File info:

Author: Lord Igsel
Title: Mined Out v. 1.2
Size: 56k
Type: Strategy/Puzzle/Action

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Interesting Stuff:

  -  Mined Out (by Salamander Software) was created in 1984 and released on the Dragon 32 (a UK only system). Even so, it's still one hell of a lot more addictive than most stuff out today, and the simple graphics were better than PC graphics (until about 1988 when people started making graphical stuff).

  -  Mined Out sold extremly well in England. It later got converted to other systems as well where it sold even more. Chances are, if it was released worldwide on many systems at the start, it would have become the 'Tetris' of it's day (seeing as it was made in 1984 and not many (OK, hardly any) good games were out then, let alone addictive ones.

  -  I am completly entitled to use the Dragon emulator and about 75% of the roms out there simply for the fact I still have a Dragon 32, a Dragon 64, manymany games on disks and tapes and even a pretty rare cartridge game (unfortunately, I lost my nifty Astro Blast cart. DAMNMNMNN)

  -  I made the first world in less than a week. After that, it was only a matter of me losing some interest that stopped me from making this game within a month.

  -  Kid_Vid2 really rocks. He helped me an unbelievable amount finding bugs as soon as I gave it to him to beta. If you ever see him on IRC, tell him he really rawwwwks. ;P  OHH YEAH, AND HE NOW HOLDS THE TITLE FOR "GREATEST EVER COMMITMENT TO MINED OUT" AS WELL AS "BIGGEST FAN OF HALLUCINA... EVER". YAYY SIRSSSSS!

  -  OHH YEAH AND v. 1.0 WAS PLAIN EEEVIL BECAUSE OF AN EEEEVIL BUG IN THE GAME