Miner 2049er ⛏️ Versions Comparison ⛏️ Atari 8-bit, 2600, 5200, PC MS-DOS, PC-88, GB, FM-7 and more

[@retrosutra]

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[@NorwayCB872]

Original!

[@Ochitecture]

Haha cool! I created most of the graphics for the Windows version some years ago. Fun project, and I always liked the original 8 bit game since I was a kid.

[@retrosutra]

It is an honor to have you here. The Windows remake graphics are cool!

[@neumaoliveira9249]

​@@retrosutra background too!

[@emilygrae]

I played the Atari 8bit computer version regularly for a long long time back in the 80s! I emulate it every now and again, only for convenience though, I still have it on cartridge!

[@ContractCAD]

I couldn't stop myself spending a little too much on a mint boxed Atari cart recently 😁

[@stepniak18]

These blasting processes on ColecoVision. The miner runs almost as fast as Sonic.

[@Lightblue2222]

It must be using some type of processing that blasts.

[@davidfromdownunder400]

I agree that the Atari 8-bit version was best, but I enjoyed "Bounty Bob Strikes Back" more. My favourite from those days may have been Spelunker but that one was insanely difficult.

[@retrokilroy2506]

I just got the coleco version of this game. Good timing

[@luffy-yy9zc]

unforgettable on collecovision

[@iGame3D]

This is mellow mode, it would get insanely fast on higher difficulties. Interesting that the updated version removed the timer, super casual.

[@IntoTheVerticalBlank]

Really great job as always! Where did you get the Super Cassette Vision? I want to play that.

[@retrosutra]

Search in Google for TOSEC Super Cassette Vision to get the rom. As for the emulator, I used eSCV although MAME works too (with sounds issues in this game).

[@IntoTheVerticalBlank]

@@retrosutra Nice!

[@retrosutra]

@@neumaoliveira9249 I use many emulators. It depends of the system. Regarding the program to capture the game, I used to use OBS but today I prefer the Nvidia capture utility that comes with GeForce Experience.

[@steviedorer8429]

I rate: Atari 8-bit family: 10/10; Atari, you have successfully made your own game! Noice! Apple 2: 10/10; Very good for their 2nd computer! Atari 2600: 9/10; The speed needs a little work. But I like the chutes! Atari 5200: *See 8-bit family* C64: 10/10; It's very good, but I thought Bob was white! ColecoVision: 10/10; Wow, Bob, have you been to the treadmills? IBM PC Booter: 10/10; Wow, that's pretty good for such a limited palette! VIC-20: 8/10; The resolution really needs some work. FM 7: 10/10; Very good for a microcomputer! Bob is really swinging his arms! TI 99 4A: 10/10; It's like the 2600, but with good resolution. NEC PC 8801: 9/10; *The AY chip is not having a good day.* Sharp X1: 10/10; I like that techno bass, and the graphics are great! Thomson MO TO: 7/10; Bad. Just bad. SCV: 10/10; Hmm! Kind of like the X1! GB: 11/10; *It's a whole new world.* Windows: 15/10; That's what I'm talkin' about!

[@RalfZille]

I played Miner 2049er on Atari 800XL with disk drive Atari 1050. Many games, Turbo Basic, DOS, Boot menu, etc. I like old time with Atari XL/XE with 320kb ram and speed disk driver Atari 1050/SF551. Atari 800XL, 130XE and Atari 5200 are same!

[@EmeraldoTheDragon]

All throughout the video, I was wondering why you had to move over every bit of floor in order to clear a level; then the Windows version came on and provided a take that made sense (the chemical spills). Of all the early computer and console games, I never expected this one to get a Game Boy port. I love how only two of the earlier versions give Bounty Bob a sprite that actually makes him look like a miner (Sharp X1 and Super Cassette Vision). In most of the other earlier versions, his hat makes him look more like a park ranger, and his sprite palette in the FM-7 and PC-88 versions makes him look like a very neon Jack Nicholson's Joker (Speaking of the FM-7 version, dear lord, what were they thinking with that flashing title screen?!). Not to mention his sprite in the Thomson MO/TO version... Also, yay, another CGA game with creepy character sprites! I also couldn't help noticing that Bounty Bob's movement speed and animation speed don't match in some versions, so he waves his limbs around much faster than he's actually moving, which got a few chuckles out of me.

[@retro-rock3067]

Guys a Sony Smc-777 version of Miner 2049er exist but it hasn’t been dumped yet so it might be lost forever

[@po1sonseede9001]

Hope it gets dumped...

[@retro-rock3067]

@@po1sonseede9001 well guess what it turns out that this version as actually dumped years ago

[@neumaoliveira9249]

I dint know

[@merlinhacker_yt3725]

00:00 Atari 8-bit family (Original 1982) 01:24 Apple II (1982) 02:17 Atari 2600 (1983) 04:43 Atari 5200 (1983) 05:50 Commodore 64 (1983) 06:47 ColecoVision (1983) 07:36 MS-DOS (1983) 08:46 Commodore VIC-20 (1984) 10:01 Fujitsu Micro 7 (1984) 11:02 TI-99/4A (1984) 12:45 NEC PC-8801 (1984) 14:32 Sharp X1 (1984) 15:30 Thomson MO/TO (1985) 16:39 Epoch Super Cassette Vision (1985) 17:54 Game Boy (1992) 19:09 Windows (Miner 2049er Again) (Remastred 2009)

[@sfurta]

I would try the CGA composite mode, it seems the game uses the palette trick.

[@Jabungothemungo]

Whats the music you use in the intro for every video?

[@DavidKimFX]

I like the Atari-8bit/5200 versions the best.

[@tm0054]

The Atari 8 bit version is def the definitive version and I believe the original platform that Bill Hogue programmed the game for. I like the Colecovision version too because it has alternative level layouts but the gameplay is very clunky. The Vic 20 version looks impressively playable though I've never tried it.

[@mega_132]

ColecoVision's version: Gotta go fast

[@PeBoVision]

Being a platformer fan, Bounty Bob is one of my favourite games of the era on the Atari 800. I didn't discover that it had been released as a rare side cartridge for the TI (to offer expanded memory in cartridge while by-passing TI's drachonian GRom licensing) until a few years ago. The TI version is much harder than the Atari version, even though it is missing the first and last screens. At least that's what I've been told. I know it's missing the first screen, but while I've completed the Atari verison, I've never made it past the 4th screen on the TI (which would be the 5th screen on the Atari). As is often the case, the sequel, Bounty Bob Strikes Back, was not equal to the original. It's no Jumpman or Lode Runner, but it's a solid platformer, who's success should have made it far more iconic than it is.

[@BaneMcDeath]

Ok, what is that intro music as the miner starts walking?

[@thefunkdroid2777]

It's a traditional song called "Oh my darling Clementine".

[@BaneMcDeath]

@@thefunkdroid2777 lol... i rather meant retrosutra's themesong intro.

[@neumaoliveira9249]

Lol

[@m.firzafadmaputra9569]

Fact about Miner 2049er according to Muhammad Firza : - All ports are diverse, however terrible in some versions. - Grass can be cleared into dirt was seen on Minecraft - Other games such as Manic Miner and City Connection is also inspired by Miner 2049er.

[@jjalexg82]

Why were the TI and Atari 2600 versions having Bounty Bob move so slowly?

[@mikewest6569]

As in most games the Atari 8-bit is the best version and the most playable.

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

It's the original version by Bill Hogue himself.

[@mrmojorisin8752]

Right-I vote for Atari 5200, I think the first to be released.

[@mikewest6569]

@@mrmojorisin8752 There virtually identical as the hardware is the same, however, the game was first released on the 8-bit Atari.

[@ukcroupier]

@@mrmojorisin8752 The Atari 8-bt computer was the first, the 5200 was a game console based on the 8-bit computers and came out a few years after miner 2049er was first published.

[@mrmojorisin8752]

@@ukcroupier No, this is factually incorrect. The Atari 5200 did not come out a few years after Miner 2049er was first published.

[@droth1031]

I remember a friend of mine had a version of this on an Atari (I forget the model, but it came with a keyboard) called Big Five.

[@wishusknight3009]

I am shocked there is no obligatory Spectrum port! Shocked i tell You!

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

The Tigervision Atari 2600 release was spread over 2 cartridges. Funny how that's the version used for the Gameboy. Bounty Bob Strikes Back is the hard to find sequel.

[@NorwayCB872]

I like the Windows version! Which one is your favorite?

[@neumaoliveira9249]

Texas Instruments TI-99/4A

[@leency]

Really great job! Сheers!

[@rcslyman8929]

I had this on the Atari 800XL. Most frustrating collision detection ever.

[@riquelmesorbete6019]

*Atari 8 bit family y Atari 5200 very gooood*

[@ContractCAD]

Bounty Bob's true home 😁

[@neumaoliveira9249]

That's ports is same thing

[@SERGEY_LIGHTNING-2]

I LIKE -> ALL VERSIONS COMPARISON !

[@williamhenshaw8650]

I've owned both the Commodore and the Windows version of this game. The Windows version if I remember correctly was really different from the Commodore and was not as fun or engaging to play. I have played this on the TI and on the Atari 800XL. The TI was pretty lame while the Atari was very good. All in all I think the Commodore was my favorite with the Atari coming in as second. My friend who owned the Atari still talks about this game, says it was his favorite game of all time. I think Miner 2049er and Bounty Bob Strikes Back would be in my top 25 of the classic arcade style games. I miss that Commodore and the great games that were released for it.

[@pentelegomenon1175]

I like the slide mechanic but I think all of the games have it, it just appears on later levels for most of them.

[@commandantee]

Wow, it was before Manic Miner!

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

The Vic-20 version somehow looks worse than the Atari 2600 version (which oddly is better looking than the version for the supposedly more powerful Apple II).

[@BrBill]

Apple II looks worse than it would have appeared in its heyday because it was designed for composite output and this was recorded with digital output.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@BrBill Maybe, but the Vic-20 and Atari 2600 version were also recorded that way too. But honestly looking at this again, the 2600 and Vic-20 versions are not that great looking either. Still, I remember playing the heck out of this game back in the day on my C64.

[@BBfanfun]

a good "puzzle" platformer ; kinda DK without Kong; a little more involved than pitfall; proof "graphics aren't everything" ... still, the X1 & Epoch versions are what i would have expected from ColecoVision & later ...

[@Iohannis42]

How could walking on the ground change it like that?

[@PeBoVision]

Brilliant use of the expansion port on the TI-99 to bypass TI's GRom licensing and bring Bounty Bob to the TI. Wasn't the only time it was used... Tigervision's own Espial and Arcturus both used it (not sure why they bothered with Espial...worst commercially released game on the system.) This is a lesser known game that was ported to nearly everything - and deservedly so. It should be in every platformer's collection (along with Jumpman and Lode Runner)

[@Aaron-by3ke]

The best version is the original Atari 8-bit one. Great graphics, sound and controls. I played it recently when I bought Atari 50 this week. A lot of people are big fans of the ColecoVision version but I find it to be too fast and the level design is weak at times.

[@IHATEDRIVING2]

This game used to scare me as a kid when you die

[@CptJistuce]

Hunt the Wumpus on the 99/4a did that for me as a kid. Full-screen animation of the wumpus's jaws closing down on you. ... I was a very small kid.

[@gonzothebudgie8923]

I played it much on my C64.

[@MediaRavenEditor2025]

Cool!

[@al-5001]

It's curious that the MS-DOS port sounds better than the Apple II one despite both using a beeper speaker

[@sylvietamwo7959]

⛏⛏

[@mortimore4030]

The Atari 8-bit family is the best version.

[@meneerjansen00]

Anybody else found it impossible to jump over the monsters on the Atari 2600? You couldn't progress at a certain level.

[@dckt.7]

Lash Carnival!!!

[@GeoNeilUK]

Surprsied there were no Spectrum or BBC versions.

[@dckt.7]

Họi Ta Đại Chưởng Quỹ - Dungame!!!

[@ColorRacing4312]

Ranking list 1. Colceovision 2. Tl-99/4A 3. Game Boy 4. Atari 8-Bit 5. Atari 5200 6. Pc Dos 7. Nec Pc-88 8. Apple ii 9. Vic-20 10. Commodore 64/C64 11. Windows/Miner 2049er Again! 12. Fujitsu Fm-7/Fm-77AV 13. Thomson MO/TO 14. Epoch Super Cassette Vision

[@じゆん参]

珍しい 面白そう！(≧▽≦) スーパーマリオの 原型みたいですね

[@Darak_AR]

0:24

[@ax222k]

Atari 2600 можно ремикс сделать из звуков.

[@timecapsule5604]

Not Atari 8 bit the C64 is the king here it's all about that sid chip peace!

[@Darak_AR]

4:52

[@izumo4283]

日本のパソコン(PC-8801,FM-8,X1)版は、COMPTIQという会社が窓口になって、米国のゲーム会社と契約を結び、米国の様々なゲームを実力がない下請けに移植をさせました。 非常に残念です。

[@alexdehatter2151]

The Game Boy version is really uncanny. The off-tone music and weird level intro sprite makes it feel like a bootleg.

[@aink9106]

Alert! 0:24

[@infinitecanadian]

The original is the best, of course.

[@glengibbons1224]

15:40 BOI DON’T EVEN HAVE BUDGET TO MAKE RAMPS

[@BrBill]

The Atari 2600 dissonant music is disturbing

[@aink9106]

Apple 1977 WTF 1:33

[@rafanowacki2260]

I played it on my Atari 65XE - there is another Atari version of this game - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2nRXoB4obt8rNk&ab_channel=Zeusdaz-TheUnemulatedRetroGameChannel

[@TheTenthArt]

Bizarre game, Tapper meets Donkey Kong and then Spelunky. Freaky

[@peter486]

collecto vision was suoer good, it was also on "time" so you have to come up with strats clearing it , played it on the c64 and 2600 they are both Horrible .) Realy horrible :d

[@MSAPtube]

The 2600 version is absolute crap to play 😂

[@lucianothewindowsfan]

I expected _Minecraft._

[@evenmorebetter]

Harder to run on a TI-99

[@evenmorebetter]

@@jg_mufc Understandable, on a Texas Instruments TI-99A it runs like shit

[@neumaoliveira9249]

​@@jg_mufc hey! You sucks, minecraft is better

[@babbywabbywoah]

The game got version is dogwater

[@RentonBrunt-ks5rq]

I think the apple 2 computer is actually broken this game

[@MoparStephen]

Wow - what a garbage version (as was almost everything) on the Apple II. The game slowed down 50% when it made sounds - LOL.

[@toyblaze3850]

0:15

[@Darak_AR]

7:48