Cuthbert in the Mines
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Cuthbert in the Mines is a 1984 computer game for the Dragon 32 home computer. Written by Microdeal
, the game features the hero Cuthbert, a character who also appeared in Cuthbert Goes Walkabout
and Cuthbert Goes Digging
. It was also licensed to run on Tandy's CoCo
.
The gameplay is a loose clone of Frogger
. It requires 16K RAM
, cassette or disk, and a joystick
.
In the game, the player guides Cuthbert from Hell
through levels of mines while avoiding railcars and the fireball-throwing devil.
Microdeal
Microdeal was a British software company which operated during the 1980s and early 1990s from its base at Truro Road in the town of St Austell, Cornwall...
, the game features the hero Cuthbert, a character who also appeared in Cuthbert Goes Walkabout
Cuthbert Goes Walkabout
Cuthbert Goes Walkabout is a 1983 computer game for the Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 CoCo, Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit family home computers. Produced by Microdeal, the game features the hero Cuthbert . The game is based on the Konami arcade game Amidar...
and Cuthbert Goes Digging
Cuthbert Goes Digging
Cuthbert Goes Digging is a 1983 computer game for the Dragon 32 home computer. Written by Steve Bak at Microdeal, the game features the hero Cuthbert, who also appears in Cuthbert Goes Walkabout and Cuthbert in the Mines...
. It was also licensed to run on Tandy's CoCo
Coco
Coco, CoCo, Co-Co or similar can mean:*Co-Co locomotives, a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle*Co-Co , a British pop group...
.
The gameplay is a loose clone of Frogger
Frogger
Frogger is an arcade game introduced in 1981. It was developed by Konami, and licensed for worldwide distribution by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one. To do this, each frog must avoid cars while crossing a busy road and navigate a river full of...
. It requires 16K RAM
Ram
-Animals:*Ram, an uncastrated male sheep*Ram cichlid, a species of freshwater fish endemic to Colombia and Venezuela-Military:*Battering ram*Ramming, a military tactic in which one vehicle runs into another...
, cassette or disk, and a joystick
Joystick
A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...
.
In the game, the player guides Cuthbert from Hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
through levels of mines while avoiding railcars and the fireball-throwing devil.