XROCKMAN
xrockman is a retro arcade/puzzle game based on Rockman for the VIC20 by M & S Srebalius and published by Mastertronic in the 1980s. xrockman is written for Xlib so requires little in the way of dependencies and runs on slow computers.
GAME
Guide Rockman through the cave system collecting diamonds while avoiding caveins and other dangers of the underground.
Each cave has a unique rock formation along with eight diamonds, usually buried within the rocks. Grass has grown throughout each cave. Grass supports precarious rocks but Rockman tramples the grass as he moves through the cave! When Rockman tramples grass that supports a rock then the rock will tumble possibly squashing our intrepid hero!
Rockman has a limited amount of time to collect all eight dimaonds from each cave before the air in that cave runs out.
But others have found out about the buried treasure and will chase Rockman through the caves seeking to kill him and steal his stash!
CAVES
Some diamonds are placed in the same location in the cave every time the game is played while some diamonds are placed at random.
ROCKMAN
Rockman is the white character. You must guide him through the various caves collecting all of the diamonds in one cave before moving on to the next.
Rockman starts the game with five lives.
PINKIES
Pinkies are the pink men who are out to kill Rockman and steal his stash!
GENIES
Genies are the blue skull-and-crossbones symbols. They are randomly placed and do not move. If Rockman has collected six or more diamonds from the current cave then he may defeat the genie, otherwise it will defeat him!
CONTROLS
UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT move Rockman in that direction. SPACE causes Rockman to push the rocks to his left and right (assuming the grass has been trampled behind the rock). TAB starts the game. ESC leaves the game. F8 pauses or un-pauses the game.
SCORE
- 10 - collecting a diamond
- 20 - defeating a genie
- 100 - collecting all the diamonds from a cave
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