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O'RILEY'S MINE (TM)
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BY MARK RILEY
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[Back of Box Text]
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Prospectors and miners have made fortunes overnight deep within the
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enchanting Mother Lode country of California. Their wild tales of buried
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treasure still excite a world dazzled by easy money.
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One such miner is a mad Irishman named Timothy O'Riley. He is in search of
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coal, oil, gold, rubies and diamonds. You'll guide him through the
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mysterious depths of the earth as he attempts to dig up hidden riches.
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But watch out! Deathly dangers and unknown creatures lurk there also. He's
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disturbed their peace building his mine shaft and now they want revenge.
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And since they haven't had a miner to eat in many years, they're more than
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just hungry!
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Being wise and cunning, O'Riley's prepared, for he's brought dynamite
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along. He must set his explosions at exactly the right time, though, or
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risk drowning in a rushing subterranean river.
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You'll need the Luck of the Irish to stay alive and make your fortune
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playing O'Riley's Mine.
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Datasoft Inc. (R)
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Computer Software
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9421 Winnetka Avenue
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Chatsworth, CA 91311
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Datasoft(R) Is A Registered Trademark of Datasoft Inc.
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Cover Artwork Copyright 1982 by T.O. Pansini
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All Rights Reserved
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[Instructions]
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Grab your shovel and start digging for hidden riches to make your fortune
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in the deep mine shafts of the California gold country. As you search for
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the gold, rubies, diamonds, coal, and oil buried deep in the earth, beware
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of concealed danger that's close on your heels.
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A gushing underground river and hungry river monsters threaten your dig at
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every turn! Anticipating the dangers, you've entered the mine prepared with
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a threat of your own - dynamite! Plant the dynamite carefully so that its
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debris will block the monsters' pathway as they chase you. You have a
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limited number Of sticks so correct timing is essential. And don't reverse
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your direction too soon or the dynamite will destroy you!
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As you progress to higher levels of play the speed of the river and the
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number of monsters increases. And always beware - as the moon rises the
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monsters become even more dangerous!
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REQUIREMENTS
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o Apple II/II+/IIe Computer (48K)
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o Disk drive (Apple or compatible)
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o TV or Video monitor
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o Joystick (optional)
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GETTING STARTED
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Turn off your computer. Turn on the power to your TV or video monitor.
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Insert the O'RILEY diskette with the label side facing up, and close the
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disk drive door. Now turn on the computer. The program will load and run
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automatically.
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PLAYER AND LEVEL SELECTION: Once you begin a game by pressing the fire
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button or SPACEBAR, the 1 next to PLAYER in the top left of the screen will
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flash. To play a one- or a two-player game, press the 1 or 2 key. The 1
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next to LEVEL in the right comer of the screen will now flash. You may
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select a level from 1 to 9 by pressing the corresponding key.
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GAME CONTROLS
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JOYSTICK: Push the joystick forward to move O'Riley up, and toward you to
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move him down. Push the joystick to the left or right for the corresponding
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directions. Press the red fire button to set a dynamite charge.
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KEYBOARD: Press the A key to move O'Riley up, and the Z key to moke him
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down. Press the left and right arrow keys to move him in the corresponding
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direction. Press the space bar to set a dynamite charge.
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SPECIAL KEYS
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o JOYSTICK BUTTON: begin game
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o ESC: pause game, any key to continue
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o SPACE BAR. begin game
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o (CTRL) RESET: restart game
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STRATEGY
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As O'RILEY, the fearless miner, you must travel swiftly through your mine
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to capture all the buried treasures and return safely home again at the top
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of the mine shaft. You must avoid being drowned by the onrushing water and
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being eaten by the river monsters. You may set dynamite charges behind you
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to block the monsters' pathway, but rememer that the debris can be washed
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away by the water. (You have five to nine sticks of dynamite at easy levels
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and two to five sticks at more difficult levels.) Time the explosions so
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that a monster is completely destroyed and you will score extra points. A
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lower levels of difficulty, from one to three monsters will appear in the
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mine. A higher levels, three monsters will appear.
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There is no time limit while playing O'RILEY'S MINE, but beware: The speed
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of the water changes with the level of play. In addition, when the moon
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rises the monsters move faster through the mine shaft and one treasure is
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transformed into a deadly skull and crossbones!
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Remember, the water will always rise to the highest level you dig in the
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mine. You will not be able to dig beyond the "fault" line on either side of
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the mine.
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POINTS
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OIL small $1,500, large S5,000
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GOLD BARS small $2,000, large S7,500
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RUBIES small $2,500, large $8,000
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DIAMONDS small $4,000, large $9,000
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COAL $1,000
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URANIUM $1,000, $2,500, $5,000, $6,000, S7,500 (random)
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Some treasures appear only at higher levels. At every four levels you will
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receive two or three times the standard dollar value for each treasure.
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SPECIAL BONUS
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For destroying a monster you score S10,000. At $100,000 you receive one
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extra man. After each additional S250,000 you also receive an extra man up
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to a total of four men.
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At the completion of each level, you receive $1,000 for each stick of dynamite
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you have left. In double- and triple-dollar levels you receive $2,000 and S3,000
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respectively for each stick of dynamite you have left.
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CREDITS
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Game Programing by Larry Lewis
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Computer Graphics by Larry Lewis and Whitney Caughlan
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Documentation by Jan Stedman
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Apple(R) is a trademark of Apple Computers Inc.
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Datasoft Inc.(R)
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Home Computer Software
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9421 Winnetka Ave., Chatsworth, CA 91311 (213) 701-5161
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O'Riley's Mine(TM) and Datasoft(R) are trademarks of Datasoft Inc.
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(C) 1983 Datasoft Inc.
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CAT. No. 1185
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