Minesweeper Game Database

Skilful Driving (1982)

a.k.a. Mine-Field, Casualty


Overview
Skilful Driving was written for the ZX Spectrum in 1982 by Paul Toland.

The minefield is full of casualties, and you have to push a wheelchair (!) around the minefield, avoiding the mines and the electrified fence, collect each casualty and bring him or her to hospital (the flashing +). Note that the wheel chair can only carry one person at a time. What a wonderful scenario for a game. User-defined graphics are in lines 100, 150 and 500.

There are 5 speed levels with 20 mines and 20 casualties (Level 5 is the easiest). You lose by hitting a mine, walking into the fence or by collecting more than one person before emptying the wheelchair. You navigate using W (up), X (down), A (left), D (right).

The game was later published as Mine-Field in the book "Getting Started On Your Commodore VIC 20" (1983).


Platforms
  • 1982 - Sinclair ZX Spectrum
  • 1983 - Commodore VIC-20

Companies
No companies have been added for this game.

People
  • Mark Ramshaw
  • Paul Toland
  • Tim Hartnell


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 Skilful Driving. Yellow cells are unknown.

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


[ ALL ] [ Commodore VIC-20 ] [ Sinclair ZX Spectrum ]

Releases
ID 198
[Machine] Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Skilful Driving release. Published no later than 1982-12-31. Code was published in the December 1982 issue of ZX Computing Magazine.


PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Book listing.
ZIP (TAP)
Code ⤫
English
Virtual cassette.
ID 199
[Machine] Commodore VIC-20 (Unexpanded)
Mine-Field release. Published no later than 1983-12-31. Code was published in "Getting Started On Your Commodore VIC 20".


ZIP (PRG)
Code ✓
English
Program file. Use LIST to see code.


[ ALL ] [ Commodore VIC-20 ] [ Sinclair ZX Spectrum ]

Images
ID 198
[Machine] Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Skilful Driving release. Published no later than 1982-12-31. Code was published in the December 1982 issue of ZX Computing Magazine.


Instructions
Instructions
Lost game (0 rescues)
Lost game (0 rescues)
Lost game (16 rescues)
Lost game (16 rescues)
Lost game (hitting the fence)
Lost game (hitting the fence)
Screenshot from magazine
Screenshot from magazine
Won game (20 rescues)
Won game (20 rescues)
ID 199
[Machine] Commodore VIC-20 (Unexpanded)
Mine-Field release. Published no later than 1983-12-31. Code was published in "Getting Started On Your Commodore VIC 20".


Gameplay
Gameplay
Instructions
Instructions
Lost game (2 rescues)
Lost game (2 rescues)
Lost game (3 rescues)
Lost game (3 rescues)


[ ALL ] [ Commodore VIC-20 ] [ Sinclair ZX Spectrum ]

Credits
ID 198
[Machine] Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Skilful Driving release. Published no later than 1982-12-31.


Paul Toland
source: Magazine - Credits
as "Paul Toland"
"programs written for the Spectrum by"
ID 199
[Machine] Commodore VIC-20 for Unexpanded
Mine-Field release. Published no later than 1983-12-31.


Tim Hartnell
source: Book - Credits
as "Tim Hartnell"
"copyright"
Tim Hartnell
source: Book - Credits
as "Tim Hartnell"
"Authors"
Paul Toland
source: Book - Credits
as "Paul Toland"
"program written by"
Mark Ramshaw
source: Book - Credits
as "Mark Ramshaw"
"Authors"
Mark Ramshaw
source: Book - Credits
as "Mark Ramshaw"
"copyright"


[ ALL ] [ Commodore VIC-20 ] [ Sinclair ZX Spectrum ]

Collect

ZX Computing (Vol. 1 No. 3, December 1982) || Collect ID 168 || Edition ID 263 || 1982

Cover (front)
Cover (front)
First page of code
First page of code

Getting Started On Your Commodore/VIC 20 || Collect ID 146 || Edition ID 241 || 1983 || 0708824455 (ISBN10) || 9780708824450 (EAN13)

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


[ ALL ] [ ID 198 ] [ ID 199 ]

Promos

No advertisements have been added for this game.



[ ALL ] [ ID 198 ] [ ID 199 ]

Trivia
No trivia been added for this game.


[ ALL ] [ ID 198 ] [ ID 199 ]

Print

  • ZX Computing, Vol. 1 No. 3, (p95)
    https://archive.org/details/zxcomputing-magazine-1982-12/page/n93/mode/2up
    Code for release ID198. Date published 1982-12-00.

  • Getting Started On Your Commodore / VIC 20

    Code for release ID199. Date published 1983-00-00.