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Get down and dirty! Reach miners trapped miles under the surface of the earth! Use the Prop-pack to maneuver through a maze of mineshafts. Blast vile vermin with the Microlaser Beam! Dynamite walls! Negotiate across the lethal Lava flow! Rescue all the miners you can before running out of lives or power!! 
 
Plug a Coleco controller into port one. In addition you can use a regular joystick in Port Two. 
To select one of five games, press buttons 1-5 on the keypad. The higher the number, the greater the challenge. 
To start, move the joystick . 
 
To pause at any time, press the * on the controller keypad.  Press again to resume play. 
RESERVES. Begin with one life in use and three in reserve.  Acquire an additional life, to a max of six in reserve, for every 20,000 points earned. 
POWER GAUGE. Power begins to diminish when you move the control stick or joystick after Rod Hero appears on the screen. If power runs out and a reserve life remains, you return to the top of that same level. 
Game ends when you run out of lives. 
 
VARIATIONS-Game number 1 starts at level 1. Two starts at level five, Three starts at level nine, four start at level 13, and five starts at level 17. All following levels are random and no level number appears on the screen. In games 1-4, the word PRO appears in place of the level number after 20. 
 
EQUIPMENT CHECK. Prop-pack. To fly up or run or fly left or right, move control stick in that direction. To hover, tap control stick or joystick forward. To fly down a shaft, step off ledge. 
Microlaser beam. Your helmet's beam can blast creatures or slice through small walls. Press joystick or left fire button, hold down for continuous fire. 
Dynamite. Each of the six sticks you begin with can blow up all or part of a small wall. Land and move near wall. To place and ignite. Press controller right side button. In using the joystick, pull towards you. Move fast or be blown up!! 
Raft. Ride the raft across the river whenever it appears. 
Lanterns. Be careful. Touch or shoot out a lantern and that section of the mine goes dark. 
SCORING 
Shoot a critter-50 points 
Each dynamite stick remaining when a miner is rescued-50 points. 
Dynamite a wall-75 points 
Rescue miner-1000 points 
Earn points for every unit of power left when a miner is rescued. The higher the level number, the more each power unit is worth. Youve saved the day when the score reaches 1,000,000. 
HINTS 
Keep to the left to avoid hitting lanterns when descending in shafts. 
 
If you run out of dynamite you can use your laser beam to break down walls, it just takes longer. 
Watch your time. It runs out fast on the harder levels. 
 
Have fun.  six sticks you begin with can blow up all or part of a small wall. Land and move near wall. To place and ignit
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