Oil's Well

Oil's Well is a computer game distributed by Sierra On-Line in 1983, and again in 1990. The game was programmed by Thomas J. Mitchell.

The player attempts to manage an oil drilling operation and collect oil, while evading subterranean creatures. The player can advance through eight different levels, using four directional control buttons to move the drill head, and pressing a button to quickly retract it.

The game was released for multiple platforms including the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, MSX, ColecoVision, and IBM compatibles.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• oilswell
• sierra
• dos
• games
• drill
• pc
• at
• c64

[zqadams]

I remember seeing ads for this in ELECTRONIC GAMES magazine when it first shipped. Always wondered what kind of game it was.

[roofy2k]

@COOLPRO195 just a guess here but if you didn't use DOSBox that's probably why

[Frequent2001]

haha i remember playing this a while ago on a monochrome screen on a tandy or some crappy computer

[COOLPRO195]

how did you fix the sound, i've just downloaded this gameon my dad's windows xp laptop and it works but with no sound, i didn't even use DOSBOX or anything

[COOLPRO195]

i remember playing this game when i was a little kid :)

[MarijnStevens]

@JockRonayne As far as I now there is a DosBox version for OSX, you can use that with the DOS game.

[JockRonayne]

I so remember this game on my first ever computer the Atari 800XL...I loved it...LOVED IT!!! Wish someone would port it to OSX.

[billshots]

your the god buddy, love to see ya play digdug

[RainJetSprinklers]

Looks fun

[adog262]

The graphics are pretty good, but man can that game get hard!  XP