  DYNAMITE JIM
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A game for the Commodore 64, Vic20, Plus4/C16, PET40/80 and ZX Spectrum.

Guide Jim through the falling mines to collect Hearts.

Controls:
  To move, use the Keys around the 'S' key. (QWEADZXC)
  Hit SPACE to detonate Dynamite.
  Hit K to quit back to title screen.

Mines fall every time you move. (6 on Level 1, 8 on Level 2, etc.)
Collect 3 (out of 4) Hearts to proceed to the next level.
Collect Freezers (F) to stop the mines falling for a few steps.
Collect Dynamite to use later to blast a passage through the mines.

The top line of the screen shows the Score, Number of sticks of Dynamite,
the number of "free/frozen" steps left, the mine fall rate, and Level.

HINTS: Remember, you can move diagonally between mines too.
Collect as many sticks of Dynamite as you can on earlier levels,
you will need them later. Try to plot a course at the start of a level that 
uses the pattern of Freezers and Dynamites to collect the Hearts, it can make
a big difference. 

Collecting Freezers early is often helpful, even if you go off course a bit. 
You only need 3 of the 4 Hearts, so choosing which one to leave behind 
is important on later levels.

Each Dynamite or Freezer you pick up scores (3x Level) points so they 
also boost your final score.


   COMPILING DYNAMITE JIM
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Dynamite Jim is a working example for the "Very Tiny Development Layer" (VTDL)
portable library. This is a library specifically designed to be efficient
with very small target systems, for example Dynamite Jim runs on an
unexpanded 5K VIC20.
It will eventually target many systems, from Vic20s up to PCs.

The source code is included, "dynajim.c", and the VTDL library in 
folder "tdl". Some compiler build scripts are also included.
The 6502 targets can be build with the OSCAR64 C compiler, which
is good for these small systems. For example to build for C64 and Vic20,
install OSCAR64, then from the work dir type:

 tdl/tdlmakosc.sh dynajim/dynajim -Os

For more details, see "vtdl.txt" in the tdl folder.

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DYNAMITE JIM - (C) A.Millett 2011-2026.
Released as free/open software under GNU GPL3 license. 
  See: www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
For updates and more programs see:     www.github.com/orac81
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