Battle Lode Runner(Turbografx-16) FAQ/Walkthrough version 1.0.0 copyright 2007 by Andrew Schultz schultz.andrew@sbcglobal.net Please do not reproduce for profit without my consent. You won't be getting much profit anyway, but that's not the point. This took time and effort, and I just wanted to save a memory of an old game and the odd solutions any way I could. Please send me an email referring to me and this guide by name if you'd like to post it on your site. ================================ OUTLINE 1. INTRODUCTION 2. CONTROLS 2-1. CONTROLS 2-2. SCORING 3. STRATEGIES AND AI 3-1. PUZZLE GAME 3-2. BATTLE GAME 4. WALKTHROUGH 5. VERSIONS 6. CREDITS ================================ 1. INTRODUCTION Battle Lode Runner is a more than satisfactory extension of Lode Runner proper, not necessarily for the battle subgame, but for some interesting small levels and some small tweaks to the AI that make for a few extra puzzles. It features 10 groups of 10 levels with a final one, each with a theme from a certain historic period or, in the case of level 101, in the future. You still have the same dig-and-hunt as in most Lode Runners, but this port features variably sized levels where often the smaller ones are tougher than the larger ones. While a few of the tougher levels are copied from Championship Lode Runner, overall Battle Lode Runner explores some interesting puzzles that should keep you occupied without being too taxing. 2. CONTROLS AND SCORING 2-1. CONTROLS Up/down/left/right work as you think, though you can only go up when on a ladder. Pushing down with a chute below and support above sends you down. UD movement trumps LR. Button 1 = right dig, button 2 = left dig. SELECT=bring up list of options. You can traverse the whole screen while you're paused, and you can pause, continue, give up or save the game. You can also turbo-dig i.e. move one way and dig that way too. Hold down the direction and the button to dig in and the computer will do the work. The computer automatically kicks you to the grid square closest to where you are if you dig, which can sometimes save a fraction of a second. In one level this is critical. (idea: nextlevel ladder appears and blocks you from digging) 2-2. SCORING The basics: Enemy killed 100 Gold 100 No credit for gold that doesn't show when you dig an enemy under a dug brick. You have to kill him. Still get points for gold that is crushed with an enemy. Different No level point bonus, but you get an extra guy. Also no more than 99 runners/lives though you get an extra life for each level solved, so with 2 to start and 100 levels to solve it probably won't be an issue, unless you are a save-state perfectionist. Sometimes fruit appears. It seems random when this happens. Here's what you get for it: Carrot 2500 Pomegranate 1600 Orange 1200 Cherry 400 Banana/watermelon 200 Apple 100 3. STRATEGIES AND AI 3-1. PUZZLE GAME Unlike most Lode Runner versions, you shouldn't auto dig if you are trying to trap enemies. They can walk out of the trap that way. What happens is that the holes heal as fast as they walk over. Pause before each dig if need be. Holes take unusually long to fill in meaning more margin for error in tricky digs than in most other versions. Stand 1U of the bottom of a ladder to watch opponents go to the top. Sometimes they hook to the sides. Other times you'll need to go various distances up the ladder. Experiment to see which one kicks the enemies the way you want. Once they start one direction they continue that way. If there is a hole between you and the enemies and you are level with them, they may turn away from you. However, if you go down to a place where they can "see" even a blocked passage to you, they'll follow back down. One of the TG-16 specific quirks is that if you are at the top of a ladder and an enemy climbs under you, he kicks you up instead of killing you. You have to be at the very top--though you can also fall on an enemy bobbing at the top of a ladder. If you need to get to an area that is tough to get out of, and there are 2 ways out, it's useful to find a way to lump enemies, often by standing on a ladder. It's also nice to know how to get enemies into a corner where they get stuck. Enemies fall off a rope when you do, which is useful when you need to drop one into a pit. Enemies drop ridiculous speeds as do you but are stunned critically just after for a second. Still, you can often walk over an enemy and, as it falls, walk onto a platform that is otherwise protected from you falling on it that way. Because you drop at a ridiculous speed, in timing puzzles you often want to drop instead of going back down a ladder. A half-beat can mean the difference between failure and success. Before dropping into a cement-block area where you can't dig, use the level pause and viewer to make sure enemies are all on one side. Sometimes it's best to do this before you start digging down a structure in the first place. In levels where you have trouble figuring what to do, go after what seem to be the easiest gold first. Then the harder. Just try to get to a tough gold first, then figure a way out later. Don't get impatient when there is one task to do repeatedly--that's a great way to lose a guy, making a silly shortcut. Yes, it's the designers' fault for making it tedious. No, that doesn't make losing a guy when you're so close feel any better. That's what save states do. 3-2. BATTLE GAME ??(later) 4. WALKTHROUGH The Jurassic Period Australia Level 001 *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ h* *h~~ $~$~$ ~~~~~~h* *h HX X XHXXXXHXH h* *h HX X XHX$$$HXH h* *h HX X XHXXXXHXH h* *h HX X XHX$$$HXH$$$ h* *h HXXXXXHXXXXHXXXXXH h* *h$$H $$H H H h* *HXXXXHXXXXHXXXXXHXXXXHXH* *HX XHX XHX X XHX$$$HXH* *HX HX XHX X XHXXXXHXH* *HX$HXHX XHX X XHX$$$H H* *HXXXXHXXXXHX X XHXXXXHXH* *H~~~~H~~~~H~~~~~H~~~~H H* *H$$$$H H H$$$$H H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* ************************** ************************** Run left, dig left over the C, and dig left past the monster that falls in. Dig to the bottom. Get the gold there. Wait for the enemies to come down, then run to the top, getting the gold on the W. Dig down into the E and then go back up, drop on the L and dig into the E. Dig to the bottom for the rest of the gold, then a ladder appears on the right for an easy out. Level 002 Password: RYNXVHJP2J * h * * h * * h * * h * * h * * h * *$ ~~~~~$~~~~~ HXhXH* **** $H$ XXXXXXXHXhXH* *$ ~~~$H$H$ HXhXH* **** H H H XHXXXXXXXXXhXH* * H H H H H $X$$hXH* * XXXXXXXXXH*****XXXXXH* * $ ~~ $ H XXXXXH* *XXX XXXXXXHXXXXXHX H* * $X $ H H$ HXXXX* *XXX HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH HX$XX* * H H HXXXX* * $ H H HX$XX* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* **************************** Head left. Dig right to go right, then dig back left as you climb the far right stairs. Dig right, go down, dig right, and get the gold. Then dig down 2 more for the other gold. Climb back up. If nobody is close to you, you can get the gold over the cement, but otherwise wait for later. If you need to buy time to get to the DR or over the cement, you can move to the left over the encased gold, dig over it and drop through and dig and run back right, digging left as you go. If the cement is really tricky, dig left before going right. Also, if a monster is nearby and you can dig holes to slow him down, do so. Eventually you will be able to make it to the ladder pyramid, loot everything, go left on the rope and get the gold. You don't need much of a head start since you're so much faster than your enemies. Go right, drop down and go left and again this is a good time to sucker enemies over though you won't need to. Climb back up the center and go right this time. Fall down the narrow shaft and get the gold. A ladder should appear so you can exit. You can dig out, 2-1, to leave, but it's quicker this way. Note that if enemies are on the far right you can slip down the shaft before they get there, and they will climb back down looking for you. Of course you could lure them out, but sometimes it pays to know when you can sneak by enemies because you are so much faster. Level 003 Password: L4UEMG32LV * h * * h * * h * * ~ h * *H XXXXX ~XXHXXXXX * *H XX XX XXHXX XX * *H XX$$XX XXHXX$$XX * *H XXXXX$ XXHXXXXX * *H XX XX XXHXXXX$ * *H XX$$XX XXHXX XX$ * *H XXXXX XXHXX XX$ * *H XXH$$$$HXX$ * *H XXXXXXXH XX$ * *H ~~~~~~~~H XX$ * *H XX * *H * *H * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* ************************* Some moderately fancy digging is needed here. Don't dig when the guys are behind you--you're way ahead of them. You can take the b in one swoop. Here is the order to dig in: X1 23 $4X X5$ 6X $XX XX Fall down, go back up and dig anyone in your way. You must fall down the rope and go R U L for some gold. If an enemy blocks you to the right, fall off the rop and lure him left. You should be able to get by even two of them that way. Note that while you can sneak by, they are likely to grab gold if they do fall in the R, so be prepared to dig after completing the R. To get the gold on the diagonal of the R, dig as follows: 21 43 X5 XX76 XXX8 Now you can just drop down. You'll need to loop under the R to get to the ladder on top of the R, but you can just wait for enemies to fall before starting that. Level 004 Password: LZ4ENL32L8 Map for level 4: * h * * h * * h * * h * * $$ h~~~~~~~~~~ $ H$H* *XXXXXXXH XXXXHH$H$* * H ****H H H* *H H H H ****HXXXX* *$H$H$H$H H * *H$H$H$H*XX*XX*XX*H H * *HH$H$H$* $* $* $*H H $ * *HHH$H$H*XX*XX*XX*XXXXHXXXX* *HHHH H H $ * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXH*******ÌXXXH* * $ H H* *XXXXXXHXXXXXXHXXHXXXXXXXXX* * $$ H H H $ * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* **************************** Right, up, left for one gold and dig behind a lot. Get the gold in the DL corner. Run past the enemy and get the gold on the ladders. It may be tricky to fake out an enemy above you, but if all else fails, drop to the bottom and he will too, then run up around him. Get the gold at the top and then go right and dig for the gold in the 2x1 compartments. Get all the way right and clean that area up. If an enemy falls, head towards the rope and dig and run over him. Dig all the way down for the solitary DR gold. You have 2 more 2x1 compartments to get. You should have no problems getting in--just dig a bit--and you can just wait a bit to get out at the right time and run past the enemies. Level stairs are in the UL. I got some fruit here, not sure how. Level 005 Password: VBENYF3JH2 ** h** ** h** ** h** ** h** ** $ h** **HXXXXXXXXXXH $ XXXHXXX** **H $ $ HXXXXXH H ** **H X XXX X H $$ *H H ** **H X XXX X H ** *XXXXXXXXX**** **H X XXX X H ** *$** **H X$ XXX X H *~~~~~~~ $ *H** **H XXXXX X H *$ XXXXH*H** **H XXXXXXXX H ** $ H H** **Ì Ì ** XXXXXX HXX** ** ********X***** H ** **Ì H ** **XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX** ******************************** This level has something in common with a Lode Runner Arcade level. ?? Head right, go up the ladder, drop on the platform and go back up, then drop on the gold in the left niche. Wait for your enemies to come right. Then climb up the ladder and run over them. Now go to the top and get the gold in the structure below. Dig as follows. X21 34X X65 $ 78X XXa9 XXXb Dig on top of each gold on the end of the structure. The enemies may be after you now, but to avoid them totally, let them come down after you then run back up. It's best not to dig as they crowd the UR after regenerating. Dig over the 2 adjacent golds and go back up the stairs halfway so the enemies wait left of you. Dig your way past the one enemy and get the final gold in the UL. If a ladder doesn't appear, an enemy may have gold, so dig them up and run back right if they do. Level 006 Password: R5NYNGG8GP *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h~ ~ ~~ ~ ~h* *H **XXX$XX XX$XXX** H* *H *XX $XX $$ XX$ XX* H* *H *X $XX $XX$ XX$ X* H* *H * $XX $XXXX$ XX$ * H* *H *$XX $*XXXX*$ XX$* H* *H *$X$$**$$$$**$$X$* H* *H *$XX$ *XXXX* $XX$* H* *H *$ XX$ XXXX $XX $* H* *Ì *X$ XX$ XX $XX $X* Ì* * *XX$$XX$ $XX$$XX* * *Ì **XXX XX XX XXX** Ì* * * * * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* ************************ ************************ Lots of trips up and down here but they are mostly very low risk. Go up the right stairs and dig 1R over the gold to the left. Fall down. When the enemies are lumped, run left and go 1U so the enemies go back right. Dig 1L when over the left gold at the top. Fall down to get all of it. Then fall down the center. Enemies may have split up by now so be sure to check right and left and go in the direction of least resistance. Drop down the center. Go either way let or right and back up a ladder, then fall the other way. Dig down the center next time to get the 4-wide. 1X 2XXX 3XXX Then 2-1 dig to the left side to get out. On the 1-rope right if center, dig left, fall, then dig right and fall until 2U of the gold chest, then dig 1L over it and fall down. Repeat, mirrored, for the left. Dig whatever enemies you have to. You shouldn't need to shake enemies here, but note in any case 1U on the left ladder turns enemies right. Level 007 Password: 97LVVCH33L * hh * * hh * * hh * * hh * * ~~~~ hh ~~~~ * *H XXXX H* *H **XX** H* *H **H~~H** H* *H **HH$$HH** H* *H **H$$$$H** H* *H **XXXX** H* *H **XX** H* *H XX$$ H* *H $$XXX* H* *H *XXX$$ H* *H $$XXX* H* *H *XXX$$ H* *H $$XXX* H* *H *XXX H* *H XX H* *H H* *H H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXX* **************** **************** Dig to get by an enemy, then go to the top and 2-1 dig into the center of the key. 3-2-1 dig to the right to get on the ledge with the gold. Note you can't alternate between the left and the right as you don't have quite enough space, so just go back up and mirror what you did the next time down. You'll need to go up a third time to get the level ladders on top of the key. There may be problems with enemies regenerating near the top, so either let them by or dig a hole and let one by before running to the top if enemies are a problem--and they probably won't be. Level 008 Password: L6N38DGUGP * h * * h * * h * * h * * h * * h * * h * * H$$$$$$$$$$H * *XHXXXXXXXXXXHX* * h H * * H$$$$$$$$$$H * *XHXXXXXXXXXXHX* * H h * * H$$$$$$$$$$H * *XHXXXXXXXXXXHX* * h H * * H$$$$$$$$$$H * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXX* **************** **************** Go right, dig a bunch of holes and go up/down on the broken ladder to the left so that the enemies delay a bit and fall into the holes you dug. The enemies will regenerate and you can dig on each side, making it past the enemies to the right this time. Climb one rung up the next ladder you're up to twist your enemies around. You may have to retreat to pick up gold they left, but just repeat what you did before--dig on each side in proportion to the enemies on each side, then run over them. You may need to go to the top and dig down to pick up some spare gold and you may need a time just digging everyone up before you can make it right and up. Level 009 Password: R589A2DA2A *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *H~~~~~~~~~~~~H* *H$ $ $ $ $ $ H* *HX X X X X X H* *H $ $ $ $ $ $H* *H X X X X X XH* *H$ $ $ $ $ $ H* *HX X X X X X H* *H $ $ $ $ $ $H* *H X X X X X XH* *H$ $ $ $ $ $ H* *HX X X X X X H* *H $ $ $ $ $ $H* *H X X X X X XH* *H$ $ $ $ $ $ H* *HX X X X X X H* *H $ $ $ $ $ $H* *H X X X X X XH* *H H* *H H* **************** This is the canonical drop-and-chase level in every version of lode runner. Go R U and drop down R L R L quickly etc. Then go R U the ladders, a bit forther left, and drop, etc. Just be sure to keep your enemies together due to the concrete floors. You can do this by just standing on the ladder at some point and letting them lump together. Just be sure not to grab gold when the other guy is vertically level with you or he might take some gold. You may have to move your enemies to the other side after 3 zigzag falls. So sit in the DR, wait and go U L and outrun them, then zigzag fall that way. Ladder stairs appear above each long ladder. Level 010 Password: R44EH9WQRU * h h * * h h * * h h * * h h * * $ $ $ $ $h$h$* * XXXXXXXXXXXXX* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXX* *H * *H ~ * *H X XXX * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXH* * H* * ~ H* *XXX X H* *XXXHXXXXXXXXXX* **************** **************** **************** An amusing quirk to take advantage of here--climb over the enemy and when he is at the top of the stair, dig right and quickly go right. You don't need to time this--you can hold down dig-right. Stand at the very top of the ladder and the guy will push you up. Run left, dig right and go up the left stair. Again the enemy will bob you up. Run right for the remaining gold, and the level ladders will be right there. Interlude here as a rocket takes off and leaves you in ... AD 19C China. Level 011 Password: 9NL58G63QH ** h** ** h** ** h** ** h** ** $$$$ ~~~h** **HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX H** **H H** ** ~ * $ $ $ $* H** ** H *XXXXXXvXXXXXXXXvXXXX* H** ** H H** ** ~ * $ $ $ * H** ** H *XXvXXXXXXXXvXXXX* H** ** H H** ** ~~ * $ $ $* H** ** **XXXXXXXXXXXXXX* H** **$$$$ H* H** **XXXXXXXXXX******XXXXXXX*** H** ******************************** Your first encounter with false bricks you can fall through. They'll surprise you if you don't know where they are. Thankfully the enemies here are very stupid. If they block you out on the long right ladder up, which you need to take to get back up several times for your falls through. Also, if an enemy falls left off the ladder, you can land on him. You do need three trips to get through this. First, go left and get all the gold, then dig over the two gold on top of each other. Dig over the gold below and fall through. You may need to dig at the very bottom to get out of a scrape, but first time through, run left then right. Second time through, drop off the rope in the UR, then run left and you'll fall through a false brick. Third time through, dig over the remaining gold, get it, then run left. The stairs are in the UR and you should be able to either push the enemies UL or go UL and let them come to you, then dig and run over them. Level 012 Password: U5SW297AUA *h * *h * *h~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~ * * XXXXX ******* H * * $ ~ XXX ***** ~ H* *XXXXH ~ X ~ ~ *** $ H * * $ H ~ ~ H ~ * ~X H* *XXXXH ~ ~ H ~ ~ H * * $ H ~ H ~$~ H* *XXXXH ~ ~ H ~$X$~ H * *****H ~ ~~H~~$XXX$~~~~H* **** H ~ * H $XXXXX$ * *** H~ *** H XXXXXXXX~~$* ** ***** H $ H* * H XXXXXXXvvXH* *HXXXXXXHXXXXXH H* *H H HXXXHXXXHXXXH* *H H H H H H* ****XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX**** The DR is a potential trap, so run there only when others cannot follow, or go to the top and have them follow you before you drop down. 1R, dig left and wait for the enemies. Then you can break U R U and fall right off the ropes. Go across and drop down to the right twice, then take the rope twice, go up the ladder and get the gold. Drop back left. 1 XX2 XXXX3 XXXXX4X Dig as above to get the gold on the platform--false bricks right. Fall right and go R U for the gold. An enemy may chase you, but if so, 2L and fall down to loop around him. You may have to dig your way back left. Once you do, go up the big stairs and pick up whatever gold is lying to the right, then go back up the long stairs and fall left off the ropes. Get all the gold there. You need to get back to the right edge, but enemies may be guarding it. Sucker them to the bottom if they are in the UR and then run past them. It's best to run and not dig(or just dig once) because if an enemy regenerates at the top over the cement triangle, you are in a fix & you will have to backtrack. But back left across the top you have the ladder to the next level. Level 013 Password: V6PJDLYAHF * h h * * h h * * h h * * $ h h $ * * H~~~ HXXXHXXHXXXH ~~~H * * H XXX HXXH XXX H * *HXXH~~HH~~H~~~~H~~HH~~HXXH* *H XH $HH $H H$ HH$ HX H* *H XXXH HH HXXH HH HXXX H* *H XH $HH$HXXH$HH$ HX H* *H$ XXXH H~~~~H HXXX $H* *HX$ XH $H H$ HX $XH* *HXX$ XXXH HXXH HXXX $XXH* *HXXX$ XH HXXH HX $XXXH* *HXXXX XXXH HXXX XXXXH* *H~~~~~~~~~ H H ~~~~~~~~~H* *H $ HXXXXH $ H* *H HXXXXXXXXXXXXH H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* **************************** Go left, dig the guy and go to the DL. Up the ladder and fall right down the triangle. L*, 1U and wait. The enemies will clump. Then sucker them left. Go across the top and down the right edge. Now you just need to get into the center where you can outrun any enemies that might appear--of course, you can wait in the DR then outrun them back. You may need to dig holes for enemies carrying gold before you go to the top, but there are enough places here to lure or lump enemies that this level is not bad at all. Level 014 Password: 9SK9SG4A3A *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *HX$$$$$$$$$$XH* *HX$XXXXXXXX$XH* *HX$X$$$$$$X$XH* *HX$X$XXXX$X$XH* *HX$X$$$ $$X$XH* *HX$XXXXXXXX$XH* *HX$$$$$ $$$$XH* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *H H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXX* **************** **************** Go left and 2U. Wait for the enemy to approach and then go to the UR and dig down the right column. Dig once to trap the enemy, then go to an edge and dig and wait for him to get out of the pit before exiting. You can lure him to the right edge and drop down the left and dig out. Now the next bit is tricky and may require you to drop down the right a time or two. You want to make sure the enemy in the middle is on his original block or a bit to the right. Each time you fall down a chute inside the first square, he turns and moves slightly. That split second is what you need to escape. Dig over the 4-platform, dig its left, go 1L and dig right. Then make sure this guy is killed so you don't have to deal with him again. To do this, dig behind you when at the right edge. Then dig out of the mess. He's on the right now, so dig down the left column with 2 gold. Dig right and when he falls in, dig out then fall down the right with him near the left. Then you should be done, so get out.Dig past him and down the two inside columns. Level 015 Password: 6KR4ZHZRJL *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h $ h* *h $X$ h* *h $XXX$ h* *h $XXXXX$ h* *h $XXXXXXX$ h* *h $XXXXXXXXX$ h* *h $XXXXXXXXXXX$ h* *h $XXXXXXXXXXXXX$ h* *h XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX h* *h h* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *H H* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH* ********************* Here you have to keep digging up enemies until they bring down the gold pieces they fall on. Just leave a bunch of holes either way, and if some enemies get through, dig down to the bottom and repeat. You should be able to buttress yourself well enough, and you can run over 3 dug guys at a time. If you do have to dig down, your top priority is to get back up to the next level. This level may get tedious as it's very random when someone gets the top gold, but there's little risk if you notice who falls where and dig 2x(# of men on one side) holes that way and stay in the center. If you are feeling brave you can go to the side and down which may cause enemies to backtrack and kill them more quickly. The other annoying gold is 1R of the center. The enemies fall left when they come out, so the only way for one to get it is to fall right on top of it. Also note that even if enemies leave behind a gold they picked up on a pyramid, there's more chance the regenerated one will pick it up next time. Level 016 Password: 5WKX6PNHJJ ** 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$$$$$h$$$$$h$$$$$H** **H h h H** *********************** *********************** *********************** There's no definite way to do this level so I threw out some general strategies. Here it's best to tempt your enemies to come really close to you, then drop down. The toughest gold is in the center, because the ladders are on the edges and the enemies can trap you. If you are stuck for ideas just let one follow you and the other will eventually follow. If an enemy picks up a gold, then you will have to make him run along the bottom. So your best bet may be to stand at the top of a ladder, then quickly fall onto the gold you want. When possible, time your enemies' drops so they are not over gold. You can pick up the center in a swim motion if you do it right, i.e. drop on the center gold, wait for enemies to follow you to one side(say the left) but not too close. Then U R D on the far right gold, R U L D on the far left, L U R D on the right, R U L D on the left. The side gold, you can perform a similar swim but from one set of gold to the other and back. But you can also climb 1U the ladder to repel enemies and quickly go to the side and snatch some gold and repeat. Goad them over then run over them and hit up the other side. You may need to goad them over once more before climbing one of the big center ladders, since you can't dig. Level 017 Password: 4XVVFSWQQL *h * *h * *h * *h * **X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*H* * $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$H* *H******************** *H$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ * ********************H* * $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$H* *H*******X************ *H$$ $$$$$ $$$$$$ $$ * **X*X*X********X*X*XH* * $$$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$H* *H**********X*X*X***** *H $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Short solution: move immediately left, digging when you can. There'll always be an empty square to dig on before the next guy approaches if you play exactly. It's east to make it to the top. If not you have a real fight on your hands. I only deduced what you can do--I didn't actually manage to do it. The trick here is to dig left in the DR, then wait and run past and dig right when he is about to come out. Dig left when the next guy comes, then repeat, dig right to get rid of the guy behind, and repeat. You don't want to eat up too much real estate, and you don't want to kill any enemies either. Well, maybe one. The problem is that they regenerate at the top and you have 2 rows of nobody there. Level 018 Password: Y7YH364Q8L *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* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXX* **************** Go to the right. When all 3 fall and are chasing you, U L U R U R U. Back left, fall and go 1U. URURULUL, R, ULULULD R U R URU. You should be at the edge now. You should be able to drop down for the gold and go 2L and circle back up, or you can do it later. L R U L U etc. Nobody should be following you, so any way to clean up the golds one at a time is good. Look for a ladder up with a rope next to it to get to the next bit. There are no dead ends where you have to go back down and try again. And if someone is following, drop down and go 1U the left stair. Level 019 Password: X6AJJ92NFA * h * * h * * h * * XXhXXX * * XXXHHHHHHXXX * * XXHHHHHHHHHHHHXX * * XHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHX * * XHHHHHXXHHHHXXHHHHHX * * XHHHHXHHXHHXHHXHHHHX * * XHHHHXHHHHHHHHHHXHHHHX * * XHHHXHHHHHHHHHHHHXHHHX * * XHHHXHHHXvHHvXHHHXHHHX * * XHHHXHHHX$HH$XHHHXHHHX * * XHHHXHHHX$HH$XHHHXHHHX * * XHHXHHHXXHHXXHHHXHHX * * XXXHHHXHHXXHHXXHHXHHHXXX * * XHHXHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHXHHX * * XH$HHHHHHHHHXXHHHHHHHHH$HX * * XHHHHHHHXHHX$$XHHHHHHHHHHX * * XXXXHHXHHHHHHHHHHHHHXXXX * * XHHXHHH??HHHXHHX * * X X XHHHXXXHHXXXHHHX X X * *X X X X XHHHX$$$$XHHHX X X X X* *X X X X XHHHXXXXHHHX X X X X* *XXXXXXX XXHHHHHHXX XXXXXXX* *XXXXXXXXX HHHHHH XXXXXXXXX* * XXXXX HHHHHH XXXXX * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Oo, cool, a face. Go down the center and fall through the false bricks left of the ladders for two golds. Move down quickly under the 2 golds next to each other and get them, then let the guys from the right come left. This is important because the level is asymmetrical and you will have to go to the bottom, but it is too tough if guys are on both sides. Let 'em get close then run away. U R D L and fall down over the center(either) of the 4 golds below. If you did it right all guys are on the left. Head down to sucker some guys over, go UR to get the "ear" gold and then go left. If enemies converge on you go up left and down. A ladder forms at the top of the head as a sort of alfalfa for you to advance, and you should have no problems outrunning the enemies there. Level 020 Password: YCTPJLVXUU * h* * h* * h* * h* * h* * HX $$h* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXX* *HX$$$$$$XXXXXX* *HX XXXXXX* *HX XXXXXX* *HX XXXXXX* *HX XXXXXX* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXX* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXX* **************** Go up, dig right, get the gold and go back left. Now dig down the side of the structure and keep digging up your enemies til they fall on the pit to the right. To get each gold work as follows: 1. dig the top 5 right at the ladder 2. wait for the first one to re-form then dig 6 3. dig over the gold you want to get. You should have a second to waste even for the rightmost. 4. repeat with the next gold If an enemy gets stuck on the left side, you'll also need to wait for the first block to reappear before digging him out, or you risk having to go inside the structure where you'll get entombed. In the end you need to release the enemies, but when you dig right you can actually just walk over them. To be super-safe you can back up and dig holes for them, but you don't really need to. On later levels you may want to time things so you dig the UL, then wait, dig to the right, then dig below to save a bit of time, but it's not necessary here. Also if you like you can double dip by digging the 2 squares right of the ladder base--that allows another way out of the box! But you may just wish for the straightforward path. Level 021 Password: 6CR68JVXGU * h * * h * * h * * h * * HXXXXXXXH * *XXHXXX$$$$$XXXXXXXXHXXXXXX* * H XX***** H * * H HXXXXXXXH * *XXXXXXXHXXXXXXX$$$$$XXXHXX* * H *****XX H * * HXXXXXXXH H * *XXHXXX$$$$$XXXXXXXXHXXXXXX* * H X*****X H * * H HXXXXXXXH * *XXXXXXXHXXXXXXX$$$$$XXXHXX* * H XX***** H * * HXXXXXXXH H * *XXXXXX$$$$$XHXXXXXXXXXXXXX* **************************** Welcome to AD 20C america! I'm not sure what these guys are. Sailors maybe? They look like Russian characters, not Americans. Or maybe they are Amish militants. Go right, dig 2 squares right when down the ladder to slow the enemies, then dig L at the ladder and 1 below that. Go right and up and dig down twice to get at what's in there. You may wish to wait around to loop by enemies that come down randomly, as that lumps them together and creates a smoother path once you get past them and dig the compartment above. In there you really should wait--I got all 5 guys to lump there. Then I climbed to the top, dug in to the platform, and waited. More guys lumped together. Now you have to dig 1L1U and 1L of the gold below to get in the cavern below and be able to get out. Then dig 1D1L of there. Now you can just run to the top or go into a cavern, wait and dig out and go back up. Level 022 Password: YKTN9APYUG *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *hvXH HXvh* *h H$$$$~ ~$$$$H h* *h XXXXH ******** HXXXX h* ***$$$$ H ~~ H $$$$*** ****X** XXXXH HXXXX **X**** *$$$$$* H H *$$$$$* **X*X*X*** HXXXXH ***X*X*X** *~~~~~~ H $$ H ~~~~~~* * HXXXX ** XXXXH * * H $$$$**$$$$ H * * HXXXXH**********HXXXXH * *$$H $$$H**********H$$$ H$$* *XXXH******************HXXX* * H $$$$$$$$ H * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Gobble up all the gold on the left and the enemies should be coming. Go UR and dig over the 2 gold and drop right and go D L to clean up there, then back R U R. You can go to the UR where you can fall and dig into the half- metal structure. Wait to lump the enemies then get out. Let them follow you to the top right, where you can fake them out running left over the metal to clear the half-metal structure. There are probably some trailing golds to get and maybe enemies have a couple too. But because there are only 3, and you hae 2 ways to get up, one way will be available for you. Take it. There is a stupid false block 1 in the edge so fall through it and go to either edge for the next-level ladder. Level 023 Password: 44VEMLR7JH * h * * h * * h * * h * * XXXH h * * $X$XH h * * XXXXX H hXXXXH * * HXXh $XhX $XH * * HXXXXXX*******hXXXXXXXXH * * H h H * *HXXXXX**************XXXXXH* *H $$$$ H* *HXXXXhXXXXXXXXXXXXXXhXXXXH* *H *** *** H* *H H* *H HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH H* *H H H H* *H H $ $ H H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Digging is cool here because it can trap an enemy in the metal pit. You have to release them, but you can clean everything else up pretty easily until then. You cana dig into the UR, but the key stunt to pull is to get one enemy to fall into the 1-pit next to the gold. To do that, climb up a side ladder next to a gold and wait. Note you don't want to get 2 guys running over, or you will have to dig one out--or you can dig to the side of him and go back down the ladder and one will walk into the hole. The UL gold is marginally tricky. Dig left of the ladder, wait 4 seconds, dig below and when the top block heals, dig 1L of it. Then you can fall through. For the last bit just release the enemies that fell into the pit. If they have the gold, dig them up again(give them what looks like somewhere to fall out--although they will get stuck in the block you dug and be unable to leave,) but if not, lead them on a chase and if you want, drop them in whatever 1-pit you can find. You can dig left of the ladder left of the pit and fall into the pit(or, to be prudent, dig in and out, in case you didn't quite have that last block.) Level 024 Password: BX58X89WPR **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **h ~~~~~~~~~~ h** **h *XXXHXXX* *XXXHXXX* h** **hh*$ $H $ * $ $* $ H$X$*hh** ***hXXX H XX* *XXXXXH X Xh*** *** H * $* H X $*** *** HXXXXX*HX*XX $H XX X*** *** $ H H XXH *** ***HXXXXH *XXHXXX* H XH*** ** H* $ H X H $ X H *H ** ** H*XX H XXX H XXX H XX*H ** ** H $* H *$ H $* H *$ H ** ** H XXX H XXX H ** **XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX** * Go left, dig left and go up the ladder then dig left. You can dig again to get the other gold and then work your way to the bottom. Dig over the one encased gold then the other and go back up. Wait for the enemies in the UL so that you can leave them there as you go to the right. Getting to the right side via rope is tricky but you can just keep digging enemies at the bottom til you do. Dig right from the center right ladder to walk in safely. You will want to try to kick all enemies to the left. With just one guy to fight in the center it should go quickly, but you need to eliminate him for good so you can drop down the center for any gold that is around. If you want you can go to the bottom, right, dig left and dig behind so the enemy has trouble getting back up. If the enemy forms on the right, go to the right tall ladder and 1U on it so he runs away. You can just sneak in there by falling to the side once he's stuck but it's a bit risky. Clearing the right is very similar to the left- just fall right and left and dig right for the suspended gold, then dig for others. Note if an enemy is on the right he will loop and fall to come after you, so you can't be lazy. You may also drop enemies down the center as you've cleared that out already. You may need to move up mid-ladder to drop them if they are on a rope, so experiment with heights to drop your enemies. Fall off right for the next level. Level 025 Password: XTA7TV24P3 *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 XhX H H H H* *H H H H Xh$ H H H H* *H~H H H H~H $hX H~H H H H~H* *H H H H H H Xh$ H H H H H H* *H H~H H~H H $hX H H~H H~H H* *H H H H H H Xh$ H H H H H H* *H H H~H H H $hX H H H~H H H* *H H H H H H XhX H H H H H H* ******************************* The idea for this level is straightforward but the execution may be tricky. Drop an enemy down the center, then fall on him and get one gold and repeat. Timing is not too bad but there is the risk of fatigue. Just drop down when he is right above the chute--sooner rather than later if you must err as there's a small chance 2 guys will drop--wait if a guy falls 2R of you--then drop on the guy. You want to keep the enemies on the right for that bit. The first 2 guys present no problem to drop. Once you drop the second guy down you can fall right and run right and just make it from there, though it may be better to fall left, sucker everyone left(so they are on the left ladder) and go back up. You can use the level viewer pause to see if anyone is against the left--if they are in the center ladder you may get caught. From there you can go to the DR, let everyone climb, and loop up top. This time it will be easier to drop two guys in one at a time and fall right. You can easily outrun the enemies to the DR and then repeat them falling. Just be careful after getting the last gold. Hold right as you fall, since the level ladders will appear below to release the enemies. Level 026 Password: EAW7T8VZHJ *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h $ h* *XXXXXXHXXXXXXXHXXXXXX* * H H * * H H * * H H * *XXHXXh hXXHXXh hXXHXX* * H XXXXX H XXXXX H * * H H H * * H H H * * h XXHXXh hXXHXX h * *XXXXX H XXXXX H XXXXX* * H H * * H H * * h XXHXX h * *XXXXXXXXX H XXXXXXXXX* * H * * H * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Once you realize that if you dig to one side, an enemy inches towards you, this is easy. Go up the ladder, dig right and fall and keep circling like that until the enemy is against the edge and you can walk over him to the next ladder. As a safety precaution, dig left before you dig right. Then you can see when the left hole fills up and just wait to re-dig right. It shouldn't take more than one re-dig. Go up the right ladder and repeat the process digging to the left, then up again and dig right a bunch. Get the gold and go either way, then up. Level 027 Password: FQJJ2DV5UE *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *H~~~~~~~~~~~~H* *H H* *H H* *H XX$$XX$$XX H* *H $$XX$$XX$$ H* *H XX$$XX$$XX H* *H $$XX$$XX$$ H* *HX XH* *H XXXXXXXXXX H* **************** **************** **************** Drop down when one enemy is over the left top gold. Everyone will fall in. Dig the edge of the structure and dig/fall below to clean up the edges. Stand on the right edge and dig in to release two enemies. You can walk over them to the left. Then dig through. Dig through the center, not releasing the left enemies, but getting everything there. Drop the two guys on the right where they were before. Then dig the guys on the left so they can "escape" left. Clean up below them. Note you can run over an enemy that is stacked on another, and when you fall, he won't chase you. This gets all the visible gold but some may not be visible. Stand 2U of the bottom of a ladder and enemies will fall in the pit to chase you. Dig em up and let em die. Get their gold and drop them back in if there's still gold to get. Then dig the guys on the right out. Level 028 Password: FPD23S8ZU9 * h * * h * * h * * $ h $ * *HXXX$ h $XXXXXXH * *H XXX$ h $XXX H * *H XXXXHXXXX XXXXHXXXX* *H H $X$H$X$ * *H H XXXH$HXXX* *H H $X$H$X$ * *H H XXXH$HXXX* *XXXXXH*XXXXX*H $X$H$X$ * *$ H*XXXXX*H XXH HXX * *XXXXXH*X $ X*H ***H*** * *$ H*XXXXX*H H * **********X********HXXXXXXX* * $ $ HX$$$$$X* *HXXXXHXXX?XXXHXXXXHX*****X* *H $ H H HX$$$$$X* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* 2-1 dig to get the center gold then 2-1 dig out--watch out for the chute. Get into the left corner and dig your way out if necessary. Leave holes behind so you can take care of the DR, where you dig right of the ladder and go down. Don't try it all at once unless nobody's around. You may need/wish to retreat to the DL now to circle around enemies and dig behind so you can clean the ladder/gold area. Dig off each edge and dig down too. You can wait for guys to lump together, then dig twice to get by them. Go up and across the top and in the DL of this area, get the upper gold, wait for an enemy, dig and stand on the enemy and dig right to get the gold. It means walking a couple more squares, but your enemy is way behind you. Go up top and right and the exit ladder should appear, but if not, zap whomever you find in your way to see who's hiding the gold. Also if an enemy is to the right, dig to fall off to the side and then coax him into following you. The ladder is up the center, right in front of you if you went through as above. Level 029 Password: EG3P2QSTUV *h * *h * *h * *h * *H~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~H* *H *** ~ X ~ H* *H **** X$X XX H* *H XXXXX XX H* *H X$$$$$X ***XX H* *H XXXXXXXXX *** XX H* *H X$$$$$$$$$X XX H* *H XXXXXXXXXXXXX H* *H X$$$$$$$$$$$$$X H* *H ?XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX H* *H hXH$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$HX H* ******************************** Go to the UR, 1L, wait for everyone to come over, and fall down. Then go back up the ladder and drop on the left 1-rope. Dig right and go in, then dig and get all the gold below, repeating until the bottom. Go up from the ladder(chute just above) and left, then up the left edge. If the false block were not there, you would need to dig over a falling enemy. For the 2nd-bottom area you'd need to dig to get in, then dig the edge and 2R of it. Level 030 Password: UL6AG9DDE8 *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~h* *H H* *HXXXH X$X HXXXH* *H H X$X$X H H* *H $H X$X$X$X H$ H* *HXXXX X$X$X$X$X XXXXH* *H**** X$X$X$X$X$X ****H* *H*** $ X$X$X$X$X $ ***H* *H** $X X$X$X$X X$ **H* *H* XXX X$X$X XXX *H* *H ***** X$X ***** H* *H X H* *H $ X*X $ H* *HXXXXXXHX X XHXXXXXXH* *H******H* X*X *H******H* *H $ H X H $ H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Dig left immediately. Get the gold to the left and UR of that. Fall down on the gold on the triangle. Go to the top. Drop an enemy in the 1-pit when he is 1R of you. If the guy on the left is distracting you, go to the bottom and dig for him and run back U R. Now clean up the DR before continuing with the center bit. It's symmetrical to the left. You can dig the enemy so he reappears in the left if you want, or you can dig the enemy so he is delayed, go to the top, and wait for both to come on the right. The important thing is that you have two enemies on one side. Then on top of the other guy, dig R L R R R L L L and he gets out, and you can dig both ways if you want to avoid whichever way the enemy below goes. Drop and go left and dig right to get by him. Drop another guy in. Dig L R L L L R R R L to get by him then dig out whichever way is easier. Even with a guy on the opposite side waiting, you should be able to outrun him, but you can always drop a guy in and chuck 2 guys to the other side. You have to perform the digs once more. This time R L R L R L R L. Level 031 AD 17C Japan--Samurai are chasing you. Password: 3AGXVA4Z2J **h h** **h h** **h h** ** h** ** XXHXHXXXXXXXHXXXXXXXXXHXXXh** ** H XHXH H XHX H X h** ** XXHXXHXX XHXXXXHXXhXXXXXXXh** ** H h HHX H H H X H h** ** XH HX XXH XXHX XH XHH~ ** ** X H H ~ XH XXX HXHXXXH ** ** XHX XHXX$XHXHX X H XH ** ** HX XHX~HX H~XHX H XHXH ** ** H HXXXX XXHH XXXX HXH ** ** XH ~ XHX~ X XH ~ HXH ** ** XHX X HXXXX HX H HX$XX HXH ** ** H HXH~~~XX XH HHX~~~HXH ** ** XXH H H XHX X HXXXXXHH ** ** XXXH~ H~~~~H~~~XX~~~~~H ** ** ** ******************************** This is a weak-tea version of a harder Lode Runner level I've seen elsewhere. For gold #1, H1 H X2H ~ 3H $4H ~H Dig all 4 holes, fall left from the top ladder, and get out. For gold #2, dig over the long left ladder, go down and dig 1R, 2R, 2R1D, 2R2D, 2R3D of the base. Go right, dig right and dig at the single ladder. Fall R, 1R, dig left, go up and fall right and dig left, fall and 1L dig right, then go back up the 4-stairs. One level ladder will appear that allows you to fall right, U/UL, R U R U. These are a few digs in a row but you have at least a second's margin for error. Level 032 Password: 3P7BFF4ZL9 * h* * h* * h* * h* * ~~ ~~h* *H HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH H* *H HX$XXXXXXXX$XXXXXXXXX$XXXH H* *H HXX$XXXXXX$XXXXXXXXXXX$XXH H* *H HXXX$XXXX$XX**X***X**XX$XH H* *H HXXXX$XX$XXX*$$$*$$$*$XXXH H* *H HXXXXXX$XXXXXXXX XXXXXX$XH H* *H HX$XXXXXX$XXX X X X X$XXXH H* *H HXX$XXX$XXXXXX X X XXXX$XH H* *H HXXXXX$XXXXXX X X X X$XXXH H* *H HXXXX$XXXXXXXX XXX XXXX$XH H* *H HXXX$XXXX $$$$$X $$XX$XXXH H* *H HXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXH H* *H ~ ~ ~ $$$$$$ ~ ~ ~ H* *HXXXX X X X XXXXXX X X X XXXXH* ******************************** H1 H2 H34 H567 H890a Dig as above to get the UL gold, then 1-2 dig against the ladder for what's belos that. 2-1 dig from the left to get above the top diagonal gold, then get the gold, dig left etc til the gold is right, then dig right, get the gold, and do the dig left/get gold routine again. Use a similar 2-1 dig so you can work your way down the right side and now it is time to release the enemies. 4-3-2-1 dig into the left, dig right twice in that area, then dig L R L to make the enemy fall out into a hole. Get all the gold you can. Repeat, mirrored, for the enemy on the right If either one of them grabbed gold, stand on them and move to the edge digging behind you. You can just dig the other guy if he tries to cut you off, then keep digging outwards. So there is little risk here. Note if an enemy leaves gold behind you can dig left of the ropes first, then right, then drop in and retreat. You can also retrap a guy by standing by the ropes and then digging a hole for him, then going into the bottom corner. Level ladder in UR. Level 033 Password: EAQ2BVNMFR * h * * h * * h * * h * *~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~h~~~~~~* * H H * *XXX X H**** X X ****H X XXX* ***$X$ H*** X X X ***H $X$*** ** X$X H** X X X X **H X$X ** * X$X$XH* X X X X X *HX$X$X * * X$X H* X X X X X X *H X$X * * X H* X X X X X *H X * *$$ H* ~ $ $ $ ~ *H $$* *XX X XH* X X X X X *HX X XX* *XXXXXXH* XXXXXXXXXXX *HXXXXXX* *$$$ H X ~~~~~~~ X H $$$* *XXXXXXHXXXH $$$$$ HXXXHXXXXXX* *$$$ H HXXXXXXXH H $$$* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Go to the left and up and left. Dig twice and go to the top. Let an enemy drop in the hole at the top and now clear out the top diamond. Dig L R L R R. You should be able to get all the gold in the process. A guy may sneak up to the right but you can get to the ladder and push him back up. Go up the ladder and to the right and drop this guy in the sole hole on top. Dig L L L L R. Dig the other guy out and take him for his gold. Drop him in the UL and dig L R L (R/L quickly) R and go left. Dig right and right to get out, then lead the guy to the right. Use him the same you did on the left, but mirror image(R L R L L, dig him out, go DR, dig gold, back up top, R L R L/R L go right,) and once you're done with him drop him in the top center pit and dig him L L L R R. Dig up the other guys to make sure they've got no gold and then drop one in the very top, digging him L L R R R. Now you can get all that gold.Now clean up the gold in the bottom corners if you didn't already and exit up the top(long right ladder.) Level 034 Password: L6G9NRYNLU *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *HXX$XX$XXXXXXX$XXXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *HXX XX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *HXX XX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *HXX XX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *HXX~ ~X$X$X$ $X$ $X$ $X~ ~XXH* *HXX~XX X X X X X XXX X X~X XXH* *HXX XX~X X X X X X X X X~XXH* *HXX~XX X X X X XXX X X X~X XXH* *HXX$XX$X$ $X$ $X$ $X$ $X$X$XXH* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *H H* ******************************** Always check which way the opponents are coming before a big dig and be sure to line them all up on one side. Or they may squeeze you at the bottom. Stay 1D of the top left run to lump the enemies on the right. 2-1 dig over one suspended gold piece in the H and dig 2, drop, etc. til the bottom where you 2-1 dig. Repeat with the other one. Then take out the u. 6-5-4-3-2-1 dig starting with the line between the u and d. You won't always leave the left square--you will need to leave the right to get each gold piece, but that can be done in any order after leaving the left first. Of course you need all the time you can get which is why you dig from the left. For d's UL gold you'll need to go another square right. Now stay 1D of the top rung in the UL to push everyone left. You'll have to do this each time you have a fall-through and go right. Check for people coming from below and if they are there, go U L and dig right and go R D. Also note if you get pushed the other way it is really no problem--just lead the enemies around and stay 1U/1D of the bottom/top when you can. 2-1 dig over the top of the D to get down there. 6-5-4-3-2-1 dig over each gold piece suspended in the s and o to clear those ladderrs. Dig 2 squares left at each run of the right ladder to gain access to the N. From there dig the center brick, fall, repeat and 2-1 dog at the bottom. Stairs. Level 035 Password: V4YSWLBXVA **h ** **h ** **h ** **h ** **h ** **hHXXXXXXXXXXXXXXHh** **hH ~~~HXXH~~~ Hh** ** $HXXH$ ~ hh** ** ~ HXXH hh** **hhX HXXH hXhh** **XXXXXH*XXXX*HXXXXX** ** $XH HX$ ** ** XH HX ** ** XH XHX ** **XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX** A fun little level with a few tricks. Dig up the enemies and go right and down and fall left. The regenerated enemies will fall into the pits on the side. H15 H2 H3 H4 Dig 1-2-3, get the gold above(fall on it, not from its side) and dig 4 then 5 to get that gold. The next bit is a bit tougher as it requires timely maneuvers. First you need to dig the blocking square left and now fall left(the falling saves just enough time) and go up the ladder, R U L fall, L 2D fall-right(another key move) and right. The trickiest gold here in the DL is a mirror of the DR, only you dig the blocking square, wait a second, dig 1-2-3, fall and go back. Re-dig, dig 4 and 5 and get the gold. Climb up the 1-high level ladder and you should be able to dig your enemy. If not, retreat and you can dig him. Then go U L U. Level 036 Password: EK5NTVZWP3 * h * * h * * h * * h * * ~ h * *H XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXHXXXXXXX* *H X HX HX X HX XH XH * *H X++X++X++X+HX++ X++XHX XH+++* *H XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXHXXXXXXX* *H X HX XH+XH X XH XH******** *H X++X+XXXXXXXX X++XH * *H XXXXXHXXXXXXXHXXXXXXXXXHXXXX* *H H HX++++X++XHXXXX* *XXXXHXHXXXXXXXXXHXXXXXXXXHX +* *++XH *HXHX HXH HX++XHX +* *******H HX+XXXH HX+++XXXXHXXXX* * HXHX+X+XH XX****++XHXXXX* *XXXXXXHXHX+X+XH X ****HX +* *++XH XHXHX+X+XH XH HX +* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* ******************************** This is a solitaire level that shares a lot in common with some late Lode Runner levels in other versions, but it's a very weak sister sort of similarity. Still it has some interesting puzzles especially if this is your first Lode Runner experience. You can dig down the left side of the ladder 2 at a time to get the gold in there. Now for the tricky DR corner bit. 1X76 2XX8 3 $ 4 $ 5Xa9 6XXb 7 $ 8 $ You need to work quickly here for the DR bit. Dig 1-3. Wait for 1 to heal. Dig 4 and 5, then go up top and dig 6-8. Get the gold, fall left and dig 9-b. Then dig c-e. Another reasonably tricky part is past the single block to the left at the bottom. Dig the block, wait 2 seconds, go up the stairs, dig 1-3. Come back, dig again, then dig 4 and then 5. Drop for the gold and retreat. Up the second ladder, dig the single block right, then up top dig over the single ladder and fall right for gold, then go back left. Dig down 3 at a time on the ladder to the left. Then go over the top, drop on the gold, and dig right from each ladder square. Dig down to the right three times, fall in and get the gold, and return. Now above the encased ladder, dig 1Uand 1U1R of the top. Then dig each block to the side as you go down, but wait to dig the last pair until the top has healed. Now run over the gold and dig and fall through. In the DL you have a bit of timing too. Dig 1, wait 4 seconds, dig 2-4, climb over 1 and dig 5. Above that, dig the squares L, 2L, 2LD of the 1-ladder below. For the UL structure you can dig 1U, 1U1R, 1R, 1R1D of the encased ladder nearby, as well as below it. That gets 7 gold once you dig out. Dig similarly for the next ladder over, then dig 1U, 1U1L, 1L, 2L1D of the ladder in the center of the structure to escape. Go to the right edge and dog 1U, 1U1R, 1R, 1R1D of the top of the 2-ladder. Level 037 Password: ESAWK254AH * h * * h * * h * * h * * H*********H * * H****H~~~~~H****H * * HXXXXH~~H +++ H~~HXXXXH * *HXXXXH~~H XXX H~~HXXXXH* *H ~ ~~~+~~~+~~~+~~~ ~ H* *XXXX+XH +X+ +X+ +X+ HX+XXXX* *XXX+XXH +XXX+XXX+XXX+ HXX+XXX* *XX+XX H XX+XXX+XXX+XX H XX+XX* *X+XX H XXX XXX XXX H XX+X* *XXX+X H X +~X~+ X H X+XXX* *XXXX+XH X+X+++X+X HX+XXXX* *XXXXXXH XXXXXXXXX HXXXXXX* * H H * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Go left, dig a guy out of the way, and let them go up. Go up, dig L, then fall and dig R 3x more til you can dig right and fall. The enemies may gravitate to you but you have space to dig. Now you can go over the top of the rope lines to get the 3 gold. Go to the edge, U, UR and dig. Then in the middle castle structure you have several trips to make. In general the enemies should not be trouble but you want to make sure they do not fall in the castle, so outrun them as needed. Left gold: dig 2U, 1L1U, 1L, 1L1D and get out. Center: dig 2U, 1U1L, 1L, 1L1D, then on the rope dig left. Repeat mirrored for the other side of the center. Right: dig 2U, 1U1R, 1R, 1R1D of the gold and that should do it. You should be able to make the monsters follow you around. The right structure is a mirror of the left. You can go up the right side and then UL to the center. Level 038 Password: ESMJJX6NFU *h h * *h h * *h h * *h h * *h h * *H X ~ XH X * *H XX+XXH X * *H X+X+XH X * *H X+X+XH X * *H X X XhXXXHXXXHX+XHXXXHX+~X * *H X XhX X~X+XHX+XHX+XH X+X * *H X XhX+X X+XHXX XX+H XX * *H X XhXvX X+XHX X XXXH X * *H~ ~~~h~~~~ ~~H~~~ XXXX * *h * Dig left on the rope in the y. Reach for the one gold in the e, then dig 1U1L and 1L for the other gold inside the e. Dig 1L at the K, wait and dig below that, then walk over left then right. Drop on the enemy and go left. Dig over the center of the N then dig the UR of the O and wait 4 seconds before digging the two squares below. Loop around and dig over the gold to get it. Dig the UR of the M and then get on the rope and dig right. Drop down and right. Go back R U L and dig, from the rope, left. You can walk out easily without enemies bugging you. Level 039 Password: 3NVF87N73A * h * * h * * h * * h * * h HXXX * * H H H H H H H*HX +* *+X X XHXHXX+HX XXX HXhXH***XXX* *XXXXXXXXHX+XXXHXXHX+XhXHXXXXXX* *X*****XXH+XX+HXXXXXXXhXHXXXXXX* *X+++++XXHXXXXXXXX****hXH+XXXXX* *XXXXXHXXXX+XXXXXX hXHXXXXXX* *XXXXXHXXX+HXXXX HXXXXH+XXXXX* *XX XXH HXXX HXXXXXXHXXXXXX* *XX ******* HXXXX+++XH+XXXXX* *XXX XXXX HXXXX+XXXXXHXXXXXX* *XXXX HXXXXXXHXXHXXHX+++++* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXHHXXXXHXXXXXX* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXHHXXXHXXXXXX* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH H ++* ******************************** Go left, dig the bricks from left to right, and then get the ones to the right--fall on the one gold, then dig left and fall til you are as you were. For the gold way at the right, dig 1L of the gold then the 1U2L and you can walk in and out--the lower heals first. Now dig the following and get in and (UR) out. 1H432 5H76 $H In the UR, just dig the 3 blocks on top then the one below, then walk in and out. Go down the right for gold, digging R, 1D, R to get what's inside. 2-1 dig at the right edge and go back left. Back at the ladder top dig and go down continually. You can dig to the left on the platform where th eenemy may get you, but you should have enough speed to get down before he can see you. Just hold down and left-dig. Go to the center 4-tall ladder and dig R, go D, dig R to get to the inside bit. L U L and 2-1 dig to get out. You need to dig to get by the enemy, then 2-1 dig over the 3 and then dig 1U1L, 1U, 1L, 1L1D to get out, DR R U and advance. Level 040 Password: R5K98QRUKU * h * * h * * h * * h ~~~~ ~~~H* * h~ X H* * h ~ XX H* * hhh h hhh h h h XX+X H* * h h hh hh hhh h XXXXXX H* * h h hhhhh hhhhh~ X X H* *hhh h hhhh hhhh hh ~ ~ H* *h hhh h hh h hh h XX ~ H* *h XXX+ H* *hX X +XXX H* *h****************** ~XXXX H* *h ~ ~ XXXX H* *h ~ ~~ XXX ~H* *h ~ ~ XX XXX ~ H* *h ~ ~ X XXXX ~ H* *h ~ ~ XXXXXXXX H* *h XXXXXX++XXXXXXXXXX H* *h XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX+ ~ H* *hXXX XXXX+XXXXX + XX+XX ~ H* *hX+XX ++++ XXX XXXXXXHX H* *h XXX XXXX XX X HX ~~H* *h XX~ X+X ~ H H* *h XX ~ ~ H H* *h H H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Yes, if you look closely, the board really does look like the island of Japan, as the level ladders spell out. Go up the ladder for 1 gold, then fall right and go up 2U of the rope on the right ladder. This suckers everyone L U. Go to the very top. 1 2X 3$ 4X This is how you get the UR gold and fall for another to the right. Fall left off the single rope. Bring 3 enemies with you as you go up the stairs. Lead them U L then fall left when 3 are left of the structure. They will fall into an L-gap. Drop left and down so the monster goes 1L, then to the rope above the 2-wide. Dig 2R/1R, fall in, dig 3-2 and then dig right to get out. Now you'll have monsters to pass, and you don't want to kill them off the bat. So dig 1, back up 2, and dig another. That will get you past. Then above the bunched enemies, dig 2L and L of the top one, fall left and dig left and run right once he falls. You'll be on a safe ledge, and they'll have run left. Quickly you can 2-1 dig down to get the gold below, then get out. Now you can dig your enemies up as you please. You can go UR, L, fall left and go over to the DL where you have two trips. The first, you can 1-1 dig at the left edge of the top platforn to get to a 4-wide with a gold you can dig over below. Next time, fall left twice, dig right, fall, dig left, fall and dig left and get out. One more time, chipping at the right. 1 2X 3X X 4XXXX 1R, dig left, fall left, dig left. Go up the left stairs, right across "Japan" and to the top. Level 041 Password: 3KVVUEEGWJ * h h * * h h * * h h * * h h * *XXHXXXX************XXXXHXX* *XXH++***H++H++H++H***++HXX* *++HXXH++***HXXH***++HvXH++* *HXX++HXXH H++H HXXH++XXH* *H HXXH++HXXXXvXXXH++HvXH H* *XvH++XXXH H H HXXX++HXX* * HXXH++XXXHXXHvXX++HvXH * *HvX H**H++H++H++H**H XXH* *H HXXH HXXXXXXXXH HXXH H* *XXH XXXH H++H HXXX HXX* * HXXH XXX+XX+XXX HXXH * *HXX H**H++H++H++H**H XXH* *H HXXH HXXXXXXXXH HXXH H* *XXH++ H ++ H ++HXX* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* **************************** AD 18C France. French revolutioniks? Well, anyway, you need to be watching for fake holes. In fact, it's a bit easier to illustrate this level replacing the false bricks with holes: *XXHXXXX************XXXXHXX* *XXH++***H++H++H++H***++HXX* *++HXXH++***HXXH***++H XH++* *HXX++HXXH H++H HXXH++XXH* *H HXXH++HXXXX XXXH++H XH H* *X H++XXXH H H HXXX++HXX* * HXXH++XXXHXXH XX++H XH * *H X H**H++H++H++H**H XXH* *H HXXH HXXXXXXXXH HXXH H* *XXH XXXH H++H HXXX HXX* * HXXH XXX+XX+XXX HXXH * *HXX H**H++H++H++H**H XXH* *H HXXH HXXXXXXXXH HXXH H* *XXH++ H ++ H ++HXX* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* With this as a reference, the best way to get going is to clear out the bottom stuff first. Go left, get what you can, and come back right to get the 6 golds there and the two on the ladder. Then go to the right side and snake your way up, getting the golds left you can. Dig over the last gold square you got and fall left. You'll go left and fall through some false bricks. Dig right and go back up top and dig over the next gold over. This drops you through three false bricks. Get the 2 golds above the cement. each right gold and dig down. Then go back up top and dig over the right gold there. There are 6 golds to the left but there may be enemies to fake out, too, so do that. Also get the 2 gold below and the 2 gold to the left over the cement. Climb U L U R U tp the tp[ where ypu can clean up, then go down the right ladder and get the gold to the right, then go 2U 2L and back. Dig over the right of the two golds in the center--false brick below it. There are 2 pairs of gold to the left, one on top of the next, with no chutes. Go left for another gold pair and dig left, then dig right to save a bit of time and get back into the main looping area. Go across to the UR. Be sure to dig your enemies once to make sure they've got no gold. There are no chutes under th efinl four bricks and no enemies should be around either. Level 042 Password: LBX4VFQG7J ** h** ** h** ** h** ** h** **XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXh** **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 XHX~XXX~XHXH** **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 XXXXXXXXXXXH** **H H** **HXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXH** This or something like it was a Championship Lode Runner level. What you want to do is stand at the right of the bottom and stand there. Guys will come over and fall in the pit. Go right. 3-2-1 to drop on the 1-ladder to the right, then dig left and fall in. Dig right when on the rope, drop and dig right, etc. There's a small risk you'll fall down 2 ropes if you push down, so you can just fall right and go left. At the final dig you will have access to two gold pieces. Mirror image for the left side. Now 4-3-2-1 dig to next to one of the 1-ropes(near the structure center) and dig to the side, drop, etc. You'll get the gold in the center. Now for the left. Dig the 3 squares left of the enemies and go DL. Move up once you get them to move over(otherwise all 4 will get killed) and when they're gone, dig the final guy out. Hold button 1 and left. Go to the ledge above. Wait and dig left and go down to 2U of the ladder bottom. He'll turn right and you can get the gold when you walk over him after he falls in the pit. Dig right over him and run left. Now repeat for the other three ledges, though stay 1U of the next ledge below instead of near the ladder bottom--and you may need to bring the one enemy over for the final long dig, or at least delay your digging near the end or bring him over by going DL in the middle of digging. Note other enemies may fall in the pit but you can dispose of them as before to make sure you only fight one guy at a time. Oh and don't fall right onto the guy at the top because enemies may be below him, then you're screwed. All you have to do is wait at the bottom or dig some enemies so they die(ie 4 holes, then go DL) then wait. Then you can walk across them. Note--I had a banana appear on the right of the third ledge after I got the last gold. If you want, get the points, but I didn't bother. Level 043 Password: 9NV6HRPJWE * h * * h * * h * * h * * h+XXXXXXXXXH* *H*X*X*X X h+X*********H* *H *** h+XX H* *H h+XX H* *H X++X~X+ h+XX +X X****XH* *HXXXHXXXX XX h+XX XXXX**** H* *H H h+XX H* *H H h+XX ++ + + + H* *H H XXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXX H* ************XX ++ ******** H* ************* XX H* *++++++++++++ H* *************XXXXXXX************ Go right and up and 2L. Dig right when the enemy gets near and go 2R and down the ladder parallel with the purple blocks to the left. He falls in the hole and now you can get the gold to the left. Go back up the right ladder, release the enemy and, when he falls, fall after him and dig to get to the long platform below. Fall left and when he's near, dig right. Trap him in as before. Go to the UR and dig 1R of the top gold, get the gold, dig left again, and repeat until you can dig right and fall over the golds below. Get them and dig. Go back to the UR and now dig left/drop to the bottom. Make sure the enemy is on the left edge, then drop left and go up the ladder. Dig left to get around him, go to the UL, go 3R, dig left and go 3D or so. He'll run right. Run on top of him and now when he falls you want to dig left then right. Fall left and dig left then right. The enemy runs right, so you should run left and dig right immediately. You should be able to climb up the ladder that appears with no problem now. Level 044 Password: F768TV8GM9 ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** ~ ~~ h ~~ ~ ** **H XXXXX h + XXXXXX H** **H XXXXX XHHHHHHHX XXXXXX H** **H XXX+X XH*****HX XX+XXX H** **H XXXXX XHHHHHHHX XXXXXX H** **H ~~~~~~~ H** **H H * H H** **H*****H +***+ H******H** **H H ***** H H** **HXXXXXH ******* HXXXXXXH** **H H +*********+ H H** **H*****H *********** H******H** **+ H*************H +** ******************************** This is also rehashed from another Lode Runner, but it is a better rehash than most. Run right for gold. Let the guy fall. Go to the UR and 3-2-1 dig left of the solitary gold to get it. Go back to the UL and fall off the ladder. Fall onto the gold and fall right quickly, get on the ladder and go U R and you will just miss the enemy. Go to the UR and fall left again. You can do a similar sneak-under for the left, where you should also wait at the left edge to drop for a gold, then go right and wait for enemies to fall after you before going up. 3-2-1 dig from the left to get the entombed gold. Then go R from the UL to find the ladder. Level 045 Password: E7E8BFFGMJ **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **HXXXXXXXXXXH** **HX XH++HX XH** **HXXXXXXXXXXH** **HX XXXXXX XH** **HXXXXXXXXXXH** **H H** **XXXXXXXXXXXX** In the UL, dig down and go down 3 times. Wait for the top to heal then dig U, UL of the ladder. Fall in and dig left and get the gold. Go left and dig left to get out. Level 046 Password: VTW7XHQHZL * h * * h * * h * * h * * +~+~+~~~~ ~h~ ~ ~ * * HX X X X X XHX X XHX * * H~+~+~+~~~~+~+~H~+~+~H~ * * HXHX X X X X XHX XHX * * H~H~+~+~+~~~~+~+~H~+~H~ * * HX XHX XHX X X XHXHX * * H~+~H~+~H~+~~~~+~+~H~H~ * * HX X XHXHX X X X XHX * * H~+~+~H~H~+~+~~~~+~+~H~ * * HX X X XHX X X X XHX * * H~+~+~+~H~+~+~+~~~~+~H~ * *HX X X X X X X XH XHX * *H H H * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Go to the center and when enemies get close go U L. Wait for them to get close and go U and all the way R. You can pretty much weave to the top this way. In fact after one more trip up you should not even have to wait for them to get close, and if you mess up the pattern or one blocks you, you can just fall to the bottom and outrun them to back where you were. Stairs in UR. You may have a bit of trouble coming in from the left, as an enemy may stick at the top, but you can fall down with him 2R of you and a block 1R, or you can just go UR and back left for the stairs. Level 047 Password: LBR45V2RKJ * h h * * h h * * h h h h * * h h h h h hh * * h h h h h h h * * H H h h h* * ~~~H~~~ ~~~H~~~ * * +++H+++ +++H+++ * * +++H+++ +++H+++ * * ~~~H~~~ ~~~H~~~ * * +++H+++ +++H+++ * * +++H+++ +++H+++X * *HX H H XXX * *H X H H X+X * *H XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX+XXX * *H XX+XXXXXXXXXXXX+++X * *H XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX * *H HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX * *H H X+XXXXXXXXXXXX * *H H H HXXXX+XXXXXXXX * *H HHH XXXXXXXXXXXX * *H H * ************************** Cool pirate ship level here with the flags popping up once you finish. 3-1 dig to get next to the gold in the UL of the ship(and sink the enemy too) and then go back to the UL. Next time dig him up and use the time to drop to get gold. Killing him doesn't help as he will just regenerate around where you were, and if he gets to the outside, you may have no way out for some other gold you need to get. You can pretty much fake him out for any gold you need to pick off and fall on--he's much too slow. Or just dig to get him out of the way for a bit. Now to get the entombed golds on the right. Go to the edge of a rope and lean off its edge. Drop right when the enemy almost touches you, and he will fall down so you can run on him and dig right quickly. Drop and dig right and now you can get everything. Dig the right edge to get out and now return. Dig right when you drop right, then dig behind, then dig 7-6-5-4-3 , starting above the top visible gold and working your way down, digging left right left left. At that gold you can then dig 3 right to get the gold right of it. Then just dig the guy out of the way and go up. Level 048 ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** 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 + ** ******************************** Password: TDS23SFHSG Another one Lode Runner fans have seen before. Go UL and R and drop down. Dig the guy to get his gold, and dig again and fall left to get around him. Stand on the center ladder and enemies will be on the right edge. Dig so they'll come up to you--you should run to get the gold too as you have the time. You should be able to sucker one over where you can dig him and leave him behind. Go R U L and dig the enemy to the left out--you may need to dig twice--and leave him behind as you did the others. You have one more trip to get a gold piece. Once you get it, go back left immediately and climb up. The enemies below you seem rather stupid as they don't go for you right away, so use that to your advantage. Level 049 Password: 6W8LV4FEKR * h* * h* * h* *h* h* *h*X*X*X*X*X*X** *h~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *h ++++++++ +++* *XHXXXXXXXXH**** *~H~~~~~~~~H~~~* *+H++++ +++H+++* *vXXXXXHXXXX**** *~~~~~~H~~~~~~~* *+++++ H ++++++* ******HXHXXXXXX* *~~~~~H~H~~~~~~* *++ ++H+H++++ +* *vvHXXXXXXXXXHv* *~~H~~~~~~~~~H~* *++H++++++ ++H+* *XXXXX**XXHXXXX* *~~~~~~~~~H~~~~* *++++ ++++H++++* *XXXXHXXXXX***** *~~~~H~~~~~~~~~* * +++H++++++++ * Wait, because you don't have the time to dig both guys coming down after you. Dig left, climb over and dig left. Go U R and dig as little as you can to advance. You can only afford to kill off two enemies before this level becomes impossible as they behave weirdly--guarding the level ladder. Fortunately if you kill exactly two, it is not too taxing. So when reading these instructions, if you find enemies getting to close, just make a break for the bottom then go 1U of the DR, then go down for enemies to follow you and run back up and continue as you were. It's probably a bad idea to dig even once to slow enemies down if only two are left. They're pretty dumb and usually that's ok but here it isn't. Get to the right and go 1D the ladder. Enemies will go off left. Go to the bottom. They will circle L D R. Run past them. You should be able to go all the way up with few impediments. One level has 2 gold on the left and 1 on the right, with ladders in the center. Ignore those golds as you have to drop on them--take care of them last or, if you have the time and space, drop on them if you can goad the enemies over. Start on the left, go back right then left. Also ignore the UL gold. And if enemies are too close behind don't get the gold on the cement to the left. Otherwise, run up and clear what you can. It's worth it to try to fall through the chutes to get the gold on top of them as you go down, if you must. Also, when you get near the top and get the final gold, if enemies are too close behind, bring them down a few levels. Then go back up. Because you need to wait left of the final platform to draw enemies over, then go 1U so they go far enough right for you to make 2 digs right. Level 050 Password: B6WQ2L7VSU *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~h* *H + + H* *H X X + + H* *H + + XXX + X X + H* *H + X X + + X XXX X + H* *H X XXX X X XXX XXX X + H* *H XXX XXX XXX + + XXX X H* *H + + XXX + X X + XXX H* *H + X X + X XXX X + H* *H X XXX + X XXX XXX X + H* *H XXX X XXX XXX X H* *H XXX XXX H* *H H* *H +++++ H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* You need your enemies, here. Basically you drop them in a hole, dig them out, and repeat as necessary. But it is tricky to figure out who to dig where. At first just get rid of as many as you can. With only one running around, things are pretty easy, though you will want to note if anyone took a gold as he fell--all tips of U's should have gold on them, and if not, you'll need to dig the guy who took it out. Now for these instructions, if an enemy is in the path I've given you, you will want to dig him out first, or not dig an enemy you normally would. There's no way to get an enemy trapped for good where you can't win the level. Stand 1 to the side of the center of the top U of the middle range and let the enemy drop in,ie drop when he's over the pit. Dig right when on him, then run left--or run on top of him if you are so inclined. Repeat 3 times, but don't get anxious and run over before he fell in. Now you can leave him to fester to make things less complicated later, but then you'll need to free another enemy with a similar motion. Drop another guy in the same place. Dig him to the right. Then dig the 2 squares to the left after he falls. Do the serial dig right thing again. Leave him in the bottom if you want. Drop another guy in the 2nd-left U. Dig him right, then dig him 2L so he drops down. Dig him left to clear out that bottom section of U's. Fall on the leftmost U. Then drop a guy in the top U. Dig him right and you can run over him to get the gold to the right, cutting down your work later. You'll have to walk over him after digging left, then dig 2R. If you are clever you can run over him to the right to get a tricky gold. Or you can just drop a guy in the top U of the middle range and dig your way L L back 2R. That should do it, but if not, try unearthing enemies from their pits. If one is in the bottom range, then you may need to drop an enemy in a top U and dig R the 2L on the ledge below, or something. You can release that enemy and the one you're getting to with a late 2L dig and then if you run right, you can dig the other guy out. On solving this the other 4 guys come in and stand around and look at you. You're running through the stars at the screen then the credits roll and the other 4 guys join you. Then you get the next 50 levels! Level 051 *h * *h * *h * *h * *h ~+~~~~~H* *h +~X~+~ H* *h X~X~X~+ H* *h X~X~X~X H* *h X~X~X~X H* *h + X X X X H* *h XhXXXXXXX H* *h XhXXXXXXX H* *h XXXXXXXX H* *h XXXXXXX H* *h XXXXX H* *h H* **************** Password: 4ZLEART2WF Looks like prehistoric barbarians here but there's no official word. Quickly, 1L, then drop and everyone's in a hole. This is important as the ground is all cement. Go to the top and get the gold, dig the top of the middle finger, get the golds and dig the top of the 3 fingers(L to R,) then get the right gold. Dig the rest of the index and middle fingers as you work your way down. Let the enemies fall in the hole and run over them. To avoid dropping two levels down and entombing yourself, go L/R not D. Level 052 Password: BTD7LFBE6G * h * * h * * h * * h + + * *XXXXXXXXXXXXH XXXXXXXHXXXXXXXH* * H~~~~~~H XH + H + H* * H H XXXX*H**H*XXXXXXXXX* *X ****** X XXXX*H**H*XXXXXXXXX* *X + + X H H ~ * *XX******XXXXHX XXXXXXXXXXXX+XH* *X + + X HX X XXXXXXX+XH* *X***XX***X HXXX~~~~XXXXXXX+XH* *XXXXXXXXXX HXXX++++X+++++X+XH* *X + + X HXXXXXXX*********H* *XXXXXXXXXX H ++ + + H* *H~~~~~H~~~~~H XXXXXHXXXXXXXXXH* *H H H XXXXXH + H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Dig the 3 guys til they're killed, and they should regenerate in the hole to the UR. If they appear somewhere else, dig 1R, fall, dig 1R, fall, then 2R 2R and 1R to get on the platform below. Then take the long loop UL. But you should be able to walk across the enemies and get to the DL the short way. When you do, dig over the ladder and go down through the chute under the ladder. Get the gold, dig the edge, drop and get the gold. 2-1 dig the center. Work down to get all the gold. Walk over the enemies and dig down to the rope. Drop and dig left after getting the gold. Dig out and get the DR gold. When nobody's bugging you dig down the left ladder 3x, then dig the bottom bit when the top heals. You can in-betwen move to dig any enemy below--that's a better way to wait than most, in fact. Then dig 3-2-1 left of the single rope, by the ladder, to get to the rope below. Dig right on it to get the 5 gold. Level ladder in the UL. Level 053 Password: YSPD22MH4U ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h+** **XHXXXHvXXHXXvHXXXHXXXHvXvHX** ** H H H H H H H ** **vXXHvXvHXXvHXXvHvXvHvXvHXXv** ** H H H H H H ** **vHXXXHvXXHvXXHXXXHXXvHXXvHv** ** H H H H H H H ** **vXvHvXXHXXvHvXvHXXXHvXvHXXv** ** H H H H H H ** **vHXXXHXXXHXXvHvXvHXXvHXXXHv** ** H H H H H H H ** **vXXHvXvHvXvHXXXHvXXHXXXHXXv** ** H H H H H H ** **vHXXXHXXXHvXvHvXvHXXvHXXXHv** ** H H H H H H H ** **vXXHXXXHvXvHXXvHvXXHvXvHXXv** ** H H H H H H ** **vHvXvHvXXHvXXHvXvHXXvHXXXHv** ** H H H H H H H ** **vXvHXXXHXXvHXXvHXXvHXXXHXXv** ** H H H H H H ** **vHXXvHvXvHvXvHvXvHvXvHvXvHv** ** H H H H H H H ** ******************************* A big sort of invisible maze where a map you've already got can really pay off. So, at each place where you have a choice: R U R U R R R U L U L U L U L U R R R U R U L U R U R(fall) R U R*(fall 2x) R U R U gets the gold, then L U. Level 054 Password: B6WQKLTH6U *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h ~~~~~~~ h* *hXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *hX ++++XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *hX XHXH X ~ ~ XH* *hX XHXXXXXX XXXXXXXHXX X XX+XH* *hX XH XHX+X+XHX+XH* *hX X******* XXXXX+XHX+X+XHX+XH* *hX X X+XHX+X+XHX+XH* *hX XHXXXXXX XXX+X+XHX+X+XHX+XH* *hX XHX++++X X+X+XHX+X+XHX+XH* *hX XHXXXXXX X+X+X+XHX+X+XHX+XH* *hX XHX****X X+X+X+XHX+X+XHX+XH* *hX X X X+X+X+XHX+X+XHX+XH* *hX X XXXXXX X+X+XXXHX+X+XHX+XH* *h~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~H ~~H~~~H* *h * ******************************** When you fall down, go left when on level with the cement. Dig right of the stairs twice for gold, then get the gold and drop down. Go right and up the big ladder, Dig and go down continually. At the bottom, dig left, then go up top and dig over the gold column. Go back up and dig right over the first column, then wait and dig left of the left rope, 2R, dig left, fall right and go up the ladder and fall left. If you can't do it in time, go UR and 2-1 dig over the gold column below--it just takes a bit longer. Now at the center rope, drop on the right side and dig down 3 times, then fall right. Go back to the top and dig 4 times over the other gold column. Note you have to go up the big ladder and right. Dig over the right of the gold in the UL and then move left. The level ladders will appear, and it's important you got this last as now you can exit before the enemies get out. Level 055 Password: X5JJWQWVM8 * h h * * h h * * h h * * h h * * H~~~~ ~~~~H * * H~~~ XXXXXXXX ~~~H * * H~~ XXXXXXXXXX ~~H * * H~ XXXXXXXXXXXX ~H * * H XX* XX *XX H * * H X* XX *X H * * HX* h XX h *XH * * HXX h h+XX+h h XXH * * HXXh hXXh hXXH * * HXX+ XX +XXH * * H XXX XX XXX H * * HH XvXXXXXXXXvX HH * * HH vXXX++XXXv HH * * HHv XXXXXX vHH * * Hv+ +vH * * HvX++++++XvH * * H XXXXXXXX H * * HH XXXXXX HH * * H~~~~~~~~H * * H H * ************************** Whoah, that's a pretty big skull, Beavis! Uh, I mean, Butt-Head. What you do first inside it is critical. Go to the UL and 3-2-1 dig down(or 1-2-1 using the ropes) and land on the enemy. Go 2L and dig right and let him escape. When he climbs up, leave and fall below--wait for the enemies on the ladder UL to fall so you have a clear path--and repeat for the right. You need the trapped guy on the right not to move. Now 3-2-1 dig on the top to get a suspended gold, then 2-1 dig to get the 2 in the center, and dig below to get 6 gold. Dig your way out and go to the base of a ladder. 2 guys will drop, and the bottom one takes just enough time to get his bearings so the other one falls and you can sneak in. Go back up top and get the other suspended gold, but this time 2-1 dig to the edge so you fall on a single gold. Then get the other single gold. Enemies should be easier to avoid these times as you are tearing right through. You can wait for them to get near the top to make sure, but it's not necessary. Level 056 Password: YMMWWQSVZ8 **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **H~~~~ h** **H HXXXH ~~~~~~~~~ HXXXH** **H XHXXXXXH ~~~~~ HXXXXXH** **H XXHXHXXXHXX XXHXXXHXH** **H XXXHXHXXXHXX *** XXHXXXHXH** **H XHXXXHXXXX H XXXXHXXXH** **H HXXXHXXXX *H* XXXXHXXXH** **H XHXHXXXHXX *H* XXHXXXHXH** **H XXXHXHXXXHXX *H* XXHXXXHXH** **H XXHXXXHXXXX *H* XXXXHXXXH** **H XHXXXHXXXX *H* XXXXHXXXH** **H H HXXXHXX *H* XXHXXXHXH** **XH HXXHXXXH *H* HXXXHXH** **XXHHXXXXX + **H** + XXXH** **XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX H** ******************************** Another level from an old Lode Runner. Go to the UR and then 3-2-1 dig from there to get on a 2-ladder where you can go down, dig, etc. You'll switch ladders several times working your way down. Eventually you'll get to where the gold is, when you can just pick it up and dig right to get out. Now bring the enemy over and drop so he is just left of the cements. He will fall in to that area, and now you can lure him left by going DL. This part is a bit annoying as he may not take the gold right away--I seem to have good luck letting him land on the gold so he has lots of chances to think about if he wants to take it. If not, go to the DR(where you need to dig as before for him to "see" you, back DL, etc. Do the 3-2-1 dig on the UL as before and when you dig 1L of the enemy, go to the DL and he should run over without releasing the gold. If not, you have to do it all over again. Once he is gobbled up by the blocks when he has the chest, you can advance. I'd recommend not watching the gory details. I'm not squeamish, just impatient, because going to the UL lets you leave ASAP when the ladders appear. Level 057 Password: ZXLZ5ETRD9 * h * * h * * h * * h * *XXXXXXXHXXXXXXX +XXXHXXXXXXXXX* ********H****** +XX H XX XX* * H +XX +H*+ XXH X* *XXXXXHXHXXXXXXXX +H***+ **H++* *++++XHXHX++++XX +H*****+ XXXX* *****XHXHXXXXXX +H*******+ **** *++++X+XH H*********+ * *********XXXXXXHXXXXXXXXXXXHXXX* * ~ H ~HX++* * XH HXHXXXXXXXXXXXHXXXX **** * ++X XH H HXH+XH +* ****XXXXXXhXXHXXhXXXhXXXXXXX**** Hold down immediately so everyone falls in. Go to the left and dig the 3 blocks around the far left 1-ladder, then get out. In the right: H3215 H4H+6H Dig 4 when 1 heals, then 5 and 6 quickly. Then run in and out. Go UL and up the diagonal ladders, In the UR, 12XXXXX X3 4XH **H$$ XXXX Back to the UR, making sure the enemy follows you up the stairs so he is not waiting for you on the right--stay on the diagonals, in the middle, for this. Fall right for the gold and dig down right at the ladder for more gold. Go up the diagonal stairs again but fall left this time, dig to the 4-cavern and get out. Go UL and to the 3-ladder. Dig L/R and go down and repeat. Get the 4 gold. Then go down and dig L/R and repeat again. If an enemy is close to the right, step right and dig before getting all the gold. You have the time. The level ladder is straight up. The enemies that were so close to you get released, but they're too far away to matter. Level 058 Password: BBY8L6XL5J * h h * * h h * * h h * * X h h X * * XX**vXHXv*****vXHXv**XX * * X+++vXHXv+++++vXHXv+++X * * XXXX *HX XXXXX XH* XXXX * * X **H** **H** X * * XX**v*HH* +++ *HH*v**XX * * X+++v*HXX*v***v*XXH*v+++X * * XXXX *HX++v***v++XH* XXXX * * X **HXXX *** XXXH** X * * XX**v*HH ***** HH*v**XX * * X+++v*H * * H*v+++X * * XXXX *H * H* XXXX * * *HH HH* * *XXXXH HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH HXXXX* ******************************* Another old Championship Lode Runner level! Will the craziness ever end? Dig guys up when you can. You want them to fall into the chute gaps at the top. Once one does, clear his area out. Note that if guys fall where you don't want and get stuck, you can dig to get them out by digging 1L/1R and above. While it's safer not to have so many enemies around, it'll take longer if you decide to stick some for good. Fortunately it's your choice if you choose to release an enemy once he's served his purpose. center left/right: fall on the guy and dig him out. Then fall next to him, get the gold and run away, and fall on him again. You can leave him there. right: fall on the guy, get the gold, dig 1R of him. Repeat, then dig away from him so he is stuck there for good. left: mirrors right. Level 059 Password: T7EHRNNR4J * h * * h * * h * * h * *XXXXXXXXHXXX h XXXHXXXXXXXXX* * ~ H X h X H ~ * *+HX XHXXXH XXXXXXX HXXHXX XHX+* *H+XHX XXXH HXX+XXHXHX * *+HX+XHXXXXXXXXHXXXXXXXHXX+XHX+* *H+XHX X h H h X+XXHXHX * *+HX XHXhX XHX*HXHX XhXHXX+XHX+* *H+XHX XhXHX X*HX XHXhX+XXHXHX * *+HX XHXhX+XHX*HXHX+XhXHXX+XHX+* *H+XHX XhXHX X*HX XHXhX+XXHXHX * *+HX XHXhX XHX*HXHX+XhXHXX+XHX+* *H+XHX XhXHX X*HX XHXhX+XXHXHX * * HX XHXhX XHX*HXHX XhXHXX XHX+* *h h H h ~~H~~* *h h h***h h h * ******************************** This level looks intimidating but is actually very repetitive. To the right, stand on the 1-ladder and dig L/R. Go 1D, dig L/R, etc., getting gold as you go, and leaving the bottom to walk back across. Go to the UR, and dig 2L then R at the rope, drop, repeat etc. Again don't dig at the bottom and get gold as you go. Then go up the long right ladder and drop right, then climb up. Go to the UL and repeat the dig L/R, get the gold, and go to the bottom of the zigzag stairs then back up. For the final bit just drop down for the gold. Don't fall down the ladder, but when the enemies are as high as they go, go 1U the center ladder and the enemy will go right. Go all the way up and two enemies will lump together to the right. Now you can go down and they will fall down, allowing you free passage up. You need to go UL and fall right to get to the level ladder. Level 060 Password: 44XFHLQTYP *h * *h * *h * *h * *h * *XXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *XXXXX+++XXXXXH* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXH* * H* *h*XXXXHXXXX* H* *h*XXHX+XHXX* H* *h*XX+XHX+XX* H* *h*XXHX+XHXX* H* **************** 1L, dig left, 4L, dig right, 1R, dig right and go down the stairs. Both enemies fall to the left. Fall right and get the gold at the top. That part's easy. The hard part's below. 1U and dig 2L L. 1D the ladder and wait 6 seconds. When the left block heals, dig left and then dig above. Get the gold below and wait 5 seconds to the left. Dig right and go up. The block will form. Dig it from the right and dig the top. Drop down 1 further, wait 5 seconds, dig and work your way back up digging as you go. Then drop to the bottom and circle back up. Repeat for the right. Drop right and go up the stair 1. Level 061 Password: B6QJQRJMSV *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h+ +~+ +~+ +h* *HXhX XhhX XhXH* *HXXX XXXX XXXH* *H+ +~+ +~+ +H* *HXhX XhhX XhXH* *HXXX XXXX XXXH* *H+ +~+ +~+ +H* *HXhX XhhX XhXH* *HXXX XXXX XXXH* *H H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Rockets away! BC 5th century Egypt, where mummies chase you around. Run right, and you should be able to run left/dig right 5 times. Run up the ladder 1 and back down. Be happy just trapping 2 guys as if you get greedy enemies will walk across the healing blocks and trap you on the ladder. Keep digging until enemies are in the left U and the right. Once that happens you can walk across them and drop down the ropes, getting the gold on each side as you go down. Note which gold is missing--an enemy took them. You may need to release enemies who got gold, but it is no problem to kill them off and claim the loot. Even if you forgot who had what, you can just check them one at a time after releasing them from the U's they are in. Get the ones in the center first. And of course once an enemy is checked off he can rot in any hole you dropped him in. Level 062 Password: UEW7RHQCMG * h * * h * * h * * h * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ h * *H H h * *H * +*** H*XXXXXXXH* *H ** +** H**XXXXX*H* *H ** +** * H***XXX**H* *HX+ ** +**+ ** H****X***H* *HXX+ ** **+H ** H*++++++*H* *HXXX+ * *+H*+ * H****X***H* *HXXXX+ +H***+ H*** + **H* *HXXXXXX X*****+ H** *+ *H* *HXXXXX XX****** H* ***+ H* *H++++ +++++H++*****+H* *HXXXXHXXXXHXXXXXHXX******H* *H H++++H HXX+++++*** *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Go right, dig your enemy up(but not in the center) and 4-3-2-1 dig down, then dig and fall right. Go back to the UR and dig the enemies and walk over them. If you are timely, they will go to the DR and be irrelevant. Then 2-2 dig to the right at the bottom to get the gold in the DR. Dig left on the bottom if you see anyone. Now you should be able to clean out the other gold pretty easily. Go up the left ladder, fall right and dig right. Go up the left ladder and get the enemy to follow you closely. Stand over the UR gold and drop down so he goes down the chute in the center, then drop on him and get the gold UR and DR. You may have to dig enemies to get to the UR level ladder. Level 063 Password: L3GYPJLMTU ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** ~~ ~ h ** **XXXX H ~ h XXH ** **XXXX H XX ~ h ~XXH ** **X++X H XX~ XXXXXXX ~H ** **XXXX H XXXXXXX H HXXX ** ** H~~~ XXXXXXX H X+X ** ** ~ H XXXXXXX H XXX ** ** XXXX H XX+++XX H ** ** ~ XXXX H XXXXXXX H ** **XXX~ X++X H~ ~ ~H ** **X+X XXXX H ~ ~ H XXXX ** **XXX H XXX H X++X ** ** XX H H HXXX ** ******************************** The key to this level is lining up your enemies so that they don't trap you coming from both sides. But it doesn't hurt to get a quick start, either. R U R and dig to get to the 2 golds, then dig left to get out. Walk back UL and dig 1U1L, 1L of the gold. Drop left when it's safe, dig whoever follows, go to the top drop left and work there. On the left, you can go next to the 1-rope to make everyone go right. In fact they will all fall off to the right if you wait long enough. This leaves you a free hand for the last bit. 2-1 dig the near block. Same in the UL, then faoo through and dig 1U1R of the gold, drop right and dig left. Go up the left ladders and fall left. Level 064 Password: 3HZV6VVBKQ *h h* *h h* *h ~~ h* *H*XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX*H* *H*~~~~~~~* * XXXXX *H* *H*+++H+++* * XXX *H* *H*vXXHXXv* * + *H* *H*+++H ++* * *H* *HXXXXXXXX* *XXXXXXXXH* *H ~~ H* *HX******** ********XH* *HX+H+H+H+X X++++++ XH* *HXH+H+H+HX XXXXXXXHXH* *HX+H+H+H+X X++++++HXH* *HXH+H H+HX XXXXXXXHXH* *H********X X********H* *H H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* 4 different minipuzzles. UR: stand right of the guy, 3-2-1 dig over the embedded gold, and dig out before he can get to you. UL: Dig down the left side, then fall through. Drop from the rope down the chute, go 1R1L and dig right. Then clear the gold right and go L U L and get the gold right--but not the far right. Another chute there, so take the rope to drop on it while the enemy is going up the ladder. He won't be a factor. DL: let the guy out, then go to the center across the top and dig so the guy is trapped. Make sure he regenerates elsewhere and then dig 2 down from the left to get in the DL, get the gold, dig, get more gold, dig, etc. to the bottom. DR: stand 2U of the DR if the enemy is on the right. That will scare him away. Then dig-down left three times to trap the enemy. Go 1R of him and be ready to dig down when he gets out. Then dig down one more and if he gets trapped, you can run in and get some gold and run out. Don't try to get all the gold. If he doesn't get trapped, just lead him and his friend over to the left then dig in to get the gold, then get out. Beware of regenerating enemies of course. The ladders are on the edges. Level 065 Password: BVLU5EJWKL *h * *h * *h * *h * *h + * *XXXXXXXXXXHXXH* * H H* *XXXXXXXXXXH +H* *XXXXXXXXXXHXXH* *XXXXXXXXXXH H* *XXXXXXXXXXH +H* *XXXXXXXXXXHXXH* *XX XXH H* *XX ++++ XXH +H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXH* * H* *+ H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The tricky but quick start: go left, get the gold, then go right and dig, stand over the guy and dig right, and repeat twice. You can also just dig the enemies so they die, then go up the right ladder. Be sure to get the incidental golds as you go up in either case 5-4-3-2-1 dig above the blocks once you get around the enemies. Now you probably have to dig with abandon to get guys out of the way. Level 066 Password: ZED7XH26CJ *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *HXXX++XX++XXXH* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *HX++XX++XX++XH* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *H XXXX H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXX* L D and when everyone's struggled to the top of the ladder to the right, go down. 2-1 dig to get to the left of the upper chambers, then 2-1 dig right to get to the center. 2-1 dig left to get out. Then dig down 4 times to get the DL chamber. Now the great crossover. Dig a couple guys after running to the right. Make sure they are on the right to stay, then go left and down. Enemies will follow you there--a couple should be enough. Then you can dig them, run past and go up to 2-1 dig into the UR, then 2-1 dig to the DR. Dig whoever's on the right and get out. You can probably get by 3 such guys but there is only space for 3 holes, so you do need to bring some enemies over. Level 067 Password: 6QAW73H4MP ** h h h h** ** h h h h** ** h h h h** ** h h h h** ***X*H*v*H*X*H*v*H*X*H*v*H*X*H** **XXXHXvXHXXXHXvXHXXXHXvXHXXXH** ***X*H*v*H*X*H*v*H*X*H*v*H*X*H** **HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH** ***X*H*v* *X*H*X* *v*H*v* *X*H** **XXXHXvX XXXHXXX XvXHXvX XXXH** ***X*H*v*+*X*H*X*+*v*H*v*+*X*H** **HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH** ***v* *X*H*v* *X*H*X* *X*H*X*H** **XvX XXXHXvX XXXHXXX XXXHXXXH** ***v*+*X*H*v*+*X*H*X*+*X*H*X*H** **H+HHH+HHH+HHH+HHH+HHH+HHH+HH** ***X*H*X*H*X*H*X*H*X*H*X*H*X*H** **XXXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXH** ***X*H*X*H*X*H*X*H*X*H*X*H*X*H** ******************************** This is one of those semi-subjective levels where you need to just wiggle around a bit and see what works. But there is an easy start--just sit and wait. That will lump two pairs of enemies together in chutes. Go down so that they start to follow you. Then go back up and when they go up the ladder, fall right through the chutes. Zigzag down for the DL gold. Then run right. Wait for the 2 enemies to the right to fall to catch you and circle over them. The 5th guy may cut you off, but you can drop back to a chute and drop down. You should also be picking up gold at the top of the ladders when you ca. When you make it to the DR you should be able to get the gold just UL, and that should do it. If that sweep doesn't get everything, try digging enemies up or leading them to the top, dropping down, and digging more enemies up at the bottom. Remember to keep any enemies to the right of you at arm's length and you should be okay, and make them loop around and chase you to get them far behind. Level 068 Password: 5PS236U659 * h* * h* * h* * h* * ~~~~~~~~~~~~h* *H X X* *H XXXXX * *H X+XXX * *H XXXXX * *H XXXXX * *H XXX X * *HXXXXXXXXXXHX * *HXX +XXXXXXHX * *HXXXXXXXXXXHX * *HXXXXXXXXXXHX * *HXXX +HXXXHX * *H XXXH~~~HX * *H XXX * **************** Dig left 3 times immediately. The enemies will be trapped. A few will fall down. Pick them off. You shouldn't get trapped as you should be able to dig on either side even if they reappear in a bad place--and you can use the ladder and rope to circle them anyway. With everyone trapped you can dig two golds. XXX21X X $3XX XX54XX XXX6XX XX +H Level 069 Password: ZV9H9SQTCL * h* * h* * h* * h* * h* * h* *+ + + +h* *X*X*X*X*X*X*XH* * + + + H* *X*X*X*X*X*X*XH* *+ + + +H* *X*X*X*X*X*X*XH* * + + + H* *X*X*X*X*X*X*X** **************** This level has a pretty straightforward solution despite the numerous cement blocks. Run all the way right, then back left. Dig left when a guy is 2R of you then fall. Go right and back left to the edge. Dig down. Repeat once more, but first dig right so a guy falls in, then wait for another guy to get close. This gives you the split second you need to get around an enemy. That should get you all the gold except the ones enemies are holding. To shake them down you can just go to the top again and dig right to trap guys one at a time(they should be spaced out better now,) then dig left if someone left his gold behind. If you have to go down to get gold or escape from guys, you can stand 1U of the DR to lump the enemies together, then go 1U L and sucker them as before. Level 070 Password: XYH4UVK6XJ 67373E5WSL **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **h~~~~~~~~~~h** **H H** **H X XXXXXX H** **H XXXX+XXX H** **H XX+XXXXX H** **H XXXXX+XX H** **H XXX+XXXX H** **H XXXXXX X H** **H H** **H H** **************** You can't complete this level on your own. You need to extend an olive branch to your enemy and dig him down a bunch and...it's not really constructive to kill him after. Make him fall in the 1-pit. Dig as follows. X 654321 X789+abX XX+fedcX XXhij+gX XXX+mlkX XXXXXX X 1-b as quick as possible. You'll have to balance on your enemy after digging g-h-i-j but it shouldn't be too hard. He'll probably take a gold with him, so be prepared to go back up and dig a hole for him before you use the exit ladders. Level 071 Password: 4X6K9HDY4L * h * * h * * h * * h * *XXXX X X+HXXXX XXX X X X X+H X* *X X X+X XHX X+X X X+X X X H+X * * X X X X+H+X X X X X X X X+H X* *X X X+X XHX X+X X X+X X X H+X * * X X X X+H+X X X X X X X X+H X* *X X X+X XHX X+X X X+X X X H+X * * X X X X+H+X X X X X X X X+H X* *X X X+X XHX X+X X X+X X X H+X * * X X X X+H+X X X X X X X X+H X* *X X X+X XHX X+X X X X X H+X * * X X X X+H+X X X X X X X+X+H X* *X*X*X X XHX X X X X*X X X H+X * **X*X*X X+H+X X X X*X*X X+X+H X* *X*X*X*X XHX X X X*X*X*X X+H+X * **X*X*X*X X*X X X*X*X*X*X X X X* ******************************** Dig left over the enemy, then right, etc., running right with each dig left, until the final gold when you need to dig right over the enemy to get out. Go up the ladder for all the gold. Dig right over the next enemy, then left etc., running left when you dig right. When you run over the enemy for the final gold, keep digging left. Run over him to the ladder and dig right to let him out. Go U R and wait and dig for him, then L 2D. Dig the next guy to the right L-R-L-R as before. When you get the last gold, dig right twice. Climb over him and the next enemy. Dig R-L-R-R and then zigzag up the stairs. AD 3C Korea Level 072 Password: 4BE2LUYYN2 *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h~++~++~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~h* *H+XX XX+ + +X+ +++ H* *HXXXXXXX +*+ +XvX+ XXX H* *HXXXXXXX +***+ XX+XX ++XXX++H* *H XX+XX +*****+ XX+XX XX+X+XXH* *H XXX ******* XvX XXXXXXXH* *H X ******* v XX X XXH* *H ***** +X+ H* *H H~+*+~H XXX H* *H *** H* *H H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Card suits, cool! For this level you will in general want enemies to follow you. Don't dig them up because you want them lumped together. Also, look before you fall to the ground. Diamond: dig the top and fall through. Then fall to each side. Club: take in 2 parts. +++ XXX ++XXX X1+X+3X XX2X4XX XX X XX +X+ XXX Spade: drop on the right of the heart when a guy is 1R of you. Then fall on him twice and walk left on the ladder. Take the right side similarly, falling on the left of the diamond. Heart: dig the guy out to the right, then when he falls, 3-2-1 dig. XX XXXX XXXX $XX Level 073 Password: 6SWA22N66E * h* * h* * h* * h* *~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~h* * H ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ H* *XXX XXXX XHXXXX+X+X+X X X XXXH* *XX+X+XXXHX XXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXH* *X+X+X XX+XHXX***XXXXXXX XXXXXH* **X+X+XXXXXXX*****XXXXX * ****H* ***X+X+XX X*******XXXX * ****H* ****X+X+XXXXH+H+H+HXX+X * ++ *H* *****X+X+XXXHXHXHXHXXHX * ** *H* ******X+X+XXH+H+H+HXXH H* *******X+XXXHXHvHXHX HXHXXXHXX* ********X XXH+H+H+H HXX+XHX+XX* ********* XXXvXXHXXXXX********** *++++++ HXXXX*********** *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX************ Level 074 Password: BY844HYZBJ * h* * h* * h* * h h hhh h* *X X X X X h h h h h* ** * * * * h h hhh h* *X X X X X h h h h* ** * * * * hh h h* *X X X X X hh* ** * * * * hh * *X X X X X hh * ** * * * * hh * *X X X X X h * ** * * * h * *X X X X X ++++h * ** * * * H~~~~~~~~H* *X X X X X H* ** * * * H* *X X X X X H* ** * * * H* *X X X X X H* ** * * * * H* *X X X X X H* ** * * * * H* *X X X X X H* **~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H* *X XH H* ************************ A funny and quick level. Push right. When a guy to the right falls below you, push right again to get to the next ledge. Repeat and fall right when there's nothing to the right but space. Run right and wait at the bottom of the ladder. Dig left when everyone is down and close, then slowly work your way up the right ladder. Go off to the left and wait for people to join you. Then walk up and right and you should get all the gold as you walk across the enemies. If 6 people followed you, you should be able to make it across them and climb up the stairs which take a half-second to appear. The stairs are just right of the last gold. Level 075 Password: Z6MSD9X5CP * h * * h * * h * * h * * h * *XXXXX h XXXXX* * hhhhh * * h* *h * *hX *XXXXXX*hX * *h hhh * *h~ ~ * *h * * h* *h *XXXXXXXX* h* *hhhh hhh* * h +* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXX* This first bit needs to be done quickly. Fall right twice, 1R and dig left. Fall in, go left and dig right. Climb on the enemy and dig right, then repeat. Climb up the level stairs once you get the gold and fall left. 1L quickly, dig, 1R and dig. Walk over the enemies and dig the left edge. Climb up to the top and let any enemy that may have fallen come left. Walk over him and dig the right end. Then cycle your way out. Level 076 Password: Z5AP7JX5ZE A good creative level where you have to use both guys in an unusual way. Dig right over the right guy and go left. Dig the left guy out, then X4321 X765 $89X abXX c d fe g h Wait a bit to dig h, right before the enemy falls. Then go to the UR. Dig left when he is 6 squares away, then run in, dig left, and run past him when he is trapped. The first hole will fill and he will go into the right pit. Now dig on top of the bottom guy, then right of him. Dig right as you fall to escape to the ladder. Release the top guy with 2 right digs and this time dig left as you fall. You can now walk left and get the gold column. Go to the DL to get the gold and then walk R U L U out. Level 077 Password: BTNV687CB9 5KY2XP6B52 * h h * * h h * * h h * * h h * *~ ~ h h~ ~~~~~ * *+X+XXHXXHX+ +XH *X+ H* *XXX+HX+XHXX+ +XXH *XX+ H* *XX+HX+XXHXXX+XXXH *XXX+ H* *X+HX+XXXHXXXXXXXH *X+XX+ H* *XXH+XXXXHXXX+XXXH *+XXXX+H* *XXXXX+XXHX++X++XH +XXXXXXH* * X XX+XH XXXXX H *X+++H*H* *XX XXXX+XH++~~XXHX********* *X+XX XXX HXX H++++++++ * *XHX+XX XXX+XHXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *XHXX+XXX+XXXHXXX++++XX++XH* *X+XXX+XXXX+XHX++XXXX++XHXH* *XHXXXX+X+XXXHXHXXXXXXXXHXH* *X+XHXXX HXHXX+++X+X+XH* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* Go to the top and right and dig/fall right. At the bottom, dig twice to get the gold in the tunnel. Go back up the rope, then dig right and fall 3 times, then dlg left and fall 3 times. Go to the DL and dig, 1D, dig and then dig each side as you work down the suspended ladder, getting all gold as you go. Go to the ladder to the left, dig, 1D, dig and wait for the upper hole to heal. Dig right. Loop over, dig over the 4 gold, then dig left. Dig L 2R at the ladder, go 1D and repeat to get the gold to the right. Go up the main ladder, then 1-2-3-3 dig and when the 3-row above starts to fill, dig the left one below. Then go up top, dig left and fall, etc. Fall on the middle square and drop and dig your way out onto the rope. Go left and 1- 2-3-3-1 dig to get to the chamber with two golds. Dig out and go to the top. Dig L, 1D, dig left. Now get the gold and dig below where it was. Repeat til you need to dig right. Do so, then dig left til you get to the ladder. 1-2-3- 4 dig to get out of the mess. Dig the 1&3 below. Now you need to get back to the other side. 1-2-2-2-1 dig from the center ladder to get to the rope. For your first trick, dig left of the rope then work your way down from that to net two golds. Then go back left and up the stairs to the left. Dig L, 1D, dig left and again dig left and fall, then dig back right and fall til you're next to the 2-ladder. Dig left, fall, dig right, fall, dig right and fall. Back left. Just one more time now. Go to the UL and dig the three blocks at the top right to left. Get the gold and fall in to the ladder area. Get all the gold and walk out UR to win. Level 078 Password: 4ZEW2YDD4H ** h h ** ** h h ** ** h h ** ** h h ** ** h h ** **XXhXXXhXXXhXXXhXX** **hXHXhXHXhXHXhXHXh** **+ H + H + H + H +** **hXHXhXHXhXHXhXHXh** **HXhXHXhXHXhXHXhXH** **H + H + H + H + H** **HXhXHXhXHXhXHXhXH** **hXHXhXHXhXHXhXHXh** **+ H + H + H + H +** **hXHXhXHXhXHXhXHXh** ********************* ********************* ********************* I really hate this level, since you have to use one stupid counterintuitive unaesthetic trick over and over again. Wait for the guy to fall down next to you. Then climb on him. Dig left and right, left and right and fall left when he is going up, go under him and dig left. Drop left and dig right. When he falls in, go 2R U and dig right. If you did it right, he will wind up going left and you can walk over him as he bobs to get the gold. Then you can walk over the guy on the edge. Now to bring the guy right. Dig left, go down and as he follows you up, dig right and fall right. Go right and dig left. When he falls in, 2L U and dig left to make sure you are exactly 1U. He will go to the right. Move him right once more. Now dig left and he will go up and left. Sneak down and dig left when he is close, go left and dig right. The guys to the right won't "see" you. Walk back over to the left. You may have to push a guy over, but in any case you need to get the DL and it is tricky. Dig right, 1D, dig right and he falls in. 2R 2D dig left, 2U 2L fall and climb back as you were, in the middle of the ladder. The enemy goes back right. Now repeat this process moving the enemy right. Now the DR is the toughest part--you'll probably want to kill an enemy if he is to the left(basically mess up your usual move). Dig both ways when UL of the enemies, waiting 3 seconds after digging #1, then dig left and go left and dig right. Fall left and go up the stairs and repeat til someone gets killed. Now the one enemy is much more manageable--deal with him as before for the suspended golds. If you are unlucky you may have to go every which way and kill enemies. That means you need to drag one enemy over and kill him when he is next to another, and if he re appears over one enemy you need to dig another guy up right away, or if he appears over you you need to "mess up" moving an enemy around. I had a bug here where I got ladders with 1 gold left on the board. Not the sort one complains about I'd guess. Level 079 Password: 4B6734TK4G ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h~~~~ XX ** ** H XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX ** ** HXXXXX X X X X X ** ** HX XXXXX XX 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 HXXXXHX ** **HXXXXX XXX HXXXXX HX XHXX** **H X X+H X XXXXXXXH XH+ ** **H X XXXXXX X X X X +HXXXX ** **XHXXXHX X X X XXX X HX X ** **XH XHX +XXXXX X XXXXX X ** **XH XHXXXXXX XXXXX XvXX ** **XXXXXH X v ** ******************************** Another ex-Championship Lode Runner special. Dig right. R D R and dig behind you. Up the stairs and dig down 4 times, then dig 3R and 1L. Go in to get the gold and get out. If the enemy comes by you have time to dig him before things re-form. Next, dig 3 down at the 3-stair above the gold, wait and when the top hole fills in, dig the final hole to the right. Then go back up and dig the other three holes. Drop in on the gold. Now you can walk back when the first brick reforms. Dig down left twice from the ladder where you started. Then dig down left from the 1-ladder. L U and dig down twice to get to the left area. The enemy you killed probably wound up in the pit left of one gold, making it easier for you to get that one. From the left stair, dig down three times(four if the enemy isn't in the pit.) Wait for the top to fill and dig below that. 2- dig down from the next ladder up, then dig over the gold and fall to get it. Go across the rope and dig right to drop in a new area. Dig right and drop right. Dig left, 1D, dig left. Go down the other 2-ladder and dig 1R, loop U R and dig right, then dig left at the 1-ladder. Dig right below that, get the gold and fall through the hole you dug to get back to the main left. Dig down to the 2nd 2-ladder as before, but this time fall left and dig left. 2L, dig left, then go down the ladder digging left 3 times. Then dig right/down twice to release the enemy. He will give up the final gold piece, and you can go up the ladders you see to advance. Level 080 Password: B4VT8LGQLZ YW2ZEPUHJD * hh * ** * hh * ** * hh * ** * hh * ** * **HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXHXXH* XX ** * *HXXXX +H***H*XXXX ** * H*HXXX +H*++ H* X ** * HXHH*HXX+ +H***XH**HXXXXX** *X*H*HH*H+X +H****XH *HX X X** * HX H *XX +H* +++XH+*HXXX X** *XXHX+HX *+++H*X ***XH+*HX X** *+XH+* *H *HH*X+++++XH+* XXXXX** *XXXXX *H+**XX*****XH+*XXXHX ** *+~H~~~~ **X H+* XHXX** *X H~~ +* HX HX*H XH ** * H~ X+*H HH*X* *XHX*HXXXX ** * H X+*HHX *HH****HHX*HX X ** * H +*HH XXXX HH* H X*XX X ** *+ H+*HH HH*+HX+* XvXX ** *X **HH XXXXX XX HH*HX+* v ** * H H+*XX********* *XXXXHXXXXXXXX XXXHXXXX********* ******************************** Dig right, go down the ladder, digging left twice as you do. Get the gold and go up, 2R, dig the sole brick to the right, get the gold under there, back 4L2U and fall down. Go down the chute. Go left and drop, dig right, drop and left and dig right. Go back to the top and fall right off the rope then left. Get the UL gold. Dig under where it was. Release the enemy and go 1L of the bottom pit. Dig when he gets near. Then go L D down the ladder so he falls in the pit. Get the gold and release him, then lead him up to the top of the zigzag ladders. When he is 2R, dig and go right so you can dig him left. Go 1L1D of him and wait. He will go and fall right. Follow and walk over him. Fall down the right column of gold then dig below it and go left and dig below that to reveal the DR golds, which you can fall on. Go up the right ladder, dig down as you go left of it, and get the gold inside. Go back right and dig 2D more and get the other gold. Dig the 2 squares left of the 1- ladder at the very top, then go left and dig over the gold you can drop on. Do so, get the gold to the left after you fall again, and then get out UR. Then 4-3-2-1 dig to get the final gold. Stairs are UL. Level 081 Password: ZX6K3AG9FK * h * * h * * h * * h * *HX h XH* *HXXXXXXXXXXXXH* *H H* *H~~ ~~H* *h HXXXXXXH h* *hXXHXX XXXHXXh* *HXXXXX X+ XXH* *H + +XXXX+ H* *XH XXX XXX HX* **************** AD 10C Norway. Vikings! Cool! Lead them up the UL then dig a hole so they'll follow you into the long pit. Do it before one gets to the ladder. Then dig out at the right edge when they get close to you. Now you just have a game of solitaire. From the 2 ladder on the right, dig 2R R, drop, wait 4 seconds, dig 2R R and go up and dig 2R R. Fall down and go left and fall right and go up the stairs. Walk over the blocks once they heal. You can dig down similarly to get the left suspended gold but the right is trickier. You need the help of one of your enemies. So dig 5 holes below the pit once they're let out and they get close, then wait. Back right and drop and dig left for the guy who isn't out. If you kill too many, no problem--you can try again. Get the enemy to fall in the DL. The easiest way is if he drops from the top and goes to the left. then you can fall when he is next to you, and he will fall. You can also dig at the left edge and go right and 1D at the ladder. Now dig down to the right from the left ladder, then dig the two squares to the right. You may wish to wait a half-second before dropping right, but when the enemy goes right off th ebottom ladder, dig right, go left (x3) and go up the stairs. The enemy should follow you through, and you can dig over the gold and fall onto it. The boxes will have healed now, leaving the enemy cut off from you. You should be able to sneak past him to dig 2R at the top and run by the enemies. Level 082 Password: BY8UVVJAQD **************h* * XXXXXX XXXXXh* * XXXXXXvXXXXXh* * XXX X v X XXh* * XXXXXvXvXXXXh* * XX X v X X Xh* * XXXXvXvXvXXXh* * X X X v X XXh* * XXXvXvXvXXXXh* * XX X v X X Xh* * XXXXvXvXXXXXh* * X X v X X XXh* * XXXvXvXXXXXXh* * XX v X X X Xh* * XXvXvXXXXXXXh* * X v X X X XXh* * XvXvXXXXXXXXh* * XX v X X X Xh* * XXvXvXXXXXXXh* * X X v X X XXh* * XXXvXvXXXXXXh* * XXXvXXXXXXXXh* * ++++H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXX* After each drop quickly go L R L L L L R R L so you beat the monsters to the bottom. Don't dig behind you, but get the gold to the right and a ladder will appear allowing you R U L U. Level 083 Password: Z5SPJQL8P5 ** 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** ***************************** Wow! This is a record for number of enemies! Let the enemies fall to the side of you and then circle to the top. Fall down to get 2 gold. Go to the far right and again fall when enemies get close. Go to the far left to outrun the enemies and they will come up after you. More waiting. Then you can move to the rightmost and get what's there, then back left and so forth. One problem will probably occur when enemies take a gold they go by and don't release it, but they should release it as they walk up the stairs. It's best to drop when an enemy is 1/2 way up the stairs next to you as he can't reach over either way. The key here is patience and the willingness to outrun your enemies a few times across the board. You may need a few extras to shake out that final gold. Level 084 Password: BY84ZPJPJT **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **h~ ~h** **H H** **H XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX H** **H X XX X X XXX X X X H** **H XX XX X XX XX XXXX H** **H X X XXXXXXX XX X X H** **H XX XX X X XX XX XX H** **H X XXXX X XXXX XXXX H** **H XXX XXXXXX XXXX XX H** **H X XX X X XXX XXX X H** **H XX XXXX XX XXX XXX H** **H X+XX X+XXXX+X XX+X H** **H XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX H** **H H** **XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX** A sort of digging maze that isn't too bad. The enemy is not a factor. 2-1 dig next to the 2nd-left hole and then dig down R L L L R R L L. 2-1 dig right of the center hole, then dig R R L L R L L L. 2-1 dig right of the center hole, then dig R R L L R L R R. Left of the 3rd-right hole, 2-1 dig then R R R R L R R L R. Level 085 Password: 5SDS7GFVV5 ** h** ** h** ** h** ** h** *****************************h** **X X X X X ~~ ~~ ~~H** **X+ X +HX + X X +X X+ H** **XXXXHXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXHXXXH** **X XH+X X +X ~~~+ X+HX H** **X XH X XX HX~~~~HX H** **XXXXXHXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH** **X X HX X+HX XH H** **X + HX+ XH+X X +X H X+X+ H** **X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH** **X X X+ ~ X X X H** **X +XH XH X + X HX +X H** **X XXHXXXXXXXXHXXXXXXXXXXXXXH** **X +XH X X H+X X + X H** **X XH XH hX +H** **XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX** More secondhand Championship Lode Runner goodness! Dig right twice and fall. Go to the top 1-ladder and get the gold over there, then dig over the suspended gold by the ladder. Wait for that hole to heal then dig 3D, right, at the ladder below. Go over the 1-ladder, dig over the suspended gold, dig and get the next gold, then get out to the left. You'll just make it. Dig right onto the rope. Dig right and go right, dig left and fall on the gold. Dig left of the lower rope, then fall left and right. Dig right to fall, then dig right on the 1-ladder. Get the gold and dig over the next gold below. Fall left then right. Get the gold as you go up and then go left across the ropes, digging right. Fall for the gold, go up the ladder and dig right as you go down it. Then from the right dig 1U1L, 1U, 1L and 1L1D of the 1-ladder DR of there. Go across the top ropes, fall left and dig left. From the rope below, dig left, drop, dig 3L, then dig R from the ladder, go down and dig right. Go up and fall left for the gold. Dig and fall onto the 1-rope after getting the other gold. This next part must be done quickly. Dig left, get the gold to the right, then dig over the suspended gold. Go back UL and dig left so you can get the gold and get back to under the rope. Now for the last part, which requires exact timing, you can proceed in 3 tries 1. dig left and get the one gold you can and come back 2. when the block heals, dig L and LD of the top of the left stairs, come back, wait a half-second(this way the top block will heal before you need to cross it) 3. re-dig and now dig the other two blocks to the left. Be sure to fall left after your re-dig. You need all the extra time you can get. A stair should appear to the right once you have all the gold to get you out of this mess. Level 086 Password: T7LR5EVJ2B ** h h ** ** h h ** ** h h ** ** h h ** **XXHXXXHXXXHXXXHXX** **+XHX+XHX+XHX+XHX+** ** XHX XHX XHX XHX ** ** XHX XHX XHX XHX ** ** HhH HhH HhH HhH ** ** hHh hHh hHh hHh ** **hXHh hHh hHh hHXh** **XXHXhXHh hHXhXHXX** **XXHXXXHXhXHXXXHXX** **XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX** Go right and down. Dig left as you go down, waiting for the enemy to catch up before digging the 4th block. The drop down to 1U of the center hole. The enemy will fall in that hole. Climb back up. Near the left area, dig down 3 times and wait for things to fill in. Dig the 4th, drop down and dig left. Then go over the top and dig over the left suspended gold. Repeat this process to the right. The center gold is easier. Dig 3 down, wait, dig 4 when #1 reappears, then dig over the gold. The enemy bunkers you. Now the right and far right are mirror images of what you've already done. The way out is easy as ladders appear everywhere and you are far away from your enemy. Level 087 Password: 6NTJKRP2VZ ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** ** h ** **XXXXXHXXXXHX** **XXXHX+XXHX+X** **XHX+XXHX+XXX** **************** 01234H X56H8$ XH7$XX The timing is tricky here but if you dig an extra square you don't need, you can start to take action when it reappears. You need to reverse the order the holes would reappear if you dug straight down. Dig 1-2-3-4 (or 0 left of 1 if you want to be sure of timing) then wait 5 seconds, dig 5-6, dig 1-2-3-4 then dig 7, 5-6, 3-4 and then get the gold and get out. For the other gold, dig 2-3-4, and when 2 heals dig 8. Then dig 3-4 and get the gold and get out. The right bit is the same as the left. Level 088 Password: 6SJMJDPV8M **h h** **h h** **h h** **HXXXXXXXHXXXXXXXH** **HXXXXXXXHXXXXXXXH** **HX++H++XHX++H++XH** **HXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXH** **HXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXH** **H++XHX++H++XHX++H** **XXXXHXXXXXXXHXXXX** **XXXXHXXXXXXXHXXXX** **H++XHX++H++XHX++H** **HXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXH** **HXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXH** **HX +H+ XHX +H+ XH** **HXXXXXXXHXXXXXXXH** **HXXXXXXXHXXXXXXXH** **HX++H++XHX++H++XH** **HXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXH** **HXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXH** **H++XHX++H++XHX++H** **XXXXHXXXXXXXHXXXX** **XXXXHXXXXXXXHXXXX** **H++XHX++H++XHX++H** **HXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXH** **HXXXHXXXHXXXHXXXH** **HX +H+ XHX +H+ XH** ********************* It doesn't look like you can work your way up and down this zipper lock level, but you can--it takes a bit of patience. Dig left down 3 times and get rid of the enemies there. Get the gold below too. Then go down the left middle ladder, getting all gold you can dig for immediately to each side i.e. if you can get it with a long dig down, take the time to do so.. Once you have, dig down the left to get to the DL ladder. Kill any monsters that might get in your way as you work through this. The real key is getting the enemies out of the DL. Dig down to release the enemies then let them come up the ladder after you and fall right to get past them and dig behind. Take out all the gold available. Now you need to get to the top and work down the right. Getting back up is not bad. 3 digs down should get you to the next ladder up. You should be able to pot a bunch of bad guys and then go to the UL-1D to move them right, and then when enough are on the right edge, you can dig right down the center. Same rules as before--take what you can get, break to the DR ladder, and jump over the guys you freed. The way up shouldn't be too bad. There may be guys guarding the UR but you can pick them off 1 at a time. Dig down from your ladder, go up and fall right. Dig a bunch. Eventually enemies will regenerate so they go down the left or center. You will win easily then. Level 089 Password: 3DWNRC8HHW **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** **HHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH** **H +XX ** + *H+ **+ *H H** **H +XX ** *H+ H**+ *HH** **H+XX + ** + *H+ H**+ H** **HXX HXX ** + *H+ H**+H** **H* + HvX ** + *H+ 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** **HH HHH HHHH HHHH HHHXXXXXXXH** ******************************** Go left, dig your way down left, and dig right at the bottom to get out. Climb to the UR and then fall down the left of the DR chutes when enemies are close. The enemies should follow, allowing you to clear out the 2nd-right such path. Then you can clear out the final one. For this you can actually retreat back UL and you may need to as the enemies will shield the DR. But you should be able to get everyone to come to the UR--if they don't, you can drop down and come back up and whoever didn't make it will come around. Also if they fall into the UL diamond that's OK as you can shake them out. Mop up work: you'll want to clear the left of the UL diamond and the right, too. Then ideally you'll want to make sure nobody has any gold before continuing further, and it is useful to take the DR for that if, say, 3 guys are coming around. Squares are a bit scarce but you can also dig at the top when enemies are near and track them that way. Now drop someone into the UL--just wait and then climb down to the second cement on the right when someone gets near to the left. They go back 1R so take that into account in your calculations. You need one enemy in the 1-pit and 1 right of that. Make sure nobody's on the left(circle them around in the UR if they are) and then you can stand 1U1R of the pit and the other enemy will fall through the chutes below the top stairs. That will allow you to walk over him after you follow him. There's another chute to the right as you go down and you can use that to get out. The best way to loop around any remaining enemies is to go along the top passage UL and stay 2D of the top. They'll fall down a gradient they can't get back up. Level 090 Password: VXUXUPWL3X ** h h ** ** h h ** ** h h ** ** h h ** ** ~~~ h~~~~h ~~~ ** **HXh XX XX hXH** **HXXXXXXH HXXXXXXH** **HX XH HX XXH** **HXXXXHXXXXXXHXXXXH** **H X+XH + + HX+X H** ** HX XXXX XXXX XH ** **HXXXX HXXXXH XXXXH** **HXH X+HXXXXH+X HXH** **HXH+XXXXXXXXXX+HXH** **HXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH** **HX XXXXXX XH** **HXXXH XXXXXX HXXXH** **H XH HX H** **XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX** Go down the center first. Dig 2L and 2R of the main center rope, drop down 1, dig L of the left ladder twice to make a new passage, then R of the R ladder. Go down the next left ladder, get the gold and dig 2R. Go down the right one, get the gold and dig 2L. Lots of opportunities to fall off ladders and save time and while you don't strictly need them, taking them makes it much easier. Now you can dig 4 blocks in the center below, twice, then make a 4-3- 2-1 dig down the center to the bottom. Kill the enemies that come your way on each side. Make sure they regenerate somewhere harmless i.e. they don't run down the sides at you. You can help this by standing up the ladder once you know enemies are trapped--they seem to fall that way instead of taking the ropes. Now you should be able to dig into a pit--if there are enemies in, no big deal, just dig from the rope and they will loop around and get caught. Let's look at the right pit. H14 H2$ X3 X5 Dig 1-2, wait, dig 3 then 4 when 1 heals. Drop in for the gold and dig 5. Dig your way out to the bottom. No need to trap anyone coming down but you might as well. Mirror for the right. Level 091 Password: 9DWNLF4H8Y *h * *h * *h * *hX XXXXXXXXXXX* *h* * *hXXXXXXXXXXXX * *h* * *hX XXXXXXXXXXX* *h* ******** *hXXXXX XXXXXXX* *h ***** *h+++++ XXHXXXX* ******* **H***** *XXX HXXXX* ****H** H***** *XXXHXX XXXXXXX* ****H ***** *XXXH XXHXXXX* ******* **H***** *XXX HXXXX* ****H** H***** *XXXHXX XXXXXXX* ****H ***** *XXXH XXHXXXX* ******* **H***** *XXX HXXXX* ******* ******** *XXXXXXXXXXXXXX* AD 15C Rumania My history is rusty so I'm not sure what the significance of this is, since I believe Dracula(what I think those cloaked enemies are supposed to be) came out later, but don't worry, I still know how to solve the levels! Oh, dig the groovy organ/harpsichord music. Walk across each vampire as he falls. You should stand just under half off the edge as getting winged by a dropping guy won't kill you. Move past just as he falls under and make it to the next ledge above. Level 092 Password: UBULUUWG9X **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **h h** **HXXXXXXXXXXH** **+XHX++++XHX+** **HX+X X+XH** **XXXXXXXXXXXX** **************** Tackle the left as follows: H4321X 6H5$$ H8 7 Another compact but difficult level. Dig 1-4. When 1 heals dig 5 then 6 from the left. Re-dig 4-3-2. Then dig 7 then 8. Dig 5-6 then 4-3, then dig over a gold piece. Mirror for the right. Level 093 Password: R45JQJT3E4 *h h h* *h h h* *h h h* *h h h* *h ~~~~~~~~h+ +h* *h HX XH* *h H*H~ ~H*H* *h X HXH+~ ~+HXH* *h+ H*XXvHvXX*H* *h+ HH*XXHXX*HH* *h+ H +*H*+ H * *h+ *XXHXX* * *h+ HXX *H*+ * *h+ H~ HXvXXXHXXvXH* *h+ H ~H+ HHXXXvH* *h+ H* * + H +XXH* *h+ H**X***vX XXXXXXH* *h+ H XX H* *h~ H XXX ~ H* *h H XXX H XX* *H ~H XXXX H * *H XXXXH H * ******************XX*XX* Count 2 seconds and drop right so you land on the enemy. Climb UR and wait left of the ladder til the one enemy is over the diggable, then drop on him and get the gold to the right. Dig the guy above out of his hole and he will fall down a chute. Fall down him and get another gold. Let one guy come over at the bottom and let him raise you up. Go right(if the other guy goes left, going right immediately will flip him back) and fall off the rope and let the other guy raise you up. Run right. On top of the entombed guy, dig right and wait 3 seconds. Dig left and fall right and go right and up. Fall left when one hole heals, then dig left and fall down to the next part. Get the UR gold and dig below where it was. Fall down when on the rope(chute below) and dig right again. Circle UR/L/DL. Mirror for the left but this time go left across the rope. Hold UL as when you fall left you need to make it beyond the enemy up the level ladder. You can also fall off the rope and circle under the enemy but I've found no risk sneaking past him. Level 094 Password: R6AS7RTFPS FNRYSQC3L4 ** h h h h ** ** h h h h ** ** h h h h ** ** h h h h ** **XXXXXHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHXXXXXX** **XXXXHH vvvvvv vvvvvv 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 H H XXX H HXXX** **XXH~~~H +++ H~~~HXXX** **XXH H XXXXXXXXXXX H HXXX** **XXH +HHHHH+ HXXXX** **XXXH XvXXXXXXXvX HXXXXX** **XXXXH HXXXXXX** **XXXXXH HXXXXXXX** **XXXXXXH++++++++++++HXXXXXXXX** ******************************** Another loan from Championship Lode Runner, and a pretty good level. Dig right, then dig 3D right of the center ladder after waiting a couple seconds. Dig left when under the suspended gold and get out. Go up the ladder a rung. The enemy is trapped and will drop in the pit. The enemies will come at you from both sides but you can dig 2 on each side and go to one edge where you can pick off a lot of gold by dropping. However, you should do it in a certain order. Get 2 guys down the right, then you have a little detour, then 2 guys down the left. You can just dig guys up a bunch of times to get a lot more of the side gold without hassle, then drop down off the sides near the bottom. You always want to be able to deal with just one enemy at some point--drop another in the right block and then two in the left as you did for the original. Dropping to the bottom so enemies will come after you is a good idea, and even if they pick up gold it's no big deal. You don't want to walk across the bottom right away unless you really have clear passage i.e. nobody will drop to trap you from each side. If all but one guy is at the bottom and the other is on the center ladder, then you are in a good position. The best place to get monsters after you is left of the row of concrete blocks. Once they are on the left, climb down the ladder and go back up. You can also use the fact that monsters will go to the nearest stair--thus, you can sucker a bunch of them left and dig so only one is in a hole that will send him down the center, and you can work from there. With 2 guys down the right, you need to sucker everyone to the top center and dig holes for them as near the center as possible. Dig over the suspended gold on the left and fall in. Go 1R and dig left, fall and dig left. Get all the gold below and dig on the ladders and get that, too. If you did things right the enemies will probably be all down the center ladder, but in the worst case you will probably have one guy wandering around. That is okay--you can avoid him. Two on opposite sides, of course, spell doom. For the remaining 2 guys to put in the pits you can probably drop 2 of 3 guys and then outmaneuver the final one in the center. The next one should be even easier. Remember staying partway up the ladder will repel the enemies to the side, but watch out for if you kill one and it regenerates near the center. It's better to scrap plans and try again to dissemble the enemies than to get impatient and risk. Level 095 Password: 3MDSK9SFVS *h * *h h h h * *h hhhhh * *h hhhhh * *h hhh h* *h X X X h* *h XX X XX h* *h XXXXX h* *h XXX h* *h h* *h h* *hHX HX HX HX+h* **************** A pretty cheap level where you have to dig just before you get to the top, then fall right, and repeat. The little boost you get when the game kicks you up a quarter-square each time is the difference between "that was stupid" and "almost." Level 096 Password: ES2FSJNALS **h h* **h h* **h h* **h h* **H~~~~~~~~~~~H* **H H* **HXhXXXhXXXhXH* **HXhX XhX XhXH* **HXX+ XXX +XXH* **HX X + X XH* **HX XXX XH* **HX X X X X XH* **HX XX+ +XX XH* **HX X X X X XH* **HX XXX XH* **HX X + X XH* **HXX+ XXX +XXH* **HX X X X X XH* **HX XXX XXX XH* **H H* **************** Go up the left side and be parallel to when there is a block to the right. You may have to go 1U more--but wiggle around there until the enemy above goes back up. Scroll the screen to make sure he falls in a hole. Then go to the top. If the guy on the right hasn't fallen in, just stand below the rope. Dig 1U1R of the left guy, then 1R of him. He will fall twice. Walk right behind, then on him so that you get the first gold that was DR of him and then, when he falls the second time, you can run to the center to get gold. Then dig left. Drop and dig right. He will fall twice. Follow again. Get the right gold, dig left and walk left on the guy. Again walk over him as he falls so you can go to the center and get more gold. Dig left, get the gold and dig your way out. He may have some gold so you may wish to go 1U on the stairs and back down until he releases it. There's no good place to dig other than if you take him counterclockwise to the UL and drop when he is 2L of the center, then dig right, 1D, dig right, fall right and dig. Go up the ladder and right and fall down when he is over the left pit to put him back where he was. Now repeat, mirrored, for the right guy, but you don't need to go to the center so aggressively. You can let him drop down the side--just be sure to walk over him--then dig left when at the edge, then walk over him after the next dig right. Again you may have to shake him down for a gold. The ladders will let the enemies out of their pits, but you should be able to shake them off easily enough as long as 1) they are both on one side or 2) you are near the top anyway. To ensure this you can drop one guy on the other in the pit before getting the final gold, if it was left at the bottom. Level 097 Password: 9CTJ794GA5 * +++++H*HX+ Xh +XHX+XH* *H*******HXX Xh++XH *XH* *H+++++ *HX+ X H~XXH XH* *******H*HXX + X*XH* * +++++H*HX+ H* *H**X****HXX HX XHX X H* *H HX+ HXXXXXXX X* *HX+~~~ HXX H +XXXXXX* *HXX H HX+ HXX* ~ ~ * *H X*XH HXX HX+ X+X+XH* *XXH XXH HX+ HXXXHX+XXH* *XXXXXXH HXX H+ XH+X+XH* * ~~~~ H ~X X*XXXXXXXH* *H ++ H X~~~~~~~~ H* *HX ++ HX ++++++ H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXH* Lots of tricks here and some relying on chance from what I can see at least. Dig the single block you are standing over and drop on each suspended gold. You may need to shoo the enemy a bit. If so go 1U on the ladder. Now let the block reform, dig it and dig 1R of the right end of the rope. The enemy will fall in if you wait in the DL, so after that, go on to the right edge of the rope and drop on him. Pow. Here's the subjective part. You need to kill the 2 guys behind the wall. Dig left from the rope, fall and dig left. Then dig left from the ladder, down and dig left. If you stand on the upper rung of the ladder you may be able to get them both. Be sure once you do to make a run for the DL as that way anyone who reappears may fall left if he is in the right--you want that. He will plug a hole in the DR. At any rate if/when only one reappears on the right, go up the zigzag and get what gold you can. Note where the enemy fell on the right. If he did not fall to the UR, you can fall back to the bottom and make sure he does too. Otherwise, dig when the enemy goes down the first ladder. You'll want to kick him right. Worst case, he appears on the long ladder, in which case you can afford to kill off one of the enemies that are in the DR there. Dig through to the DL rope and drop down. Let someone fall in a hole 1R of the solid block guarding the DL and toggle up/down to kill him. With all enemies cleared(assuming one of the blockers went to the DR,) dig down the long ladder, getting the gold to the right. Fall right at the 1-rope and fall down on the gold. Now if 2 guys go into the UR then you have an interesting problem. There's a small possibility both will go to the very UR, then fall into the hole on the right, which makes the level impossible, but I think you may be able to tip them over by going to the top. At any rate you must deal with the guy in the DR. When you get to the bottom, dig so he can go right, then sucker him right and fall right off the rop for him to plug the gap. And whoever falls in the DR pit, dig 1R of it and go DR and he'll get chewed up with the gold chest he has. That takes care of that. Get the gold to the left, dig the 2 squares L of the ladder rungs, and get the gold DR. Dig out. Up the DR ladder, dig left, wait, then dig DL and D of it, then 2D. Dig between the ropes for gold. Now dig left at the left rope and 1L, dig left. Dig right over the right enemy, then dig left to let the left enemy out, and he will push you up onto the gold. Fall right into the last bit. Stand right of the UR brick to get rid of enemies. Dig the top 2 bricks in the UR. Wait til the top heals. On the left cement at the top, dig left and right. Fall right. Go UL and ladders appear. Level 098 Password: FDG4FNMEJX *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h h* *h ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ h* *HXXhhXXhhXXhhXXhhXXhhXXH* *HXXhhXXhhXXhhXXhhXXhhXXH* *H++XX++XX++XX++XX++XX++H* *H++XX++XX++XX++XX++XX++H* *HXX++XX++XX++XX++XX++XXH* *HXX++XX++XX++XX++XX++XXH* *H XX XX XX XX XX H* *H XX XX XX XX XX H* *H H* *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX* A tedious level requiring a lot of detail work. first you can get a lot of gold without enemy help, but you'll need one enemy for each of the 2nd-bottom golds. In the UR, dig 2-1 to the left and then get the gold and dig 1L. Dig left under the first rope, then right, to get some gold, then dig left under the next rope then right. Also, 2-1 dig to get the gold on the top too. You may need to reverse your enemies by going to the left, digging at the top, and digging right. If so, just mirror what you did on the right. You don't want to stick anyone in a hole yet because you'll just have to get them out. If someone does get stuck, don't release him yet--leave him there until you've cleared all you can without releasing him. 2-1 dig over the top row of golds to get each, then dig 1 out below. Now to get a 2nd-lowest gold, wnat you need to do is dig 2-1 left or right of it with a monster in the compartment above. Fall on the monster and dig to the side while he is still in the air. Then dig to the side again, and you can fall on the enemy as he goes through the gold. Note you must either dig or run to the side, or you will be above the enemy with no way out. Get the gold and dig to the enemy's side and watch him fall out. Yes, you have to do this ten times. For the center gold you need a bit of luck for a guy to fall in the center--or you can alternatively dig one guy near the center and run back to the edge and he will fall inwards. With some luck however enemies will fall in the right places and you can dig them up as needed. You can dig out 2 enemies that fall in a hole the same way as 1. You don't have to dig as you fall, and you can dig 2R/2L on top of one enemy, fall and dig next to the one below. The last gold will be the toughest to get as you must direct the enemy to where you need him to be, but on the bright side you can trap 3 enemies when you get close to the end to concentrate on the last gold with one free enemy. Level 099 Password: UBZXECW9GW **h h* **h h* **h h* **h h* **h HXX* **h HX+* **h HX * **h HXXXX * **h HXHXXX* **h HXHXhh* **h HXXX+H XX* **h HX+XX+XXX* **h HX + * **HXXXXXXXXHX+* **HX+XXXX+XHXh* **HXX+XXXXXHXh* **XH XX+ + XXX* **XH HX +* **XXXXXXXXXXXX* this level is a fun challenge with a lot of different timing puzzles. We'll start with the lowest ones first. Go left, dig right, 1D, dig right. Get the gold and dig left, then run below and get the gold on the ledge. Come back. Dig down 3 squares, then go into the corner. Be sure to fall right when you can, twice. It's a very close thing. Let's go to the top now. We can't complete this one last, because of where the level ladders pop up. H38 H4$ H5 12X7 6HX9X Dig 1-5 ASAP, then wait 4 seconds and dig 6. Go over the reformed 1-2 and dig 7. You don't have time to spare so if you wait more than a half-second to get over 1-2, try again. Dig 8, fall on the gold, dig 9 and dig below that and get out through 6. H32 HXH HXH H16X$H H4$XX$ H5 Dig 1, then wait 3 seconds, 2-3, dig 4-5 and then drop down and grab the gold below 3 and fall for below 2. Then dig 1-4 and when 1 starts to heal, 5 and 6 for a relatively easy gold. Get the one to the right, too. Now dig 1-5 and go right and dig right, 1D, dig right and get out. Dig 1-4-5 and then dig the bottom square and fall on the gold and go back. Now for the lower bits. H2 H3 H4 H1XXXXXXX H5$XXXX$X H6X$XXXXX XH XX$ XH Dig 1, go up to 2, wait 3 seconds, dig 2-3-4, then dig 5-6. Then 3-2-1 dig over the suspended gold(right/left/right) and come on out. Repeat the 1-6 dig and 2-1-1 dig next to the gold on the right, then repeat the 1-6 dig BUT wait only 2 seconds and dig 7-9 before 5-6. Then you can 2-1 dig for the gold and have plenty of time. Level 100 Password: R6SM2TX8U4 *h h* *h h* *h h* ****h h**** ****H~~~~~ ~~~~~H**** *XXXH +++XX+++ HXXX* *XXXH ***XX*** HXXX* ****H ***XX*** H**** ****H ++ +XX+ ++ H**** *XXXH XX *XX* XX HXXX* *XXXH X***XX***X HXXX* ****H XX *XX* XX H**** ****H ~~~+XX+~~~ H**** *XXXH H++XXXX++H HXXX* *XXXH XXX**XXX HXXX* ****H XX****XX H**** ****H XXX XXX H**** *XXXH XXX XXX HXXX* *XXXH XXX XXX HXXX* ****H XX ++ XX H**** ****H XXv vXX H**** *XXXH +++vHHv+++ HXXX* *XXX HXXX HH XXXH XXX* **** HX********XH **** **** HX********XH **** *XXX HX********XH XXX* *XXX H++++XX++++H XXX* ********************** ********************** ********************** Go left and drop left quickly. Both guys will go right. Let the one fall in the 1-pit and walk over him. Dig 2L/L of him and walk over him so that when he falls you can go right and get the gold under the cement. Then go to the bottom and get the gold under there--wait a bit before falling to give yourself enough time. Now this next bit is tricky--dig the 3 right blocks as the enemy starts to come up, then fall right and go up the left stair. The enemy will push you into one gold. When you're halfway on the gold you'll have gotten it. Then you need to go right for the other one, D and L to get out. He'll be stuck. This is a split second deal. Race to the bottom of the right for the gold there then go back up top. Wait for the enemy and dig right so he falls in with time to spare. Head right and drop when he gets out and runs after you. Then dig right for him. Fall through the hole you dug then right again, then go up the stairs til you are level with the gold. This makes him run left; usually he'll run right. Drop and run over him for the tough gold, then drop over him as you did for the guy on the left. That should do it. Straight UR to exit. Level 101 Password: RX5736YJHY ** h** ** h** ** h** ** h** ** ~~~~~~~~~~h** **H ** **H ** **H X+XXXXX+X ** **H +XXX+XXX+ ** **H X+XXXXX+X ** **H ********* ** **H ** **H XXHXXXXXX ** **H XH+XX+++X ** **H XXHXX X ** **H ********* ** **H ** **H *X X*XXXH ** **H * XHX +XH ** **H *+XH H*+H ** **H ********* ** **H ** **H *XXXHXXX* ** **H *XHX+XXX* ** **H *X+XHX+X* ** **H ********* ** **H ** **XXXXXXXXXXXX** 21C Outer Space Run left, dig 2 times, run left and dig behind. Go to the top, well almost, and watch where the enemy falls. If two are on top of each other, get level with the top one and he will fall right. Dig from one side to the other so that the enemy falls into the center of the top structure. I will assume it is the right, but mirror for the left. Dig left of him and quickly run left on him. Dig 3 right of him so that he can fall right again, then dig right and go left til he falls right. You'll have to complete him falling in the left and it may be best just to goad an enemy up there for that. Whatever you do don't follow him off the right too quickly after getting the gold as he will be stunned and waiting for you. To get a guy to drop in the left hole(they seem to drop/move to the right by default) stand up above the left hole and see which way an enemy comes from. Move away and drop. You can now dig the enemy into the center hole and left as before. Though you may be able to walk over him if he gets the gold and fall to the next platform down. That is a key thing here. You want to be able to, after you clear the top, stick an enemy in one of the upper holes, dig to release him, walk on him and fall and go inwards to the lower platforms. Here is what to do for platform 2: Dig left at the ladder, then wait 2 seconds, then the 2x2 block right of it. Dig left again then go below and dig the 2 blocks right of the bottom ladder. Go back up and dig over any of the golds. Repeat twice. Platform 3: you need to drop someone off the right for this, so go all the way right on the clothesline above. Dig 1L, wait 5 seconds, 1D, dig 1L. Then you have enough time to dig L at the cement, drop left, dig left, 1D, dig left and fall left for the gold, then go back right. Fall out and fall either way to platform 4 from the top. Platform 4: 12H3 H4$5 $6H7 Dig 1-2-3. Dig 4-5 when 1 starts to heal, then 1-2-3. Dig 7-6 after seconds, then 4 then 1-2. Go down, get the gold, and run up. You have time to get both golds. Now just dig your way past the enemies. Ending Password: RB67LMW9HW This password tells you you finished the game if you entered it. The ending is just like level 50, only you don't get to continue afterwards. End of FAQ Proper ================================ 5. VERSIONS 1.0.1: sent to GameFAQs 5/18/2008, complete with level 36 fixed 1.0.0: sent to GameFAQs 5/1/2007, complete with battle lode runner a bit blurry 6. CREDITS Thanks to the usual GameFAQs gang, current and emeritus. They know who they are, and you should, too, because they get/got some SERIOUS writing done. Good people too--bloomer, falsehead, Sashanan, Masters, Retro, Snow Dragon, ZoopSoul, War Doc, Brian Sulpher, AdamL, odino, JDog and others I forgot. OK, even Hydrophant in his current not-yet-banned message board incarnation. I am not part of his gang, but I want him to be part of mine. Oh and the TG16 gang that didn't like me in the bad old days of the review board. Miss you guys, more than I thought I would. Thanks to AXE, the best hex editor ever, for enabling me to cheat and also find the passwords to each level easily. Thanks to the creators of the MagicEngine emulator. Save States let you try so many experiments so quickly. Thanks to Risky Boots for pointing out part of level 36's solution was missing. Pip and Simba, my cats, for not blocking the keyboard or knocking the mouse on the floor too much when they needed to roll over, and also for reminding me I needed a break from some of the frustration of this game--though they had ulterior motives.