Minesweeper Game Database

Mine Dodger (1983)



Overview
Mine Dodger was published for the VIC 20 in 1983 by Phil Bailey.

You are the commander of 10 supply ships. The ships must get through mine-infested waters to your troops. Your mission is to avoid the mines while guiding each ship through the water. Press cursor controls to guide the ship. Press S to start.

Your score is the number of ships that safely reach the bottom of the screen.


Platforms
  • 1983 - Commodore VIC-20

Companies
No companies have been added for this game.

People
  • Phil Bailey


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 Mine Dodger. Yellow cells are unknown.

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


[ ALL ] [ Commodore VIC-20 ]

Releases
ID 220
[Machine] Commodore VIC-20 (Unexpanded)
Published no later than 1983-12-31. Code was published in the book "How to Program Games on the Commodore VIC 20".


ZIP (PRG)
Code ✓
English
Program file. Use LIST to see code.
PDF (BASIC)
Code ✓
English
Book listing.


[ ALL ] [ Commodore VIC-20 ]

Images
ID 220
[Machine] Commodore VIC-20 (Unexpanded)
Published no later than 1983-12-31. Code was published in the book "How to Program Games on the Commodore VIC 20".


Gameplay
Gameplay
Instructions
Instructions
Lost game
Lost game
Score
Score
Success
Success


[ ALL ] [ Commodore VIC-20 ]

Credits
ID 220
[Machine] Commodore VIC-20 for Unexpanded
Published no later than 1983-12-31.


Phil Bailey
source: Book - Credits
as "Phil Bailey"
"Author"


[ ALL ] [ Commodore VIC-20 ]

Collect

How to Program Games on the Commodore VIC 20 || Collect ID 161 || Edition ID 256 || 1983

Cover (front)
Cover (front)


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Promos

No advertisements have been added for this game.



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Trivia
  • According to Bailey, "Shortly after graduation, I bought a Commodore Vic 20 computer (this was around 1980) and I discovered that I had a love and talent for writing software. I ended up teaching myself through reading and through trial and error. After a few months, I wrote a plain-English booklet called “How to Program Games on the Commodore Vic 20”. I sold the rights to the book to a game development company, which hired me to write games."


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Print

  • How to Program Games on the Commodore VIC 20
    https://commodore.bombjack.org/books/vic20/How_to_Program_Games_on_the_Commodore_VIC-20.zip
    Code for release ID220. Date published 1983-00-00.