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The objective of Miner 2049er is for Bounty Bob to survive all eleven game levels. To reach each successive level, Bounty Bob must 'mask' the entire framework on the present level before the time display reaches zero. After all the framework has been filled in, the time left on the clock is converted into points and added to your score. Other means of scoring include collecting miner tools, destroying mutants, and eating TNT! An extra Bob is rewarded when 10,000, 30,000 and 50,000 points are reached.

The first screen consists of ladders which Bob can climb up and down, but already there are mutants out to get Bob. These mutants are dangerous until one of the miner tools is taken, whereupon the mutants change colour and acquire a friendly appearance - they smile for a few seconds! During this period they are vulnerable and may be touched to destroy them. If they are not killed they will return to their dangerous state.

The next two levels are similar. The first one consists of sliding down slides and the second one involves an elevator.

The next five levels have lilypads, a deadly radioactive pool, multiple lifts and a hydraulic pump operation. In level nine, Bob meets the Stompers. Contact with these is lethal. At level ten Bounty Bob must advance to the upper framework by being shot out of a cannon! To do this he needs to go to the TNT chamber and eat some TNT, climb the ladder and then fall into the cannon. The cannon can be moved to the desired position and then Bob will shoot up one level per ton of TNT that he has eaten when the fire button is pressed. If Bob eats more than three tons of TNT at a time the cannon will shoot him out at lethal speeds.

Level 11 is the abandoned uranium mine where Bob should find the reason for going on his adventure - the notorious Yukon Yohan. Bob has to take the uranium and you collect bonus points.

The game ends when three Bounty Bobs are killed. One or two players can play and there is the option of sound being on or off. These noises include the sound of Bob walking and sliding down the slides.

Miner 2049er, in my view, is an average arcade game and is similar to the more famous Manic Miner.