Miner 1979er - Rarest 5200 Game of All Time?

[Baby Blue Azure]

Opened the vault and I couldn't believe my iBalls !!! There it was - a Miner 1979er game for the 5200 - 38 years later! Grey scale colors, must be a PONG post-era game. The BIN files even pre-date the 5200! Might have been the first game programmed for the 5200. Who knows? How did Bill Hogue know what the 5200 design would be before it was even released? He must have had early connections with Atari. This must be a really rare set of eproms! If I get a million for them I could actually buy a shack in NorCal. Merry Christmas to me!

 

Just dumped the eproms right now. Here it is:

Miner1979er.bin

 

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The game has some fascinating features. First, Bounty Bob can jump from anywhere on the screen and NOT DIE (except in the radioactive waste dump and the martini glass which was moved and harder to jump into). Bob can also walk off any ledge and NOT DIE either. The game seems to be semi-invincible so most Mutants won't bother him. In fact in some cases you can touch one Mutant and kill all on the screen - very efficient!

 

ENJOY THE OLD NEW GAME !!! /BBA