Planet Miners Explained

Planet Miners
Publisher:Avalon Hill
Platforms:TRS-80, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, PET
Released:1980: TRS-80
1981: Atari, PET

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 computers, Apple II, and Commodore PET.[1] The game is written in BASIC.[2]

Plot summary

Planet Miners is a game that involves four corporations trying to control the mining rights on the nine planets of Earth's solar system.

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]

Reviews

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Planet Miners Manual . 1980 . Avalon Hill .
  2. Web site: Planet Miners . Atari Mania.
  3. Suchar. Joseph T. . October 1980 . Capsule Reviews. The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games. 32. 28.
  4. https://strategyandtacticspress.com/library-files/Moves%20Issue57.pdf Moves Issue 57