Slimey’s Mine

## Description

Slimey is a frog and he has found himself trapped on an asteroid field and his
ship in bits scattered around mines deep in certain asteroids. You must find
the entrances to these mines and explore the caverns inside. The game starts
with yourself on one of the asteroids and is viewed from above with a small
part of the asteroid field shown on the screen with the screen scrolling when
you move.

You must jump from asteroid to asteroid looking for a black square on an
asteroid which indicates an entrance. Other asteroids to look out for are
skull icons which when landed on lose one of three lives, an arrow icon which
moves you to the next asteroid in the direction of the arrow and a question
mark icon which transport you to another part of the field. Plain asteroids
when jumped off shrink and will shrink down four times before disappearing. To
help you plan your route there is a scanner showing a larger view of the
asteroid field with all icons shown. When you are on a mine entrance you press
the fire button to enter.

Before you explore the caverns of the mine a map shows you all the caverns in
that mine. The game is once again viewed from above but each cavern is shown
on the screen and the screen will flick to the next cavern when entered but
only when a red diamond is collected. There are various baddies moving around
each screen and when shot with your laser will drop a blue diamond. Collect
ten blue diamonds and a red diamond will appear and allow you to move to the
next screen. It will also activate a smart bomb which kills all nasties on
screen but if you don’t get to the next screen after a few seconds a laser
appears and will try to shoot you. Any ship parts if seen can be collected. If
you are touched by any nasty then a jug with water decreases, and if it
reaches zero then you lose a try. Lose three tries and you lose a life.

Slimey’s Mine