Boulder Dash®-Tournaments For Prizes™

Compete in skill-based multiplayer tournaments against other players to win PRIZES in Boulder Dash®-Tournaments For Prizes™! An action-puzzle game in which players dig tunnels, collect diamonds, and dodge boulders, Boulder Dash®-Tournaments For Prizes™ is the first title in the Boulder Dash® series with dynamically generated levels, ensuring a unique playing experience every time! To ensure fairness, contestants will always play identical caves as their opponents.

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Features:
• The only skills-based action-puzzle game where you can win real PRIZES!
• Randomly generated caves ensure you never play the same tournament game twice.
• 4 increasingly difficult caves per game
• 10 tutorial caves to help you learn how to play
• Head-to-head tournaments
• Progressive tournaments
• Practice (one player) option
• Statistics on games played

How to Play:
The player must collect enough diamonds to complete a cave. While collecting diamonds, the player must also avoid being killed by boulders, diamonds, fireflies, and butterflies. Boulders and diamonds can kill a player by falling on Rockford™. Fireflies and butterflies kill Rockford™ on contact. Drop boulders or diamonds on fireflies and butterflies to make them explode. Exploded butterflies turn into diamonds.

To move use the arrow keys or 2 = Up, 8 = Down, 4 = Left, and 6 = Right. Grab diamonds, dig dirt, and push boulders without moving by first pressing 5 and then the desired direction key, but not at the same time.

To access inventory:
1. Press * or left soft key to see inventory
2. Choose item or tool
3. Use direction key to direct and use tool or item

To kick boulders or bombs a long distance:
1. Stand next to boulder or bomb
2. Either press 1 or access inventory by pressing * or left soft key to choose kick option
3. Use desired direction key

Bombs:
There are two different bombs. Only one can be collected. A bomb without a border acts like a boulder. It can be moved but cannot be collected. It will explode when it falls, if something falls on it or when kicked into another object.

Bombs surrounded by a border must be collected before they can be used. After collection, when placed again in a cave, they will now look and behave like the first type of bomb.
Note: collected bombs can only be dropped on clear space.

Collect items:
There are three items that Rockford™ can collect: bomb, boulder hammer and cave rotation. Select these from inventory by pressing * or left soft key or use them by pressing their shortcut key:
1: kick boulder/bomb
3: drop bomb
5: push/grab/dig without moving
7: use boulder hammer
9: use cave rotation after selecting item, use direction key to use it.

Press right soft key, #, or CLR/Back to access game play options:
- Escape (use when trapped)
- Explore cave (scroll entire level)

Magic walls:
When active, magic walls turn boulders into diamonds or diamonds into boulders. First clear space under a magic wall, then drop boulders on it.

Walls that have arrows embedded in them will close in on empty space that is located directly below, above, left or right depending on the arrows’ direction in the wall.

Suffocate the amoeba before it grows too large and turns into boulders. When surrounded, the amoeba will turn into diamonds. Rockford™, diamonds and boulders can be used to surround the amoeba.

When a tool or weapon has been selected a small icon will appear in the game screen indicating the item you have selected. This item will be used when you first press the direction keys.

Scoring:
The point value for each collected diamond varies from cave to cave. The current value is always listed in the lower-right corner of the screen.

Upon cave completion, 1 point is awarded for every tenth-second remaining on the clock.

If the player finishes all of the caves, bonus points are added to the score for each life remaining.

Tips and Tricks:
• Hurry once you activate a magic wall. Magic walls deactivate quickly and cannot be reactivated again in the same round.
• Drop items on fireflies to destroy walls. Drop items on butterflies to create diamonds.
• Fireflies always try to turn to the left. Butterflies always try to turn to the right.
• Each bomb, hammer or cave rotation can only be used once. Kicks are unlimited.
• Before selecting a tool or weapon, position Rockford™ in the exact location needed.

Co-Published by First Star Software, Inc. and Atlas Mobile, Inc. BOULDER DASH®, FIRST STAR SOFTWARE, INC. and its logo are registered trademarks of First Star Software, Inc. BOULDER DASH®-Tournament for Prizes™ and the name and likenesses of ROCKFORD™ are trademarks of First Star Software, Inc. BOULDER DASH was created by Peter Liepa with Chris Gray. Audiovisual material owned and Copyrighted © 1984, 2009 FIRST STAR SOFTWARE, INC. All rights reserved.