Mine (1979)
Overview
Pick your way through a deadly minefield.
The purpose of the game is to rescue two damsels before time runs out. Each move adds more mines to the screen. You can set the number of new mines per move from 1 to 30 mines.
Platforms
- 1979 - Exidy Sorcerer
Companies
No companies have been added for this game.
People
- Colin Morle
Game Lineage
Minefield (1979)
The source code says Mine Field was "modified from original PET program". This earlier Commodore PET game was "Minefield" which was published in the June 1979 issue of Practical Computing.
Game Attributes
The following attributes can be used to map the evolution of Minesweeper. Blue cells are confirmed attributes for official versions of Mine. Yellow cells are unknown.
Mined-Out (1983)
Minefield Variants
Minefield (1979)
Mines (1987)
Minesweeper (1990)
Minesweeper Variants
Releases
Images
ID 166
[Machine] Exidy Sorcerer
Published no later than 1979-06-30. The game was listed in the June 1979 S.P.E.C. Bulletin software list.
Credits
Gameplay
Instructions 01
Instructions 02
Lost game
Won game
Credits
ID 166
[Machine] Exidy Sorcerer
Published no later than 1979-06-30.
Colin Morle
source: Code
as "Colin Morle"
"Modified from original 'PET' program"
Colin Morle
source: S.P.E.C. Bulletin
as "C. Morle"
"Author"
Trivia
- S.P.E.C. (Sorcerer Program Exchange Club) was a newsletter in the UK. It was originally published by G. F. Counsell and M. P. Hannaby of Southport and later by Colin Morle of Liverpool.
- S.P.E.C. Bulletin
Media is generic. Date published 1979-06-00. List of software from the Sorcerer Users Club (UK). - Aresco's Sorcerer's Source, Vol. 1 Issue 2, (p11)
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/exidy/Sorcerers_Source/Sorcerers_Source_V1N2.pdf
Catalogue for release ID166. Date published 1979-08-00. List of software published in the June 1979 S.P.E.C Bulletin.
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