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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.