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Your mission in this novel game is to mine gold. However, goldmining is a little unusual in the planet Oron, where you have unaccountably arrived, because Oronian mines are bottomless caverns with gold falling from the roof!

There is a large supply of girders which you can place on the playing grid to deflect the gold into one of your two pots. You must avoid the demons of the mine, who move the girders around, and the falling gold. I found it safest to place the girders at the base of the grid, but since you get points for every girder hit by the gold you score more points if you spread girders around the grid.

The difficulty in striking a balance between security and scoring adds greatly to the game's interest.

The graphics are smooth, but surprisingly no sound is used. Even the easiest of the five skill levels is difficult, particularly because the keyboard control is so awkward - all the control keys are on one line.

This game is recommended, if you are able to take advantage of the Kempston or Sinclair joystick option.

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