<s>
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Bill	O
Hogue	O
that	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1982	O
by	O
Big	B-Device
Five	I-Device
Software	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
widely	O
converted	O
to	O
other	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
"	O
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
"	O
evokes	O
a	O
21st-century	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
circa-1849	O
California	O
Gold	O
Rush	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
gold	O
miners	O
and	O
prospectors	O
were	O
nicknamed	O
"	O
49ers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Atari	O
computer	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
far	O
the	O
biggest	O
release	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
previously	O
TRS-80	B-Device
focused	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
comparison	O
,	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
(	O
1981	O
)	O
has	O
four	O
screens	O
(	O
and	O
its	O
console	O
versions	O
only	O
two	O
or	O
three	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
home	O
computer	O
ports	O
,	O
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
was	O
released	O
on	O
16K	O
ROM	O
cartridge	O
with	O
the	O
high	O
price	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
sequel	O
with	O
25	O
screens	O
,	O
Bounty	B-Application
Bob	I-Application
Strikes	I-Application
Back	I-Application
,	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bounty	B-Application
Bob	I-Application
is	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Royal	O
Canadian	O
Mounted	O
Police	O
on	O
a	O
mission	O
to	O
search	O
through	O
all	O
of	O
Nuclear	O
Ned	O
's	O
abandoned	O
uranium	O
mines	O
for	O
the	O
treacherous	O
Yukon	O
Yohan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Bounty	B-Application
Bob	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
inspect	O
every	O
section	O
of	O
each	O
mine	O
in	O
search	O
of	O
the	O
evil	O
Yukon	O
Yohan	O
while	O
avoiding	O
the	O
radioactive	O
creatures	O
that	O
inhabit	O
the	O
mine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Bounty	B-Application
Bob	I-Application
walks	O
over	O
a	O
section	O
of	O
flooring	O
,	O
it	O
fills	O
with	O
color	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
ten	O
mines	O
in	O
total	O
(	O
eleven	O
in	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Device
Five	I-Device
Software	I-Device
co-founders	O
Bill	O
Hogue	O
and	O
Jeff	O
Konyu	O
programmed	O
games	O
from	O
1980-82	O
for	O
Radio	O
Shack	O
's	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Model	I-Device
I	I-Device
home	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
created	O
games	O
patterned	O
after	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Super	B-Application
Nova	I-Application
(	O
Asteroids	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Attack	B-Application
Force	I-Application
(	O
Targ	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Cosmic	O
Fighter	O
(	O
Astro	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Invasion	I-Application
(	O
Galaxian	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Meteor	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
II	I-Application
(	O
Lunar	B-Application
Rescue	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Robot	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
(	O
Berzerk	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
Defense	O
Command	O
(	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hogue	O
was	O
originally	O
going	O
to	O
write	O
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Model	I-Device
I	I-Device
,	O
but	O
Radio	O
Shack	O
discontinued	O
it	O
in	O
mid-1982	O
,	O
so	O
he	O
instead	O
developed	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
a	O
production	O
delay	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
was	O
converted	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
)	O
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
VIC-20	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
,	O
and	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
two	O
separate	O
cartridges	O
were	O
published	O
by	O
Tigervision	O
,	O
each	O
containing	O
three	O
selected	O
levels	O
:	O
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
and	O
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
Volume	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ANALOG	O
Computing	O
in	O
1982	O
called	O
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
"	O
one	O
of	O
those	O
rare	O
games	O
which	O
looks	O
as	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
designed	O
,	O
not	O
just	O
thrown	O
together	O
"	O
,	O
praising	O
its	O
animation	O
and	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
levels	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
is	O
a	O
must-play	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
was	O
awarded	O
"	O
1984	O
Electronic	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
5th	O
annual	O
Arkie	O
Awards	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
judges	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
so	O
many	O
platform	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
become	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
played	O
home	O
electronic	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
"	O
no	O
home-arcade	O
title	O
has	O
had	O
the	O
impact	O
"	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
won	O
an	O
Outstanding	O
Software	O
Award	O
from	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
rated	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
version	O
82%	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
has	O
been	O
cited	O
as	O
the	O
inspiration	O
behind	O
Manic	B-Application
Miner	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
from	O
Bug-Byte	O
and	O
Crystal	B-Application
Caves	I-Application
(	O
1991	O
)	O
from	O
Apogee	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
two	O
games	O
followed	O
that	O
featured	O
Bounty	B-Application
Bob	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neither	O
was	O
considered	O
appealing	O
enough	O
to	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
1985	O
an	O
official	O
sequel	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
Bounty	B-Application
Bob	I-Application
Strikes	I-Application
Back	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
A	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
different	O
graphics	O
and	O
levels	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Mindscape	O
in	O
1991.Miner	O
2049er	O
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
2007	O
by	O
Magmic	O
for	O
the	O
mobile	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Magmic	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2007	O
Hogue	O
released	O
an	O
emulator	O
coded	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
with	O
both	O
Bounty	B-Application
Bob	I-Application
games	O
in	O
one	O
package	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
2018	O
for	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Application
Amico	I-Application
.	O
</s>
