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There are two hammers on the 25 m, 50 m and 100 m levels, with none on the 75 m level. Hammers last for about 10 seconds, as measured by the amount of bonus that ticks away. The players cannot climb ladders or jump gaps when holding the hammer.
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After completing the four levels, the player returns to the 25 m level and the game repeats, getting progressively faster and with more barrels, custard pies, and fireballs. In addition, the girders on the 25 m level acquire more holes.
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at the top of the screen. It is made up of four levels, set higher and higher up a construction site – 25 m, 50 m, 75 m and 100 m.
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An extra life is awarded when the player completes the 75 m level for the first time.
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The game involves controlling a man to reach a fair-haired heiress trapped by a large
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but this was actually a re-titled early Superior Software game. Based on
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The character is controlled using Z for left, X for right, and
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for the game. Stephens wrote two other games for Micro Power:
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in 1984, it was soon withdrawn after a cease and desist from
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at the age of 17 after buying a magazine with screenshots of
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The game appeared on a number of compilations including
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Publisher(s)
Micro Power
Designer(s)
Platform(s)
BBC Micro
Acorn Electron
Amstrad CPC
Genre(s)
Platform
Single-player
Donkey Kong
Micro Power
BBC Micro
Acorn Electron
Amstrad CPC
Donkey Kong
pounds
Mr. Do!

gorilla
return
Superior Software
Donkey Kong Junior
Atarisoft



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