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Mineshaft


Mineshaft


Mineshaft

"A quality game which is simple in concept but absolutely addictive. Strongly recommended."
Electron User

"One of the most enjoyable platform and ladders type games for the Beeb."
Home Computing Weekly

"A very good game... It's very playable and has twenty screens to ensure the midnight oil is burnt."
Personal Computer Games

"Compared with most Beeb games to date, Mineshaft is one for collector's corner."
Personal Computer News

"All of its screens are clever, some are practically impossible, but you always feel that you will make it in the end."
The Micro User

Introduction

Your aim is to collect all the lumps of coal in the twenty rooms of the Mineshaft. You have to be quick, daring and sometimes near suicidal to accomplish your task, and beware - you only have a limited air supply! The game should be compatible with all joysticks.

To collect the lumps of coal you will have to move and jump around the screen. Sometimes you must jump whilst also moving sideways. Watch out for the disintegrating sludge which disappears as you walk over it. (Hint: It disintegrates more slowly if you bounce along it!) Watch out for the obstacles that may kill you!

After completing each screen you may move to the next through the door, or if you get stuck you can press ESCAPE to make your exit. It's up to you to work out how to collect all the lumps of coal - sorry!

The Screens

1 The Derelict Place 11 Chamber of Horrors
2 Crumbs - Conveyors 12 The Resting Place
3 The Ice Box 13 Impossible Jump?
4 The Hotel 14 Impossible Screen?
5 Stinking Hotel 15 The Water Works
6 Complex Cavern 16 The Pink Grotto
7 Mutant Matches 17 The Junkhouse
8 Elevator Shaft 18 The Furnace
9 Ghosties' Revenge 19 The Junkhouse Mk II
10 The Minefield 20 La Fin

Scoring

Disintegrating sludge - 1 point per step
Lumps of Coal - 100 points per heap
Bonus points - 1 point per unit of air left after each screen

Game Controls

Z - Left, X - Right, SHIFT - Jump (NB. You can jump while moving)
Q - Quiet, S - Sound, ESCAPE - Move To Next Screen
Press SPACE or Fire to start the game.

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Cover Art Language(s): English
Compatibility: BBC Model B, BBC Model B+, BBC Master 128, Acorn Electron
Release: Professionally released On Cassette
Original Release Date: 1st Nov 1985
Links: Everygamegoing,

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Downloads

Mineshaft (Cassette)
Mineshaft (5.25" Disc)
Mineshaft (3.5" Disc)