Netherworld
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Scenario
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You are trapped in another world, a world completely different to the one 
you know, a world of fantastic structures and strange,wonderful beings, 
but you are trapped. The only way back into the real world is to collect 
enough of the local currency to pay your way out otherwise you'll spend 
the rest of your days continually dodging acid bubbles, dragons and other
such creatures.



Playing The Game
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Your objective is to collect a set amount of diamonds within a time limit 
and then exit through a teleport. You have to start the level from 
beginning only if the time limit runs out.

In a playing area the following features can be found:

- a brick
- a secret door: looks like a brick but has slightly different graphics
- demons: these spit deadly bubbles
- alien generators: spit various nasties
- alien eggs: blast them away if they obstruct your path
- movable rocks: use them to block alien generators, change them to diamonds by pushing them inside a diamond squeezer and use them to 
  change the course of the mines
- diamond squeezer: a moving rock when pushed into a diamond squeezer changes to a diamond
- metamorphosis walls: if a mine hits one of these it changes to four diamonds
- scanner mine: follows the perimeter of any object clockwise
- bounder mine: flies in a straight line until it collides with a solid object when it changes direction 90º clockwise
- hover mine: moves vertically (deadly to touch)
- teleport: touch a teleport and press fire button to get a fast transport.
- Goat's head - spits acid blood (deadly to touch)
- an hour glass: pick it up to get 30 seconds extra time

After shooting the aliens some of them leave behind glowing icons.

100, 250, 500 - extra points
- demon killer: touch a demon to destroy it
- brick smasher: collide with a brick to break it up
- surprise bonus: 4 features
  1. extra life
  2. invulnerability (the ship changes colour)
  3. uncontrollable ship (it stops spinning)
  4. reverse controls (the ship changes spinning direction)

Avoid the surprise bonus icons if you don't want to gamble!



Display Information
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1. Amount of diamonds you have to collect
2. Amount of demon killers (maximum 9)
3. Amount of brick smashers (maximum 9)
4. Score
5. Level
6. Armour (maximum 16 shots)
7. Time remaining
8. Ships remaining



Game Controls
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O - Left, P - Right, Q - Up, A - Down, SPACE - Fire
H - Pause, A - Abort (When Paused)

When paused:

1/2 - Music down/up
3/4 - Sound effects down/up
9 - Music on/off
0 - Sound effects on/off (Doesn't interrupt music)



Loading
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LOAD"" (ENTER)



Game Credits
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Designed by Jukka Tapanimaki & Chris Wood.
Music and sound effects by Dave Rogers.
Produced by Paul Chamberlain.