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Bounty Bob Strikes Back – Atari 5200 – Big Five

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The 1984 Atari 5200 USA release by Big Five, written by Bill Hogue.

This is one of the rarest of the 5200 games.

It’s a common myth that the 5200 and Atari 8bit home computer versions are identical. That is not quite true. The computer version is slightly more difficult — some of the platforms are smaller.

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The 5200 version is above. Check out the two platforms to the right of transporter 2. They are two “bricks” wide. Now check out the Atari home computer version below. They are only one brick wide.

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We are missing a complete warranty card for this! If you have it and wish to donate it to the Miner 2049er Museum, please reply to this post! We’ll even accept just a picture if you don’t wish to part with yours.

Bounty Bob Strikes Back – Atari 8bit home computers – Big Five

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The Atari 8bit home computer version from Big Five released in 1984, written by Bill Hogue.

Unlike the C64 release, the Atari computer release got its very own big box. It had green sides instead of the blue found on the Atari 5200 release. At least some came packed with a free original Miner 2049er and manual. There was a sticker on the front with the news.

It’s a common myth that the 5200 and Atari 8bit home computer versions are identical. That is not quite true. The computer version is slightly more difficult — some of the platforms are smaller.
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The 5200 version is above. Check out the two platforms to the right of transporter 2. They are two “bricks” wide. Now check out the Atari home computer version below. They are only one brick wide.

bbsb-a8

 

Bounty Bob Strikes Back – Commodore 64 – Big Five – Diskette

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This is the floppy disc version released in the USA by Big Five in 1984. It came in the same big box as the Atari 5200 version except with a Commodore 64 sticker stuck on the front. The sides even still said Atari 5200. A sticker was also added to the poster with additional instructions that applied to the C64 version. This is also the only release that included a cheat sheet. By the time the C64 version was ready for release, they must have realized just how difficult the game was.

There are also cassette and disk versions which were released in Europe by US Gold.