Bounty Bob Strikes Back!

Bounty Bob Strikes Back! is the sequel to Miner 2049er published in 1984 for the Atari 8-bit family. The game adds a pseudo-3D look to the platforms and increases the level count from 10 to 25. As with the original, the Atari 8-bit version was released on ROM cartridge.[1] A port for the Atari 5200 was released the same year, followed by versions for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum in 1985.

Bounty Bob Strikes Back!
Developer(s)Big Five Software
Publisher(s)
Programmer(s)Bill Hogue
Artist(s)Curtis Mikolyski
Bill Hogue
Platform(s)Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro
Release1984: Atari 8-bit, 5200
1985: C64, CPC, Spectrum
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
Atari 8-bit gameplay
Commodore 64 title screen

Gameplay is similar to Miner 2049er in that the player must inspect every section of 25 mines while avoiding mutants within a set time. One difference from the original game is that after losing a life, sections on platforms remain covered and destroyed enemies do not reappear, thus making it easier to complete a level.

Reception

The game reached number nine on Billboard's list of top-selling entertainment computer software in June 1985.[2]

In Steve Panak's column for ANALOG Computing, he found the large number of screens and the different elements in them to be a strong point: "It is this variety which saves Bob from mediocrity."[3] He didn't like the unskippable animations when a new entry is added to the high score table, especially as the scores only persist until the computer is turned off.

In the final issue of Your Sinclair, the ZX Spectrum version was ranked number 56 on "The Your Sinclair Official Top 100 Games of All Time."[4] In 2004, the ZX Spectrum version was voted the 19th best game of all time by Retro Gamer readers in an article originally intended for a special issue of Your Sinclair bundled with Retro Gamer.[5]

References
  1. Friedland, Nat, ed. (May 1985). "New Products". Antic. Vol. 4, no. 1. San Francisco, CA: Antic Publishing. p. 90. ISSN 0745-2527 – via Internet Archive.
  2. Billboard Publications (2 June 1985). Borg, Donald G (ed.). "Software best sellers". The Record. Vol. 90, no. 305. Hackensack, NJ: John Borg. p. O-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Panak, Steve (June 1985). "Panak Strikes". ANALOG Computing. No. 31. p. 68.
  4. Nash, Dennis, ed. (September 1993). "Let the People Decide! The Results". Your Sinclair. Vol. 1, no. 93. Future Publishing. pp. 11–12 – via Internet Archive.
  5. Whitehead, Dan (25 June 2009). "The 50 Best Speccy Games Ever!". The YS Rock'n'Roll Years. Nick Humphries. Archived from the original on 13 July 2009.


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