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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1090.0. "Emerald Mine" by CGFSV2::DREW (Steve Drew) Tue Jan 19 1988 13:29

        EMERALD MINE, by Kingsoft (Germany). $25 list price.
        
        Summary: Very Addictive, Over 100 Screens, excellent play!!!
	 	 Great Sound.

        Just a quick review on a Game I haven't heard much said about,
        (except here in town).
        
        I've tried most of the popular games for the Amiga, but I'm not
        a real games person and they usually loose my attention pretty
        quick, however Emerald Mine is one exception.
        
        At first the game looks similar to BolderDash, but with a much
        more professional look, nice graphics, great sound ect.. The
        idea is to complete each screen in the time given picking up
        all then emeralds and diamonds in the time given. At first you
        only have to cope with bolders, bugs, explosives ect... As you
        progess from screen to screen more objects and challenges have
        to be over come. 
        
        Each screen is so different from the next, it's a real joy just
        to finish a screen to see whats in store on the next one.
        I have never seem so much variety in one game before. Each screen
        is like a new game!
        

        And heres the best thing of all:
        
        Each time you play the game you select a name to play under,
        you can store upto 10 names. Then for each player (name) it
        remembers (by writing to the disk) the number of games you've
        played, the level (screen) you reach so far, high scores on each ect..

        This means that the next time you boot up the game you just select
        your name and then continue at your highest screen. You also can
        play in 2 player mode, or select different levels (but only upto
        the highest level you've reached so far).
        
        This game is selling out all over town, at the time I bought mine
        (a weak ago) they had 30 copies in one store that latest for about
        2 days.
        
        The only negative thing about this game is the fact that it does
        write all over the disk. And it is so copy protected it has been 
        found not to boot in some older Amiga 1000's, according  to the 
        local computer store. Although I have an old 1000's (OCT 85) and
        it worked for me.
        
        Anyway this is the most entertaining game I've found for $25
        ($29 Canadian).
        
        Steve Drew.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1090.1		POLAR::GOSLING	KANATA MFG I.S.	`Tue Jan 19 1988 16:00`	7
	Steve - what are you doing playing games when the entire world (at least those that have access to usenet) is clamouring for Shell feature/functionality updates :-) Art
1090.2	can it be unprotected?	CIMNET::KYZIVAT	Paul Kyzivat	`Thu Jan 21 1988 18:35`	5
	Sounds good. Does Marauder know how to copy it yet? I will not buy a game that I can't make a backup of, and that goes double if the disk needs to be write enabled. Paul
1090.3		BAGELS::BRANNON	Dave Brannon	`Fri Jan 22 1988 11:32`	9
	re:.0 Is it brain damaged enough to guru if it can't write to the disk? I tried the two player mode in the local computer store, it gurued when both players exited the first screen (disk was write protected). Other than that it seemed like a nice game. -dave
1090.4		LATNCY::MORGAN	Brad Morgan	`Sun Jan 24 1988 17:29`	13
	An interesting copy protection scheme is being used here... DISKCOPY will make a copy with no complaints. The copy will run in single player mode but the time allowed for each screen seems to be about 1/2 of the time allowed if booted from the original disk. The 2 player mode doesn't work on the copy but does on the original. This is the second game I bought recently which DISKCOPY duplicates without complaint but the copy doesn't run. DARKCASTLE is the other one. Sure would like to figure out how to make backups of both of them.
1090.5	Marauder?	CIMNET::KYZIVAT	Paul Kyzivat	`Sun Jan 24 1988 22:46`	3
	Have you tried a Marauder Verbatim copy? Paul
1090.6	blah	VIDEO::LEIBOW	Michael Leibow	`Tue May 31 1988 18:16`	6
	Emerald Mine uses a load of memory. If you have 512K, remove all of your extra peripherals before playing. If you have more, then don't worry about it. --Mike
1090.7	Emerald Mine	ANT::SMCAFEE	Steve McAfee	`Tue Oct 25 1988 12:53`	6
	My subscription to Amiga World has run out, but I was thumbing through a copy at the newstand the other day and was surprised to see this game rated #1. Is it really that good or has AW totally lost it? - steve
1090.8	I need more time and diamonds!	BROKE::SOO	Chong Soo	`Wed Oct 26 1988 11:22`	13
	Yes, it is pretty good, and I agree with the comments in .0. I bought it after seeing the rating in A. W. and I have spent hours playing it. Three evenings later, I am at level 25 and there are, I believe, 55 more to go. I am a little worried about the copy protection (and my disk drive!) and the game has GURUed on me three times so far, but for $17, I won't complain too much. I just hope that it will hang on at least until I finished all 80 levels--expect to hear from me about that about three years from now. Chong.
1090.9	Teamwork mode, level 4!!!	WINERY::COLLUM		`Fri Nov 04 1988 18:21`	12
	I read the article too and decided to try the game out. GREAT GAME. In fact I can't keep my wife off the system now (she used to play Shanghai when I'd let her 8^). We decided to try out the teamwork mode of the game. If there ever was a test of a relationship!! Anyway, we seem to be stuck on level 4 in the teamwork mode. The two players are seperated by a wall and on has to trigger a chain explosion to let the other continue. After that, we can't seem to find any way out. We have to be missing something obvious. Anyone out there been here before? Any hints? Jim
1090.10	Anyone get past level 25?	STAR::ROBINSON		`Thu Sep 21 1989 16:01`	12
	I know everyone finished this game long ago but I am still trying. Does anyone know how to place the dynamite sticks in level 25? I got through the maze alive and picked up the 2 dynamite sticks. It seems clear that I need to use them somehow to blow up a rock wall or something. The "documentation" which is only two pages, is a poor translation to English and is vague as can be. Or maybe I have been using this disk so long that it is finally giving up. Thanks for any advice, Dave
1090.11	Heres how...	LOWLIF::DAVIS	That's not a BUG it's a FEATURE!	`Fri Sep 22 1989 12:32`	6
	re: Dynamite sticks Just go to the place you want to drop the dynamite, hold in the button util it drops, and run like the dickens so you don't blow up too!! ...richard
1090.12	thanks	STAR::ROBINSON		`Tue Sep 26 1989 13:02`	4
	Thanks Richard. I needed to hold the button longer and I wasn't always trying to "drop" the dynamite. I needed to have an open space below to drop it. Off I go again. Only 75 more levels... Dave
1090.13	Stuck on Level 16	DAZED::GIUFFRIDA		`Wed Oct 04 1989 14:03`	17
	Hi ! I'm new to Emerald Mine even though it's an ancient game. The game is fun however even if it's a bit brain-damaged. I'm running it on an older Amiga 1000 and it won't even boot unless I disconnect my additional drives, memory, etc. Anyways, my wife and I are stuck on level 16. The one with the eaters which change to rocks when you kill them. There's also a bomb and a wall which can be broken at the bottom of the screen. My question is what do you have to do to change the rocks or whatever to emeralds in order to complete the screen. We can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Joe
1090.14	At least I know this one.	VCSESU::MOORE	Tom Moore MRO1-3/SL1 297-5224	`Wed Oct 04 1989 16:46`	9
	Spoiler below: The bomb is to allow you to get into the room below. When the first rock falls to the bottom wall the wall turns into a converter for a limited time. You should get enough eaters converted in rocks and ready to drop before you let the first one go. When you blow the hole be sure that you do not distroy the door. -Tom-