Minesweeper Game Database

Overview

Mine Zone was published in 1984 for the Commodore 64 by Argus Press Software.

In this game you have to guide your way across a minefield. Your radar tells you of mines that are on adjacent squares, but cannot look any further. Survive two levels of mines, and the monsters start chasing after you. Survive two levels of those, and the mines start shifting as well!

The game was published in the cassette magazine 64 Tape Computing (English #4, Spanish #2, Norwegian #3). The other programs were Memory Save, Ghostle, African Adventure, Focus Interupt, Raster Interupt and Background Music.

Platforms

1984 - Commodore 64

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Game Lineage

Mined-Out (1983)

Game starts out as a generic Minefield variant but later levels borrow ideas from Mined-Out. Level 3 introduces monsters that chase you (like the spider) and Level 5 introduces shifting mines (like the mine-spreader).

Game Attributes

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

Mined-Out (1983)

Minefield Variants

Minefield (1979)

Mines (1987)

Minesweeper (1990)

Minesweeper Variants

[ ALL ] [ Commodore 64 ]

Releases

ID 143

[Machine] Commodore 64

Published no later than 1984-11-30. Published on 64 Tape Computing #4 (October/November). It was also published in 1984 on 64 Tape Computing #2 (Spanish) and 64 Tape Computing #3 (Norwegian).

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English

Virtual tape. Side A. LOAD "MINE ZONE". Use LIST to see code.

[ ALL ] [ Commodore 64 ]

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ID 143

[Machine] Commodore 64

Published no later than 1984-11-30. Published on 64 Tape Computing #4 (October/November). It was also published in 1984 on 64 Tape Computing #2 (Spanish) and 64 Tape Computing #3 (Norwegian).