Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Relive the Atari 2600 classic adventure by Howard Scott Warshaw on your ZX Spectrum!

You are Indiana Jones, your mission is to find the Ark of the Covenant. To find the Ark, you must travel to ancient Egypt and follow clues that lead to the Well of the Souls. Use Indy's bullwhip and your own wits to get out of danger - and watch out for snakes!

Instructions

In this adventure game, you must make your way past obstacles to find the Lost Ark of the Covenant. Along the way you'll acquire adventure points, which will be scored at the end of the game.

The Ark of the Covenant is hidden somewhere outside the Egyptian city of Cairo. The Valley of Poison is studded with towering mesas one of which holds the Well of the Souls and the Ark. Each time you restart the game, the Well of the Souls is placed randomly inside one of the mesas. Therefore, the Ark will probably not be located in the same mesa from game to game.

To reach the secret Map Room, you'll first need to enter the cavernous Temple of the Ancients, where you'll pick up objects to help you on your journey. The journey is a dangerous one; you are given three lives to play.

Good luck, Indy!

Inventory Strip

Some objects just need to be selected; others need to be used pressing the fire button.

If you need to use the whip or shoot with your revolver (having purchased the bullets), Indy must be in motion.

To purchase an item in the Marketplace, select the bag of money and move over the item then press the Fire button.

Helpful Hints

Move carefully from a room to another; for example, the route of the Marketplace leads to the Mesa Field: to avoid falling into the ravine, walk close to the route borders.

The Merchants in the Black Market are deadly: you have to give away a bag of money to the Raving Lunatic before walking over the merchandise.

In the Mesa Field, a moving cursor represents a grappling hook. Press the Fire button when the grappling hook is over the mesa you want to reach.

Adventure Points

When the game ends, the steps from the pedestal measure the adventure progress. How well did you do?

Objects Description

1. Shovel
   Can be bought in the Black Market. Obviously useful for digging.
2. Coins
   Start with a basket of coins; more can be found in the Treasure Room.
3. Whip
   Indy must be in motion and fairy close to a target to strike it.
4. Grenade
   Grenades are found in baskets and can be used to blast some barriers.
5. Revolver
   Needs bullets, which can be bought in the Black Market.
6. Key
   Can be found in baskets, needed to access the Treasure Room.
7. Head Of The Staff Of Ra
   A Temple treasure. Through its ruby the sunshine shows a light.
8. Parachute
   Can be bought in the Marketplace, use it to jump from the Mesa.
9. Chai Another Temple treasure, the Chai represents the Hebrew symbol of life.
10. Magic Flute
    Can be bought in order to make the snakes harmless.
11. Hourglass
    Can be picked up in the Temple Entrance. But what is it used for?
12. Ankh
    One of the Temple treasures is the Egyptian symbol of life. And it just might save yours.

Game Controls

There are two versions of the game. Side A of the cassette includes the Kempston joystick option and the keyboard controls are:

Cursor Keys or
5 - Left, 8 - Right, 7 - Up, 6 - Down, 0 - Fire, 1 - Inventory selection

Side B of the cassette includes the Sinclair Interface 2 joystick and the keyboard controls are:

Cursor Keys or
O - Left, P - right, Q - Up, A - Down, SPACE - Fire, 1 - Inventory selection

Game Credits

Original Game: Howard Scott Warshaw
Program: Luca Bordoni

Trademark and Copyright Lucasfilm Ltd 1982 - All rights reserved
Used by Atari Inc under licence
Original Atari 2600 game (c) Howard Scott Warshaw
Coded with Arcade Game Designer by Jonathan Cauldwell
TAP, TZX and Assembly created with BASin by Paul Dunn