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was a game where players try to get to the bottom of the mine shaft and then escape it after detonating it. The story is that aliens have invaded and as part of the ScrewJumper team, the player needed to help to destroy those mines and thus save the planet. The player had a choice of three different
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Marksmanship, which teaches the basic controls, and one on Ground Attack, which teaches how to assault the enemy base. The
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