Gold Seeker

Gold Seeker
Ex-Shareware Windows

Release Year

2003

Version

1.4

Last update

11 December 2003

Genre

Puzzle

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About the Game

The goal of Gold Seeker is to find all gold on a field with maximum points. The game field is divided into cells, and each cell can contain at most one piece of gold. You can select any cell by clicking the left mouse button. The digits that appear in a cell indicate the number of gold pieces that cell can "see" in all four directions.

Your points decrease after every click on undiscovered cells. When you find gold you get a 20-second bonus time window, and if you find another gold within that time the remaining bonus is added to your score. The panel at the bottom shows your current points, the number of gold pieces not yet found, and elapsed playing time.

You can choose between four preset field sizes, small, medium, large, and huge, or define a custom field size and number of gold pieces for even more variety and replayability.

Gold Seeker also ships with five selectable skins, a built-in top score list for each field size, and a help section explaining how to play. It's a small, polished puzzle game perfect for quick sessions or extended play.

Game Guideline

How to Play

Game Field

The game field is divided into cells. A cell can't contain more than one gold.

LEFT CLICK Select any cell to reveal it.
DIGITS The digits which appear in a cell indicate the number of gold that cell can "see" in all four directions.

Scoring

Your points are decreased after every click on undiscovered cells.

Gold Found +20s

When you find gold you get a 20-second bonus time.

Combo Bonus Variable

Find another gold within the bonus time and the remaining seconds are added to your score.

Status Panel

POINTS Shows the number of points you currently have.
GOLD LEFT Shows the number of gold pieces not found yet.
TIME Shows the elapsed playing time.

Controls

Gameplay

Select / reveal a cell LEFT CLICK

Tips & Strategy

Use the Digits

4 directions scanned

The digits tell you how many gold pieces are visible in all four directions from that cell. Use this to narrow down where gold is hiding, just like numbers in Minesweeper.

Chain Your Finds

20s bonus window

Finding gold gives you a 20-second bonus window. Find the next gold before it expires and the leftover time is added straight to your score. Chaining finds is the key to high scores.

Pro Tip

Start with smaller field sizes to learn the pattern, then move to huge or custom fields for bigger scoring opportunities. Every unnecessary click costs you points — think before you click!

Free Serial Code

Gold Seeker was originally released as shareware. We are now releasing it for free! Use the serial code below to unlock the full version at no cost.

GS1JA3ONE111M0917264120

Features

Multiple different field sizes
5 game themes
Top score for each field size

System Requirements

Operating System

Windows 95-11 (from '95 to Win11)

Processor

The one that works 😉

Memory

Any RAM

Graphics

NVIDIA RTX 4090, not.