Description
A puzzle game for Atari 8-bit computers, released by Egretsoft in 1981 and never reissued.
Provenance
Brought to a Lazarus rescue day by a former owner. The tape was sticky with binder breakdown and was baked at low temperature before a single careful read. Independent reads agree bit for bit.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
93ca6a0fac2eb14caaea8ecc911f2156b191c3e5e78f57300c637ca9fc546f08- Last verified
- Sep 28, 2026, by Vigil
- Emulation profile
- LZE-ATARI8-5 · lz-6502 core
- Copies
- Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
- Original carriers
- Kept in cold storage in Vancouver
Access
Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away.
In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-ATARI8-5, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on Atari 8-bit computers.
Cite as: Egretsoft, Mines of the Frozen Star (1981). Lazarus Archive, LZ-03370.