Sam Spade Sam Spade works in the mine Digging Kryptonite The monsters that protect the stuff Make him shake with fright He meets them on the ladders On platforms left and right His only hope's to dig a trap They're much too mean to fight Quick! You've got one trapped Sam Bash it on the head Watch out! Oh no! too late my boy The thing's turned green instead RED monsters are not nice, its true But GREEN ones are worse still If Sam ever stops digging traps He'd better make out his will The YELLOW beast is rarely seen The mere thought makes Sam sweat Their last meeting was something That he'd MUCH rather forget Those monsters rush him off his feet They never will fight fair Good grief! His face is turning BLUE! They've cut off poor Sam's air PLAYING CONTROLS Sam Spade is compatible with the Kempston Joystick. The key controls to manoeuvre Sam around the mine are; Z - Moves Sam to the Left X - Moves Sam to the rightr K - makes Sam climb up the ladders M - makes Sam climb down the ladders L - Makes Sam dig a hole, fill a hole. S - To start the game H - To hold. PLAYING SAM SPADE Move Sam through the mine, digging holes as you go. When a monster drops into your trap, you can encourage him to fall to his death by applying a msart tap to his head with your spade. If you leave him trapped for too long however, he will mutate into a more durable form, changing colour in the process. Don't dig too many holes though, it makes it difficult to escape in a hurry. In order to be killed; RED monsters must fall through 1 level GREEN monsters must fall through 2 levels YELLOW monsters must fall through 3 levels SCORING Red, Green and Yellow monsters score 100, 200 and 300 points respectively, plus an extra 100 points for each additional level they are dropped through (e.g. if a Red monster falls 2 levels then you score 200 points) At the end of each phase any oxygen remaining is added to your score. Sam gets an extra life if your score reaches 6,000 and another one if you manage to clear twelve mines; plus 5,000 points overtime bonus. NB: If Sam's oxygen level falls below 200 he starts to slow down, if it reaches 0 he dies.