Mine Storm

Mine Storm's gameplay is similar to that of Atari's Asteroids. The game begins with an ominous musical jingle, as a large enemy mine-layer ship moves from the top to the bottom of the screen, dropping mines onto the field (which appear as randomly scattered dots), and then disappears. The player's ship starts in the middle of the field with 5 lives. As game play commences, four mines pop up, growing out of the stationary dots on the field and begin drifting about.

As each floating mine is destroyed, two smaller mine pops up to replace it, and then two even smaller, requiring seven hits to completely eliminate a mine-type. Mines are destroyed with one shot, and the player must destroy all mines in order to progress to the next minefield. If the player's ship collides with a mine (or is hit by a flying projectile) it not only costs the player a life, but the level is restarted with all mines restored. A bonus life is rewarded each time 4 fields are cleared.

MineStorm was reviewed in 1982 by Video in its "Arcade Alley" column, where it was described as "a fast-moving contest, more than slightly similar to Asteroids". David H. Ahl of Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games praised the controls' "excellent" responsiveness, and the "simply magnificent" graphics and sound. He recommended the game to Asteroids fans who were disappointed by other home versions. Games Magazine called it "impressive" and that it has "all the play value and action of coin-op Asteroids, and better graphics".