CHAMPIONSHIP LODE RUNNER HINTBOOK
(PART I)
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Levels 1-16

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*       LEVEL 1: HELLO & WELCOME      *
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1] Descend the left ladder and draw the men to the bottom right before 
they get any chests.

2] Dig down the column of bricks next to the ladder slow enough that the 
top brick has reappeared when the bottom brick has been dug. Quickly run 
up the ladder to the top of the column and across the steps for the 
closest of the two lower chests. When you fall to the bottom, quickly 
run out before the bottom brick of the column reappears.

3] Climb the ladder halfway, then lure the men into the trap at the 
bottom. Move them all the way to the left by descending the left ladder 
again. Then cross over to the right and repeat Step 2. If you move 
quickly, you'll fall to the ground with the second chest just before the 
men reach you.


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*        LEVEL 2: MUSIC MAESTRO       *
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Keep all the men together!

1] Move to the top right corner. 4 men will proceed up and left and the 
5th will climb toward you. Just as he approaches, move left. As soon as 
he's near you, drop to the bottom, run right and up the ladder to a spot 
that makes him run left.
2] Stay high to draw all the men to the top left. Collect the chests 
from the right side and bottom.

3] Draw all the men that are on the bottom to the right side, then up.

4] Go left and down, moving to the left ladder to keep all 5 men on the 
right side. Now clear the left side.

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*       LEVEL 3: LADDERS GALORE       *
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1] Move left, under the first man and over the next.

2] Lure the men individually into the one place on the board where you 
can dig and get rid of them one at a time.

3] Collect all remaining chests.


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*         LEVEL 4: DROL HOLE          *
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1] Use your position on the ladders to move the men left and right, 
dropping each man past and below you through then center channel before 
moving up to the next level.

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*      LEVEL 5: FOUR IS COMPANY       *
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1] Trap the men at the bottom center by moving to the bottom of the far 
left ladder.

2] Run over their heads and get all the chests on the right (the fifth 
chest from the right has a trap door under it).

3] Dig away all the bricks to the left of the men, letting one man free.

4] Dig a hole to the left of the man and walk over his head while he's 
in it, and force him to the right by positioning yourself at the right 
spot on the ladder.

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*          LEVEL 6: THE U.N.          *
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Get the men into strategic "U's" and walk over their heads.

1] Climb either ladder and position yourself at the top so that the men 
fall into the "U's".

2] Using their heads to stand on, dig and release them after getting the 
chests. They will drop into other "U's" and you can repeat the action.

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*       LEVEL 7: PYRAMID TRAPS        *
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1] Clear the inner pyramid by forcing the men to drop through the top 
middle bricks into the right and left "U's" underneath.

2] Drop down after them, get the chests and then release the men to the 
next left and right "U's" below them.

3] Repeat this for all areas.

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*      LEVEL 8: EIGHT WAS GREAT       *
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1] Go up the ladder toward the left-hand corner of the screen. You'll 
have to duck into one of the diagonal channels and dig to get by one of 
the men.

2] Pick up all the chests across the top, dropping from diagonal to 
diagonal by blasting through the bricks.

3] Descend a diagonal to the lower left corner and make your way across 
the bottom in the same manner, picking up the remaining chests.

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*         LEVEL 9: ARROWHEAD          *
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Clear the center arrowhead chests first and trap the men in the area.

1] First, dig a hole in floor above the point of the arrowhead (point 
X). Collect the chests that appear at the center of the arrowhead.

2] Collect as many chests around the arrowhead by digging from point 'X' 
and circling back.

3] Go to either the bottom right or left of the triangle of ladders 
above the arrowhead and dig a hole. Get a man to chase you to the top of 
the pyramid. At this point dig, trap the man, climb down the first 
ladder on the other side of the pyramid, and he'll eventually drop into 
the bottom center.

4] After all men are trapped, collect the chests.

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*            LEVEL 10: TEN            *
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1] Don't fall to the bottom. Step right as you pass the first opening.

2] Go up the first ladder and to the top of the first section. Dig your 
way to the gold chests in the first section in two passes.

3] Climb up the middle ladders and get the chests.

4] The far right section is a matter of timing. At the bottom right 
ladder, dig the top brick, hesitate, the next brick under it, hesitate, 
the next brick...as soon as you see the top brick forming, run across 
the top right to last right brick, dig, drop through, grab the chest and 
run through the left hole before the bottom brick forms. Repeat 
procedure for the left side of the ladder.

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*      LEVEL 11: CHAIN REACTION       *
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1] To get to the second and third boxes on either side of the screen, 
you must cross over a falling man's head from the ladder.

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*        LEVEL 12: CROSS YOUR T       *
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1] Go to the far right & up the ladder.

2] The first, third and fifth cross on on the top row are traps. Get the 
men to fall in them.

3] Get the last two men together & make them follow you in a circle 
while you collect the rest of the chests.

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*          LEVEL 13: MAZOLIA          *
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Get the men to bring the chests to you!

1] Collect the chests that aren't near the men.

2] Manipulate the men by moving up and down in the center part of the 
maze. Get by the leftmost man into the lower central portion of the 
board.

3] Continue to manipulate the men from this area as you collect the 
chests.

4] To get the leftmost man to part with his chest in the right place, 
draw him to the fifth floor on the right and stand at the left of the 
third ladder. When he's almost upon you, race up the third ladder and 
he'll race up the second ladder. He may drop the chest in the space 
between the two ladders. Race down, collect the chest & race back up the 
ladder.

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*       LEVEL 14: NEW YORK CITY       *
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There's no specific strategy for this level except that by keeping the 
men together you have a better chance of controlling and getting by 
them.

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*       LEVEL 15: MAGICAL GOLD        *
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Get the far right chest left.

1] Collect all chests across the top except the far right one.

2] Let the rightmost man out of the hole that he's fallen into and get 
any chest that may appear.

3] Manipulate as many men as needed to the bottom left of the board and 
use their heads to climb the far left ladder.

4] Get the last chest.

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*      LEVEL 16: RUNAROUND QUILT      *
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1] Collect some chests from the upper right side of the board.

2] Stay high on the board to attract the men. Then, go down and dig from 
the second floor from the bottom on the far right ladder and down the 
'steps of bricks' to the bottom row of ladders...cross to the left side 
of the board. Run in circles to avoid the men.

3] Get a man to fall into the hole bottom hole in the center 'circle'. 
Collect the chests in the middle and get the other men to fall in to get 
them out of the way.

4] Collect the rest of the chests.

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Levels 17-32

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*       LEVEL 17: SUSPENDED GOLD      *
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1] Use the two upper righthand corner bricks to trap and kill men until 
they appear at the right side of the board. Then, move down and draw the 
men onto the floor.

2] Try to trap the men in the bottom 2 holes of the board as you collect 
the chests.

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*       LEVEL 18: TRAP FOURTEEN       *
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The main clue is printed on the screen.
There are 14 trap doors to look out for and they are all placed so that, 
if you do the obvious thing, you'll wind up in the pit at the bottom of 
the screen.

As a general rule for this level, try to approach each gold chest from 
directly above or from the right side. Don't get ANY of the chests by 
digging over the ladders to the left.


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*        LEVEL 19: THE THINKER        *
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All the men are indispensible. Collect the chests from the left side 
first.
1] Climb to the second ladder on the far right. Dig the first diggable 
brick to the right of it. When a man falls into the hole, run over his 
head to the ladder on the right. Climb it, then descend, digging away 
the first and second bricks to the right of it. Jump through the opening 
and pick up the chest. There's a diggable brick beneath it. If you move 
quickly, you can dig it away and drop through before the man catches up 
with you. He will be trapped.

2] Go back to the wall you dug earlier, dig down and run over the 
trapped man's head. Dig down and collect the chest on the ledge to the 
right.
3] Collect the rest of the chests on the left side of the board.

4] To get the chest next to the top middle ladder, climb the ladder and 
dig the top 2 bricks between the ladder and the gold chest. Don't dig 
the bottom brick until the top brick starts to form. Then dig the bottom 
brick, run up the ladder, dig the top brick again, run to the right and 
drop down onto the chest. You can now dig down and escape onto the bar. 
Drop through the diggable brick by the ladder onto the next bar below.

5] Fall onto the guard beneath you and while standing on his head, dig 
awaythe brick on his left and jump over onto the brick on his right when 
he starts to move away. When he drops onto the other guard, jump off the 
block you're standing on. Don't follow the guard, but dig out the 
rightmost brick instead so you can drop to the bottom and get out the 
ladder.

6] Climb up the bottom far right ladder and cross over to the left side 
of the two guards. Dig the brick to the right of the middle bottom 
ladder. Jump on the man's head, dig right then left, without hesitation 
and immediately run right. Pick up the chest and exit quickly to the 
right.

7] Pick up the remaining chests with the exception of the 2 chests in 
the bottom righthand corner and then work your way down to the lower 
righthand corner last.

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c*        LEVEL 20: STACK EM UP        *
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Stack the men in the center. Get the men to retrieve the chests across  
the second from the bottom floor.

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*        LEVEL 21: TWENTY-ONE         *
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1] Get all the chests in the far left section and end up on the ladder 
at the middle of the board.

2] After collecting the row of five chests in the left section, dig and 
use the man's head to step over to the ladder.

3] Dig the middle chunk of bricks to the left of the long middle row 
(some by standing on the man's head) and release the man into the lower 
level so that he ends up in the bottom middle hole.

4] Collect the rest of the chests from the right side of the board, 
leaving the bottom right chest for last.


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*         LEVEL 22: CRAZE MAZE        *
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Keep the men together.

1] First, collect the chests at the top left as you get 3 men on the 
left side of the board together.

2] When you have all the chests you can get, release one of the men from 
the mid-right section by drawing him through the trap doors on the 2nd 
and 3rd floors on the right and have him join the other 3 men.

3] Release the last man the same way and collect the rest of the chests.

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*      LEVEL 23: BEST BUNGELINGS      *
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1] After you collect the chests below you, dig the 3 bricks to the right 
of the 2nd ladder down on the left, go up both ladders and right, up the 
short ladder and dig to the next chest to the right and go down and 
through the wall you dug by the ladder.

2] Collect all accessible chests while working your way to the lower 
right corner.

3] Collect the chests in the upper right corner.

4] Dig the bricks over and right or the 1st short ladder on the left, 
2nd floor (from the bottom) and jump down on the chest from the top of 
the ladder.

5] To get the chest in the lower left corner, dig the brick at the 
bottom left of the bottom right ladder, then the top 2 bricks on the 
right of the bottom right ladder, then go back and redig the first brick 
, then the bottom brick next to the left ladder then the brick above the 
chest, drop on the chest and leave.

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*        LEVEL 24: BRODERBUNNY        *
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Dispose of the 2 guards first, until they reappear in the upper right 
area. You can't win if either of the men falls down between the rabbits 
paws.

1] Move halfway up the long ladder 4/14/85 at: 10:50:43 pm  ears.

2] Dig away bricks in the left ear, trapping the men till they reappear 
in the upper left corner.

3] First, get the chest from the left eye. Dig away enough bricks to 
remove the 2 bricks to the left of the eye, which will allow you to drop 
down to his whisker to escape.

4] To get the chest in the right eye, dig all the bricks across the ear 
to the left of it and continue down to the nose to escape.

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*            LEVEL 25: BO             *
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1] Get the men in a position where they won't interfere.

2] To collect the chests, dig from the outside, using the ladders to dig 
from when needed.

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*      LEVEL 26: MASK OF THE SUN      *
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=#####Y=X#####=  Diagram of center of
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1] First, trap 2 men in area 1. Turn to the center ladder and dig brick 
X, trapping the man. Then dig out the 3 bricks marked Y and move left to 
position Z. As soon as the guard is released dig brick A, run over the 
trapped man's head and climb to the top of the ladder. The guard will 
fall in pit area 1.

2] Attract the 2nd man from the right side of the board and trap him the 
same way. Now get all the gold in area 1.

3] Draw the last guard from the right side over to the left by pulling 
him across the tops of area 1 & 2 and dig one brick so you can walk over 
him. Go down the ladder on the right of area 2 until you find a spot 
that makes the man move to the left.

4] Get the chests from the middle of area 2 one at a time. Use timed 
digging to get the "floating" chest. Get the second chest after digging 
all the bricks marked B, then jump down from the pit to area 3.

END OF PART I
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