Planet Miners
Planet Miners (sometimes The Planet Miners) is a game published by the Microcomputer Games division of Avalon Hill for the TRS-80 Level II microcomputer in 1980. It was ported to the Atari 8-bit family, Apple II, and Commodore PET.[1] The game is written in BASIC.[2]
| Planet Miners | |
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 Cover art used for all platforms | |
| Publisher(s) | Avalon Hill |
| Platform(s) | TRS-80, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore PET |
| Release | 1980: TRS-80 1981: Atari, PET |
Plot summary
Planet Miners is a game that depicts a struggle for control of mining concessions on the nine planets of our solar system between four rival corporations.[3]
Reception
Joseph T. Suchar reviewed Planet Miners in The Space Gamer No. 32.[3] Suchar commented that "Overall I found it tedious. I would not recommend it."[3]
References
- Planet Miners Manual (PDF). Avalon Hill. 1980.
- "Planet Miners". Atari Mania.
- Suchar, Joseph T. (October 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (32): 28.
External links
- Planet Miners can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive
- Review in 80 Micro
- Review in The Addison Wesley Book Of Atari Software 1984
- Review in Creative Computing
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