Northcoastgamer Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 HIGH SCORE CLUB Round 16 Season 13 Game Information Game Name: Miner 2049er Released by: Original PC game: Bill Hogue - Big Five Software 1982. CV: Mike Livesay - Micro Fun 1983. Settings: Turn it on & play. CV HSC High Score: 174,535 Northcoastgamer (1/2017 HSC 10). Manual: http://www.colecovisionzone.com/photos/game/manual/miner 2049 manual.pdf This game was chosen by your humble moderator NCG. Miner 2049er Bonus Points: Play the game & post a score= +3 Score 5,000= +2 , Score 10,000= +3, Score 17,500= +4, Score 35,000= +5, Score 50,000= +7, Score 100,000= +10 , Score 150,000 & up= +12 Break or set a new CV HSC High Score= +10 Round Ends: Sunday July 26th at 11pm(EST) 8pm (PST) Everyone who posts a score during the season will be entered into a drawing at seasons end for a special prize! The same rules and scoring system that have been used the past few seasons will be in play this season as well. Season 13 rules: http://atariage.com/...1-cv-hsc-rules/ Good Luck! Final Miner 2049er Scores 1)68,170 Bmack36 +3 +7 2)25,575 DuggerVideoGames +3 +4 3)18,170 zaphro72 +3 +4 4)13,085 jblenkle +3 +3 5) 9,565 fakecortex +3 +2 6) 8,300 ed1475 +3 +2 7) 7,355 roadrunner +3 +2 7,160 Player One +3 +2 9) 6,845 Serguei2 +3 +2 10) 6,835 digress +3 +2 Round 16 Totals - Including Bonus Points 1){110} Bmack36 2) {45} DuggerVideoGames 3) {34} zaphro72 4) {26} jblenkle 5) {19} fakecortex 6) {17} ed1475 7) {16} roadrunner {16} Player One {15} Serguei2 {15} digress Season Standings - After 16 Rounds 1)1342 Bmack36 2)1228 DuggerVideoGames 3) 813 NCG 4) 767 jblenkle 5) 644 zaphro72 6) 593 ed1475 7) 560 fakecortex 435 chuckwalla 9) 382 digress 10) 372 roadrunner 11) 135 Mangia-Boy 12) 132 S.BAZ 13) 113 Sneakyturtleegg 14) 105 bowlstir 15) 104 Serguei2 16) 103 Player One 17) 68 patbb 18) 51 DarthCloud 19) 3 BatmanVsCatwoman miner-2049er-1983.rom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 One of the greatest games to EVER grace a console! Have a great weekend everyone, be safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuggerVideoGames Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 20,080 pts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Miner 2049er info here and here http://www.miner2049er.net/miner-2049er-colecovision-micro-fun/ https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/coleco-vision/miner-2049er 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 Here's a short video of all the levels of gameplay, enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Miner 2049er - 7,245 Ack! I'm out of practice on this one!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serguei2 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 6845 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 6 hours ago, Northcoastgamer said: Here's a short video of all the levels of gameplay, enjoy! Hoping I can see more levels on my own before watching this video, haha. The jumping is getting me...and the falling. Can't believe there are 2,049er levels in this gahe. I got to level 3. 8,220 - Level 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Shoot! This is another game where the high score disappears kind of fast...beware!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Miner 2049er - 8,865 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuggerVideoGames Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 This is one of those games where I'm not as good as I used to be. I could probably still beat the game, but it's going to take a lot of tries. This is a game that DEMANDS perfection when you play. If you can beat all the levels, you should be able to have about 34-36k before it sends you back to stage 1 again for another loop. I'm back to regularly beating the first five levels without losing a life, sometimes six without losing a life, but I always screw up a few on 7 and 8. The funny thing is it's not as hard as we make it look. All about timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuggerVideoGames Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Friendly tip to those of you who aren't familiar with level 8's elevator: press the 5 key to activate, then move it up or down. When you're at the height you want to start moving again, press the jump button until Bounty Bob jumps, then you go ahead and move. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 You gotta be lined up just right for those ladders too. I find myself zipping around and then I press up and nothing...b/c I'm a pixel off. Wouldn't be so bad if the timer wasn't so damn fast. Get through those mines, Bounty Bob! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuggerVideoGames Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 25,575 pts. Ran out of time when I got the last set of cannonballs I needed for the third layer. I started out too slowly on this level. If I had another 7-10 seconds, I would've finished it and went on to the final level. Level 9's always been my favorite. The best I can do on the very first screen is 3,150 pts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuggerVideoGames Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, Northcoastgamer said: Here's a short video of all the levels of gameplay, enjoy! Just skimmed through your video moments ago. I notice you and I have pretty much the same approach and decision-making on levels 6-8; difference is you're more decisive and do it much faster. Impressive! Until watching this video, it hadn't occurred to me that you could simply walk atop the platform of those mashers (level 9) to get the bottom row; I always rode that tiny little yellow moving platform and just made the jump when I knew it was close enough. Ha! Edited July 18, 2020 by DuggerVideoGames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 7 hours ago, DuggerVideoGames said: Just skimmed through your video moments ago. I notice you and I have pretty much the same approach and decision-making on levels 6-8; difference is you're more decisive and do it much faster. Impressive! Until watching this video, it hadn't occurred to me that you could simply walk atop the platform of those mashers (level 9) to get the bottom row; I always rode that tiny little yellow moving platform and just made the jump when I knew it was close enough. Ha! Thank you, I appreciate that. Miner is just an all around great original game. The box art, the simple but endearing graphics and the few various sounds that are in incorporated into game play. No need for music. The shuffling of Bob's feet as he moves about, eliminating the mutants or the mutants eliminating Bob and the warning sound of the next level are enough. This game is truly a masterpiece and is just as fun to play today as it was 37 years ago. I can't count the number of hours I spent playing it. The strive for perfection. Finally finishing a level and getting a brief momentary period of satisfaction, then onto the next level and perfecting it until all 11 levels are completed. There were no strategy guides, no Nintendo Power line to call, no Youtube, no Google back in 1983-84. This game along with others were LEARNING experiences. Trial and error. Endless resets. But the satisfaction of finishing this game is just priceless, it truly is. Of all the Colecovision releases this is probably my favorite. The only thing that I wish was in the game would be Bob's donkey appearing at the end of Level 11. That would have been cool. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Having a hard time with the lifts on level 4, can't seem to get the jumping down. Didn't want to forget to post my score tho, slight improvement. I wanna break 10K for the bonus... 9,565 level 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphro72 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 11 hours ago, fakecortex said: Having a hard time with the lifts on level 4, can't seem to get the jumping down. Didn't want to forget to post my score tho, slight improvement. I wanna break 10K for the bonus... 9,565 level 4 Same here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphro72 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 9,970 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphro72 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 10,275 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphro72 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 10,880 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 8:14 PM, DuggerVideoGames said: This is one of those games where I'm not as good as I used to be. I could probably still beat the game, but it's going to take a lot of tries. This is a game that DEMANDS perfection when you play. If you can beat all the levels, you should be able to have about 34-36k before it sends you back to stage 1 again for another loop. I'm back to regularly beating the first five levels without losing a life, sometimes six without losing a life, but I always screw up a few on 7 and 8. The funny thing is it's not as hard as we make it look. All about timing. Yeah, I'm not as good either. I have gone all the way through the game in the past, but I am struggling this time. I think this is one of those games I can play better with a real Coleco controller. So it's time to fire up the real machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 7,355 i got to level 4 hard to believe Coleco rejected this game at first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Miner 2049er - 12,490 Playing on my ADAM. Couldn't get a screenshot before the score went away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 8,300 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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