Emerald Mine
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| Genre(s) | Scrolling tile-based puzzle game |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Kingsoft |
| Publisher(s) | Kingsoft |
| First release | Emerald Mine 1987 |
| Latest release | Emerald Mines CD 1994 |
Emerald Mine is a video game series by Kingsoft for the Personal Computer. The series follows mines filled with various gems.
Emerald Mine
Emerald Mine was released in 1987 for the Amiga and converted in 1988 for the Commodore 64.
Reviews
Emerald Mine received mixed critical reception. Ottfried Schmidt of German magazine Aktueller Software Markt cited the game's high difficulty; saying "If you liked well-programmed, tricky games, then Emerald Mine would be exactly the right thing for you.[1] Richard Löwenstein of Amiga Joker magazine commented on the game's appeal, saying "It's the playing fun that counts", and that the design was well recieved: "Nobody offers such a good control and inventively designed levels".[2]
Emerald Mine 2
In 1988, Kingsoft published Emerald Mine 2 with 100 new levels. A level editor was included which triggered the creation of several thousand levels by players.[3]
Emerald Mine 3 Professional
In 1990, Kingsoft published a selection of levels created by players.
Reviews
Emerald Mine 3: Professional was panned by critics, citing the game being lazy, with Martin Gaksch of Power Play magazine saying "[The third part] has been cobbled too unlovingly. No question, the game mechanics and elements are still fine invented, but they should have removed the dust layer lying on it."[4] Carsten Borgmeier of Amiga Joker was also highly critical of the game's presentation commenting; "There's no change on graphics and sound […], all technical details like animation and scrolling appear substantially dated." Carsten Borgmeier in Amiga Joker issue 10/1990[5]
Emerald Mines
In 1994, Almathera published a collection of 14160 levels (177 series of 80) on CD. Since there was hardly any nonvolatile memory in the basic configuration of the Amiga CD32 and thus the game progress could not be saved, the game mode had to be changed for every eighth level of a series to be selectable.
Reviews
"This Boulder Dash clone doesn't come up with spectacular graphics, but the addicting game principle and over 10,000 levels should guarantee playing fun for months."
Uncredited author in Amiga Games issue 11/1994[6]
"The game elements are in such an abundance and variants that variety is presented truely in the whole lot. [… But since it is imbalanced] it is more a CD for fans [...]"
Max Magenauer in Amiga Joker issue 2/1995[7]
Miscellaneous
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Emerald Mine became well known on the Amiga, because it was the first versatile labyrinth collection game, and had excellent presentation for its time. The Dutch Emerald Mine Club had been founded, which also carried out extensions of the Emerald Mine program. The open source game Emerald Mine for X11 is a port of this extended Emerald Mine to Unix, Windows, and DOS. It is completely compatible with the original Emerald Mine. It includes an archive of over 50,000 playable levels. The freeware game Rocks'n'Diamonds has a similar archive of levels, and includes an obsolete copy of Emerald Mine for X11 to play them.
See also
References
- ^ a b Ottfried Schmidt (11/1987). "Emerald Mine Testbericht in ASM Ausgabe". ASM. p. 17. ISSN 0933-1867.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Richard, Lowenstein. "Klassiker: Emerald Mine in Amiga Joker". Joker Verlag. p. 87.
- ^ Emerald Mines short review in Amiga World issue dec. 1994, p. 57, ISSN 0883-2390 here
- ^ a b "Emerald Mine 3 Professional review in Power Play". p. 41. ISSN 0937-9754.
- ^ a b Borgmeier, Carsten. "Emerald Mine 3 Professional review in Amiga Joker". Joker Verlag. p. 62.
- ^ a b Emerald Mines short review in Amiga Games issue 11/1994, p. 40, ISSN 0946-6339, Download here
- ^ a b Emerald Mines review in Amiga Joker issue 2/1995, p. 77, Joker Verlag, Haar, hier
External links
- Emerald Mine at MobyGames
- Emerald Mines collection.
- Emerald Mine games on the Hall of Light for the Amiga.
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