Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror
The game centers on the player's character of the Doctor (specifically his sixth incarnation), and his robotic programmable cat Splinx. The goal of the game is to halt the Master's production of Heatonite…
Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror is a platform, released 31 December 1985 on Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror is
Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror was released in 1985. It was published by Micro Power. It is available on Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game centers on the player's character of the Doctor (specifically his sixth incarnation), and his robotic programmable cat Splinx. The goal of the game is to halt the Master's production of Heatonite, retrieve stolen plans for the Time Lords, and return safely. The game's screen always has the player in the center, and depending on the direction of movement, the entire screen scrolls horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The player can move freely, but can die in many ways: monster attack, robot attack, too great a fall, forced regeneration, lack of oxygen, and sharp spikes. Enemies include patrolling robots that resemble the Daleks; however, the actual name and exact design of the…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Doctor Who series
Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror is the second of 41 entries we hold in the Doctor Who series. It arrived 2 years after Doctor Who: The First Adventure. The next entry was Doctor Who and the Warlord in 1985.
What it launched against
Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.
Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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