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Motherload

An arcade style flash-based mining game. Navigate the dangers of Martian soil, complete with hidden gas pockets, earthquakes, and other surprises. Purchase powerful upgrades for your Mining Pod with the fruits…

29 September 2004

Motherload is an arcade developed by XGen Studios, released 29 September 2004 on Web browser.

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What Motherload is

Motherload is an arcade game developed by XGen Studios and released in 2004. It is available on Web browser only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You arrive on mars, penny-less but with the bare minimum digging equipment to try and make a living. Gather resources to buy upgrades, and dig down… but be careful to survive the fuel, heat, and other dangers. The deeper you go the more valuable the resources, but beware the dangers!
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Motherload launched on 29 September 2004, within three weeks of Counter-Strike: Source, Rome: Total War, Fable and Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald.

Released around the same time: Counter-Strike: Source, Rome: Total War, Fable, Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald.

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When did Motherload come out?
Motherload was released on 29 September 2004 for Web browser.

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