Planet Miners for the Apple II

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Published on July 30, 2011 11:32:55 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH8zpG8_0_I

Game:

Planet Miners (2024)

Duration: 4:20

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Game description:

It is January 1, 2050 and after many decades of research and development of space travel mankind is ready to reach out to the planets of the solar system to establish mining bases. One of four players compete with each other and the computer to stake valuable mining claims throughout the solar system while the mining council has stationed patrol ships throughout the system to make sure everyone follows the rules. Thus begins several weeks of intensive exploration, political maneuvering,sabotage and claim jumping which will decide the course of the economic exploitation of outer space for the next hundred years. You have the opportunity to guide your family to a commanding economic position in the solar system. Game can also be played solitaire against the computer.


What I think:

Flat-out boring. One of the worst games the Apple II has to offer.