Comments on: There's goldium in them thar (Martian) hills!

There's goldium in them thar (Martian) hills!

picea — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:15:53 -0800

is a Flash game about mining Mars. It just devoured my morning. Be careful.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:38:54 -0800

They spelt motherlode wrong. Is it a joke?

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:42:10 -0800

Beware too of pop-ups and gator spyware.

By: internal

internal — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:06:55 -0800

How does one exchange the minerals for cash so they can buy gas?

By: picea

picea — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:17:36 -0800

To the right of the gas station is a processing depot, just drive in front of the door. This is where you sell the minerals. Further to the right is a shop to buy upgrades for your mole machine.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:52:24 -0800

Why do I explode when I run out of fuel? Much more dramatic to just sputter to a stop, sitting in the cabin as it gets cold and dark hundreds of feet below the Martian surface.

By: sic

sic — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:56:32 -0800

Has anyone figured out how to continue games? It asks for an account, but I don't see anywhere to register.... Damn you picea for introducing me to this timewasting motherlode....

By: freebird

freebird — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:19:35 -0800

I got as far as the "create account" part, but don't seem to be able to make it stick - anyone had better luck? I'd like to be able to save my game, so I could, like, get out of my chair.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:44:10 -0800

yeah, save if you can. I couldn't create an account, and lost my ship running out of fuel. I'm going to count myself lucky in that I only lost a couple of hours, whereas if I'd saved, I'd be losing many more to this neat little game. thanks.

By: lazy-ville

lazy-ville — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:54:59 -0800

boring

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:07:28 -0800

It's like Dig-Dug, only slower and with no monsters.

By: bluedaniel

bluedaniel — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:07:52 -0800

You linked the absolute "motherload" of spyware. Beware.

By: freebird

freebird — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:40:39 -0800

What kind of spyware? Prolly only for PC kids anyway...

By: bargle

bargle — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:12:11 -0800

Well. I have been playing this for about three hours now. The joys of being sick. Anywho, quite fun but annoying that you can not save. Game starts getting really weird when you get a few thousand feet deep. And yes, there are various things that can kill you once you get deep enough.

By: folktrash

folktrash — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:24:45 -0800

i found this game very entertaining and while i have yet to make it past -3k feet i have found one fix for the annoying lack of save problem: if you leave the game on the menu of one of the little shops, you don't use fuel and can sit there indefinitely. anyone else doing the dig straight down technique? i so enjoy cute little addictive sims like these...

By: bullitt 5

bullitt 5 — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 12:03:08 -0800

folktrash, I'm using the same technique. Spent a bunch of time playing yesterday. Also, you can pause using the "P" button. I figured that out after running out of fuel myself.

By: underdog

underdog — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:09:35 -0800

fyi...no matter what, just keep digging deeper, and you get to fight satan.... i kid you not.