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Mad Mines

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Mad Mines
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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Linzmayer, Owen W. (March 1983). "Pick Six for the TRS-80". Creating Computing. 9 (3): 152.
  2. ^ a b McGrath, Dick (Jan–Feb 1983). "Route 80: The Road to TRS-80 Gaming". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 8. pp. 38–39.
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