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Mine Tower is a Dan-Ball app game released in 18 January, 2013. It is basically a implementation of the Mine Tower web game into mobile systems.

Game Interface[]

  • Time: Indicates the time used in playing.
  • Mine: Shows the number of mines which have not been found by putting a flag. The game starts with a random number of mines and varies on each difficulty.
  • Miss: Shows how many times the player has pressed on a mine.
  • Speed: Shows the speed of scrolling currently

Instructions[]

Refer to this page.

Controls[]

  • Tapping on a blank cell: The cell will be marked with a flag. If tapped for a second time when ? marks are on, the flag will turn into a "?" which indicates that the player is not sure about whether that cell has a mine or not. tapping another time will turn the cell blank.
  • Double tap on a cell: Reveal the content inside the cell.
  • Tapping on a numbered cell with all its nearby mines "flagged": Reveal all remaining cells around.
  • Tapping on an item: Activate the item.
  • Dragging the minefield downwards: Cause the tower to drop faster. Useful when you have finished the entire field.

Items[]

There are items to use in Mine Tower. To use these items, click on the item desired. The effects of items are here:

  • Watch: Stop the time for 15 seconds.
  • Scope: Reveal the location of mines for 3 seconds.
  • Bomb: By clicking on the desired area, all cells currently shown on screen will be revealed and have the mines marked.

Modes[]

There are 4 different modes for Mine Tower. Their differences are listed below.

  • Easy mode: 100 floors, initial speed is 1, speed level increases per 50 floors, number of mines is around 90-100.
  • Normal mode: 200 floors, initial speed is 1, speed level increases per 50 floors, number of mines is around 350-375.
  • Hard mode: 150 floors, initial speed is 1, speed level increases per 30 floors, number of mines is around 390-420.
  • High-speed mode: 400 floors, initial speed is 10, speed level increases per 10 floors, number of mines is around 255-265

Points[]

In the game, points are calculated once the game ends. Total points are calculated as follows:

No. of completed floors * 500 - time taken * 50 - no. of misses * 500

History[]

iOS version[]

  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.5 - 03/02/2023
    • iOS 15 support. App stability and performance improvement.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.4 - 30/04/2021
    • iOS 14 support. App stability and performance improvement. Bug fix.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.3 - 13/10/2017
    • iOS 11 support. BGM and sound effect addition. Ranking interface updated. Banner ad removable by watching video ads. Settings addition.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.2 - 09/05/2014
    • iOS 7 support.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.1 - 13/09/2013
    • iPhone 5 support.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.0 - 18/01/2013
    • Game creation.

Android version[]

  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.6 - 10/11/2023
    • Android 14 support. App stability and performance improvement. Bug fix.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.5 - 10/02/2023
    • Android 12 support. App stability and performance improvement.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.4 - 07/05/2021
    • Android 10 support. App stability and performance improvement. Bug fix.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.3 - 06/10/2017
    • BGM and sound effect addition. Ranking interface updated. Banner ad removable by watching video ads. Settings addition.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.1 - 25/07/2014
    • Optimization.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.0 - 01/02/2013
    • Android support.

Kindle version[]

  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.5 - 17/02/2023
    • Android 12 support. App stability and performance improvement.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.4 - 14/05/2021
    • App stability and performance improvement. Bug fix.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.3 - 20/10/2017
    • BGM and sound effect addition. Ranking interface updated. Banner ad removable by watching video ads. Settings addition. Control optimization.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.1 - 14/11/2014
    • Better sound quality. Optimization.
  • Mine Tower (AG) ver1.0 - 08/02/2013
    • Kindle Fire/Kindle Fire HD support.
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