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* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: The player character shuts off the leaking valves, but succumbs to the poisonous gas.]]

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* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The player character shuts off the leaking valves, but succumbs to the poisonous gas.]]



* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: The player character seals the final vent knowing it will make the air too poisonous for his own escape.]]

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'''''The Dead Mines''''' is a 2018 [[FreewareGames freeware]] AdventureGame for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], made in Unity and published on [[https://aabicus.itch.io/the-dead-mines itch.io]]. Toxic fumes are poisoning the people who live above an old AbandonedMine, and the player is sent into the depths to try and solve the problem.

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'''''The Dead Mines''''' is a 2018 [[FreewareGames freeware]] AdventureGame for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], made in Unity and published on [[https://aabicus.itch.io/the-dead-mines itch.io]]. io]].

Toxic fumes are poisoning the people who live above an old AbandonedMine, and the player is sent into the depths to try and solve the problem.
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* OminousFog: The mines are filled with sickly green gas.

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* OminousFog: The mines are filled with sickly green gas. Since you have a helmet, it's not lethal and merely restricts visbility. [[FogOfDoom Until you start sealing pipes and it begins thickening...]]
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* FatalFamilyPhoto: Not a photo, but one note was written by a miner musing about picking up cookies for his wife and kids when he leaves work today. The fact that you find the note right outside the collapsed tunnel that caused the gas leak implies the worst.

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* FatalFamilyPhoto: Not a photo, but one note was written by a miner musing about picking up cookies for his wife and kids when he leaves work today. The fact that you find the Too bad said note was found right outside the collapsed tunnel that caused where the toxic gas leak implies the worst.started...
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* HazmatSuit: The player character wishes out loud that he'd brought one of these, settling instead for just a filtered helmet.

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* HazmatSuit: The player character wishes out loud that he'd brought one of these, instead of settling instead for just a filtered helmet.
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* HazmatSuit: The player character wishes out loud that he'd brought one of these.

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* HazmatSuit: The player character wishes out loud that he'd brought one of these.these, settling instead for just a filtered helmet.
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* SafetyGearIsCowardly: As the gas gets worse, the player character curses himself for not bringing a full containment suit (though he implies it was out of negligence, not bravado).

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* SafetyGearIsCowardly: As the gas gets worse, the player character curses himself for not bringing a full containment suit (though he implies it was out of negligence, carelessness, not bravado).
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* SafetyGearIsCowardly: As the gas gets worse deeper in the mine, the player character curses himself for not bringing a full containment suit (though he implies it was out of negligence, not bravado).

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* SafetyGearIsCowardly: As the gas gets worse deeper in the mine, worse, the player character curses himself for not bringing a full containment suit (though he implies it was out of negligence, not bravado).
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* HazmatSuit: The player character wishes out loud that he'd brought one of these.


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* NoOSHACompliance: The mines do not look like a fun place to work. Pitfalls are void of protective railings, the tunnels leave no room to avoid incoming minecarts, heavy stalactites hang from the ceilings, and there was apparently nothing in place to stop the whole mine from filling with gas after a few pipes burst.


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* SafetyGearIsCowardly: As the gas gets worse deeper in the mine, the player character curses himself for not bringing a full containment suit (though he implies it was out of negligence, not bravado).
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* HollywoodTorches: The mine is lit by open-flame lamps that are still burning strong.

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* HollywoodTorches: The abandoned mine is lit by open-flame lamps that are still burning strong.
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* BigRedButton: The four bright red valves the player must find to seal off the gas leaking to the surface.

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* BigRedButton: The four bright red bright-red valves the player must find to seal off the gas leaking to the surface.
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* BigRedButton: The four bright red valves the player must find to seal off the gas leaking to the surface.
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* RollercoasterMine: A lighter example since the player doesn't ride it, but he does push a minecart down a long, winding track in order to crash it into rubble blocking a collapsed tunnel.
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* LadderPhysics: There's one ladder in the game, and it's pretty easy to accidentally fall off. Luckily, the player can't take fall damage.

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* LadderPhysics: There's one ladder in the game, and it's pretty easy to accidentally fall off. Luckily, the player can't take fall damage.FallingDamage.
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* ThinkingOutLoud: The player character continues to suggest ideas or comment on what he sees even after discovering his radio no longer works.

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* ThinkingOutLoud: The player character continues to suggest ideas ideas, weigh options, or comment voice opinions on what he sees even after discovering his radio no longer works.
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* SuddenLackOfSignal: The player's radio connection to the surface cuts off almost mid-conversation as the player progresses deeper into the mines.



* TechnicolorToxin: The poisonous gas is bright green.

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* TechnicolorToxin: The poisonous gas is bright green.green.
* ThinkingOutLoud: The player character continues to suggest ideas or comment on what he sees even after discovering his radio no longer works.
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* FatalFamilyPhoto: Not a photo, but the note where the

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* FatalFamilyPhoto: Not a photo, but one note was written by a miner musing about picking up cookies for his wife and kids when he leaves work today. The fact that you find the note where right outside the collapsed tunnel that caused the gas leak implies the worst.
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* ClusterBleepBomb: There's a ***-filled note about somebody setting off a mining charge in the middle of a (now-collapsed) tunnel.

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* ClusterBleepBomb: There's a ***-filled ****-filled note about somebody setting off a mining charge in the middle of a (now-collapsed) tunnel.



* RedHerring: The answer to the riddle () has nothing to do with how the player clears the collapsed tunnel.

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* RedHerring: The answer to the riddle () ([[spoiler:graphite/pencil lead]]) has nothing to do with how the player clears the collapsed tunnel.
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* [[Spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: The player character seals the final vent knowing it will make the air too poisonous for his own escape.]]

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* [[Spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: The player character seals the final vent knowing it will make the air too poisonous for his own escape.]]
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* ClusterBleepBomb: There's a ****-filled note about somebody setting off a mining charge in the middle of a (now-collapsed) tunnel.


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* EarthquakesCauseFissures: Averted. While one note reveals that an earthquake caused the mine to fill with gas, the mine remained structurally intact and the only thing damaged are the human-made pipes.


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* [[Spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: The player character seals the final vent knowing it will make the air too poisonous for his own escape.]]
* HollywoodTorches: The mine is lit by open-flame lamps that are still burning strong.
* LadderPhysics: There's one ladder in the game, and it's pretty easy to accidentally fall off. Luckily, the player can't take fall damage.


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* RiddleMeThis: At one point the player reaches a collapsed tunnel and remarks that he needs to find a way to bypass it. Lying nearby is a note with a riddle, implying the answer to the riddle might help clear the cave-in. However...
* RedHerring: The answer to the riddle () has nothing to do with how the player clears the collapsed tunnel.


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* ShoutOut: One of the notes has the opening lyrics to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFrIxvQLdYI "Working Man" by Rush]].


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* SymbolSwearing: One very angrily-written note is filled with ****s.

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* DeadlyGas: The mine is choked with it, and the player is specifically trying to stop the leak.



* FatalFamilyPhoto: Not a photo, but the note where the



* MissionControl: A voice on a radio orders the player character into the mines.



* SignpostTutorial: The first note the player finds explains the game's controls.

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* RobbingTheDead: The player finds a dead miner named Stephan and takes his wrench.
* SignpostTutorial: The first note the player finds explains the game's controls.controls.
* TechnicolorToxin: The poisonous gas is bright green.
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* FogOfDoom: The caverns are filled with green poisonous gas.
* OminousFog: The mines are filled with sickly green gas.
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* {{Backtracking}}: Halfway through the game, the player must return to the first room to grab a mining cart to break through a collapsed tunnel.
*[[spoiler:DownerEnding: The player character shuts off the leaking valves, but succumbs to the poisonous gas.]]
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* Signpost tutorial: The first note the player finds explains the game's controls.

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'''''The Dead Mines''''' is a 2018 [[FreewareGames freeware]] AdventureGame for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], made in Unity and published on [[https://aabicus.itch.io/the-dead-mines itch.io]]. Toxic fumes are poisoning the people who live above an old AbandonedMine, and the player is sent into the depths to try and solve the problem.

!!This game provides examples of:
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* ApocalypticLog: The mine is littered with notes left by the original miners.
* Signpost tutorial: The first note the player finds explains the game's controls.

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