Reviews from

in the past


Played as part of Atari 50.

They put way too many enemies in this shit. Speeding the game up definitely wasn't the right choice here either, as it turns something that's kinda slow and strategic and positional, into a normal platformer with a really shitty jump. Cool name entry screen, though.

Atari 800:

This literally is just a port of the 5200 game, just faster, and yet still with an awful jump, both versions suck all around

Played on Atari 50.

(played as part of ATARI 50)

The grotty little star of MINER 2049er is back for another suck-ass DONKEY KONG clone. He moves faster this time, but that doesn't fix much! If anything, just makes you get sick of it and quit faster.

Builds upon Miner 2049er at least in the 5200 version. More elaborate platforming challenges and better controls makes this a good sequel to the former. Also doesn't walk as slow as the former as well. Gotta keep in mind there's fall damage too and a cool minigame when you gotta put your name in.

More Miner 2049er. Though a sequel, I wouldn't say it's substantially different.

5200:
This is just a Miner 2049er sequel that is both better in visuals but also worse in terms of gameplay, but it still trying to be a clone of Donkey Kong. Also in Bounty Bob Strikes Back, the jump feels too floaty that you'll 100% fall to your death 9 times out of 10 which is really annoying.
Like it's predecessor, it's just meh. And it's more so like a copy or a pseudo sequel to Miner 2049er, since Miner 2049er 2 Exists. If you want to be lazy call this Miner 2049er 3, cause thats what it essentially is.

Played on Atari 50.

Definitely an improvement over its predecessor, however it feels quite finnicky about climbing.