Bagman Strikes Back

This game is a tribute to Bagman, an arcade game released by Valadon Automation in 1982. It is also the sequel to Bagman Comes Back.

This version is made up of 24 completely new stages.

Gameplay

The objective of the game is to maneuver the bagman through various mine shafts, picking up money bags and placing them in a wheelbarrow at the surface of the mine. The player must avoid pursuing guards, moving ore carts, and descending elevators.

The player can temporarily stun the guards by striking them with a pickaxe or by dropping a money bag on them when they are below the player on the same ladder, or by sliding a bag on them when they are further down the same slope. The guards can also be stunned by placing the wheelbarrow at the top of the ladder or elevator while they are going up.

The pickaxes can also be used to break down walls that obstruct the passage. Keep in mind that the bagman can hold the same pickaxe for a few seconds, after which it disappears. The initial duration of each pickaxe is 8 seconds, but if the player drops a pickaxe before it expires and then picks it up again, the duration resets to 4 seconds each time.

The bagman can jump into an ore cart after grabbing a ceiling handle as well as he can jump off the cart by moving the joystick left/right or by moving it up/down when the cart is on a ladder.

The action button is used to perform the following tasks:

• Pick up and drop money bags
• Pick up and drop pickaxes
• Grab and release a ceiling handle to avoid the ore carts or jump into them
• Placing a money bag in the wheelbarrow
• Pick up and drop the wheelbarrow

Points are scored for each horizontal step the player takes, for each money bag placed in the wheelbarrow, and for each guard stunned.

At 30000 points and then every 90000 points, the player earns an extra life, for a maximum of 6 lives.

Options

There are 3 difficulty levels to choose from: Easy, Normal, Hard.

Controls

Arrow keys Controller lever	Move the bagman
Spacebar Ctrl keys Any controller button	Action button
P	Pause
Home	Stop game and return to title screen
Shift+Del	Reset ranking (while the top scores are displayed)
F10	Change pixel effect
F11	Toggle integer scaling
F12	Toggle fullscreen
Esc	Exit game

You can also use the WASD or IJKL keys as directional keys, and the Z or M keys as fire button.

The gamepad D-Pad can also be used.

History

Version 1.0

• First release.

Version 1.1

• You can now use the controller to enter a top score name.
  

Version 1.2

• More controllers are now recognized.