Software:Mad Mines

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Short description: 1982 video game
Mad Mines
MadMines cover.jpg
Developer(s)Funsoft
Publisher(s)Funsoft
Designer(s)Yves Lempereur
Platform(s)TRS-80
Release1982
Genre(s)Fixed shooter

Mad Mines is a fixed shooter video game written for the TRS-80 by Yves Lempereur and published by Funsoft in 1982.[1]

Gameplay

Mad Mines is a game in which space mines float above a protective force field and the player uses a cannon to shoot them.[2]

Reception

Dick McGrath reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "The originality is pretty low here, so Mad Mines [...] gets a 4 [out of 10]."[2] In a review of six TRS-80 games for Creative Computing, Owen Linzmayer was more impressed:

Mad Mines is one of the most professional arcade games available. It is constantly challenging because it requires both dexterity and strategy. I have a special bunch of games that I keep on-hand to show off to friends–Mad Mines has earned its place in that limited group.[1]

Linzmayer described Mad Mines as a combination of the Apple II games Space Eggs and Ceiling Zero.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Linzmayer, Owen W. (March 1983). "Pick Six for the TRS-80". Creating Computing 9 (3): 152. https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n3/152_Pick_six_for_the_TRS80.php. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 McGrath, Dick (Jan–Feb 1983). "Route 80: The Road to TRS-80 Gaming". Computer Gaming World 1 (8): 38–39. 

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