Miner 2049er

Miner 2049er is a 2600 port of the Apple II platform title designed by Bill Hogue and developed by Big Five Software. The port was done by Tigervision.

The game was notable for featuring 10 different screens while the standard for platform games was still around 3 or 4. The title is a play on the nickname of people who flocked to California during the gold rush, which was Miner 49ers.

The game features Bounty Bob, who is a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Bob's mission is to search through all of Nuclear Ned's abandoned uranium mines for the treacherous Yukon Yohan. 

In each stage, the player must inspect and claim each space in the mine by walking over it. The ground will change color to indicate which areas Bob has already inspected. Bob has a limited supply of oxygen while underground and must complete the stage before it runs out.  

The stages are filled with radioactive creatures that will cost the player a life on contact, but Bob can pickup a power-up which will turn the enemies green and allow Bob to collect them on contact, earning him extra points. Other items left in the mines by previous miners can be collected for additional points. 

The stages are designed with many ways to get around including ladders, matter transporters, and chutes. Levels can also include obstacles that can crush Bob. 

If the player loses a life, all progress in the stage is lost and the player must inspect every area again.

The 2600 port of the game was released in 2 parts since the entire game couldn't fit on a 4k cartridge. Despite being on two cartridges, the 2600 only had 6 levels- 3 per cartridge.

Miner 2049er was re-released for mobile devices in 2007 by Magmic and featured a port of the original Atari 800 version, plus a remake with new graphics and 10 new levels.

Miner 2049 was followed-up with a spin-off, Scraper Caper, which never made it to consoles, and the official sequel, Bounty Bob Strikes Back, which was released on computer systems and the Atari 5200.