Gold Miner is a little Flash game released two years ago and another easy to learn and tricky to play addicting game.

In Gold Miner, your avatar is a greedy… gold miner who will use his claw and reel to mine gold and other treasures out of the earth. Your claw doesn’t stop swinging back and forth. Press the down arrow key to stop the claw from swinging and start lowering it.

Heavy objects like rocks and large gold nuggets are hard to reel up. The bigger the gold nuggets are, the more valuable they are. Avoid rocks if possible as they are almost valueless. Bags contain a random amount of money, a strength power-up or a stick of dynamite. Each level provides a target amount of money that you must collect within 60 seconds. If you don’t meet the goal by the end of the level, the game is over. Your money carries over from on level to the next one.

Gold Miner was an instant hit when it was released; this is probably why two commercial sequels were launched last year, Gold Miner Second Edition and Gold Miner Vegas with improved graphics and more power-ups.

If you haven’t already played Gold Miner, you should really give it a try.

Have fun!