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Written by David Vout & Simon Vout


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STAIRWAY TO HELL is a 15 screen game in which your task is to guide your man down through the various caverns to the Earth's core where he will encounter the Devil. On the way, he must collect items of treasure to score points. Higher points are awarded the deeper you go and an extra man is given for each screen completed. All 15 screens must be completed to be able to win.

The journey is split into four stages with four screens per stage. On the tape version, each stage must be loaded from tape and the scores etc are automatically transferred.

Part 1 :- "The Mine", "The Pump Room", "The Grotto" and "Vermin"
Part 2 :- "Blizzards", "The Thaw", "The Garden" and "The Sub-Tropics"
Part 3 :- "Jungle", "Mangroves", "Swamp" and "Desert"
Part 4 :- "Entrance To Hell", "Fire & Brimstone" and "An Audience With The Devil!"

Game Controls
Z - Walk left, X - Walk right, : - Climb up, / - Climb down RETURN - Jump (A short press will make a short jump and a long press will make a long jump) SPACE BAR will stop the game, wipe the score and set up the next screen. S - Sound, Q - Quiet

At the "END OF GAME", pressing SPACE BAR will replay from the first screen of the particular section you are in and the RIGHT CURSOR KEY will load the next section. Disc versions must be loaded again from the start.