Aster Hunt

The player takes on the role of a space entrepreneur competing against the Omni Corporation to maximise profits from mining valuable minerals from asteroids. The game is turn-based, and each player has four different-coloured lasers with varying point multipliers. To extract minerals, you must fire a laser of the correct colour, which will collect all fragments of that colour arranged in a straight line, regardless of whether they are inside or outside the asteroid. In later levels, multipliers also appear on the minerals themselves, forcing players to undertake tactical and most profitable mining operations. Each mineral collected fills the storage area for both players, and once one of them is full, the value of the minerals is totalled and the winner is determined. If the computer wins, the entire round must be restarted from the beginning with different laser multiplier settings and a new arrangement of minerals on the asteroid. A player’s victory will advance the storyline, and the battle for profits will begin on the next difficulty level of the asteroid. The main storyline comprises 10 levels, the final one of which requires you to mine the legendary mithril, which will allow you to continue the game on subsequent levels featuring radioactive asteroid fragments.