Lock'n'Chase
collect'em up game for Commodore 64, 2024
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This game is the C64 port of Lock'n'Chase
an arcade game developed by DECO in 1981.
The protagonist of the game is a thief named Lupin. The aim of the game is to
enter a vault and collect all the coins and, if possible, any other treasure
that may appear. The thief must then exit the vault without being apprehended
by the Super Ds (cops). The thief can close doors within the maze to
temporarily prevent the cops from advancing and allow him to keep his
distance from them. Only two doors can be closed at a time. The thief can
dodge the police by running through the open side doors. When he exits
through one side, he quickly enters on the other side. The Super D cops are
called Stiffy, Scaredy, Smarty and Silly.
The coins are worth 20 points each. In each level, money bags randomly appear
in the center of the maze. Money bags are worth 500, 1000, 2000 and up to
4000 points respectively each time they are collected. Each level also has a
specific treasure that appears near the center of the maze whose value varies
from 100 to 5000 points depending on the level itself. If the cops are
trapped between two doors in the upper right corner or in the lower left
corner of the vault, the player earns extra points (100, 300, 1000 or 2000
depending on the number of trapped cops).
The player earns extra lives based on the scores shown in the following table:
Difficulty level First life at Subsequent lives every
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Easy 15000 30000
Normal 15000 35000
Hard 15000 40000
Expert 20000 45000
A maximum of 5 lives can be accumulated.
There are 4 difficulty levels to choose from: Easy, Normal, Hard, Expert.
Joystick in port 2.
Joystick lever = Move the thief in the four directions.
Fire button = Close the doors.
While playing, press F7 to pause or F1 to stop the game and go back to the
title screen.
While the best scores are showing, press F1 to reset the ranking.
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Some useful keyboard shortcuts
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[PAUSE] - stop/continue game
[F9] - quick load game state
[F12] - quick save game state (still stored after leaving the site)
[F11] - toggle fullscreen mode
[ScrollLock] - quick switch control ports
[PageDown] - make a screenshot (320x200)