Oil’s Well

Apple II 1983
4.5 / 10
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Rating Breakdown

Gameplay 18% weight
7/10
Depth 12% weight
4/10
Challenge 15% weight
6/10
Graphics 8% weight
6/10
Music 8% weight
5/10
Story 11% weight
3/10
Multiplayer 8% weight
—/10
Impact 9% weight
5/10
Nostalgia 11% weight
9/10
Score history 6.20 ↓ 4.46
2026-07-04 4.46
2026-07-04 6.20 Initial rating

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About

Oil's Well is a video game published by Sierra On-Line in 1983. The game was written for the Atari 8-bit computers by Thomas J. Mitchell. Oil's Well is similar to the 1982 arcade game Anteater, re-themed to be about drilling for oil instead of a hungry insectivore. Ports were released in 1983 for the Apple II and Commodore 64, in 1984 for ColecoVision and the IBM PC, then in 1985 for MSX and the Sharp X1. A version with improved visuals and without Mitchell's involvement was released for MS-DOS in 1990.

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Reviewed July 4, 2026  ·  Last updated September 14, 2026