Mad Mines

Mad Mines
Mad Mines
Developer(s)	Funsoft
Publisher(s)	Funsoft
Designer(s)	Yves Lempereur
Platform(s)	TRS-80
Release	1982
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

^ ^a ^b ^c Linzmayer, Owen W. (March 1983). "Pick Six for the TRS-80". Creating Computing. 9 (3): 152.
^ ^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.

External links

80-U.S. article about Funsoft
Gamer's Guide in Electronic Fun with Computers & Games

[pick6-1] Linzmayer, Owen W. (March 1983). "Pick Six for the TRS-80". Creating Computing. 9 (3): 152.

[CGW8-2] 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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