Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Oil's Well

Title	Oil's Well
First release	1983
Developers	Aackosoft, Sierra Entertainment
Publisher	Sierra Entertainment
Platforms	Apple II, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX
Genres	action game, maze video game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	MSX: 1983-01-01 Commodore 64: 1983-01-01 ColecoVision: 1984-03-01
Wikidata ID	Q2072141

Controlling a snake-like pipe, the player collects pellets while avoiding enemies in 8 underground tunnels, using a seesaw mechanism to change pipe direction, on the Apple II version of Oil's Well.

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Sources

Wikidata (Q2072141) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (apple2/oil-s-well) · last updated 2026-10-12 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (50954) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (51136) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (12964) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Sierra Entertainment · internal use only

1 / 8 Box art Box art (front)

Image credits

Box art, Logos (2): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Sierra Entertainment · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (5): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Sierra Entertainment · internal use only.

Image: Sierra On-Line, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“SierraOnLine-Box-OilsWell.jpg”)

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Videos

C64-Longplay - Oils Well (720p)

MontyMole1976 · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 10:14auto-matched
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Oil's Well (C64 Longplay)

Myrryspeikko · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 8:00auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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