Minesweeper Game Database

Minelay (1983)

a.k.a. La Mina, Minas


Overview
Minelay was written in 1983 for various platforms by Paul Stanley.

Minelay is a maze game in which your hero runs about collecting golden eggs and avoiding the deadly mines which are scattered randomly about the maze. A fiendish little 'minelayer' scuttles around the screen in hot pursuit. Contact with this persistent creature results in instant death. Here is the good news. A number of axes are dotted around the playing area which the player can pick up and carry around. Each axe can be used both to break through maze walls and also to fend off direct attacks by the minelayer.

Slight variants of the game were published in several books for various microcomputers. You start with 3 lives and every 500 points awards you another life. Collecting an egg gives you 10 points. You are chased by a mine-layer and the game ends if you are caught.


Platforms
  • 1983 - BBC Micro
  • 1983 - Dragon 32/64
  • 1983 - Oric-1 / Atmos
  • 1983 - Commodore VIC-20
  • 1983 - Sinclair ZX Spectrum
  • 1984 - Acorn Electron
  • 1984 - Amstrad CPC
  • 1984 - Atari 8-bit

Companies
No companies have been added for this game.

People
  • Humphrey Walwyn
  • Michael Bews
  • Paul Stanley
  • Robert Erskine


Game Lineage
Direct parent is currently unknown.

Game Attributes

The following attributes can be used to map the evolution of Minesweeper. Blue cells are confirmed attributes for official versions of Minelay. Yellow cells are unknown.

Mined-Out (1983)
Minefield Variants
Minefield (1979)
Mines (1987)
Minesweeper (1990)
Minesweeper Variants


[ ALL ] [ Acorn Electron ] [ Amstrad CPC ] [ Atari 8-bit ] [ BBC Micro ] [ Commodore VIC-20 ] [ Dragon 32/64 ] [ Oric-1 / Atmos ] [ Sinclair ZX Spectrum ]

Releases
ID 127
[BASIC] BBC BASIC II
[Machine] BBC Micro (Model B)
BBC Micro release. Published on 1983-03-21. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the BBC Micro is 1983. The code includes the date "21.3.83".


ZIP (SSD)
Code ⤫
English
Sixty Programs (English) virtual single side disk.
ID 128
[BASIC] Microsoft BASIC (Extended)
[Machine] Dragon 32/64
Dragon 32/64 release. Published no later than 1983-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the Dragon 32 is 1983.


PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Sixty Programs (English) original listing.
ID 129
[BASIC] Microsoft BASIC (Extended)
[Machine] Oric-1 / Atmos (48K)
Oric-1 release. Published no later than 1983-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the Oric 1 is 1983.


ZIP (TAP)
Code ⤫
English
Sixty Programs (English) virtual cassette.
PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Sixty Programs (English) bug fixes in Personal Computer News.
PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Sixty Programs (English) original listing.
ID 131
[BASIC] Commodore BASIC 2.0
[Machine] Commodore VIC-20 (3K)
VIC-20 release. Published no later than 1983-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the VIC 20 is 1983.


ZIP (PRG)
Code ✓
English
Sixty Programs (English) program file. Use LIST to see code.
PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Book listing.
ID 133
[BASIC] Sinclair BASIC
[Machine] Sinclair ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum release. Published no later than 1983-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the ZX Spectrum is 1983.


ZIP (TAP)
Code ⤫
English
Sixty Programs (English) virtual cassette.
ZIP (TZX)
Code ⤫
Spanish
Todospectrum Magazine (Spanish) virtual cassette. Two versions for different keyboards.
PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Sixty Programs (English) original listing.
PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Sixty Programs (English) bug fixes in Personal Computer News.
PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
Spanish
Todospectrum Magazine (Spanish) listing.
PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
Spanish
Los Mejores Programas (Spanish) listing.
ID 130
[BASIC] BBC BASIC II
[Machine] Acorn Electron
Electron release. Published no later than 1984-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the Electron is 1984.


No downloads have been added for this release.

ID 132
[BASIC] Locomotive BASIC
[Machine] Amstrad CPC (464)
Amstrad release. Published no later than 1984-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the Amstrad CPC 464 is 1984.


TXT (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Sixty Programs (English) listing typed by cpcrulez.fr.
ZIP (DSK,BAS)
Code ✓
English
Sixty Programs (English) virtual disk. Run MINELAY.BAS.
ZIP (DSK,BAS)
Code ✓
Spanish
Los Mejores Programas (Spanish) virtual disk. Run LAMINA.BAS.
ID 134
[BASIC] Atari BASIC
[Machine] Atari 8-bit
Atari release. Published no later than 1984-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the Atari is 1984.


No downloads have been added for this release.



[ ALL ] [ Acorn Electron ] [ Amstrad CPC ] [ Atari 8-bit ] [ BBC Micro ] [ Commodore VIC-20 ] [ Dragon 32/64 ] [ Oric-1 / Atmos ] [ Sinclair ZX Spectrum ]

Images
ID 127
[BASIC] BBC BASIC II
[Machine] BBC Micro (Model B)
BBC Micro release. Published on 1983-03-21. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the BBC Micro is 1983. The code includes the date "21.3.83".


Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Instructions
Instructions
Menu
Menu
Highscore
Highscore
ID 128
[BASIC] Microsoft BASIC (Extended)
[Machine] Dragon 32/64
Dragon 32/64 release. Published no later than 1983-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the Dragon 32 is 1983.


No images have been added for this release.

ID 129
[BASIC] Microsoft BASIC (Extended)
[Machine] Oric-1 / Atmos (48K)
Oric-1 release. Published no later than 1983-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the Oric 1 is 1983.


Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Instructions
Instructions
ID 131
[BASIC] Commodore BASIC 2.0
[Machine] Commodore VIC-20 (3K)
VIC-20 release. Published no later than 1983-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the VIC 20 is 1983.


Instructions 01
Instructions 01
Instructions 02
Instructions 02
Losing a life
Losing a life
Menu
Menu
New game
New game
Highscore
Highscore
ID 133
[BASIC] Sinclair BASIC
[Machine] Sinclair ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum release. Published no later than 1983-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the ZX Spectrum is 1983.


Instructions
Instructions
Menu
Menu
New game
New game
Highscore
Highscore
Instructions (Spanish)
Instructions (Spanish)
New game (Spanish)
New game (Spanish)
ID 130
[BASIC] BBC BASIC II
[Machine] Acorn Electron
Electron release. Published no later than 1984-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the Electron is 1984.


No images have been added for this release.

ID 134
[BASIC] Atari BASIC
[Machine] Atari 8-bit
Atari release. Published no later than 1984-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the Atari is 1984.


No images have been added for this release.

ID 132
[BASIC] Locomotive BASIC
[Machine] Amstrad CPC (464)
Amstrad release. Published no later than 1984-12-31. Copyright date of Sixty Programs for the Amstrad CPC 464 is 1984.


Gameplay (Spanish)
Gameplay (Spanish)
Instructions (Spanish)
Instructions (Spanish)
Gameplay
Gameplay
Instructions
Instructions


[ ALL ] [ Acorn Electron ] [ Amstrad CPC ] [ Atari 8-bit ] [ BBC Micro ] [ Commodore VIC-20 ] [ Dragon 32/64 ] [ Oric-1 / Atmos ] [ Sinclair ZX Spectrum ]

Credits
ID 127
[BASIC] BBC BASIC II
[Machine] BBC Micro for Model B
BBC Micro release. Published on 1983-03-21.


Robert Erskine
source: Book - Cover
as "Robert Erskine"
Editor
Humphrey Walwyn
source: Book - Cover
as "Humphrey Walwyn"
Editor
Paul Stanley
source: Book - Cover
as "Paul Stanley"
"with"
Paul Stanley
source: Code
as "Paul Stanley"
"copyright"
Michael Bews
source: Book - Cover
as "Michael Bews"
"with"
ID 128
[BASIC] Microsoft BASIC for Extended
[Machine] Dragon 32/64
Dragon 32/64 release. Published no later than 1983-12-31.


Robert Erskine
source: Book - Cover
as "Robert Erskine"
Editor
Humphrey Walwyn
source: Book - Cover
as "Humphrey Walwyn"
Editor
Paul Stanley
source: Book - Cover
as "Paul Stanley"
"with"
Michael Bews
source: Book - Cover
as "Michael Bews"
"with"
ID 129
[BASIC] Microsoft BASIC for Extended
[Machine] Oric-1 / Atmos for 48K
Oric-1 release. Published no later than 1983-12-31.


Robert Erskine
source: Book - Cover
as "Robert Erskine"
Editor
Humphrey Walwyn
source: Book - Cover
as "Humphrey Walwyn"
Editor
Paul Stanley
source: Book - Cover
as "Paul Stanley"
"with"
Paul Stanley
source: Code
as "Paul Stanley"
"copyright"
Michael Bews
source: Book - Cover
as "Michael Bews"
"with"
ID 131
[BASIC] Commodore BASIC 2.0
[Machine] Commodore VIC-20 for 3K
VIC-20 release. Published no later than 1983-12-31.


Robert Erskine
source: Book - Cover
as "Robert Erskine"
Editor
Humphrey Walwyn
source: Book - Cover
as "Humphrey Walwyn"
Editor
Paul Stanley
source: Book - Cover
as "Paul Stanley"
"with"
Michael Bews
source: Book - Cover
as "Michael Bews"
"with"
ID 133
[BASIC] Sinclair BASIC
[Machine] Sinclair ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum release. Published no later than 1983-12-31.


Robert Erskine
source: Book - Cover
as "Robert Erskine"
Editor
Humphrey Walwyn
source: Book - Cover
as "Humphrey Walwyn"
Editor
Paul Stanley
source: Book - Cover
as "Paul Stanley"
"with"
Paul Stanley
source: Code
as "Paul Stanley"
"copyright"
Michael Bews
source: Book - Cover
as "Michael Bews"
"with"
ID 130
[BASIC] BBC BASIC II
[Machine] Acorn Electron
Electron release. Published no later than 1984-12-31.


Robert Erskine
source: Book - Cover
as "Robert Erskine"
Editor
Humphrey Walwyn
source: Book - Cover
as "Humphrey Walwyn"
Editor
Paul Stanley
source: Book - Cover
as "Paul Stanley"
"with"
Michael Bews
source: Book - Cover
as "Michael Bews"
"with"
ID 132
[BASIC] Locomotive BASIC
[Machine] Amstrad CPC for 464
Amstrad release. Published no later than 1984-12-31.


Robert Erskine
source: Book - Cover
as "Robert Erskine"
Editor
Humphrey Walwyn
source: Book - Cover
as "Humphrey Walwyn"
Editor
Paul Stanley
source: Book - Cover
as "Paul Stanley"
"with"
Paul Stanley
source: Code
as "Paul Stanley"
"by"
Michael Bews
source: Book - Cover
as "Michael Bews"
"with"
ID 134
[BASIC] Atari BASIC
[Machine] Atari 8-bit
Atari release. Published no later than 1984-12-31.


Robert Erskine
source: Book - Cover
as "Robert Erskine"
Editor
Humphrey Walwyn
source: Book - Cover
as "Humphrey Walwyn"
Editor
Paul Stanley
source: Book - Cover
as "Paul Stanley"
"with"
Michael Bews
source: Book - Cover
as "Michael Bews"
"with"


[ ALL ] [ Acorn Electron ] [ Amstrad CPC ] [ Atari 8-bit ] [ BBC Micro ] [ Commodore VIC-20 ] [ Dragon 32/64 ] [ Oric-1 / Atmos ] [ Sinclair ZX Spectrum ]

Collect

Minefield || Collect ID 55 || Edition ID 105 || 1981

Inlay (front)
Inlay (front)

Sixty Programs for the BBC Micro || Collect ID 17 || Edition ID 196 || 1983 || Edition 1 Print 1 || 0330282581 (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Cover (back)
Cover (back)

Sixty Programs for the BBC Micro || Collect ID 17 || Edition ID 40 || 1983 || Edition 1 Print 2 || 0330282581 (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Cover (back)
Cover (back)

Sixty Programs for the Dragon 32 || Collect ID 18 || Edition ID 41 || 1983 || Edition 1 Print 1 || 033028262X (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Cover (back)
Cover (back)
Title page
Title page

Sixty Programs for the Oric 1 || Collect ID 19 || Edition ID 42 || 1983 || Edition 1 Print 1 || 0330282611 (ISBN10)

No cover images have been added for this release.

Sixty Programs for the Oric 1 || Collect ID 19 || Edition ID 229 || 1983 || Edition 1 Print 2 || 0330282611 (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Cover (back)
Cover (back)
Copyright
Copyright

Sixty Programs for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum || Collect ID 23 || Edition ID 46 || 1983 || Edition 1 Print 1 || 0330282603 (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Cover (back)
Cover (back)
Copyright
Copyright

Sixty Programs for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum || Collect ID 23 || Edition ID 132 || 1983 || Edition 1 Print 2 || 0330282603 (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Copyright
Copyright
Cover (front)
Cover (front)

Sixty Programs for the VIC 20 || Collect ID 21 || Edition ID 44 || 1983 || Edition 1 Print 1 || 033028357X (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Cover (back)
Cover (back)

Sechzig Programme für Ihren Acorn B || Collect ID 140 || Edition ID 235 || 1984 || 3190082227 (ISBN10)

No cover images have been added for this release.

57 Programmi per Il Sinclair ZX Spectrum || Collect ID 136 || Edition ID 231 || 1984

Cover (front)
Cover (front)

Sechzig Programme für Ihren Dragon 32 || Collect ID 138 || Edition ID 233 || 1984 || 3190082200 (ISBN10)

No cover images have been added for this release.

Sechzig Programme für Ihren Oric 1 || Collect ID 139 || Edition ID 234 || 1984 || 3190082219 (ISBN10)

No cover images have been added for this release.

Sechzig Programme für Ihren ZX Spectrum || Collect ID 137 || Edition ID 232 || 1984 || 3190082197 (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Cover (back)
Cover (back)

Sixty Programs for the Amstrad CPC 464 || Collect ID 22 || Edition ID 45 || 1984 || Edition 1 Print 1 || 0330287648 (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Copyright
Copyright
Contents
Contents

Sixty Programs for the Atari 400/600XL/800 || Collect ID 142 || Edition ID 237 || 1984 || 0330284819 (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Cover (back)
Cover (back)

Sixty Programs for the Electron || Collect ID 20 || Edition ID 43 || 1984 || Edition 1 Print 1 || 033028455X (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)

Los Mejores Programas para el ZX Spectrum || Collect ID 135 || Edition ID 230 || 1985 || 8428313741 (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Cover (back)
Cover (back)
Copyright
Copyright

Sechzig Programme für Ihren VC 20 || Collect ID 141 || Edition ID 236 || 1985 || 3190082960 (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Cover (back)
Cover (back)

Los Mejores Programas Para El Amstrad || Collect ID 72 || Edition ID 139 || 1986 || Spanish || 842831487X (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
Copyright
Copyright
Cover (back)
Cover (back)

Sechzig Programme für Ihren Atari || Collect ID 143 || Edition ID 238 || 1985 || 3190083436 (ISBN10)

Cover (front)
Cover (front)


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Promos

No advertisements have been added for this game.



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Trivia
  • The "Sixty Programs" series was published by Pan Books and Personal Computer News Magazine. Minelay was included in the BBC Micro, Electron, VIC-20, Oric-1, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum, Atari and Amstrad CPC 464 editions but not in the Commodore 64 edition.


[ ALL ] [ ID 127 ] [ ID 128 ] [ ID 129 ] [ ID 130 ] [ ID 131 ] [ ID 132 ] [ ID 133 ] [ ID 134 ]

Print

  • Personal Computer News, Vol. 1 No. 42, (p56) - Putting It Right
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews042-4Jan1984/page/n57/mode/2up
    Code for release ID129, ID133. Date published 1983-12-22. Bug fixes for the ZX Spectrum and Oric-1 releases.

  • Sixty Programs for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, (p7)
    https://archive.org/details/sixty-programs-for-the-sinclair-zx-spectrum/page/n5/mode/2up
    Code for release ID127. Date published 1983-00-00.

  • Sixty Programs for the Dragon 32, (p51)
    https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Books/Dragon/Sixty%20Programs%20for%20the%20Dragon%2032%20(R.%20Erskine,%20H.%20Walwyn).pdf
    Code for release ID128. Date published 1983-00-00.

  • Sixty Programs for the Atari 400/600XL/800, (p148)

    Media is generic. Date published 1983-00-00.

  • Sixty Programs for the BBC Micro, (p149)
    https://archive.org/details/sixtyprogramsfor0000ersk/page/148/mode/2up
    Code for release ID127. Date published 1983-00-00.

  • Sixty Programs for the VIC 20, (p186)
    https://commodore.bombjack.org/books/vic20/Sixty_Programs_for_VIC-20.zip
    Code for release ID131. Date published 1983-00-00.

  • Sixty Programs for the Oric-1, (p278)
    https://archive.org/details/pan-sixty-programs-for-the-oric-1/page/278/mode/2up
    Code for release ID129. Date published 1983-00-00.

  • Sixty Programs for the Commodore 64, (p350)
    https://archive.org/details/sixty-programs-for-the-commodore-64/page/n351/mode/2up
    Media is generic. Date published 1983-00-00. Minelay was not included but "Mushroom Invasion" notes that Minelay includes a custom lower case character set that can be used.

  • Todospectrum, Numero 1, (p53) - Minas
    https://archive.org/details/TodoSpectrum/TodoSpectrumIssue01/page/n51/mode/2up
    Code for release ID133. Date published 1984-09-00. Translation of Minelay into Spanish.

  • Sixty Programs for the Amstrad CPC

    Code for release ID132. Date published 1984-00-00.

  • 55 Programmi Per Il Commodore 64, (p326)
    https://archive.org/details/55programmiperilcommodore64/page/n331/mode/2up
    Media is generic. Date published 1984-00-00. Minelay was not included but "Mushroom Invasion" notes that Minelay includes a custom lower case character set that can be used.

  • Los Mejores Programas para el ZX Spectrum, (p1)
    https://trastero.speccy.org/cosas/Libros/scan/Los_mejores_programas_para_el_ZX_SPECTRUM.pdf
    Code for release ID133. Date published 1985-00-00. Spanish translation.

  • Los Mejores Programas Para El Amstrad, (p55)
    http://biblioteca.museo8bits.es/cpc/los_mejores_programas_para_amstrad.pdf
    Code for release ID132. Date published 1986-00-00.