XGen Studios is behind this Flash game that is reminiscent of the old-school arcade games Dig Dug and Boulder Dash. Hired to mine the dangerous planet of Mars, you are given a robotic mining pod and sent off on a mission to bring home the Motherload, a fabled cache of rare and valuable minerals.
Control of the pod is with the arrow keys. Simply press the key in the direction you want to go. When refueling or buying upgrades at the shop, or accessing your inventory, use the mouse for selecting. There is an options screen where you can turn down the music volume, for the initial default setting is quite loud.
While the graphics are fair, the gameplay appears to be quite solid with lots of options and upgrades to outfit your pod. I was surprised at first to learn it was built in Flash, as it seems more like what I'm used to seeing in games built with Java. Still, a fine effort and plenty of gaming goodness packed in to enjoy. Click.
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i only need to use 2 cheats. fill up fuel(fillerup) and all upgrades (ntouchable). what i do is just use plastic explosives instead of drilling it saves time. This is only useful if you want to get to the valuble gems or to sataN/Natas and your hull never gets damaged unless there is a hole under you. another thing the angel in the sky is a complete lie i spent almost all day flying up, got to about 8,765,000 ft up and still no angel it was a total waste of time! I have defeated sataN/Natas about 50 times and wanted to share my knowledge.
P.S. when you go to game enter the cheats click on the wrench spaner then while on that screen type in cheats.
P.S.S. this game is so easy i beat it in about 30 minutes without the cheats. whoever can beat that just post it on this site.
Posted by: yoma | June 14, 2007 3:20 PM
how do you spot gas??? please someone tell me! i had 15 diamonds on me and i hit gas ={ i lost 1.5mill!!!
Posted by: mopster | June 15, 2007 3:25 PM
how do you get to satan without blowing up?
Posted by: SatanSeeker | June 19, 2007 6:28 PM
i got the hull upgrade on my first time beating the game. made the boss quite easy. how far should i fly up before theres no point?
Posted by: Zell | June 20, 2007 10:41 PM
to: mopster
Once you get to the point in where your elevation meter breaks, every place without a rock or mineral has gas pockets. trust me i learned the hard way!!!!
Posted by: ??? | June 21, 2007 8:32 PM
to Zell:
there is no point in where the heavens are. i have went up over 500,000,000,000 ft in the air it was boring. now time to start the free fall eh? satins head does not get returned to heaven.
Posted by: yo mama | June 21, 2007 8:38 PM
i beat the game 100 times whit only 2 cheats "bling bling" and "ntouchable"its easy i will even make video how to beat "Satan" and how to use the cheats
=} bye
Posted by: nick64999 | June 25, 2007 9:48 AM
boy am i mad.
for starters i didn't know how to get through the bottom layer so i check a walkthrough and i find that these past days i have been playing non stop was a waste.
before i checked this forum i thought he had suspiciously red eyes
Posted by: ringo | June 26, 2007 9:26 PM
Is there any secrets items that you can find? like a drill or somthing? i mean somthin that you cant buy in the junk shop?
Posted by: Alex | July 1, 2007 2:46 PM
Uh......how to you enter in the cheat codes....on the top..does it mean hold zero and enter?......if not how do i enter in the cheats..and do i have to start the game to enter in the cheats?
Posted by: Eric | July 10, 2007 1:09 AM
Hi, I've just started playing and when i get about at 5000 feet my digging machine explodes. So i bought the 500000 dollars turbine. Do you know how the turbines work? How long can I stay down?
Posted by: mattia | July 10, 2007 4:25 PM
to mattia:
You ran into a gas pocket. You should buy a better hull, like the energy shielded one. The einstienium one also works, but once you get hit, you almost die.
Posted by: ray | July 10, 2007 4:34 PM
Thanks for that, man! And do you also know how can I see or do not fall into the gas pockets?
Posted by: Mattia | July 10, 2007 4:44 PM
People. I beat the game without cheats, and tried to fly up and deliver Satan's head. I'm currently at 200,000 ft., and there is nothing.
Don't even bother trying. >.<
Posted by: Hajile | July 13, 2007 1:12 PM
There is no way to see or detect gas pockets. Once you get down to around 4800 feet, be very careful. You can purchase a better hull, but that's very expensive. Alternatively, buy 50 or so dynamite and once down to 5000 feet, don't dig anymore but blast your way through further down. Gas pockets will not be where minerals are and obviously not in caves. So if you stick to caves or follow "mineral paths" and blast away soil when necessary, you can go down to more than 6000 feet even with a very weak hull and get some diamonds or amazonite to quickly upgrade your pod and buy nanobots and plastics for the big battle... Oh, and as you won't be able to follow a straight path down anymore, it pays to also take a few reserve tanks with you and a teletransporter to get back up. As this "expedition" will be quite expensive, make sure to get quite a few diamonds before you re-surface.
Posted by: JoR | July 18, 2007 11:39 AM
how do i get cheats and do them in the game
Posted by: Anonymous | July 19, 2007 3:10 PM
If you actually thought why in the heck would satans head be returned to heaven think about it this way: DEVIL DO NOT GO ^ DUR!!!!
Posted by: Just read | July 20, 2007 10:01 AM
i beat mr natas in his human form but when i was fighting his real form, the devil something happened and i ended up under the floor of bones. i could not move at all while satan was trying to kill me . i eventually died when i ran out of fuel. lol i spent all that time and that happend
Posted by: oh noz | July 20, 2007 12:05 PM
i beat it in 2.2 martin days because i used core port
Posted by: radest | July 21, 2007 11:23 AM
how do i use to plastic explosives on satan
Posted by: noob kid | July 22, 2007 10:16 PM
This game is addicting but I have only got to about 5 thousand feet.I am gonna try some cheats. YAY!
Posted by: Not very good at this game | July 29, 2007 4:57 PM
So the guy that we are working for is satan and then he trys to kill us when we find him?? I am confused.
Posted by: not very good at this game | July 29, 2007 5:26 PM
I got to satan in his human form but then he killed me. I tried to blow him up but I couldnt. :( I'm giving up on this game!!
P.S. My other question was answered
P.P.S. What do you do after you defeat him??
Posted by: not very good at this game | July 29, 2007 5:42 PM
32 minutes without cheats...
Posted by: JoR | July 30, 2007 2:01 PM
I'm confused...Do you have to have the Goldium version to use cheats?
Posted by: CHAZ | July 30, 2007 4:37 PM
This was easy lol...I beat it in about 102 martian days and plus,I have a simple question------WHAT DO I DO WITH SATANS HEAD I went 3 million feet in the air and guess what i find???NOTHING.And i beat the game in 40 minutes HA beat that xD....Just kidding T_T,I beat it in an hour
.
Posted by: Ryan | August 4, 2007 12:18 AM
satans head can be sent to god if your
game has a ! sign every time you buy something
while you have his head
you can find heven only if you have enough fuel
thats why they made the sky so high in this game
or they made the sky to do nothingor just to waste memory this is TRUE just buy allot of extra fuel
BUT I NEVER BEEN THERE the most idid was 2517095 FEET
Posted by: Maxx | August 5, 2007 1:05 AM
ok ok listen ill release all info on the game..
ok the angel, oil bird, alien blue prints and upgrades and returning satans head and the bonus in the sky are on goldium! which you gotta buy! and you can get satans and mr natas stuff. after you beat goldium 5 times you fly in sky to 100 000 feet then you drop safely. kill mr natas again and save and quit. load game kill him 1nce more and youll get his laser monicle for a drill and stuff and 5 mil. im serious
Posted by: the explainer | August 10, 2007 12:23 AM
and sorry if this is double posting
if you have and questions please email me or just type question in here
Posted by: the explainer | August 10, 2007 12:28 AM
How much does goldium costs??.... And where do you buy it???
Posted by: matt | August 10, 2007 5:23 PM
to matt:
look up goldium edition on google and like where to buy it and i think it costs.... like 13-20 you know normal disc price
Posted by: the explainer | August 11, 2007 3:10 PM
I love this game!!! It is definitely addictive. I like to take the game to work with me an play when I have time. I installed it onto my thumb drive an play it from there. The only problem is that it doesn't save to there and I can't find the save location on any computer I've played on. I know it's there cause when I play from different computers I have different saved games that come up. Does anyone know the file name and location of the saved game?? Or how to save the game to a geek stick (thumb drive)??
Posted by: Nightfall | August 13, 2007 6:30 PM
satan looks weird and who would come 66666ft down to kill their boss for like how many times?
Posted by: :) | August 17, 2007 9:18 PM
Ok so im trying to find all of the blueprints and only found 1 that gives you money if you dig up lava and I won the multidrill in challenge mode can someone tell me where the rest are?
Posted by: Jordan | August 20, 2007 8:05 PM
i beat satan in 17.4 martian days without cheats ...hehe...what do i do with the satan head...seriousley...i cant find it out...and can anyone tell me the way through the DRILL maze...the third one when you have to digg through pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls plk and hopw do i get skyaniuem? i fly up to 100003 but god keeps saying i have to much time on my hands...what now?
Posted by: Hamelzz | August 21, 2007 12:47 AM
and BTW the Bling bling cheat is spelled blingbling with no spaces =)
Posted by: =) | August 24, 2007 3:17 PM
Oh and anther thing beating natas is sooo easy with cheats i did it the first time i played :) now im just going to see how much money i can get YAY!!! money!!!!!!! :})
Posted by: Natas stinks | August 24, 2007 6:09 PM
hey anyone who wants to see how high they can get this is what to do:
first: put in the Ntouchable cheat and pause the game.
second: open up your limewire, Itunes, Napster, or whatever you have and play some tunes (my suggestion is to make a long playlist so you dont have to keep pausing and going back to pick a different song). if you dont have any try playing your DS, PSP, GBA, or any game system THATS NOT ON YOUR COMPUTER!!!! THIS WILL MAKE GAME CONTROLS UNRESPONSIVE!!!!
remember to put sound and music all the way down in motherload if you're listening to music or else it sounds wierd
third: unpause motherload and put something heavy (portable phone, cell-phone, ect...) and keep it there until you want to stop if you dont have anything heavy use Scotch tape on up(^) button.
Fourth: Get high[in game not in real life, drugs are evil:(] and play Your music/game until you want to stop.
thank you for flying AIR GREG, we hope to see you again
lol
Posted by: Greg | August 24, 2007 6:54 PM
THIS GAME ROCKS!!!
10000000/10!
Posted by: Cameron | August 24, 2007 7:00 PM
can someone pls tell me where the blueprints are.
Posted by: Jordan | August 24, 2007 7:07 PM
it would take over 19 days of flying straight up to return satans head so dont bother
Posted by: gdsgsfsfg | August 25, 2007 6:00 PM
27 minutes no cheats....beat that
Posted by: anthony | August 26, 2007 11:16 PM
25 minutes....even better :)...took me forever to do it though lol ...i will definetly look into buying the gold version!
Posted by: Leeroy Jenkins | August 27, 2007 9:38 PM
haha, took me two hours to complete this game with no cheats, yes i have nothing better to do. With satan one i sit next to him and spam repairs and c4. And i pretty much did that with satan#2 but spammed repair like three times as much.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 29, 2007 7:45 PM
dude the game is awesome. i think the cheats give it away though
Posted by: keith who loved it | August 29, 2007 8:06 PM
omg 66666 lol devil's number is 666 lolll so funny cant stop laughing!!
Posted by: Reaver | August 30, 2007 9:52 AM
1.9 martian days. Beat that! (used cheats though...)
Posted by: Brightred | September 1, 2007 9:18 PM
hahaha i dont no why u have to use cheats ive got the multi drill and it can drill through rock and is faster than the old top drill (cant remember name) oh and the idea about delivering satans head is a mystery ive got up 100,000,000 ft and cant do it oh and the angel takes half of the damage of your hull when you get hurt!!!
(complete challenge mode for multidrill (its worth it))
Posted by: Devilshalo | September 3, 2007 5:10 AM
I've beatin Saatan Four times now (both of them) w/ no
cheats, and when I save the game and continue, the screen goes black, I have to restart my computer, and I'm back to my previous save. What gives?
Posted by: delbar | September 6, 2007 10:02 PM
It won't load! Every time I open a link, some weird repeating movie starts playing in which they advertize Motherload, Pillage the village, Stick arena, and Stick RPG. No matter what I do, I just can't get to Motherload!
[Edit: It's XGen's site. They've made changes to it recently that is preventing people from being able to play their games. Check back later once they've fixed it. -Jay]
Posted by: Trevor | September 9, 2007 3:06 PM
Hey i have been typing in blingbling on the game i went on the game then went on the options typed it in blingbling but nothing happends do you have to press enter at the end or what?
Posted by: sam | September 16, 2007 6:35 AM
you know whats funny about the heaven thing is that its only available to purchased version. I wonder if anyone else knew that?
Posted by: Kage | September 16, 2007 12:25 PM
What happens when you get the message that says:
RETURN IMMEDIATELY OR YOU"LL BE TERMINATED I MEAN FIRED
Posted by: Eragon | September 19, 2007 1:42 AM
hehe there is a glitch and i died but im still alive and im being followed by my destroyed ship thingie! XD|
Posted by: Anonymous | September 21, 2007 10:43 PM
Two things i noticed that are kinda funny. 1. If Satan's owning you, you can fly back through the roof to escape. 2. when you get pretty low, you can get so much minerals that you are too heavy to fly up.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 22, 2007 3:54 AM
I got to the very bottom and I found the entry to the core, but I teleported back to the surface as soon as it said it would attack me. :p I haven't used any cheats. Why does anyone want cheats, wouldn't that make the game less fun? Did anyone else notice that Natas backwards is Satan?
Posted by: Connie | September 22, 2007 1:56 PM
It's weird that the core is -66666 ft, since from the time your altitude meter breaks, that would mean that you descend about 61000 ft faster than you go down the first 5000 ft lol.
Posted by: john | September 22, 2007 9:49 PM
This game scares me cuz of Natas's creepy red eyes when he sends a transmission
Posted by: George | September 23, 2007 12:44 AM
ill help blingbling is a cheat gets you 100k
Posted by: Anonymous | September 24, 2007 6:16 PM
please help me I cant use the save thing i the online mode
Posted by: Anonymous | September 25, 2007 2:54 PM
Do you know how many feet down natural gas pockets start?
Posted by: Ryan | September 25, 2007 3:44 PM
I've beaten the game in 3 days without cheat codes and it was pretty simple.
Don't know what everyone's complaining about. You just dig in the left side of the screen straight down until you have some cash to upgrade the fuel container. If you ran into some rocks, just blow it up with dynamite.
Then, when you reach the emeralds and rubys, collect them to upgrade your machine. Be careful after 4800 feet 'cause there are gas pockets. It could be any piece of soil except minerals, lava or rock. The best thing to do is to purchase an energy shield 'cause it can easily take one hit and then you should repair it. When you reach diamonds and amazonite you should just buy a lot of dynamite and plastic explosive to blow up every piece of dirt that could be a gas pocket. When you reach Satan, you should buy A LOT of plastic explosive and A LOT of nanobots to repair your hull.
That's it, have fun!
Posted by: flip | September 29, 2007 1:37 PM
I can't beat Mr. Natas. It's too hard!
Posted by: Stevo | September 30, 2007 5:42 PM
The first time i played it i knew the boss would be satan mr NATAS-SATAN fun game tho.
Posted by: Jack | October 2, 2007 11:39 AM
howdo you beat the boss
Posted by: Anonymous | October 7, 2007 3:12 AM
An easy way to get up is to hold down left mouse button to go up, then right click to bring up the option menu (settings, etc.). You just keep flying until you click again. You can also click away to check other pages etc., but when you go back to the screen, moving your mouse anywhere over the game screen stops it.
On the standard version, I flew up to 10,000 feet and got nothing.
Hope that helps.
Posted by: Alex1908 | October 7, 2007 11:38 AM
umm... do you need the goldium version to unlock the heaven or anything that exists in the sky???
Posted by: miner gold | October 11, 2007 5:42 AM
to nec the angel gives you money when ever you dig
Posted by: Asher | October 14, 2007 5:44 PM
ive completed the goldium ver in 76.7 martian days with 3,462,449,250 as my final score. no cheats and the angel does absolutely nothing. when fighting satan have enough plastic explosives i made it all the way dowmn and killed him on my first try pretty boring if you ask me. although i loved the game itself.:)
Posted by: Mr Cass | October 17, 2007 8:37 AM
How do you get to the core port! Whatever it is
Posted by: JAKE | October 18, 2007 3:15 PM
i killed both bosses, then nothing happend, my fuel jsut slowly ran out, so i died
Posted by: alex | October 29, 2007 3:05 PM
The angels DO DO SOMTHING!!!! heres what
Thanks!
P.S
Posted by: Hamelzz | November 2, 2007 10:36 PM
How do you tell when there is explosive gas so you can use
plastic explosives on it?
Posted by: Dylan Lynch | November 4, 2007 12:10 PM
The gas is present when you are digging into soil, not gems. Use dynamite when needing to travel through soil. You can travel through the gems without a gas attack.
Posted by: bedeci | November 12, 2007 6:53 AM
Natas is satan backwards..lol thats funny..
i beat the game once and that was enough.
kinda weird game if u think about it..
anyway what is the alien blue prints?!? some kind
of super drill??? and what if u get the angel
and satans head then fly 200000 Ft?? just wodnring
Posted by: livingstone | December 3, 2007 1:53 PM
I went down to -5000000 and atomaticly exploded!!
Posted by: vbnfj | December 5, 2007 7:59 PM
i cant get any of the cheats yo work
Posted by: Anonymous | December 7, 2007 5:14 AM
when does the first boss come at what depth ?
Posted by: levil | December 7, 2007 7:40 PM
how do you type in ther cheats...do you need to buy the goldium version???
Posted by: Anonymous | December 8, 2007 4:00 PM
ok can someone send me some pictures of angels and\or god at virtual.goose@gmail.com... i just cant do any of it.
those mac users, just press apple+shift+4 to take a screen shot in the selected area.
windows,, cant help ya
i'd appreciate it!
Posted by: Realnice | January 4, 2008 6:55 PM
this game was very cool. Only the first time I played it though. It got old after awhile. and realnice I don't have pix sorry. I reccomend people play this only once
Posted by: maria | January 18, 2008 8:08 PM
OK, I beat Satan, and the game (free on line version)just ends, or saves and resets the score to zero.... How on Earth (or Mars) do you post those outrageously high scores?
Posted by: Zaphod | February 3, 2008 1:48 PM
ok for all those wondering about gas pockets i have a few tips
1-gaspockets are invisible they usually start appearing around 4500ft-5000ft.They get more frequent the further down you go
2-The only way to defend yourself is to buy a good turbine,a good hull and repair nanites from the repair shop.you could also just blow the ground up if you were feeling lazy.
Posted by: driller | February 6, 2008 12:40 PM
Every time i get to -6000 feet, the next time i teleport or fly up, an exlamation point appears over me and my tunnel disappears. I dont know what to do and my patience is waning.
i also havent gotten any message from satan or fought anyone.
Posted by: Jak | February 11, 2008 9:24 PM
ya i know do u have to buy a version or something i just keep goin n goin and theres nothing i get to the bottom and im blocked by blackness i dont get it
Posted by: notgettingit | February 16, 2008 12:27 PM
I was killed by Satan and, pretty interesting, became a kind of wreck, but was able to do everything. I still could beat Natas. When I used quantum teleporter I found myself back above like normal. Only thing was that the wreck flew behind me constantly. Really weird. Probably because I used cheats.
Posted by: Jaap | February 18, 2008 12:54 PM
does anyone know if the goldium edition saves your tunnels?
Posted by: Anonymous | February 18, 2008 1:39 PM
Posted by: Jaap | February 23, 2008 2:57 PM
Does something special happen when Mr.Natas/satan sayStop or you will be terminated...er...as in fired
Posted by: bob | February 24, 2008 5:02 PM
how many challenges u have to go trought to get the multidrill
Posted by: wanties multidrill | March 6, 2008 8:19 AM
What does the oil bird do
Posted by: cai | March 15, 2008 1:13 PM
hi I really like this game so I like to play it but almost always my cave caves in on me is there anyway that you can stop that or get back down to were I was?????? PLease HELP
Posted by: Graeme | March 22, 2008 11:53 PM
Graeme, if I remember right, you have to keep upgrading your hull and stuff to handle the pressure the lower you go.
Just revisited this game for the first time in a couple years (this game is what introduced me to hardcore casual gaming, and this site). Such a classic.
They really need to make a sequel.
Posted by: anarky
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March 27, 2008 1:18 AM
Hi, this is intresting,
Mr.dog "dog" backwards= god
Mr.natas "natas" backwards= satan
Cool,Eh?
Posted by: sam | March 27, 2008 2:19 PM
I was playing the standard version but how do i use the cheats? Is it only available in the purchased version?
Posted by: kiki | April 16, 2008 9:09 PM
yea im also wondering if u need to have the goldium edition. i know like all the cheats but havent been able to use them.
Posted by: jefffffff | April 25, 2008 5:17 PM
For all those who want to enter in cheats: go to the Options screen, then enter in the cheats! P.S. You get something called "CHEATER" and you can't save your game!
Posted by: Xylozex | April 28, 2008 9:25 AM
Hey quick question what do u do with satan's head once u get it and the game restarts.?????
Posted by: Anonymous | May 4, 2008 2:14 PM
You only need to fly up to 10,000 ft before god gives you the guardian angel.
Posted by: Scar | May 15, 2008 6:42 PM
An easy way to get down deep, is to go to the left as far as possable and just hold the down arrow. If the screen moves you will have to go right and then left to fix it. Otherwise use a teleporter and go to the fuel station.
Posted by: hotsauceeater | May 15, 2008 8:40 PM