Mein Strom



This is my version of the Vectrex game Mine Storm.
If you know that game you'll see that it's pretty much the same.

I've stylised th graphics a bit and added a couple of new features and game modes.
I've also made it possible for two players to play simultaneously.




In the normal game you control a small space ship which is dropped into a series of mine fields.
The idea is to survive through as many of these minefields as possible by destroying all the mines.

To do this you have a gun mounted on the front of your ship which is capable of firing in the direction the ship is facing.
A single shot from the cannon will destroy any mine it hits.
You also have a limited number of smart bombs which will destroy any mines within a certain radius of your ship.

As well as limiting the smart bombs it is also possible to limit the amount of ammo for the cannon and fuel.


A collision with a mine is not necessarily fatal.  You might just lose an engine, although this will effect the manoueverability 
of your ship.  Still that's nothing a powerup can't put right and there are plenty of those in the game.  
They appear at random in the minefield, heralded by a friendly robot.  They do exactly what it says on the tin.  


There are four types of mine in the game and each minefield consists of a combination of these four mines.
The mine field begins as a set of small dots.  When your ship arrives in the field, four of these dots turn into large mines.
If you destroy a large mine, two more dots turn into medium sized mines.  If you destroy a medium sized mine, two more dots turn into
small mines.  When all the mines are destroyed, your ship is transported to the next minefield. 




There are two additional game modes.
'COMPETE' in which the players have to race to destroy their own mines while avoiding their opponent's,
 and 'BATTLE' in which the players try to destroy each other.  



The controls for each ship are described at the bottom of the screen. 
To fire the smart bomb hold down fire as opposed to tapping it for operation of the cannon.





To quit the game and return to windows press alt+x