Master Miner
It’s the 22nd century, and mankind’s greed finds new outlets throughout the
Solar system; you, a gem prospector, have set off for the asteroid belt to
harvest precious stones. However, an ideological dispute is getting in the
way: the Commie Claim Jumpers – a contrary bunch of space pirates – seem to be
contesting your mining rights, and voicing their protest by shooting at you
and stealing your gems.
This stands a good chance of ruining your day, but you’re packing some
firepower yourself – your ship’s frontal gun, with its limited (but
recharging) ammo. Your job is to roam the asteroid field, pick up gems and
deposit them at your base for safekeeping. The Marxist marauders come in a
variety of vehicles: the Gem Protector and the Seek & Destroy, which fire at
you; the faster Kamikaze, which tries to ram you; and the Gem Thief, which
lives up to its name by snatching your valued bounty and retreating to its own
base. If it’s destroyed in mid-thieving, it drops its cargo for you to
recover.
Five skill levels are available. For more mayhem there’s the simultaneous two-
player mode, where two miners battle each other as well as the pirates.
Master Miner