Lost Dutchman Mine [Archive]

ted striker

02-01-2006, 11:08 AM

Originally posted by RPGmaster@Jan 2 2006, 08:53 AM
OMG OMG OMG OMG
I LOVE THIS GAME XD
I remember playing it on the Amiga when I was a youngling
But then I lost it and I have been looking for this game for about 11 years or so xD
And now its here xD

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY* :Brain:

Thank you abandonia* :kosta:
i feel like max as sarah, when he gave that baby back.. "you are my hero, i love you... :cry: "

Bluntman

02-01-2006, 11:10 AM

Now that's a real gem. Thanks Abandonia - great work, as usual :kosta:

Master MC

02-01-2006, 12:15 PM

Nothing happens when I use the pan in the rivers - does that indicate that there is no gold to be found?

EDIT
Nevermind, I got strange sacks out of nowhere in my inventory - which I could sell for a lot of money at the assay office :party:
:bannana:
Gonna buy me a gun :guns: :sniper:

EDIT II
How can I load up my mule? And is it possible I completely ate all the fish out of the river? And yegh, that man eats snakes.

EDIT III
Bah, I'll shut up already - click on an object and right click on an empty grid in the mule's inventory, as mentioned in the posts above. :wall:

ted striker

02-01-2006, 02:31 PM

yes yes. it is possible to eat all fishes. thats what usually happens to greedy mankind eh? :D and if you cant find any gold try a different part of the river. and the mines that have metal frameworks in them pay maximum. but it is possible to find parts of an interesting (?!) artifact in those mines that do not have frameworks. so its wise to check every mine in the game in my opinion. there are over 100 mines i guess.

Master MC

02-01-2006, 06:57 PM

How do I distinguish mine from mountain? What do I need to enter a mine (like hammers, lanterns, etc.)? I used to walk around night and day across the entire map, hitting the spacebar when possible, and I only get a nice view of the scenery. This resulted in those stupid Indians shooting arrows all over the place.

ted striker

02-01-2006, 07:15 PM

in the desert map, when the black dot that repesents you is next to a mountain, hit space bar and youll see a cave ahead (entrance of the mine) afew seconds later you are in the mine. if you dont have a lantern (and matches to light it) you cant see around. if you dont have a pick and a shovel, you cant mine. in some mines you need a rope to climb and dive. and gloves reduces lost health points i suppose. a nice spot to begin mining is the single mountain positioned northeast of city. approach from east. when black dot touches mountain, hit space.

Scut

02-01-2006, 10:54 PM

I just tried out this game and I love it! It kept me playing for four hours (an its about 16 years old)!

But I don´t quite understand: What do I need the knife and the shovel for? :help:

ted striker

02-01-2006, 11:08 PM

i've tried to mine without a shovel and it worked. so im really not sure about it.. i havent finished the game, maybe it will have some use later on. same goes for knife. :blink:

Master MC

03-01-2006, 02:23 PM

Maybe a stupid question... How do I get gold out of the mines? I don't see particular 'gold spots' so I just start hacking. But that does not produce sacks 'o' gold or something else.

O, and an other question, what is the use of sleeping, except for that the shops are closed and I need less food? It's just like during daylight, where I can drink water, eat fish and attend mines...

ted striker

03-01-2006, 02:51 PM

goldspots are yellow, shiny, tiny, cracks on grounds at dead-ends of mines. they are usually in mines that have frameworks (is there a single word for such structures in english? :P) its impossible to miss them. maybe you are mining in wrong mines? (the ones that dont have frameworks or ladders :P) when you encounter such spots, press and hold space and old-timer is gonna use his pick until yellow color is gone. and a brownish sack is gonna be added to your tools inventory. if your inventory is full you cant mine anymore. you have to go out and put the sacks in your burros inventory. so keep a few blanks in your tools inventory before you enter a mine. and there are several spots in a mine to dig.

Master MC

03-01-2006, 02:55 PM

I'll be darned! I looked in another mine, and hop, 'frameworks', a cart with gold in it, etc. Thanks for the tip(s).

ted striker

03-01-2006, 02:57 PM

from the manual: "...SLEEP: After 6 PM, an option to SLEEP is available. Although your health does not rely on sleep, there are times when you will want to take advantage of this feature. Clicking on SLEEP will result in the immediate passage of time. After a brief fade to black, you will find yourself in front of the saloon at 9:00 the following morning..." i sleep if im in town after 6. it makes me feel good :)

Master MC

03-01-2006, 03:01 PM

That brings me to something else... You can buy Long Johns and a blanket in the shop. Can you actually sleep out in the open?

Woah! $500 for one sack!

ted striker

03-01-2006, 03:14 PM

i think you wouldnt be sleeping literally. but your health will decrease less rapidly if you posess long johns and a blanket out in the open at nights. keep digging :P i wonder who is gonna find the lost dutchman mine first around here? btw this is a true story. check google for "lost dutchman mine."

Master MC

03-01-2006, 03:21 PM

Yeah the 3D game you posted some time ago also tells the story of mr. Jacob Waltz (anyone remember the Scrooge(©) story where he actually finds the mine? not much information but not that interesting anyway (http://www.lost-dutchman.com/dutchman/fiction.html#rosa))

Guest

03-01-2006, 10:39 PM

Great game!
I've got most of the pieces of the map, but can't make much of it.

Does anybody know how to read it?

coach

03-01-2006, 10:44 PM

Any way to play this w/o a joystick?

Master MC

03-01-2006, 10:49 PM

Originally posted by coach@Jan 3 2006, 11:44 PM
Any way to play this w/o a joystick?
Yes, by playing without one :wacko:
Just move around with the cursor keys, the space bar is the 'action' key (eg switching between screens, shooting the gun, hacking for gold in the mines etc.). Alternately, I think numpad 1 is also appliable but I'm not sure. Just use space.

Jochen

05-01-2006, 11:09 AM

Hi all,

I'd like to ask your opinion on this:
My oldtimer stepped into a mine that first looked like a usual mine with frames (?) and ladders, gold and so on. Then I found a passage downward to an unexplored part of the mine. The whole walls were glimming like gold (Is this the lost mine?), but i couldn't get it. Trying to get back out, I had to see that the exit wasn't there anymore, just a dead end.
So I went further down, where came into a room with several ropes and spiders running up and down the ropes. Having managed to climb the ropes without having died from the spiders (after some trying), I came back to the usual part of the mine with an exit, but nothing else...
What's it all about? Just a gimmik? The lost mine? Don't know..

Maybe You do? :blink:

Greetings,
Jochen

05-01-2006, 11:18 AM

guys, jus HOW d'you sleep? What's the button to press???

Sry for the stupid question

Mongi

05-01-2006, 11:52 AM

If I remember correctly, this game has a very sad "bug" :cry: (or rather drastic misbalance) with which you can make infinite amount of money. Just play poker in the saloon, u'll see what I mean.

Master MC

05-01-2006, 01:43 PM

Originally posted by mi@Jan 5 2006, 12:18 PM
guys, jus HOW d'you sleep? What's the button to press???

Sry for the stupid question
Go to the saloon when it starts to get dark, you'll see the option 'sleep'. After a dark screen you'll stand in front of the saloon at 9 AM.

If I remember correctly, this game has a very sad "bug" :cry: (or rather drastic misbalance) with which you can make infinite amount of money. Just play poker in the saloon, u'll see what I mean.

Well that's rather untrue, I lost all my money.

ted striker

05-01-2006, 01:48 PM

Originally posted by Jochen@Jan 5 2006, 12:09 PM
Hi all,

I'd like to ask your opinion on this:
My oldtimer stepped into a mine that first looked like a usual mine with frames (?) and ladders, gold and so on. Then I found a passage downward to an unexplored part of the mine. The whole walls were glimming like gold (Is this the lost mine?), but i couldn't get it. Trying to get back out, I had to see that the exit wasn't there anymore, just a dead end.
So I went further down, where came into a room with several ropes and spiders running up and down the ropes. Having managed to climb the ropes without having died from the spiders (after some trying), I came back to the usual part of the mine with an exit, but nothing else...
What's it all about? Just a gimmik? The lost mine? Don't know..

Maybe You do? :blink:

Greetings,
Jochen
hey i think you did? ve never been able to find the mine myself, though yours sounds quite like you did. so nothing happened after this? nothing like congratulations screen??

Master MC

05-01-2006, 01:59 PM

Has anyone noticed the save games? 'Korea' has 18770 bucks! Ted, did you not upload the game?

ted striker

05-01-2006, 02:03 PM

just reviewed MC. why?

Master MC

05-01-2006, 02:09 PM

I wondered how you got the money. But nevermind.

ted striker

05-01-2006, 03:07 PM

i've got 10000 bucks at the end of the first week and i tried for caves usually. buy three burros and hang around mines for a few days, fill your burros with loads (one mine makes around 15 sacks usually, which equals around 4500 bucks) so if you mine hard youll have 18000 at the end of the week.. but havin that much of money is nothing according to game progress. whats important is to find the lost dutchman mine rite? you need money to buy food, merchandise and payin for your medication. thats all.

ted striker

05-01-2006, 04:35 PM

two tips:

if ladder is blocked by falling rocks, use your pick until fallen stones are gone. then youre free to descend.

there arre two types of packs if you noticed: 1- small packs which wort simply nothing (these are panning sacks also) and 2-big bags which worth more then 400 usually (one of my big sacks made 640 bucks). if the first sack in a mine is small then dont bother to dig that mine. though still explore it maybe its the lost mine.

Master MC

05-01-2006, 06:46 PM

Using korea.sav, I gambled with Dapper Dan using extravagant bets. In that way, he could only offer a piece of a map. I felt I achieved something big - but it was only a small piece of the map you can buy at the mercantile. Now how useful is that!

jochen

05-01-2006, 06:56 PM

Originally posted by ted striker@Jan 5 2006, 02:48 PM

hey i think you did?* ve never been able to find the mine myself, though yours sounds quite like you did. so nothing happened after this? nothing like congratulations screen??
No nothin happened...
I just stepped out of the mine (couldn't go further in) and there i was again in the mountains, but nothing else happened. The game went on as usual...

jochen

05-01-2006, 07:28 PM

Originally posted by jochen+Jan 5 2006, 07:56 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (jochen @ Jan 5 2006, 07:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-ted striker@Jan 5 2006, 02:48 PM

hey i think you did?* ve never been able to find the mine myself, though yours sounds quite like you did. so nothing happened after this? nothing like congratulations screen??
No nothin happened...
I just stepped out of the mine (couldn't go further in) and there i was again in the mountains, but nothing else happened. The game went on as usual... [/b][/quote]
Well...I tried again...
finally managed to grab some gold from down there, past the spiders. Then I had to go back to town and claim the mine at the assay office. That's all.
So it was the lost mine. :D
And oldtimer became a wealthy man :w00t:

By the way, the map is crap!

ted striker

05-01-2006, 08:32 PM

well done jochen :) :ok:

Master MC

05-01-2006, 09:48 PM

The map is crap? Could you please elaborate?

Guest

06-01-2006, 02:26 AM

u get 1 peice of map from the poker man , anyone know where u find the rest

Master MC

06-01-2006, 06:28 PM

Originally posted by Guest@Jan 6 2006, 03:26 AM
u get 1 peice of map from the poker man , anyone know where u find the rest
I only know of the map you can buy at the mercantile...

Guest

07-01-2006, 02:50 AM

its a map that has been split into 4 - anyone know?

ted striker

07-01-2006, 03:13 PM

you can find them in caves.

Guest_Silverback

15-01-2006, 09:20 AM

Hey, just wanted to let you all know that I just found the Lost Dutchman's Mine. It was in the upper RIGHT hand corner of the screen, where the mountains make a kind of cove around the desert. Someone else mentioned on here that they thought they had found it, and they were right. It was in a mine with the framework, but I had to use the rope to desend to a lower level. Make sure you have the rope with you, or you can't get to it. I had the pick, shovel, rope, lantern, and matches with me, plus 5 canteens and the rest food. There was a load of gold in the mine, and I had to leave to unload and get the rope before going back in. Anyway, when you go down the rope, the ceiling starts caving in, and if you don't move immediately to the right, you'll get knocked down several times, and die. When you go to the right, there's a passage way, then a room with multiple ropes, with spiders climbing up and down the ropes. The room is glittering with gold, but you can't mine any of it. You have to climb up the ropes, avoiding the spiders, and climb out of the room. The third rope is the only one that will allow exit from the room. Then, when you reenter the town, and go to the assay office, there is a new option available, called "claim". Hit the button, and you get a claim number. Then when you leave the office, there's a little congrats screen saying that you found the mine, and you're instantly weathy and famous. There's a picture of you standing in front of the saloon wearing a tux and tophat. That's it. Hope you all find it too!
PS. I started the game by going to the saloon and playing poker. There's a little glitch where if you bet, but don't enter an amount, the opponent will never raise. If you have a really good hand (three of a kind or better) just type in a large amount, close to or all of your amount, and he'll probably call. I made about $50,000 in about 10 minutes, and the clock time didn't change. I then bought supplies, all three mules, revolver and ammo, and started mining. Hope this helps!

ted striker

15-01-2006, 12:39 PM

:ok: :ok: :ok: as far as i know mine locations change everytime you begin annother game.

Larsson

16-03-2006, 10:08 AM

The only things I use when I'm mining is a couple of canteens, fishing hook, fish that i've catched, pick, matches, lantern and pan. Sometimes revolver, bullets, gloves and rope.

Do I need anything else? Like, can i sleep in the desert if i have longjohns and a blanket?:blink:

As I remember it, the lost mine moves and aren't at the same location in every restarted game.

ted striker

16-03-2006, 10:13 AM

well you can't.. i had the same fantasy.. so heartbreaking.. but you cant.. i couldnt.

Larsson

16-03-2006, 11:32 AM

BTW, what kind of poker do you play at the saloon?

Larsson

16-03-2006, 05:55 PM

Woha! Got $700 for a bag!

Larsson

16-03-2006, 06:24 PM

Is the mine always at the same place?

kentmorten

23-07-2006, 09:39 PM

I have the orginal Amiga game, but in the middle of the game, the game stops, and asks for a word in the orginal manual. Anyone who know where I can find it?

Guest

15-09-2006, 06:07 AM

Can someone help me? I can't see the cursor and I have no idea why? I've tried running with vdmsound but no luck.

The Fifth Horseman

15-09-2006, 11:56 AM

Try running with DosBox.

Guest

18-09-2006, 05:37 AM

Nevermind, I found out what the problem was - I remembered that I had the same problem with another old Dos game (Balor's Evil Eye, I think.) Turns out that if I set XP's non-unicode language to JP, the cursor would become invisible. Odd.

Amy

18-10-2006, 01:27 AM

Hey! ^^
Isn't this game the best? I just started playing it todat for the first time in years, and came across the lost mine by accident. (With NO help from the map, by the way!) Anyway, I was wondering if there was any special trick or anything to climbing up the ropes with the spiders? I've tried and tried, and the little buggers keep killing me. :sos:

Guest_James_*

22-11-2006, 01:16 AM

I love this game and just found a 3d version online. Is it worth the D/L?

Guest

03-01-2007, 08:51 PM

Yeah, anyone know what to do about the question from the manual, page 18, line 3, word 3?

Guest

18-05-2007, 01:44 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Sep 18 2006, 05:37 AM) 255719</div>
Nevermind, I found out what the problem was - I remembered that I had the same problem with another old Dos game (Balor's Evil Eye, I think.) Turns out that if I set XP's non-unicode language to JP, the cursor would become invisible. Odd.
[/b]HELP ME :sos: :sos: my cursor is inwizzble too can you explain more clear ly please? ive heard how fun the game is and it scks wthout a cursor :wallbash: :wallbash:

The Fifth Horseman

18-05-2007, 02:22 PM

If you insist of running the game in plain Windoze... You can change the language settings in Windows Control Panel, under Globalization (I think it's called that way in English version... it's a little globe icon, anyway...). The cursor vanishes only if the code page setting for non-unicode programs is set to Japanese.

If you don't know what the hell I'm talking about,I suggest you use DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net) to run this game instead. You can download it here (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1).

Yanuar

20-06-2007, 03:49 PM

I used Korea's saved game, and found the lost mine on the left end of the screen. You can refer to the map, it shows something similar. The mine is just above the river before the river is cornered.

arlesya

21-06-2007, 05:39 AM

Wow!!! I just downloaded this game and I loved it!!!! It's just the style of game I like! It reminds me of my beloved Harvest Moon. It's like a Harvest Moon meets American Old West.... or maybe the opposite since Dutchman is older... well, whatever. The point is... the game is great. I haven't played it enough to get all the tricks. In fact, I tried to google it but didn't get much info on the game itself like faqs and such.
Does anyone know of a goodwebsite for this game?

I should be studying for an exam.... :whistling: But, hey, I think it was worth it. Sort of ^_^

Guest

11-08-2007, 08:10 PM

I'm running the game in DosBox. I used to play it YEEEAAARRRSSSS back on my old Commodore 3600 (I think it was a 3600...).. anyway, it seems to be running slow as hell, and the mouse is invisible until I click on the screen usually twice.. also, using the arrow keys to walk, when I press the arrow, he takes a half step, stops.. and then after holding it for another second or so he'll keep going.. this is all making things quite difficult.. for instance with snakes or robbers it takes like 5-10 seconds for me to get the mouse to even show up to click run.. did I mention that walking is soooo much slower then it should be? I've adjusted the framerate, and the frameskip, neither seem to have a positive effect.. now, to explain why this is confusing me:

I'm running the game on DosBox
I have a 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 Processor Win XP
512 MB of Ram

I love/loved this game.. anyone know what I can do to fix this?

The Fifth Horseman

13-08-2007, 07:02 AM

Increase your cycles.
Also, which version of DOSBox are you running?

Guest

13-08-2007, 02:55 PM

I tried increasing the cycles, all the way up to over 30k... and I think it might be version 0.65? LOL

The Fifth Horseman

13-08-2007, 02:59 PM

Upgrade to 0.71. It's nearly twice as fast as 0.65.

Guest

15-08-2007, 12:37 AM

thanks a bunch :D

Prism

12-03-2009, 01:19 AM

Welcome!

I just downloaded the game and played it until I've found 6 parts of the hidden map. Since the map is split into 9 different "squares", it's hard to collect all the pieces. I got one from the pokerman in the Saloon, and the rest came from stalagmite caves (so not the goldmine-caves).

The problem is, when I grabbed the 7th piece of the map, I received an interesting graphics:

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/view/090312/LDMerror_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

Ahem...
(needless to say I had to start all over)

Simoneer

12-03-2009, 01:59 AM

I feel sorry for you. :cry:

AZA510

02-08-2009, 06:08 AM

I have problem where the sound doesnt work.. the other thing. I started playing a amiga version and it came up with a thing where you had to put in a word from one of the original manuals. do you have to do this on the PC version??

AZA510

02-08-2009, 06:09 AM

I use to play it as a kid.. I love it.

dosraider

02-08-2009, 06:11 AM

I have problem where the sound doesnt work.
Midi music and a few sound effects are available if you run the game with DosBox..

AZA510

02-08-2009, 06:13 AM

.

sweet as Ill run it in dosbox..
what about the code word thing?? is that a problem with PC version

Surgeon

11-08-2009, 12:44 AM

How to quell thirst in this game? I can't find a way, except wasting money on expensive wiskey?

BranjoHello

21-09-2010, 07:03 PM

Nice one this is.
It's pretty complex game for something from 1989, IMHO.
It takes some time to catch up with game mechanics and then the real fun starts.

I also tried 3D remake, it's a piece of shIt.

chris_doom_k.

10-11-2010, 11:56 PM

Very good game, i was playing it as a kid but i never found the mine with the lost dutchman. Is it true that it changes everytime you start a new game? It needs a lot of searching and i guess i'll have to find some time to finish it after so many years. I remember myself playing the game sometimes just for the poker section.:rolleyes:

The one who flew

14-11-2010, 08:16 PM

How to quell thirst in this game? I can't find a way, except wasting money on expensive wiskey?

Whiskey is close... the answer also starts with 'w'.:lol:

Seriously though, the store sells flasks which you can fill at a river.

...I think. Haven't played this in a while. I remember getting bitten by snakes and shot by indians a lot as a kid. Surprisingly the game felt a bit easier when I revisited it this millenium.