Mines of Minos is an Atari 2600 maze video game developed and published by CommaVid in 1982. The player controls a mining robot in a maze, fighting off alien attackers. A two-player mode, in which the second player can control an alien, is also available.
The gameplay of Mines of Minos consists of controlling a mining robot trapped in a maze surrounded by hostile aliens. The player's goal is to locate and destroy the alien's command center.
Mines of Minos (Atari 2600)
The player must navigate the maze and avoid the aliens; colliding with an alien causes the player to lose a life. Unlike a typical video game (where the player starts with multiple lives), the player starts with zero additional lives and can only earn more by collecting robot pieces scattered throughout the maze; collecting enough pieces to form a new 'robot body' awards the player with an additional life. The player can drop bombs in locations, requiring strategy to choose the best spot that an alien might walk into. Gaming website The Retorist called this a 'change [from] the nature of the standard offense-oriented Atari game'. As an additional element of difficulty, the maze gradually fills with water, forcing the player to move on to the next board. The game may be played in single-player mode, or in a two-player mode where the second player can control an alien.
CommaVid released Mines of Minos in October 1982. The game was only released for the Atari 2600.
The gameplay was well received. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram called Mines of Minos 'an extremely intense game: constant pressure, no rest'. They liked the number of mazes it offered to explore, but criticized as being a Pac-Man clone. In a 1983 review, Electronic Fun with Computers & Games wrote that the game's aliens 'are stunningly scary due to their excellent resolution'. In a retrospective review, the Video Game Critic praised the game's depth and challenge. The Retroist wrote that Mines of Minos joined the slew of games 'being cranked out immediately before the video game crash of 1983'.
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This version of Mines of Minos was designed for Atari 2600, which was commercially very successful video game console of second generation produced by Atari from 1977 to 1992. It was the first console that used removable memory modules with games. At the time of its greatest fame, more than 30 million units of this console were sold for about $ 200 a piece. To date, the game library for this console contains nearly 1,000 original games. More information about the
Atari 2600 can be found here.
Recommended Game Controllers:
You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game). However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB joystick that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer. If you do not have a joystick, buy a suitable USB controller on Amazon or AliExpress or in some of your favorite online stores.
Available online emulators:
5 different online emulators are available for Mines of Minos. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For
maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic
features of each emulator available for this game Mines of Minos are summarized in the following table:
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This version of Mines of Minos was designed for Atari 2600, which was commercially very successful video game console of second generation produced by Atari from 1977 to 1992. It was the first console that used removable memory modules with games. At the time of its greatest fame, more than 30 million units of this console were sold for about $ 200 a piece. To date, the game library for this console contains nearly 1,000 original games. More information about the
Atari 2600 can be found 
