Mule051A

Mule051A is an unfinished but playable freeware remake of M.U.L.E., the legendary strategy game created by Ozark Softscape in 1983 for the 8-bit Atari computers and the Commodore 64. The number in the name gives away the version, 0.51 alpha – a typical piece of hobbyist work released into the wild over BBS boards while still in progress. Period sources connect it with the JLM Software label.

The original is one of the cleverest economic strategies ever made: up to four colonists divide up plots of land on an alien planet, use M.U.L.E. robots to farm and mine resources, and then trade them at auction. This DOS version, preserved in an archive of Finnish DOS games, tries to bring the core of that game to the PC.

How far the conversion got is yours to judge – Mule051A runs right in your browser on OldGame.cz.