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From: buffa@sardaigne.inria.fr (Michel Buffa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Emerald Mine
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Date: 18 Sep 90 06:10:56 GMT
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In article <35@screamer.csee.usf.edu>, stelmack@screamer.csee.usf.edu 
(Gregory M. Stelmack) writes:
> Someone mentioned this game in a post of good arcade games.
> 
> I played this one once, and thought it was great, but haven't seen it for 
sale
> recently. Anybody know where I can find a copy? I loved the game, but have
> never been able to find a copy, and Rockford doesn't come close...

Well, EMERALD MINES is far the best Boulderdash-type game on the Amiga.
Unfortunately, it's a very old game, and it's not available now. This is
really a shame because this game is one of the best EVER made on the amiga,
fantastic gameplay, smooth scroll, and an ideal system for saving your scores
and progression. In europe, an EMERALD MINES club exists, and provides to its
members extra data disks (13 are available now), a tutorial disk and a level
editor. 

If somebody has got more information about the availability of this game, tell
me. The game is by KingSoft, a German or English company.

In the case the game is not available, I can send a copy of mine, because it's
not protected, and in this case, I don't call this piracy.

By the way, the club told me that they contacted the authors of the game, and
that they left Kingsoft, that Kingsoft has been bought by another company...
a real mess !!!

More information ?

PS: I can post here some extra levels for emerald mines if people are
interested.


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