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Summary

Oil's Well lets you steer a snake‑like pipe through a maze, gobbling up pellets for points while dodging hostile critters. The drill head you control leaves a trailing pipeline that can be crushed by the underground creatures, so you must balance aggressive munching with careful retraction of the pipe. Each level expands the maze and the pipe grows longer, but a quick‑press button lets you pull the head back to avoid a fatal bite. The game offers eight increasingly tricky stages, and its quirky oil‑drilling theme is a playful twist on the classic arcade hit Anteater. Even though it’s essentially a clone, the title earned the 1984 Golden Floppy Award for Maze Game of the Year and inspired later clones like Pipeline Run and Oilmania.