This is a port to Go of a BASIC strategy/management game called Space Mines. The BASIC code was originally published in 1982 in an Usborne book titled Computer Space-games. In the same year the game was released on tape for the ZX Spectrum 16K, click here for more information and a download link to the Spectrum tape image.
Build using go build and then execute, you will be presented with output like so:
Year 1
There are 47 people in the colony
You have 4 mines and $ 799
Satisfaction Factor 1
Your mines produced 47 tons each
Ore in store: 188 tons
Selling:
Ore selling price: $ 9 /ton
Mine selling price: $ 3487 /mine
How much ore to sell? 188
How many mines to sell? 1
You have $ 5978
Buying
How much to spend on food? (Appr. $100 EA.) 2000
How many more mines to buy? 0
The aim of the game is to survive 10 years in office; the original printed source contains variables for total amount of food and food price. However it doesn't actually use them.
I have included scanned copies of the original source for page 24 and page 25 of the book this game was published in.
