Miner 2049er is a platform video game created by Bill Hogue that was released in 1982 by Big Five Software.
Developer - Big Five Software
Publisher - Tigervision
Release - September 1, 1982
Platform(s) - Atari 2600
Number of Players - Single-player
Genre - Platform
Source/Attribution
It was developed for the Atari 8-bit family and widely ported to other systems. The title "Miner 2049er" evokes a 21st-century take on the California Gold Rush of around 1849, in which the gold miners and prospectors were nicknamed "49ers".
Bounty Bob is a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on a mission to search through all of Nuclear Ned's abandoned uranium mines for the treacherous Yukon Yohan. Bob must claim each section of each mine by running over it. There are a wide variety of futuristic obstacles that he must deal with such as matter transporters, hydraulic scaffolds, and jet-speed floaters; plus, he must also avoid radioactive creatures that have been left behind in the mines.