + H ********************** Solution: The robot always follows a prescribed pattern: up the ladder, left, down, and then he falls down. The bottom two rows are not tough--jump on him and go right. Be sure to nab the two extra chests--he'll probably discard them and you'll pick them up easily, but be aware.The next one is a bit tougher. You can't catch up to him before he falls down the chute, so you have to use the suspended ladder. Climb up the ladder(two rungs below the cement) and when the robot first hits the cement go right. You'll run across him on to the second ladder. Hit up quickly or you'll be stuck and have to re-try. Then the next time he drops, run over him and get the chests on the third row. A ladder will pop up and it's easy to escape to the next level. MESSAGE: SPHINX Level # 28 + - XXhXXXXXVXXXXXXXXXhXXXXXXXXX h X Xh hXXXXXXXXXXVXXXXXXXXXXVXXXhX h X X h XXXXhXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXVXXX h h~~~~~~~~~~~~ h ~ H XXX XXXXH XXXX~~HXXXXXXXXXXX ~~~H XXXX~ H ~ H XX-X~ XXXXXHXXXXXXX ~ H XXXX~ H $ ~ HX XX-X~ XXHXXXXXX HXXH X ~ HXX XXXX~ H H H HXXX X$$X H H H HXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Solution: You're best off going right immediately and falling on top of the only active robot. Then go right when on top of him and you're left with two relatively easy chests. Releasing the robots is a bit tricky but if you do it one at a time it should be OK. You may want to trap the robots before getting to the two bottom chests to buy yourself time. The main thing here is not to get trapped after you get the two chests. MESSAGE: FALLING STAR Level # 29 HHHXH HX+ -X-HHHH VXVXH $ $ $ $ HXXX$XXVXXH HXVXH HHHHHHHH $HHHX$-$$-XH HXHHH HXVXVVVH $ HXXXXX$XX HXXHH HXhh$$VHHHHH HHHHHX$$- VXXH$ HX$hhXVXVVXH $ $ HXVXX HHHHH HXhh$XVh$$XHHHHH HHHHH HXXXH HXXXVXVhhXXVXVXH $$$h H$$XH HHHHHX$$$XX$hhXH $HHHH HHHXH$ HXVXXXXhh$XH $HVV HVHXH HHHHHX$$$$XH $HVH HVHXXXXXH$ HXXXXVXH HHHVH HVHHHHHXH HHHHHHHH HXVVH HVXXVXHXVXXXH$ $ $ $HXHHH HHHH$XHHHHXXXHHHH HHHHXHXV VVVVHXXX$HHHXVVVH$ $HVVVXHXH Solution: Wait until the robots have climbed as far up as they can. Only then go right and down. They'll fall, allowing you to go up. Remember to jump left(or you'll never get that one gold chest) and then keep to the right and try to get the robots to fall to the left. Don't worry if they have gold chests when they fall into fake bricks(unless the ones at the very bottom)...when they are all on the left and you've cleared the gold out climb up to the upper left. The remaining ones will follow you. If there are any stuck "underground" you can entomb robots by digging the three bricks in a row below the middle box. Then dig two squares below that and go to the right and hide behind the remaining brick. You'll nail two robots(possibly with chests) every time. This you can clean out the bottom left without much worry. Also with all robots trapped you can clean the right side out, too. Keep entombing robots until none has gold left, and you are done. MESSAGE: TRINGORS LAIR Level # 30 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXhXXXXXXXXXXXXX X - $ - +hhh - $ - X XhXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXhX H~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~H H h H H h H H h H H h H H h H H h H H h H H h$ H H $ * $ H H * * * H H * * * - H HXXXXX XXXX * XXXX XXXXH Solution: Dig left, go left, dig left for the first gold. Then go to the left and when the robots follow you fall to the left. The robots will drop. You must remember 1)robots go left and 2)if a robot gets the center gold chest, you're toast. Plan it so one robot is beneat each two-tiered cement block. Then go to the bottom rung of the ladder on the side where you want to pick up the cement. The robot will run toward you, and then you can jump down on the robot the next time. Remember to keep track of how many chests out of 5 you have--if they're gone and you have fewer than 4 entomb a few robots. The last chest is in the center. Drop on it to pick it up, and you'll make the next level. MESSAGE: MANIPULATION Level # 31 hh~~~h~~~h~~~h~~~h~~~h~~~hh HXXVXXXVXXXVXXXVXXXVXXXVXXH HX~~~X X~~ X ~~X X~~~XH HXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXXXXXVXVXVXH HX X~~~X X V~~~X XH HXXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXXXVXVXVXXH HX X X~~~X~~~X X XH HXVXVXVXXXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXVXH HX V HX~~~X~~~X X XH HXXVVVXVXVXVXVXVXXXXXVXVXXH HX X~~~X V XH~~X XH HXVXVXVXVXVXVVXXXXXXVXVXVXH HX~~~ X X XH X X~~XH HXXVXVXVXVXVVVVVXVXVXVXVXXH H+-- $ ---H XXXXXXXXXXXXh hXXXXXXXXXXXX Solution: Easy once you know it, but the trial-and-error is intricate. Second false brick from the right. Dig left, fall through, go left, go left and down, go left and down. Dig holes to get the robots and escape. MESSAGE: PACHINKO Level # 32 h + h H HXXXXXXXXXX*********** H H HX H H H H*$XHX $ - $HXH H H H******************XXH H H HX ~~~H H H HX$ - - - $XHX $XH H H HXXXXXXX**********XH H H~~~H~~~ X H H HX$ XHX $$ *H H H HXXXXXX**********H H H H* H H H*$- XHXH $$ XH H H H*X***********XH H H H H H Solution: Go to the left and then go down the ladder but don't fall off. The robot on the ladder on the other side will fall, and blast your way into the first level --over the ladder. The gold will be easy to pick up, so then dripp the two rightmost bricks so you can move down to the next level. From there blast the two bricks that you can and move back to the ladder on a level with the three robots. Pick off the chest at the far end(dig so you can get back) and then dig the brick on the right(while you're on the rope) and after one robot falls in go back to the ladder as you were before. This will get rid of all the gold chests in the top two levels leaving you to concentrate on the bottom two. Jump off the side ladders and wait on the right ladder, one square up, and if there are any robots above you wait for them to fall before climbing all the way. Bring all robots you can over to the right side and then switch to the left where you'll complete the bottom two levels. Youdon't have to do them all at once. Still, once you get to the second-bottom level and robots are following, dig right and use the down ladder so two fall from the ropes. Dig again after getting the gold chests, and now dispose of the final robot. This shouldn't be too hard. By now you will have clean-up work to do; some robots may still have gold chests. Flush them out as you please and you are ready for the next level. MESSAGE: INVERSE PYRAMID Level # 33 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~H$~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $ $-$ $H $+$ $ XXXXXXXX H$ XXXXXXXX XX XX $H XX XX XhX X X H$ X X XhX XhhX X X $H X X XhhX XhhhX- X X H$ X X -XhhhX XhhhhVVXXXVXX$HXXVXXXVVhhhhX XhhhhV X XH$X X VhhhhX XXXXXVXX$ X$HX $XXVXXXXX XHHHVHHX$ XH$X $XHHVHHHX XHHVHHHX$ X$HX $XHHHVHHX H XHVHHHHV$XH$X$VHHHHVHX H HH XVHHHHHVX$HXVHHHHHVX HH H VVXXXXVXH$XVXXXXVV H XXHH $H HHXX Solution: Pick up the top three chests, dig the leftmost brick. Fall into it and dig left again. Go one square left and dig right. Fall down and remember that false brick is on the right. Note that the robots may gravitate to the left--you won't want to kill any but this makes your task pretty easy. You can simply outrun them, or if you get stuck on the right, dig your way out, step over the monster, and go to the left. To get the leftmost chest in the right structure, blast the highest brick next to the ladder and then the next highest. Run across it and fall in, and you have got it. Repeat symmetrically for the other side. MESSAGE: RORSCHACH TEST Level # 34 h ~ - *h H XH *~~~~~~~~V H*HX****XX*HXXX*H H H H***H ~ * $ *HXX*H * * H H*$ H$ $*H-~HHX*H~~$ $~*H H**H H H**H **H*H * $~* H H$*H H *$ H $*H*H~~$ * $~*H H*$H~H**H H $H*H*H *~$ * H H$*H *$ H H VH H*H~~$ * $~*H H*$H**H H H *$*H*H * $~* H H***$ H H H $V$H*H~~$ * $~*H H$**H H H H H*** H *~$ * H **$ H H H H H* XH~~$ * $~*H * H H H H H H XH*H * * H $*H*H*H*H*H *** +H*h -- H H H H H H H XH***XXXX**X* Solution: This requires considerable accuracy and I would recommend slowing the game down to complete the level. From where you are go right and four up. The robot above you will drop down the ropes, and if you time it right you can sneak by him. Then I'd trap the robot until he is out of commission. Then take the long ladder down and dig the brick to the right of it. Get the robot in that structure to follow you and then trap him out of the way. With the robots gone you should be able to get the chests arranged diagonally on the ladders. Just dig, run, and run back. If you miss something on the way double back because there's a very small margin for error. Get a relatively easy chest by digging thebrick two above where you started, digging the brick down and to the left from that, and left and up to get a chest. Then go back up to the right side of the struture, picking up the chests on the cement over the ropes(don't fall off the cement!) Several tasks will require the same start, which follows. Dig from right to left the three bricks, then the two below(right to left) then the one below them. Pick up all the remaining chests in the structure this way. Again perfect timing is required here, but it is not hard to find the quickest way to get in and out. It's important to go for just one chest at a time as you aren't quick enough to get more. Now to banish the robots inside the structure. Climb up the one-rung ladder on top of the structure and dig. Run right and (from the right) dig the leftmost of the three bricks you drilled to get the gold chests. Quickl go right and one down. The robots will descend the ladder, after which you should go further down. Wait for the bricks to repair, and the robots are trapped. First knock off the three leftmost gold chests one at a time by digging that annoying obstacle brick on top. To get the rest(one at a time, again!) knock off that brick and the one two to the right and one below it. The ladder under the brick is useful for climbing down(saves critical time) for the chests beneath and to the left of it. The remaining part is now the gold chests on the cement. It's not hard to fake out the two robots and get out alive. MESSAGE: SPLIT SECOND Level # 35 h h h $ - $ $ $ - $h **********XH HX************ H H HXXH $ -$ $ H H $ - $ X*X*X*X*X*X*HH*X*X*X*X*X*X*X HH ~~~~~~ $ HH $ ~~~~~~~~ H************H H H $ - H $ $ H $- $ ****VXXXXXXXHHXXXXXXXV****** HH HH $ +$ HH $ $ NOTE: only five monsters, the maximum, appear. The upper left monster is a bogey. Solution: Patience is a virtue. Don't let the monsters trap you. Immediately upon starting go west, get the chest, and then go east. You'll just make it. Then climb up the stairs and go west. Pick up the chest, and be sure to have dug SW, SE, and SEE. You'll be able to walk over the monsters. From here you will want to go to the level with alternating brick/cement and dig and wait for the robots to come to you. When they're just about to get you, dig the far brick and jump down. Then wait for them to come down and go back up. Getting the gold chests on the cement will be tough but you have time to do it if all robots are chasing you from about the same position. MESSAGE: BARREN BOARD Level # 36 hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh h - ~~~~~ + h hXXXXXXXXX H XXXXXXXXXh hhH~H~H~H XHHHX H~H~H~Hhh X~H~H~H~H~XH HX~H~H~H~H~X X~H$H H$H~XHHHX~H$H H$H~X XXXXXXXXX HHH XXXXXXXXX H H HHH XXX HHH X~~H $ HX ~~~~~$ H H X $ HXXX H*$ ~~~ X HHH~~ * X H~~ HX*X$~ XHX*X*XHX X H H X*X*XH - H X*X*X*X*X $* *H *X X*XHXH $ $ X* X*X*H$XH $ HX*X*X*X*X*X Solution: You can trap both robots in the enclosed structures that flank the ladders, although you'll want to use the right one first(you need the left one to catch a few chests so it might be a bit sticky.) You can't do it at once and your first order of business is to get past them. Dig to catch one robot and stand and dig to catch the other. Once you are clear, dig the bricks SEE and 2S2E of the big ladder's top rung. You may want to wait so you are sure that the robots do indeed get trapped in. Once they do, you should dig your way out or, better yet, fall through a way you already dug out. The robots will not get stuck in holes, so they are immobilized. Go E from there and wait for the robots to come in. From there there is nothing too tricky to picking up the gold chests on the left-hand side, except dropping in from the left oval, digging eastmost, dropping down to the next rope, digging east of the rope, getting a chest, and digging east again. Then fall through, go west, climb up the ladder, and go east. You'll just make it. The right-hand side's a bit trickier but gets repetitive. The rope that extends from the ladder, dig the brick east of it, drop, and dig west. Pick up the two gold chests above and east of you(the right one first) and go back to where you were on the right. Once the bricks regenerate, dig them again and this time go E, N, walk across the rope, fall, pick up the three gold chests, and that is pretty much it. You can pick up the gold chest below the ladder without much worry--just go W and N, dig W, and go W and escape the way you did the first time you got the chests. MESSAGE: BI PLANE CLIMB Level # 37 h H~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Hh H~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~XXXH H X X X X X X X X H HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX H HX XXXX X XXX X VXXXX H HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXVXXXXH - HXXX XXXXX XXXXXVXXXX H HXXXXXXXXXX XXXX $ VXXXX H HXX~XXXXXXXXXXXXVXXVXXXX H HXXXX $XXX XXXXVXXVXXXX H HX HXXXXX XXX~VX~VX~XX H HVXXXHVXXXX$ XXVXXVVXXXXH HVX~XXX~~XXXX~~VXXV~~XXX H HVXXXX~~~~XX~~~~XX~~~~XX H H HH - HH $ HH $ HH + H Solution: Climb halfway up the right ladders until both robots are adjacent. Then climb all the way up, go left, and drop one row the first chance you get. The robots will run after you, and once one falls off to the right, jump on him. Wait until you've passed the single open space to the W and then try to go W. pick up the gold chest and wait there until the robot goes W. Then go W until you fall through the fake bricks. If the robot has a brick, then drop down to the second of the ropes near the top(where you have rope, space, rope, space, etc.) and wait for the robot to walk over. Dig a hole for him, go west, and when he's over a hole, climb down. Both robots are taken care of, so you just need to do a lot of digging. From the base of the ladder, dig the following bricks: 2W, 4W, SW, SWW, SWWW, S4W. Then SSEEEE, SSEEE, SSEE and if you keep digging the rightmost bricks you'll be able to pick up the one on the "l". To get the final brick, dig the bricks SW, SSW, 3S, 3SW, 4S, 4SW, 5S, 5SW, and 6S of the laddre. in the area below you stand on the ladder and dig W as you move down. Fall through, go W, and dig E. You're out. MESSAGE: CREEPY CASTLE Level # 38 +HHHHXXXX HXXXH~~~~~XXXXHHHH HXXXH~~~~~HXXXHXXXX XXXXHXXH HXXX XXVX-HXXXHXXXX~~~~~HXXH H $-$- $-$H $ H$ $ $$ $ H XXX **VX XHVXHXXHX VXVX XVHX XXX $VX XHVXHXXHX $XVX XXHX XVX XXVX XHHHHXXHX VXVX H HH $$ $~~~~~~~~~ $H $ $ $ $ XX VHXX-XVXX XVXH XVXH XXVV XX VHXX XVX$~HHHH X$XH~~~~~~ XX VHXX XVXX XXXH XVXH XXXX $ $ H $ $ $$ H $$ H $$ $ XHVHXVHVXXX XXXXHVXXVHXXXX X XHVHXXHVXXX XXXXHVXXVHXXXX X XHHHHHHVXXX XXXXHVXXVHXXXX X $H$$$$$$$$$$$$$$H$$$$H$$$$$$ Solution: Don't try to challenge all five robots unless you can isolate them. The best way to do this is to use the leftmost ladder that touches the ground. Climb all the way up it, wait, and then climb down. Wait for any robots on the far left ladder to come over as far as possible(don't let the ones on the middle touch the ground) then scoot back up the ladder. Your place on the ladder determines the direction of the robots on the ground to some extent. I'm note sure how, but tinker with it and you'll figure it out. Once all five are lined up, go to the top and push off to the west. Climb up the left ladder and go east and up. The robots will all run east and up. From there you can pick off a lot of gold chests. When you get tired, just climb one rung up the ladder--the robots will follow you then--before going up and east. Climb a bit up the ladder so the robots all go to the west, and you will be able to pick up more gold chests. Just remember, always keep the robots in one place. Once you've picked off all you can, you'll need to become very tricky. Basically, while on the middle ladder, you'll first need to isolate the robots to the left and then drag them over to the middle ladder, and while you're on the left ladder, you need to sucker the robots over there before raiding for gold(one may still track you, but you can deal with one.) The only really tricky gold(before the final one) is found beneath the three-by-three block of bricks on the left. Dig the bricks NW and N of center before digging the center. Fall through the fake brick, then go E. Keep running the robots around until you only have the one brick--next to the 3x3 block--to get. Have all five robots follow you but don't shake them all immediately. Let one follow you, and be sure to out-run him to where you are NNW of him. When he runs after you he'll fall through a false brick. Jump on him and keep going W. Get rid of him(if you don't, you may be trapped when you try to climb up) by digging him in a hole as many times as is necessary. Once you do, sucker the robots one more time. MESSAGE: BROTHERHOOD Level # 39 - ~~ + HXXXXXXX XXXXXXH HXXXXXXX XXXXXXH~H~ hh H XXX XXX - H h h H~~H XXX XXX H h h H H XXX XXX H hh H - XXX XXX H H XXX $$ $$ XXX H h h H XXX XX XX XXX H hh H XXX XXX H h hh H XXX XXXXX XXX H H XXX XXXXX XXX HX*XXH H XX XXX XXX X $ XH XXXXXHXXX $X$ XXX~~~X X XH X $ XH XXXXXXXXXXX~~~~XX XXH X X XH XX XX H Solution: Fall down, go W, dig E. When the robot falls in, go all the way E and one rung S. The robot will go W, S, and fall in E. From there go N, dig W and then SW. Wait a bit and dig SSW before digging the brick 2N of where the robot is. Fall in and go E. Go to the bottom of the ladder now. Race the robots up and get to the top. Dig the 4 leftmost bricks, then the 3 after you've fallen a level, then 2, then 1. That'll get you 2 chests and falling off and going E will get you 3. Dig SEE and SE and then SSEE to get out. Wait until the robots reach the bottom, then race them up again--but this time, wait for them to get to the top. Fall west and leave a couple of holes for them to fall into (center and right-of-center) before going W, digging left-of-center, and falling W. Pick up the gold and dig SWW, SW, and SSWW to get out. The robots are both stuck so now you can pick up the encased gold. At the top of the first stair, dig SW, SSW. Wait, dig SSSW, go up and dig SWWW, fall W, and go E. From there pick up the remaining two chests as you did before. Remember to go to the right and dig your way out to get to the next level. MESSAGE: OMEGA WABBIT Level # 40 H~~~~ H +- HXXXH ~~~~~~~~~ HXXXH H XHXXXXXH ~~~~~ HXXXXXH H XXHXHXXXHXX XXHXXXHXH H XXHXHXXXHXX XXX XXHXXXHXH H XHXXXHXXXX H XXXXHXXXH H HXXXHXXXX XHX XXXXHXXXH H XHXHXXXHXX XHX XXHXXXHXH H XXHXHXXXHXX XHX XXHXXXHXH H XXHXXXHXXXX XHX XXXXHXXXH H XHXXXHXXXX XHX XXXXHXXXH H H HXXXHXX XHX XXHXXXHXH XH HXXHXXXH XHX HXXXHXH XXHHXXXXX $ XXHXX $ XXXH XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX H Solution: Although you can get one of the gold chests, you have to rely on the robot for the other. First order of business is to get rid of the robot. Tease him into following you across the top center rope, then climb down a ladder. He'll fall and go to the left. From here, climb to the upper right spot. Dig the 2x3 rectangle of bricks above a ladder, then on top of that ladder, dig W, go S, dig W, go S, dig W, go E. On each ladder you'll want to dig (E/W), go S, dig (E/W) and you will eventually drop off on a level with the gold chest. Pick it up and dig your way out. Now, use the same strategy for the left-hand side, but wnen you can jump down on a level with the chest(and robot) don't. Climb up and fall west before climbing down. The robot will run towards you and be swallowed up. You've gotten all the gold chests, so now you can advance a level. Note: the robot may cough up the chest running towards you while you pick up the chest on the right. It's unlikely, but if it happens, you'll have to go to the right ladder on a level with him, then back over to the left. Alternately, you can just drop him where the chest is again. MESSAGE: TAX MAN Level # 41 - h Xh XX HXXX h X XhXXXXXXh XXH XhXXXXXX XXX Xh H X XXXXX X HX Xh XhXXXXXX XXXXXXX Xh XXX XXXXXXX - XXh X XXXXXXX h XXXX XX + XXXXH X h HXXXX H HXXXh HXX H $ XXXXH HXXXX $ h XH XXX HXXX $ HXVh H $ H $ HXXX H XXXXXXHXX XXXXX H XXXXH $ - H $ H H XXX XXXXXXH XXX XXXXH HXXX H H H Solution: Getting all the chests isn't hard. Getting out is trickier. First, kill off all three robots. Each will drop where a ladder appears once you've gotten all the gold chests. Once you've gotten them(it's best to keep the lower left one 'til last) you'll need to step over all three robots to advance to the next level. You will basically sweep from left to right starting with the leftmost ladder. Timing is important but doesn't have to be split-second. MESSAGE: HOMICIDE Level # 42 ~~~~ hh- H XXXXXXXh hXXXXXX HXXXXX X Xh hX X HX XXXXX X+hh X HXXXXX HXHXXX X XH XXXHXX HX X X HX X X XH X H HXXX X HX $X X XHXXXXXXXH HX X HX XXXXX XH XXXHX XXXXX HX X X X XXX XHXX HXXXXH HXXXXX XXX HXXXXX HX XH H X X$H X XXXXXXXH XH$ H X XXXXXX X X - X $HXXXX XHXXXHX -X X X X X HX -X XH XHX $XXXXX X XXXXX X XH XHXXXXXX XXXXX XVXX XXXXXH X V Solution: Get the robot out of the way so you have time to figure how to get the chests. This solution takes the chests from left to right. Go to the ladder 6E of where you started. Dig at the top and at every rung, W at the bottom one, then dig EEES, EES, and ES from the bottom rung in that order. Pick up the first chest. For the second, go to the ladder 1W of it and dig east at the top of the ladder and at each run, but dig the first three, wait, and dig the fourth. Then dig the first three when they fill up again, fall through the fourth, wait for it to fill up, and run back over. From the ladder 2E of where you started, dig all bricks directly east. Fall in and on the one-rung ladder dig W and SW. Fall through, climb up the ladder, and dig the bricks west of the top three rungs. Then go west and you're ready to attack the two other solo chests. For the one on the left, climb up the leftmost ladder and dig the bricks directly to the east--alternating by digging the one of bricks directly east of the ladder above the left ladder. In other words, dig in this order: (from upper left) E4S, 3E2S, E5S, 3E3S, E6S, 3E4S, E7S, E8S(remember to fall west off the upper ladder) and pick up the next chest. Now climb across the rope and when you're on brick, dig east. Fall through and dig east, then dig the two bricks below that. go west and down, dig east, then go up and east. When you're above W3N of the one-rung ladder, dig east, fall through, dig west, pick up the gopd. and dig SE of the one-rung ladder. Safety! For the final chest you'll need to cross the rope, dig east when you get on brick, dig east, then the two below that. On the ladder to the east, dig the two squares directly west of it as well as the one SW of the rung. Go west and dig west. Now after you fall dig the square NE of the ladder you would fall on. This will allow you to release the robot and get his chest. The best way to do so is, from the top of the ladder, dig W and E. Then dig the square SSW and SSSW of the top. Only then dig SSE of the top and jump off to the west. Dig a hole as you wait for the robot. Pick up his gold and run to the top. MESSAGE: ETCH A SKETCH Level # 43 XXXHXXX XXXHXXX XXX H XXXX H XXX X HXXXXXX XXXXXXH X XXhXXXX XXXXhXX Xh HXXX XXXH hX V XhXXXXXH HXXXXXhX V V**h********H H********h**V V h $ X H H X $ h V V**h******H* ~~ *H******h**V h H X X H h -X h XH + HXX XXH - HX h X- XXXXXHXXXXHX XHXXXXHXXXXX - XHXX$ HX$$XH $XXHX - XX XXH X~~HX$$XH~~X HXX XX XXX H XXXXXXXXXX H XXX XXXXXXXXH HXXXXXXXX Solution: First, you'll want to get the robots out of the way. The best way to do that is to dig left immediately, then go E and dig left again. climb up and down the ladder to distract the robots and buy time, so that when they fall in your holes they're trapped. Now note that robots appear and fall to one or two sides--holes they can't get out of. You can get the other robots to do the same sort of thing. However, you need all five to fall on one side, so you may have to release robots from one side--when you do, head towards the center rope, wait for the robots, fall in, and dig your way out. You can release them the next time by digging when you are on the rope and then digging the bricks below. Eventually all robots will be on one side, and when they are, climb up a ladder so you're level with a gold chest. A robot will run along and pick it up. Move back down and release the robots. Then repeat for the other side. Note: to get the suspended gold chest on the left, dig E when you are 1E3N of it, then go S and dig W. Fall in west and climb back up. Similar procedure for the right. MESSAGE: STACK ATTACK Level # 44 + h XXHXHXXXXXXXHXXXXXXXXXHXXXh H XHX H XHX H X h XXHXXHXX XHXXXXHXXhXXXXXXXh H h H H H H H h XH HX XXH XHX XH X H~ X H H ~ XH XXX XHXXXH XHX XHXX$XHXH X H XH HX XHX~HX H~XHX H XHXH H HXXXX-XX H XXXX HXH XH ~ XHX~ X XH ~ HXH XH X HXXXX HX H HX$XX HXH H HXH~~~XX XH HHX~~~HXH XXH H H XHX X HXXXXXHH XXXH~ H~~~~H~~~XX~~~~~H - Solution: Go west and dig the brick above the rope. Fall through it. Now go west a square, dig west, go east, and dig east. Then fall off the rope to the west, wait, and dig east. Go west and up one. When the holes have filled, go east, fall in, and go west. Dig east, go down, and dig east. Fall al the way east and dig E. When you fall east going east should put you at the ladder. Dig so that the bricks E and SE are removed and then go E of that ladder. Fall off, then climb the ladder, dig E, get the chest, and go W until you fall to the bottom rope. Climb the closest ladder, go E and climb twice before going east(fall one square), go E, and climb to the top. MESSAGE: CAN OF CORN Level # 45 XXXXXXXXXXXXX X+ X X $ X H ~~~~~~~~~~ X X$ HX $X~H H XXXXXHXXXXXXX-H hH XXXXXXX X X$HX X$ X H h H $XXX$XX X$ X HX$ X~Hh H X$XXXX$ XX XXHXXXXXXX H $XXX$XX X $X HX $XH X H X$XXXX$ X $HX X$ X H $XXX$XX XXXXXHXXXXXXX H X$XXXX$ X~~X HX~~X X H X~~X HX~~X -X HXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX HX HX $X XH X X HXXXXXXXXX XH- X $ HX HX XH $X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Solution: Fall, go E, dig W. Fall W, fall E, and climb up the ladder. Get the chest and the suspended chest to the W, climb up the one rung ladder, dig east for two more chests. Go back to the big ladder and dig E of the top rung. Wait a while, then dig the brick below that. When the top rung fills in dig e of the one0rung ladder then dig E of the third-top rung. Climb back up and get the suspended chest before digging out. To get the two below, dig the three bricks east of the top three rungs. Go east and then dig the squares N and NW of the ladder. Dig east of the fourth rung, fall in, and dig E of th 5th, 6th rungs. Go back up top, dig E of the 2nd rung, and fall through. Then dig W and SW of the sole ladder before dropping through and going W. Now dig every brick directly east of the ladder to fall out. You need to use the robot on the right to get a few chests, so what you do is to climb across the rope, fall on the right brick on the big block, and dig to your left. Wait for the robot to fall in, then fall left and climb up to the top rung. When the robot falls, run on top of him(East) until you get a chest. He'll come around again and you can catch him again. Since you can get the top of the three chests without his help, you can kill him off once you get the bottom two. The rest is a game of solitaire. Two trips through the 7x7 structure will net most of the chests. Dig the 2nd 3rd and 4th left bricks and then the 3rd and 5th left bricks on each level below that. The second time through dig the 6th and 7th left bricks and then the 6th left on each row below that. The two enclosed chests are real nuisances. Dig the leftmost brick, wait, and dig the fourth and fifth-left bricks. Go west and dig the brick below the leftmost brick in the bottom left structure. Then go up and fall through the bricks you dug, digging below the fifth-left brick. Go east and west and you should make it, but this manoeuver may require practice. For the second brick, do the same thing except instead of picking up the gold chest, dig beheath where the 5th and 6th bricks should be. Get out, dig the bricks directly right of the bottom two rungs, and climb back over. Dig below the 6th-left brick on the top of the box, fall through, dig left, and get the last chest. You're done. MESSAGE: TENEMENT LIFE Level # 46 -h h- ** ** *h + h** * ***** * * * * h H h * * * *** * * * hHh * ** ***** XXXXXVXXX*XHXXXXXXXXXX -XX H~ H ~ ~ $~$$XHXXXH H $XXXXX$XHX$HX HX HXXH XH H $$XXXXX$XHX***VVXHXVX$XXXH H$$$XXXXX$XH $ ** $ $ H HX$XXXXXX$XHV**XVXXXXXX**XXH H **V$V***H* $VVX $X* $***H XXH**$$$***HXHXXX*XXXXXXXXXH X H*$$$$$**H*$ $ $XH XHXXXXXXXXXH****** XXXXX**XH XH $ $ $ $ H XXXXXHX$ $H XXXXXXXXXXXX* XXXXH-XHXhXXXX Solution: A good way to start is to go left, dig, and dig left. A robot will fall in. Go west again to pick up gold, then climb up the ladder and drop off the rope to the right. Pick up the remaining chest and then go down to get four more. Two robots should now be trapped in a 1x4 hole. Dig one out at a time and each time, go to the top of that hole, go east, and past the second rope dig a hole for the robot to fall into. climb back down the long ladder and the robot will fall into false bricks. This is important for a later puzzle. Once this is done, you will want to concentrate on the triangle of gold chests. You alreazdy know how to get on the block on top of it. When you do, digging 4 holes on one level, then 3, then 2, then 1 will drop you down(except over the cement--the two bricks are actually fake) and the left side is cleared. Now drop down over the two robots that fell in the fake hole and go left--another gold chest. Now go up the ladder and across the three ropes. Dig the rightmost brick and fall through. DON'T trap the robot in this area, but do get the chest at the base of the ladder. This is because you want the robot to fall into the hole to the left of the chest, but 1)you can't if you kill him and 2)if he falls in while holding a chest, you're cooked. Now once you are away from this area(climb the big ladder to the right, dig two down, climb the 2-rung ladder and dig) you will want to drop on the two trapped robots but this time dig left and fall in. Another two chests, and then go right. if you hit right while on top of the monster, you can clear him easily. Pick up the other two chests, dig above the one-rung ladder, and climb down it. The robot on the right will fall into a hole and you can walk across him. Two more chests remain, and they are not hard. One requires you to dig 3 bricks NE and NEE and E of it. The other, just dig once and you're done. Get out as you did before. MESSAGE: MINE IS YOURS Level # 47 H ~ - - - - ~ ~ ~ +~H HX XX$XX$XX$XX$XX XX XX XX H HXX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXH H XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XH HX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX H HXX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXH H XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XH HX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX H HXX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXH H XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XH HX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX H HXX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXH H XX$XX$XX$XX$XX$XX$XX$XX$XH HX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX H H H XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Solution: No robots are stopping you from getting the four leftmost chests. Dig any solitary brick east of the left ladder, fall east, dig east, etc. until you get to the chest. Pick it up and dig your way out. Now, to get any one robot out it's not too bad. Stand NW of him, dig E, go W, dig E, go W. The robot will fall down and you can repeat. Start with the rightmost one. Once you've gotten to the bottom, wait a bit so that when you fall you can dig to the left and catch the robot you released so you can run across him. Once you've released the fourth robot you should be able to make it to the west ladder and get out OK. MESSAGE: TEMPLE OF TOMBS Level # 48 h h h h X h h X X**VXHXV****VXHXV**X X$$VXHXV VXHXV$$X XXX *HX XXXX XH* XXX **H** **H** X**V*HH* *HH*V**X X$$V*HXX*V**V*XXH*V$$X XXX *HX$$V**V$$XH* XXX **HXXX ** XXXH** X**V*HH **** HH*V**X X$$V*H H*V$$X XXX *H H* XXX -- *HH + --HH* - XXXXH HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH HXXXX Solution: The first thing to do is to trap all the robots by killing them. If you don't like where they've been trapped, release them. You basically want robots in each of the holes 2S of the top ladder rung. Once you have that there are different strategies for the outside and inside ones. For the outside ones(we consider the left side but the right side is a mirror image), fall onto them, go west, get the two chests, dig east. Repeat twice and when you're at the bottom, dig west. Leave the robot there. For the inside one, again fall on the robot, go two east, and dig west. Go west and dig west(or east, if you still need to fill a hole.) MESSAGE: AZTECA Level # 49 XXh hXXX XXXXXh- + -hXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXhHXXXXXHhXXXXXXXXXX $ HV VH $ HXX HXX$XXH XXH HXXXX HX HXXXXXH XH XXXXXH H HXXhXXXXXXXhXXH H H - HV XhX V$ XhV XH - H HXXXXXX$XhX$XXX XhX$XXXXXXXH H XVXhXXXXXVXhXVX H VXH h h HXXX VXXXXHX hXXXXXXXXXh XHXXXVVX V$ XHXXhHX $X$ XHhXXH X $X XX$ H XXHX VXV XHXX H X XX XXX H HXXXXXXXH HX XXXXXHXXXH HXXXHXXXXXX Solution: You'll have to go through the center structure twice. Fortunately you start off there so you only have to get back once. Start by digging west, falling west and staying. Wait until the hole above fills up and dig east. Then go west, up, east, and dig the eastmost brick. Fall in, dig west, and dig two squares beneath and one below that so that you fall on the false brick. Then you can either go east(fall through a false brick) or dig west, go west, and dig out. Beneath this structure simply dig over a gold chest and when you fall through the fake brick dig to get out.To get back on the structure you will have to jump on a recently regenerated robot--it's tricky timing but you want to trap robots and immediately run to the square at the end of the one-rung ladders. Of course you'lln need a little luck, too, and you'll probably want to clear the rest of the board as well. The board is a bit asymmetrical, which makes for some quirky puzzles. For instance, the areas below the three one-rung ladders are different on each side. For the left, you drop through the second ladder and go east--two false bricks. On the left, you dig left from above the top ladder and from the top rung, go west and east through false bricks. In both cases, make sure your side is clear of robots--otherwise they will catch you when you fall through. To get the bottom right chest, dig 1N5W of the bottom right and then 5N1W of the bottom right and falling through the fake brick. To get the bottom left ones, you can probably trap robots, but there are three false bricks below the leftmost ladder. To get robots all over to one side, your best bet is to(if you are on the right, which is the easier to be on) climb the inner ladder and then climb down the ladder a bit to the right. All four will chase you. Quickly climb, go west, dig, go east, and dig. Two will be trapped, and two will follow. Lead them on a chase to the three one-rung ladders and then fall off to the left way out. Then go back to the bottom and see if you can goad the other robots. It's arduous and may not work the first time, but eventually it'll get done. Once the left is cleared out, bring one robot back and always lead him to the three one-rung ladders. When he's killed, just be ready to run across him if he starts to fall. Note that the last gold chest will pop ladders up, so you won't need to worry about being trapped. MESSAGE: 430 AM Level # 50 + ~~ ~~ ~~~~ X $-$ $ -XH H* $ *HX$X$X XHXVX H *XXXXX*HX XXHX X XXXXHHXX H *XXXXX*H X XHX~~ X$XXH XX~ H H HXXXXXXXXH $ H HXXXXXXVH H~~X X$XX XX XX HX XH XHX $X HX$ XXX** XXX HX$ X $XHXX X HXXX$H $ H XXXXX H X HX$XXH~ $ XHXX HX HX XH X-XHXXX$H XX $HX$ HX$ X $VH XXHX$X HX$HX X H XXXXX H XHX -XHXHHXXXX HX X XH ~H $ XHH XX $ X$ X $XH H $ X XH HXX $XXXXXXXH H X X*HH HXX HX$ HX X X* H HXX$HX Solution: Go two squares right, dig left. Jump right and dig left at the ladder. Go left and climb up the ladder. The monster will climb, go right, and fall. Attack the box on the left first. Dig the leftmost top square. Wait a bit and dig the 4th and 5th leftmost before the 1st fills up, drop through the 1st, and dig the two bricks below it. Then jump down into the 4th and 5th and dig the bricks SW and W of the lone ladder. The second two(in the middle squares) are tougher and best done in two parts. Dig the 4th and 5th bricks as before but then go back and dig the two bricks on the right of the squares. Then go back up, drop down into the 4th and 5th, and dig as before, but this time dig left and get out. Dig the 2nd brick on top, dig the bricks on the left of the middle squares, go back up top, fall through the dug bricks, and dig to the east and southeast. Get the two chests. The next two chests are straightforward--dig the two left-border bricks in the bottom left rectangle. Go right then left. Then climb back up the ladder and stand on the robot. Dig right, go left. Go down the ladder and free the robot again--dig a hole so you can walk on him but after getting the gold go two squares left. -Dig to the right and he'll fall out. Use good timing to get right on top of him and dig right with all your might. If you don't you won't dig the two squares beneath where he was and the second robot won't fall out, killing your attempt. Climb up the ladder and in the first two trips we are going to concentrate on the upper right. Take the rope all the way right and dig to get the bricks. However, each time you dig two bricks you should do something in the meantime. After the first two, stand on the robot and dig right and go left. After the second two, dig the bricks W and SW of him as well as the one S of that. Dig two more levels and climb back the ladder dropping through the bricks you dug. When the robot falls in the hole go W and dig down. Now clear out the structure below where the robot is. From the rope just west of it dig the SEE and SE and SSE bricks. Climb N and E all the way, dig W, go 2 W, dig E, and get out. Then re-dig the blockse SEE SE and SSE of the rope but this time before climbing all the way dig the bricks SE, SW of the 2-rung ladder on the east. Then go up and right(making sure the brick has regenerated) and dig right, drop down, and get the gold chest. Don't worry about any more gold chests for a moment. Just worry about getting out. This is done by getting on top of the zigzag ladder and digging the brick SE of the top as well as the one SE of that. Then get on the robot, dig W, go E twice. Go back to the upper right but this time, after you dig the first two bricks, dig the three bricks W SW and SSW of where the robot was. Then dig the next three pairs of two bricks before climbin up and going right. Stand NWW of the robot and dig E. He'll fall in. Go W and dig yourself out. Now to "rescue" the robot. Drop 2 down from the rope(he'll fall in a hole) and dig SEE SE and SSE of the rope again. Then dig the hole to free the robot and go W, climb 3 S, 1 W, 3 S. The robot will run W and fall into a hole. Yes! A way out! Don't take it yet but instead pick off the chest WWS of the shortest rope. Dig W when you're 2 S of that rope and then climb up the ladder, dig above the suspended chest, and drop down. Take care of the lower right next. Dig the 2x2 box of bricks, then climb up the right ladder, getting the chest, and wait a bit before you dig the bricks E and SE of the top rung(time how long it takes to re-generate a brick and dig a bit before the bricks to your left fill in!) Then re-dig the 2x2 box, dig the brick SSE of the east ladder's top rung, and once the brick E is filled in, climb on it and dig E. Another chest. Repeat as before with the other robot and you now have a way to keep getting out. The rest is relatively straightforward. The topmost gold chests are easy pickings and after you dig below them dig left, right, etc. The robot will halt your fall each time you "run the gauntlet," which makes the denouement to a very tough level. MESSAGE: YOU ARE A CHAMP HOW TO CHEAT Byte-editing Championship Lode Runner does have a few quirks. The save files you create have a devious trick to them. And although you can't directly add a life to a game in progress, byte-hacking allows you to add as many lives or levels as you want to saved games. This is probably more useful if you want to try out a certain level, as Championship Lode Runner is much more fun to solve than cheat at. Still, if it mysteriously wipes your save file(as it did to me) you are in luck. HIGH SCORES For the Apple, high scores start at offset 0xcf00(hexadecimal) in the disk image and occur every eight bytes. Each high score takes up eight bytes. The first three(0-2) are the initials, in ascii plus 0x80. For instance, A is 0x41 ascii so it's shown as 0xc1. The fourth byte(3) is the level, and the next four bytes(4-7) are the score digits(but NOT the hexadecimal representation of the score!) So, for instance, c1 d8 ce 11 00 12 53 00 Would mean that AXE got to level 11 with a score of 125,300. SAVED GAMES For the Apple, saved games start at offset 0xcd00(hexadecimal) in the disk image and occur every 16(0x10) bytes. Each saved game takes up 16 bytes. The first 8(0-7) are as above for the name. Byte 8 tells the level that will appear on the screen in hexadecimal. Byte 9 is the actual number of levels you've solved. THIS IS IMPORTANT if you want to start at a certain level. Byte 10 is the number of men you have--FF puts it at 255. Bytes 11-14 are the digits of the score. Again, C2 CF C2 20 20 20 20 20 25 10 A1 98 76 54 00 00 00 is an example of some hacked data. BOB is the name of the saved game. But Bob will find himself on a Level 37 that looks suspiciously like level 17. His consolation is that he has 161 men and a whopping score of 98765400. THE AWARD CERTIFICATE Those solving Championship Lode Runner were entitled to a certificate from Broderbund. You just sent a code(on a sticker on the package) in, along with its counter-code(revealed after you won the game and typed your code in) and got a nice framed certificate. It even let you put in a 20-letter message like the game. --------------------------------------- END OF FAQ --------------------------------------- 4/9/2000: Version 0.5.0 distributed by Andrew Schultz after being re-solved 4/7/2000 1 AM(originally ~1991). Maps, solutions(rougly proofread), messages, and basic information.