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MinerVGA

A game where you buy equipment, then head beneath the town (built over an very strong layer of rock) and do mining in order to become rich and marry the woman of your dreams.

10 September 1989

MinerVGA is a simulator developed by FrodoSoft, released 10 September 1989 on DOS.

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What MinerVGA is

MinerVGA is a simulator game developed by FrodoSoft and released in 1989. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A game where you buy equipment, then head beneath the town (built over an very strong layer of rock) and do mining in order to become rich and marry the woman of your dreams.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

MinerVGA launched on 10 September 1989, within three weeks of Disney's DuckTales and Shadow of the Beast.

Released around the same time: Disney's DuckTales, Shadow of the Beast.

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When did MinerVGA come out?
MinerVGA was released on 10 September 1989 for DOS.

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