Atari 2600 Save Mary (Proto Type)

To pick up an object (including Mary) make sure your crane’s hook
is at the same level as the desired object. Moving the crane on the 
object and pressing the fire button picks up the object, keeping the 
fire button pressed allows you to hold on to the object and move it, 
and releasing the fire button drops the object. 

SAVE MARY(TM) (1 PLAYER) 

 
The dastardly Barnaby the Black has taken your beloved Mary and 
put her at the bottom of a steep canyon. Distraught over her affection 
for you instead of him, he’s decided no one shall be with her if can’t. 
With a twist of his handlebar moustache, Barnaby just blew up the nearby 
damn causing the canyon to rapidly fill with water. 


Hurry, The Water Is Rising! 
Use your crane to pick up various odd shaped concrete blocks that you must fit 
together to build a platform by dropping them in to the water below. Take special 
care when dropping blocks not to hit Mary or it's game over. 


Further complicating things is that Mary appears to have started panicking is running 
back and forth around the platform begging you to help her. Also, be sure to watch 
out for low flying airplanes. If the plane hits your crane you will automatically 
drop the block you're carrying (possibly squishing Mary).


Thankfully there are several power-ups to help you accomplish your task. Power-ups 
appear on the cliff sides and require that you pick them up and drop them off at the 
top of the canyon to activate them. These power-ups do a wide variety of things:


The Plug - Stops the water from rising for a few seconds 
Stop Sign - Makes Mary stop moving around 
Oil - Can Makes your crane move faster 
Gold Block - Makes Mary invincible to being squished by falling blocks 
Number - Gives you bonus points 
Mary - Figure Gives you extra life 



Scoring 
Scores are generated by successfully dropping and positioning the concrete blocks, 
with bonus points counted for how many slabs you’ve successfully stacked by the end of the game.


Slabs 50 points 
Pylons 100 points 
Multi-Pylons 150 points 



Points awarded increase by 50 points by each level.




Instructions gotten from http://www.atari.com/us/images/games/FBK2/manual/savemary.htm