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MotherLoad - Today's Time Waster
Today's time waster is MotherLoad - the time waster that lets you excavate your time away. You are an operator of a digging vehicle on Mars, being one of the brave few that dares dig in this hostile environment. The game's objective is simple: dig your way to riches and upgrade your digging vessel as you sell the collected ore on your way to the hidden treasures deep within Mars.The game has fantastically intuitive controls, which - although being merely the arrow keys - can really be sensed when the digger moves exactly as expected. This not only allows you to get into the time wasting action quickly, but comes in handy as your digging vessel is rather fragile and needs to be cared for if you want to survive multiple trips below the surface.
In order to make any progress in the game, getting upgrades is crucial. Your vessel's fuel range as well as the cargo space that holds the excavated ore is very limited, besides the fact that the beginning drill is awfully inefficient. But, as you make progress and hit certain depths, say 1,000 feet, you will get bonuses from your employers which should help with getting these upgrades more quickly. Once you have some good gear on your excavator, you'll be able to start hitting deeper depths where the ore becomes progressively more valuable.
But be warned, after having pulled in your first few loads and made some basic upgrades, MotherLoad becomes incredibly addicting. Remember to waste time responsibly.
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Subscribe to commentsJamesMay 30th 2008 12:14PM
Anyone remember Dig-Dug? What a great game.
Romeo WahedMay 30th 2008 1:07PM
If you're old enough to have played Dig-Dug, I doubt it's possible to forget it.
Matt S.May 30th 2008 10:39PM
I got down to about -2350ft with most every upgrade up to the $20,000 mark after playing for 4-5 hours..lol It just got boring because that far down the keys get less responsive and the game would freeze if you held the up arrow down to long. So it just got to the point where it took to long to get back to the surface.
CrazylinkMay 31st 2008 3:43PM
I played this a long time ago. It really an interesting game. Defiantly a good time waster.
edwardJun 1st 2008 4:33PM
I beat the game a couple years ago, was extremely fun... Never had the problems Matt was describing.
martinscJun 1st 2008 12:21PM
i love this one... a great timewaster!
i bought the gold edition a few years back and still love to waste my time with this ;-)
zkamJun 2nd 2008 4:24AM
Ah yes, this has been around for a few years now... Great game. Only problem: if you load a saved game, you have your power-ups and money, but you still have to start digging all over again. Still, better than not being able to save at all, I guess.
The Happy RockJun 7th 2008 11:48AM
@Matt S. - I played this a while back, and one of the item upgrades is a transporter thing that carries you back to the surface. Once you starting bringing in enough money you could load up on repair kits, extra fuel, and transporters and stay down for a long long time and teleport back up to the top.