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MAX PICKLES PART III: THE PRICE OF POWER
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After retrieving a great quantity of gigant diamonds from the mine, Max became billionaire. Besides undergoing aesthetic surgeries and buying exotic cars, he built a luxurious mansion. One day he lost the keys of his mansion, while he had left all the traps and security measures activated. He foresaw no other alternative than breaking in somehow, and disable security, with the added inconvenience of his enhanced musculatory complexion, product of many gym hours, which has took away part of his agility. Your mission is to help Max to get trough a nearby subterranean cave, get to the cellar, and then try to access the mansion itself to disable the alarms from the Control Center itself.

Structure and concepts
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- The pathway to the Control Center is represented by 12 screens-levels in which one single exit is present.
- Max got 9 lives and a bar representing his energy, which decreases with every contact with enemies and also as time passes. This bar is refilled when the screen is passed.
- There are special enemies which make Max to lose a life by contact. They must be eliminated by throwing an object to them, which is present in the screen.
- Also, there are dangerous chasms which must be avoided by Max if he does not want to lose a life.
- Max will score points for each defeated enemy, and also, according to the remaining energy when passing each screen.
- Max can climb ladders, and pick up objects just passing over them. To use an object he must press the Down key.
- Max must learn, in painful way, the location of numerous traps.

Controls
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- Predefined Keys (supports simultaneous presses):
  O - Left
  P - Right
  Q - Up
  A - Down/Use
  [B - Space] half row = Jump.

- Redefinable keys (does not support simultaneous presses)
  
Additional keys

Caps Shift+1 (Edit)   - Pause
Caps Shift+0 (Delete) - Lose one life and restart the screen. 

Trivia
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- This game is the third of a series based in the title "Mr. Pickles", written in 1990 by Ariel Ruiz, updating game engine and graphics, and fusing it with concepts and graphics from "Carlos Michelis I" and II, both written in 1989.

Credits
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Concept, program and graphics: Ariel Ruiz
ZX7 compressor (turbo load version): Einar Saukas

(c) 2018 Ariel Ruiz. 

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