Mines

Moby ID: 171030

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Released

1979 on Mainframe

Credits

1 person

Releases by Date (by platform)

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 1 players

Genre: Adventure
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Interactive fiction / text adventure
Interface: Text parser

Mainframe Specs

Business Model: Freeware / Free-to-play / Public Domain
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

See Also

Mines (1975 on Arcade)
Mines (1990 on Windows 3.x)
Mines (1997 on Apple II)
Mines (2005 on Windows, 2008 on Browser)

Description

Mines is a text adventure in which the player must explore all "rooms" of a mine and try to uncover all treasure. The game is randomized on each play through with a different map layout, item locations and puzzles. The text parser is very simple as it only understands six cardinal directions, drop, carry and "way out" which gives to direction to go in to go back to the entrance. When carrying the correct item puzzles will resolve automatically.

Credits (Mainframe version)

Written by

James L. Dean

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MobyGames ID: 171030

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Game added by vedder.

Game added September 2, 2021. Last modified August 13, 2024.