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JUMPING JACK



PUBLISHER

Imagine



AUTHOR (I think)

"D.H.L."  - Dave Lawson, one of Imagine's company directors.



YEAR

1982.



DESCRIPTION

Jumping Jack is a platform game.



CONTROLS:

Left  - SYMBOL SHIFT

Right - BREAK SPACE

Jump  - CAPS SHIFT

Pause - Z



INSTRUCTIONS

Using the keys, the idea is to reach the top of the screen. Each

screen consists of 8 floors, and Jack has to jump throught the

(moving) holes in these floors to progress.  Each time he makes

it through a hole, another one appears in one of the floors.  If

Jack falls down one of these holes, he is momentarily stunned,

and loses a life if he falls through the bottom floor.  Things

are made more difficult on later levels with the addition of 

nasties that walk along the floors, and also need avoiding.  The

number of nasties present depends on the level Jack is on.



After each level is completed, the line from a poem, THE BALLAD

OF JUMPING JACK, is revealed.



URL

ftp://ftp.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/OS/sinclair/snapshots/j/jumpjack.zip



CHEAT

POKE 30094,102  - Unlimited Lives



GENERAL FACTS

The ballad of Jumping Jack is as follows:



THE BALLAD OF JUMPING JACK



A daring explorer named Jack

Once found a peculiar track

There were dangers galore

Even holes in the floor

So he kept falling flat on his back



Quite soon he got used to the place

He could jump to escape from the chase

But without careful thought

His leaps came to nought

And he left with a much wider face



Things seemed just as bad as could be

Hostile faces were all Jack could see

He tried to stay calm

And to come to no harm

But more often got squashed like a flea



By now Jack was in a great flap

He felt like a rat in a trap

If only he'd guessed

That he could soon rest

After jumping the very last gap - WELL DONE





NOTE

Simplistic graphics, but an addictive gameplay. Proof that great

graphics don't always make a game.

