In a feature from EDGE Magazine in late March, GameClub outed some of the titles they had waiting in the wings to be resurrected as part of their service, and one of those just happened to be one of the very best iOS games ever: Space Miner: Space Ore Bust from Venan Entertainment (who are now called Megaspace Industries). It feels almost silly to continually be saying “No, but THIS game coming to GameClub is my all-time favorite!" but it’s actually true; some of my absolute favorite games of all time are among those being brought back by GameClub, and Space Miner is totally on that list.
If you’re unfamiliar, Space Miner is something of an homage to the classic Asteroids and controls very similarly. You zip around in your ship from a top-down perspective by activating your thrusters and blasting away at asteroids to collect the sweet ore within. You then sell that ore for money, which goes into upgrading your ship, which allows you earn more money, and on and on it goes. That upgrade loop is absolutely fantastic and just as in Asteroids you need to contend with the inertia of your ship after thrusting so as not to go crashing into everything. Once you get comfortable with your movement flying around is like a ballet and those upgrades make Space Miner nearly impossible to put down as you go for “just one more mission" and “just one more upgrade."
Space Miner originally launched in February of 2010 and not only did we lo...