Old Games: Encyclopedia Bombastica: Miner 2049er

Not sure I've even heard of this one. Cool.

The title sounds like it should end with "pants on fire".

Yukon Yohan is a great name for a villain.

I'm really digging this Bombastica week.

This was the JAM back in my C64 days.

I just had a wave of nostalgia seeing that flashing vat of RADIOACTIVE WASTE and could actually smell the hot cocoa I spilled on the carpet in my room. It never really got out and if I really stuck my nose down there it was chocolatey goodness for weeks.

Huh, I always confused 2049er with Miner Willy. Didn't have either back in the day.

Never heard of this, but it does look pretty cool. I like the changing mechanics, that wasn't at all common back then.

I forgot how loud games were in the 90's,.

Next two bombasticas sound like they might (hopefully) be brad joints. Can't wait!

@ravelle: This game came out in 1982.

I played a shit ton of Miner VGA.

It's a platforming "City Connection."

Fond memories of this one on the C64 - the sequel Bounty Bob Strikes Back was infuriating though.

You gave yourself TEN LIVES? To climb some ladders? What are you, some kind of bad gamer?

I played Hard Hat Mack on C64, felt similar, must of been a clone.

Miner 2094er is a fun name to say.

Bounty Bob!!

Those sounds are absurd and really loud... I know the game is old but wouldn't it have been better for it just to have been silent? Maybe at the time loud beeps were immersive?

@basketsnake: i kno rite? Git gud etc.

The Quake cap is a dead giveaway...well, that and QL Crew showing part of his face as well. I don't think I've touched Quake 2 since the 90's, excited!

Never played or seen this before, but I remember Jeff mentioning it a few times in the past, so this is cool to finally see the game he was talking about.

It's also nice that we're getting all of these Encyclopedia Bombastica entries while the office is being moved.

Cool, I'm glad there are a bunch of Bombastica's for the next couple days. This is the most under rated Giant Bomb show.

I got the Colecovision version for Christmas one year. LOVED it.

Manic Miner came 1983. Much better game. ;)

This game started on the Apple ][ IIRC. Although given how ports were done back then sometimes the ports were better than the original.

It was clearly designed to be somewhat like Donkey Kong but not too much.

The floaty jumping in this game drove me crazy.

I loved this game and bounty Bob strikes back is an amazing Game too. The enter your name on bbsb is well worth a look.

I played a ton of Apple II version of this along with CanonBall Blitz back in the 80's. This latest crop of Bombasticas is a flashback to my childhood. Keep 'em comin'!

Another great game for the Apple II (that would make a good Bombastica) was Captain Goodnight. The graphics were pretty spectacular back in 1985 for the Apple II.

My god. That website is glorious.

It's interesting to see all this content about old games while they're arguing about the best, recent games. Do you think the classics we remember years later are the same games chosen as GotY when they first came out? Or do you think the classics we remember were usually beaten in GotY lists by other games that were more contemporary?

I really love it when the site covers old games. Bombasticas, Old Games Show, random holiday streams... it's all great.

I'm glad Super Mario Bros. got us all past that whole fall damage thing in games. But anyway this game has some fuckin' rad sound effects.

for an old game this has alot of videogame in it! Cool!

Surprising amount of variety, was expecting it to be more one-note lik Loderunner. Shame one the level count though, but I guess sacrifices had to be made to get that variety?

Really digging the surge of Bombasticas as well. Keep it up!

Between this and Lode Runner, it's been interesting looking at the Atari versions of the games I played on C64 as a kid; the C64 versions of both those games are very similar to what Jeff's shown in his last two Bombastica entries!

Playing Miner 2049er would always get me in the mood to play Hard Hat Mack. Pity I've gotta go to work right now, because that's totally what I'd be doing!

Every time an enemy dies I flash back to going to hyperspace in Star Raiders

Bounty Bob is nothing, if not classy.

This was my first gaming true love back when I had an Atari 800.

Great to see it finally get it's own EB entry!

Real hot mics in these videos. But thanks for bringing back my favorite Giant Bomb character, Jeff's Bedroom! I missed it.

A game from when I was born. W00t. Never heard of this one though, perhaps in some remake fashion.

Loderunner and this were two of my favourites on Apple IIe. Would love to see a Castle Wolfenstein bombastica sometime.

game looks hard as fuck past level 4, literally more difficult than most current games i play.

Keep the Bombasticas coming!

*checks upcoming schedule*

Yes!!

What a rad fuckin' name for a game.

Just a personal thought: I like the short and sweet format of this one. I like the EB videos because I love to see older games and why they are important to you guys, but a lot of times they end up dragging.

An era that kids today will never appreciate. Brings back so many memories!

I played a TON of this game when I was young on a Colecovision. This and Time Pilot hold a very special place in my heart.

BEEEEEPBOOOOOOOO BEEEEEEEEEPBOOOOOOO

Fuck that sound though.

Mining in the future of 2049 is dangerous business

This is one of the first games I played. I played it on a commodore 64. That was a good 27-28 years ago and I still remembered seeing some of these levels. I share Jeff's feeling about loving this game.