Jumping Jack

Jumping Jack knows a rhyme, a four verse limerick.

Unfortunately he is unwilling to recite it unless you help

him scale the levels to the top of the screen. Only by

helping him through all twenty screens will you learn the

entire rhyme. For each screen completed he will tell you

two lines.

Jack is faced with eight layers initially containing only two

moving gaps, the gap moving leftwards travels upwards

whilst the gap moving to the right travels downwards.

Jack must jump through the gaps above him whilst

avoiding falling through the gaps below.

Jack can only move upwards by jumping through the

gap above but he can also move left and right. Should he

run off the edge of the screen he will wrap around to the

other edge. Should he fall down a layer he will bang his

head and remain unconscious for a period of time during

which he cannot move. Every time he arrives at the

bottom of the screen unconscious he loses a life.

At each successful jump a new gap appears at random -

the first three new gaps descend then the next three

ascend - up to a maximum of eight gaps. On making a

successful jump at the top layer the 'next level' sequence

is entered, and the next part of the rhyme is given.

Hazards will begin to appear after the first level - one

initially, then two right up to a maximum of twenty, one

for each level completed. They all ascend and if Jack

collides with a hazard he will be knocked unconscious.



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SCORING: After each completion of each verse of the

poem (a four verse limerick) a new life is awarded.

Scoring is by successful jumps and progressively more

points are awarded at each new level.

HOW TO MOVE JACK:

Jump CAPS SHIFT

Left SYMBOL SHIFT

Right SPACE

Hold 'Z' KEY

JUMPING JACK will work with any ZX SPECTRUM.

LOADING: Place the cassette into your tape recorder

with the printed side facing upwards. Ensure that a lead

goes from the ear socket on the SPECTRUM to the EAR

socket on the recorder and that the MIC socket is

disconnected. Rewind the tape to the beginning. Type

one of the following LOAD""<ENTER>

The word LOAD is obtained by depressing the J key, and

the quotes by depressing the SYMBOLIC SHIFT and P

keys simultaneously. <ENTER> means to press the key

marked ENTER.

Also note that there is no space between the two quotes

in this method. Press play on the recorder. If loading is

successful a flashing message will appear on the screen

after several seconds. The process is entirely automatic

from there on. If problems are experienced adjust your

volume control and try again or re-read chapter six of

your introductory manual.



PROGRAM CODING by Albert Ball

GRAPHIC DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION by Steve Blower



Jumping Jack (C) 1983 by Imagine Software. The game Jumping Jack, its program code, game

mechanics, audio-visual presentation and documentation are protected by National and International

copyright laws. The distribution and sale of this product are intended for the use of the original

purchase only and for use only on the computer system specified. Lawful users of this program are

hereby licensed only to read the program from its medium into memory of the computer for the

purpose of executing the program. This product may not be stored, translated, transmitted,

reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means or offered for hire or for sale on any optional

buy back basis without the express written permission of Imagine Software. All rights of author and

owner reserved worldwide. Jumping Jack is a registered trademark of Imagine Software.

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Original transcribed by Robin Stuart.

Edited with original ZX Spectrum instructions by Frode Tennebø, 20090107.