CHAMPIONSHIP LODE RUNNER HINTBOOK
(PART II)
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*           LEVEL 27: SPHINX          *
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1] Collect all the chests from the bottom 2 rows first, gaining access 
by jumping on a falling man's head.

2] Use a man's head to get to the short left ladder. Using the same 
method, gain access to the top level and collect the remaining chests.

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*        LEVEL 28: FALLING STAR       *
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1] Destroy the 2 men at the lower left to get time to collect the chests 
at lower left corner of the board. Release the first man while hanging 
from the bars. Then dig holes until he is destroyed. Repeat the process 
for the 2nd man.

2] Destroy the men, the run to ledge to the right of the long middle 
bar. Fall on a man's head to collect the last chest.

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*       LEVEL 29: TRINGOR'S LAIR      *
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Don't let men that have chests fall into the bottom traps. Ladders are 
safer than bricks to walk on.

1] Start by getting the bricks in the top right section, getting the 
chest to the left of the sections left ladder last.

2] Use the trap doors in the middle section to dispose of the men while 
you get the chests.

3] In getting the rest of the chests, use the ladders and avoid the 
traps. Don't let a man with a chest fall to any of the bottom traps.

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*        LEVEL 30: MANIPULATION       *
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Don't let any men with chests fall into the bottom middle holes. Get the 
bottom center chest last.

1] Get all the available chests except the center chest. Use the men to 
get the chests at the tope of the left and right towers. Be sure to keep 
track of chests being carried by men

2] When you're sure you have all the chests, fall onto the center tower 
and a ladder will appear to give you a way out.

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c*          LEVEL 31: PACHINKO         *
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1] Go up the left ladder to the trap under the second bar.

2] Dig left after falling through and continue left down the trap dorrs. 
You'll fall right onto the chest.

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*      LEVEL 32: INVERSE PYRAMID      *
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1] Get the top left chest first. Dig the brick to the right of the short 
ladder and get the top man to run left into the brick as it reappears.

2] Dig down to the next section and get the far right chest. Dig to the 
left of the ladder, run to the right ladder and force one man into the 
reappearing brick.

3] Trap the last 2 men in the pit under the bar being careful that they 
don't take any chests with them.

4] Dig down to the ladder below and get the chests.

5] Go down to the next level and get the remaining chests.

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Levels 33-50

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*       LEVEL 33: RORSCHACH TEST      *
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Get all the men to the lower left corner.

1] Attract all the men to the bottom left corner (you can do this from 
the bottom right corner) and collect all the chests.

2] If any chest is picked up by a man, try to get him to drop it for you 
toward the bottom middle of the board.

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*        LEVEL 34  SPLIT SECOND       *
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1] As the man starts down the second long ladder from the left after 
you, dig the brick to the right of the first short ladder. Get him to 
follow you through and exit down the ladder to the left, then back up 
the long ladder. This gets you past the man.

2] Get all the chests in the left section, taking one at a time, and 
each time escaping back through the brick left of the top short ladder.

3] Get the chest in the middle section by shooting holes to the ladders 
below the middle short ladder and always escaping back through your 
starting point.

4] Get all the chests in the right section and escape.

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*        LEVEL 35: BARREN BOARD       *
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The only important thing to know aboutthis level is to spend as much of 
your time as possible on the second row from the top. The men will bring 
you many of the chests and you can drop down to the ground level to pick 
up others after you've caught all of the men in the pits.

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*       LEVEL 36: BI-PLANE CLIMB      *
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Trap the men in the upper 2 chambers by leading them over the outer 
edges. Then collect the rest of the chests being careful you can always 
escape via the center ladders.

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*       LEVEL 37: CREEPY CASTLE       *
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Follow the man through the traps using him like an elevator to the first 
chest on the upper right. Collec the rest of the chests by clever 
digging.

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*        LEVEL 38: BROTHERHOOD        *
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Try to keep the men together. Get the first left chest in the ledge 
first.

1] First, get the first left chest in the ledge, using a man's head to  
step on.

2] Run to the bottom of the far right ladder on the floor and get all 
the men on the ladder to the left of you Go to the top of your ladder to 
force the men to the top of their ladder. Collect as many chests as you 
can.

3] Use traps between the 2 ladders to get to the bottom of the board, 
and run quickly to the far left bottom ladder and cli˙b.

4] Collect as many chests as you can while keeping the men together on 
their ladder.

5] To keep them together and get past them, wait at the bottom of the 
far left bottom ladder, drawing them over and, at the last second, cli˙b 
up and run for their ladder. The men will return to their ladder from 
below, but too late to interfere with you.

6] Collect the rest of the chests by repeating step 5.

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*        LEVEL 39: OMEGA WABBIT       *
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1] Trap a man in the brick at the bottom right of the long left ladder. 
Use this ladder to force the man left when he cli˙bs out of the hole - 
he'll then fall into the chamber allowing you to get the chest in the 
center of the cha˙ber.

2] Get the chest in the rabbit's left nostril, while you lead the men 
behind you.

3] Collect the rest of the chests.

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*          LEVEL 40: TAX MAN          *
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1] Lure the man into the left center pit, but don't get stuck there 
yourself.

2] Dig a column between first 2 rows of short ladders on the right to 
get the right bottom chest.

3] Repeat step 2 on the left side. Dig the brick left of the bottom left 
chest. If you move to the short ladder across from it the man will get 
the chest and when the brick refills, he'll be destroyed along with the 
chest.

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*          LEVEL 41: HOMICIDE         *
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1] Destroy the men repeatedly until they trap themselves in the 3 single 
holes across the top.

2] Collect the rest of the chests, leaving the bottom left chest for 
last.

3] When you get the last chest, the men will be released. To escape 
through the ladder that appears, run over the men's heads, from left to 
right to short right ladder on the 4th floor.

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*       LEVEL 42: ETCH A SKETCH       *
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1] Dig the 4 bricks to the right of the 4th ladder from the left, using 
timed digging as done in previous levels, to get to the chest beneath.

2] To get to the first chest on the right, start digging at the top of 
the top right ladder. Dig your way to the chest, leaving an exit path 
out to the left of the bricks to the right of the 4th ladder from the 
right.

3] Work you way to the left side of the board by exiting through the 
brick to the left of the short middle ladder.

4] Use timed digging on the bricks to the right of the far left ladder 
to get to the first left chest.

5] Dig the 3 bricks down the left side of the 8th ladder from the left. 
Dig down to the brick over the 7th ladder from the left. Run back up the 
ladder, drop down on the brick to the left of the 9th ladder from the 
left, dig it and get the chest and exit by digging the brick under it 
and dropping to the floor.

6] Work your way back to the left side ariving on: Sun

7] SURPRISE! The man trapped in the lower left cha˙ber has a chest! You 
must release him and then trap him in order to get the chest from him.

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*        LEVEL 43: STACK ATTACK       *
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Stack the men on top of each other in the left and right ledges (second 
floor from the bottom) so that the top man can get at the seemingly 
unreachable gold chests on the left and right sides Repetitive digging 
is required.

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*        LEVEL 44: CAN OF CORN        *
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1] Collect the left chest by descending then centermost of the 4 ladders 
that reach the top of the screen. Then dig away the brick to the left of 
the ladder's base. Drop in that hole and descend to the ladder beneath 
it, digging the 2 bricks to the left of the ladder as you descend. Then 
move left and dig away the brick immediately to the right of the gold 
chest. Race back up the ladders until you are standing just above and to 
the left of the first brick you dug. Go left and drop straight down onto 
the gold chest. Cli˙b back to the top of the board before the bricks 
fill in.

2] The 2nd gold chest is easy to get to however, getting back to the 
tope of the board is difficult since there's only one way. You'll have 
to travel the bottom bar to the leftmost ladder, climb up, and then work 
your way back to the right by digging in order to get out.

P.S. The ladder that appears at the far right after you collect the 
second gold chest is a red herring.

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*       LEVEL 45: TENEMENT LIFE       *
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You must use timed digging on the row of bricks to the right of the 2nd 
ladder from the left.

1] Dig the top brick, pause, dig the 2nd brick, pause until the top 
brick reappears, then dig the 3rd brick. Now run to the top of the 
ladder and all the way to the right. Dig and drop down onto the chest 
that is floating in the air, then run left until you have regained the 
safety of the ladder.

2] Don't stop for breath. Before the 3rd brick fill in, dig out the 4th. 
Then go back up the ladder and dig out the 1st and 2nd bricks again. 
Descend and dig out the 5th brick from the top. When the 4th brick 
reappears, dig out the 3rd and the 6th brick. Run right (across the top 
of the 4th brick) and dig out the brick just over the short ladder. Then 
back up one brick and dig out another brick. Jump down in the hole and, 
standing on the ladder, dig out the 2 bricks that form a wall to the 
left of the ladder. Then drop down to the chest below the short ladder 
and run left. The floating chest is left up to you.

3] Your exit is at the bottom of the bottom of the long ladder. There 
are 2 clever parts to the right side. In the top part, you'll need to 
stand on the head of a falling man to pick up the leftmost chests. The 
most difficult part is the bottom.

4]  =A##DC####    This is a diagram of
    =B  =E  *#    the bottom right
    =F###IH###    section of the board.
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    Use timed digging, first to reach the top chest (digging bricks in 
the order A,B,C,D,E) then starting over and getting the bottom chest 
(Dig A,B,C,D,E,F and G). Run up and over brick A, which will have 
reappeared. Then drop down through brick D and dig H, I and J).

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*       LEVEL 46: MINE IS YOURS       *
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=##########  ##   Diagram of right side
= -  B *-**#####= of long middle ladder
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=#::::##=####*###=   = = ladder
=  *C  ::  *   * =   * = chest
=#::#T#######::##=   # = brick
=:F*#T## D*#: *::=   : = solid
=#=###::#########=   T = trapdoor
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1] Get the top 2 men to fall into the 2 trap doors (marked T) by 
dropping to point A when a guard is at point B. Then you can clear up 
the left side of the board in peace.

2] Be sure to pick up chest C by by following the 2 guards you have 
trapped and running over their heads back to the middle ladder. Then dig 
your way to the right part of the board by blasting through the bricks 
to the right of point A and immediately cutting through to chest D.

3] Dig your way to the short ladder marked E and descend it to bring the 
last free man toward you and trap him in the hole to your right. Now 
clean up al the remaining chests on the board except for chests F and G.

4] You can get to chest F and G by digging the brick to the left of the 
2 men stuck in the trap doors and jumping in the hole (the second brick 
down is also a trap door so you'll be able to walk out of it to chest 
F). Pick up chest G and run over the other 2 men's heads until you're 
back on top of ladder E.

5] If the pit to the right of ladder E hasn't been filled with a ladder, 
then one of the 2 men at the bottom is carrying a chest. You'll have to 
kill them to fill the pit and free yourself. You can do this by digging 
the block to the left of ladder E, staying at the top of the ladder 
until the brick is about to fill in, and then descending to draw the 
guards toward you.

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*      LEVEL 47: TEMPLE OF TOMBS      *
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1] Move to the left and get the 4 men trapped into holes. Run over their 
heads and go to the ladder on the left.

2] Dig down to the 1st 4 chests at the bottom left rows.

3] Next, position yourself just to the right of the rightmost man. Dig 
the 2 bricks to the right of him, working right to left (you'll have to 
dig the 2nd brick while standing on his head). Take one step to the left 
as you finish digging the 2nd brick so you won't fall when the man 
starts to move.

4] After he drops into the hole in the next row, jump in after him, run 
to the right, and repeat the process as you proceed to collect the top 
and then the bottom chests on the diagonal.

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*           LEVEL 48: AZTECA          *
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1] Begin by digging at the bottom of the board to kill the men. Keep 
doing that till they fall through the 4 traps at the top of the screen 
into the holes.

2] Fall on the man's head, get the chests, dig and release the man and 
continue recovering the chests (same technique as level 47).

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*          LEVEL 49: 4:30 AM          *
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=A###C=     Diagram of top middle
=T   T=     section.
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This level makes extensive use of a little known capability-it is 
possible to blast bricks in the normal manner while standing inside a 
trap door.

1] Dig brick A and jump in. You'll fall into the trap door below brick 
A. Wait for brick A to reappear, then ig brick B, exit left to the 
ladder nd cross over to brick C, where you epeat the process. Once 
bricks B and D have been removed, you can enter the central room, 
recover the chest and dig down to the rooms uderneath.

2] Many of the other bricks in this evel play off the same trick-you 
tand inside a trap door and dig an djacent brick.

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      LEVEL 50: YOU ARE A CHAMP      *
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1] If you've gotten this far, you're a pretty good Lode Runner player, 
so you're going to have to figure out this level with the help of just 
one minor clue...

Here's the hint. Just as level 49 hinged on being able to dig from 
within a trap door, level 50 hinges on your ability to dig bricks while 
falling on the head of a man.

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