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Lost Dutchman Mine is a simulation game released in 1989 for the MS-DOS platform. It was developed and published by Magnetic Images. The game presents a top-down perspective and is set in a fictionalized version of the American frontier.

Players control a newcomer to the town of Goldfield, with the primary objective of locating a map to the fabled Lost Dutchman Mine and ultimately claiming it. To fund this expedition, the player must raise money through various means. These activities include panning for gold in a river, mining for gold deposits, and capturing wanted criminals to collect bounties. Additional options for generating funds involve playing poker in the saloon and catching fish with appropriate gear.

The game world features hostile elements such as rival explorers and dangerous wildlife that can impede progress. A key aspect of the design is procedural generation; each new game session creates a randomized layout for locations and distributes characters differently. This structure requires players to adapt their strategies for exploration and resource gathering with each attempt to find the mine.