M.U.L.E. is a strategy build-up game by Ozark Softscape and Electronic Arts from 1983, initially developed for Atari 800 and later ported to C64 and further systems, with slight changes in the gameplay. The fascination of the game, especially in multi-player mode, is based on an elaborate game mechanics, a somewhat unpredictable course of events and an original scenario - colonization of a far-off planet by different space traveling species - as well as a high degree of interaction. Though contemporary critics praised the game, only about 30,000 copies were sold, a rather low figure compared to other early Electronic Arts titles like Seven Cities of Gold of which 150,000 copies were sold or "Pinball Construction Set" which was a commercial success with 300,000 sold copies.
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