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96 how you lose: a FounD poem When you are eaten by one of the monsters. By getting clobbered with a barrel, fireball, pan of mud, or bouncing hammer. By running into the burning containers of oil. By jumping off beams into space (thus falling off the structure). By jumping into some gap, such as an interbeam space. By colliding with the gorilla. By being hit by any of the aliens or their missiles. By being skewered by one of the exploding spikes at the end of a board. There are probably more ways to lose in this than in any other game. Jumping into the river. Getting eaten by snakes or otters. Floating off the edge of the screen. Jumping into the mouth of a floating crocodile. Missing the dock when trying to jump into it. When the paintbrush is eaten by one of the two fish. 97 The ship crashes into something. Something crashes into the ship. By running out of time. The entire game is lost when an enemy reaches the bottom level of the screen. Source: Ken Uston, Score! Beating the Top 16 Video Games, Signet, 1982 ...

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