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 computers, Apple II, and Commodore PET. The game is written in BASIC.
Planet Miners
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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. The game is written in BASIC.
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• Title — Planet Miners • Publisher — Avalon Hill • Platforms — TRS-80, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, PET • Released — 1980: TRS-80 1981: Atari, PET
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Planet Miners is a game that involves four corporations trying to control the mining rights on the nine planets of Earth's solar system.
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1980
Planet Miners published.
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Planet Miners is recorded as published in 1980.
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Joseph T. Suchar reviewed Planet Miners in The Space Gamer No. 32. Suchar commented that "Overall I found it tedious. I would not recommend it."
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- 1.Avalon Hill. Planet Miners Manual. 1980.
- 2.Planet Miners. Atari Mania.
- 3.Suchar, Joseph T. Capsule Reviews. The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games. 32. 28. October 1980.
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