Things in the Dark
You are in a strange Dark World populated by bizarre creatures, Your job is to keep this world free of gremlins, dinits, blockheads, snakes, and pink graps. To accomplish this, you move your robot over these creatures. If you score 2500 points you are rewarded with another robot (except in the TI version). Your adversaries in the Dark World are the terrible norfs, who can appear anywhere on the screen. They won't attack you directly, but if you bump into one, your robot and the norf will be zapped out of existence. As more and more norfs fill the screen, it becomes increasingly difficult to maneuver. Eventually, you may have to sacrifice a robot to escape from a ring of evil norfs, creatures whose rapacity cannot be overemphasized. Avoiding Turncoat Graps All versions of "Things In The Dark" have their own instruction screens explaining the particular details of each program. But they share the same basic features. Each version has six levels of difficulty. The game automatically advances to higher levels at 5000~point intervals unless you select the No Advance option (which allows you to play the entire game at the same level). The robot in play always appears first at the center of the screen. A spare robot appears in the upper- 62 COMPUT6I December 1984 right corner of the screen, ready to jump into action should your current robot be done in by a norf.
ESRB Rating: Not Rated
Genre(s): Action
