DOOM PIT
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Game by Alessandro Grussu (2017)
With Clive Townsend and Graz Richards

Cover art by Mike Tenebrae 
Additional art by Patti Richards



Loading your cassette. Doom Pit loads in approximately 6 minutes 36 seconds.

48k ZX Spectrum
DOOM PIT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY COMPATIBLE WITH 48K SPECTRUMS.

128k ZX Spectrum
Please select TapeLoader option from the main menu and press Enter. 
The cassette should auto load.

Loading should be error free, though if the tape fails at any time during 
the LOADING process, then please rewind the tape and try again. If failure 
persists then please try the other side of the tape.

If for any reason the game fails to load after all efforts, then please 
contact Monument Microgames at: Microgames2000@yahoo.co.uk
Use the subject header: "Tape clinic"


Dangerous caves you say? Monsters and treasures and long-lost secrets? 
Count me in!

So here you are again, an aging archaeologist on an expedition to retrieve 
the artefacts left by an ancient and mysterious civilisation.

And despite the advances in technology, you still like to do things the 
old-fashioned way. It's only right.

You carry a spade, which works as your primary weapon, though there's a 
pump-action shotgun in the corner shop that you've had your eye on for 
some time.

But, however you decide to proceed, it's nice to get off the couch and 
plunge yourself into peril. After all, there's not much on telly tonight.


Pick up artifacts by pressing the Up key or by pushing the joystick up.

Press the Inventory key (available when you are carrying at least one 
object or artifact) and select the artifacts you want to drop. You are 
allowed to carry a maximum of 100 units of weight.

Your spade and primary oxygen reserve are always with you and do not count 
towards it. Artifacts found weigh 30 units each except for the Gem, which 
weighs 80. Items of equipment weigh 20 units each. The Gem is always kept 
by a mighty Dragon spitting lethal flames.

Water will make your oxygen reserve drop. If you carry an oxygen cylinder, 
100 units of oxygen will be added to it. If oxygen drops under 100 while 
carrying the cylinder, it will be depleted and you will have to leave it 
behind to make room in your inventory.

In levels 2 and 3, some caves will be filled with poisonous green vapors 
leaking from industrial waste drums, illegally dumped there by crime 
syndicates in previous years. You must wear a protective suit while 
proceeding there, otherwise your oxygen reserve will drop very fast.

You must leave the artifacts while standing beside the tent in the first 
screen. Once you drop all of them - 6 for the first level, 7 for the second 
and 8 for the third.

If you are killed while carrying one or more artifacts, they will be 
dropped on the spot, except for the Gem, which will be carried back to the 
Dragon screen, where it can be found again.

Equipment items will stay in your inventory. You gain 500 credits for each 
item, except for the Gem which is worth 1000, plus 200 for each life left 
at the time of ending the level and 10 for each unit of time left.

When time reaches zero you won't die but will lose that additional bonus. 
These credits will be made available as funds needed to purchase equipment 
before starting the following level. You won't get any credits by 
eliminating enemies.

In the equipment purchase screen, cycle between the different options with 
Space, and select one by pressing Enter. When you are satisfied with your 
choice, select the sign to exit and proceed to the next level, or the sign 
to start all over again. Prices for each item are on the right. You cannot 
spend an amount higher than your available funds.

The amount you spent will be deducted from your budget. Remember that items 
are not carried over from one level to another, therefore you will have to 
purchase them again if you wish to keep using them. The last item of the 
list, Hire a researcher, grants you an extra life - if you have the 
necessary money, of course!



CONTROLS

You can control the archaeologist with the keyboard or with a Kempston or 
Sinclair joystick.

Default keys are: 	O = left. P= right.
			Q = up.   A = down 
			M = fire. 
			H = inventory.

Keys are fully redefinable in the Preferences menu.




Published by Monument Microgames (c)2017