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From: bulko@ut-sally.UUCP (William C. Bulko)
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Subject: "Lode Runner":  Spoiler requested
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Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 04:24:13 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug  4 04:24:13 1985
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I bought Lode Runner for my Macintosh long ago, having heard all these great
things about it (winning awards, being designated "best computer game of
the year", etc.) and have to admit I agree -- my fiancee and I both love the
game, even after playing  it over and over.  We're waiting for the sequel
"Championship Lode Runner" to hit the local markets.

     There remains, however, one problem that I haven't solved to this day,
and it bothers me.  In the game, when a drilled hole closes up on one of the
opponents, he reappears at the top of the screen;  is there any way to
influence *what part* of the screen he reappears on?  It seems to be totally
random.  For the most part, this randomness doesn't matter, although having
control of this would be useful in many of the levels when it becomes
necessary to "kill off" opponents so they reappear at the top and carry down
treasure pieces that your man cannot access.  However, in all of these
screens, you can eventually get all the treasure with patience.  That is,
with one notable exception:  in level 25, there is a "box" at the top of the
screen in which reappearing opponents occasionally appear, but can *never*
escape from;  it is therefore possible for you to kill off all the opponents
and have them reappear in the box forever!  This happens *very* frequently,
and since there is one treasure piece that you cannot reach without the aid
of the opposition, the level becomes impossible to solve, and you must abort
your player and keep trying.  Not only is this frustrating, but I find it
hard to believe that the program authors would have included an "impossible"
level intentionally;  is this simply an oversight, or am I missing some trick
that I should know about?

     I would appreciate any spoilers you could give me.  We've mastered all
the tricks the game has to offer (and implemented some of our own using the
editor!) and would like to know if there's something else about the game we
don't know.

					Many thanks,
					Bill


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Bill Bulko					Department of Computer Sciences
The University of Texas      {ihnp4,harvard,gatech,ctvax,seismo}!ut-sally!bulko
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