Miner 2049er

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Miner 2049er
Studio Micro fun
Publisher Big Five software
Senior Developer Bill Hogue
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 1982
platform Apple II , Atari 2600 , Atari 5200 , Atari 8-bit , Commodore VIC-20 , Commodore 64 , ColecoVision , DOS , Fujitsu FM-7 , NEC PC-8801 , PC Booter , Sharp X1 , Sony SMC-777 , Thomson MO5 , Thomson TO7 , TI-99 / 4A , Super Cassette Vision , Game Boy
Windows Mobile , Blackberry , MIDP , iOS
genre Jump 'n' run
Game mode Single player

Miner 2049er is a home computer game developed by Bill Hogue in the United States and was published in 1982 by Big Five Software .

history

Under the company name Big Five Software, Bill Hogue began writing and selling commercial computer games for the RadioShack TRS-80 computer in the late 1970s . He developed a number of games for this computer that were based on the arcade games of the time: Super Nova ( Asteroids ), Attack Force ( Targ ), Cosmic Fighter ( Astro Fighter ), Galaxy Invasion ( Galaxian ), Meteor Mission II ( Lunar Rescue ), Robot Attack ( Berzerk ) and Defense Command ( Missile Command ).

In 1982, when the popularity of the TRS-80 with its low-resolution monochrome screen was waning, Hogue wrote his next game, Miner 2049er, for the Atari 800 . Due to its popularity , it was ported to various computer platforms ( Apple II , Atari 2600 , Atari 5200 , Commodore 64 , ColecoVision , TI-99 / 4A , VC-20 ).

The aim of the game is to completely color the main character "Bounty Bob" by running down a scaffold (the structure is comparable to the scaffolding of classic jump and run platform games like Donkey Kong). Small, bad-tempered mutants also wander off the scaffolding on fixed paths and can only be made friendly for a short time by picking up stylized everyday objects - and thus disposed of safely. Each of the 10 levels also has a specific motto (slides, suction pipes, radioactive waste, ...).

A successor to Miner 2049er was launched in 1985 under the title Bounty Bob Strikes Back! published, which was significantly more challenging in terms of play (25 instead of 10 levels, variable jumping distance of the main character, more interactive elements). However, this game was nowhere near as widespread as its predecessor. With Miner 2049er Again a remake for Windows has been released for free download ( freeware ).

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