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Still have the cartridge, Miner 2049er was something of an obsession for me after Star Raiders and the Atari 8-bit Donkey Kong cartridge. 4 player M.U.L.E. and

Still have the cartridge, Miner 2049er was something of an obsession for me after Star Raiders and the Atari 8-bit Donkey Kong cartridge. 4 player M.U.L.E. and Seven Cities of Gold were amazing. Actually, playing Seven Cities of Gold on a reservation generated some amusement.

peapicker 9y ago
Loved Miner 2049'er. The sequel Bounty Bob Strikes Back was also great!
- tyingq 9y ago
  Never heard of that. This is why I love HN. I'm likely to now Google around for how to grab this and run in an emulator. Appreciate the share.
  - sshanky 9y ago
    Let us know if you find one. I still have a couple hundred floppy disks with all these games somewhere, and often consider pulling out the whole system. But then I realize I have nothing to connect it to.
  - kd5bjo 9y ago
    You can get it straight from the original developer: http://www.bigfivesoftware.com/Emulator/emulator.htm http://www.bigfivesoftware.com/Emulator/emulator.htm
sokoloff 9y ago
MULE, Archon, Miner 2049er, Boulderdash, and one of the Ultimas [Ultima IV I think] were my favorite computer games in my childhood. There was a semi-realistic semi-3D RPG-style game that I really wanted to get into but never could. This thread caused me to research it, only to find out that it was Alternate Reality that another sub-thread is extolling. I think I was too young and impatient perhaps, but I got so frustrated at dying and having my bank investments go bust so often.
- karmakaze 9y ago
  Archon, oh Archon. Friendships were almost lost from Archon.
_emacsomancer_ 9y ago
M.U.L.E. was great fun! For some reason this also reminded me of another game (not a 4-person one) that also had at the beginning some sort of trading/bartering component, but then you were outside in some sort of vehicle (airship?) searching for components. I can't remember the title or enough details to track it down though. (I remember riding up and down in a lift in the beginning though.)

peapicker 9y ago

Loved Miner 2049'er. The sequel Bounty Bob Strikes Back was also great!

tyingq 9y ago
Never heard of that. This is why I love HN. I'm likely to now Google around for how to grab this and run in an emulator. Appreciate the share.
- sshanky 9y ago
  Let us know if you find one. I still have a couple hundred floppy disks with all these games somewhere, and often consider pulling out the whole system. But then I realize I have nothing to connect it to.
- kd5bjo 9y ago
  You can get it straight from the original developer: http://www.bigfivesoftware.com/Emulator/emulator.htm http://www.bigfivesoftware.com/Emulator/emulator.htm

sokoloff 9y ago

MULE, Archon, Miner 2049er, Boulderdash, and one of the Ultimas [Ultima IV I think] were my favorite computer games in my childhood. There was a semi-realistic semi-3D RPG-style game that I really wanted to get into but never could. This thread caused me to research it, only to find out that it was Alternate Reality that another sub-thread is extolling. I think I was too young and impatient perhaps, but I got so frustrated at dying and having my bank investments go bust so often.

karmakaze 9y ago
Archon, oh Archon. Friendships were almost lost from Archon.

_emacsomancer_ 9y ago

M.U.L.E. was great fun! For some reason this also reminded me of another game (not a 4-person one) that also had at the beginning some sort of trading/bartering component, but then you were outside in some sort of vehicle (airship?) searching for components. I can't remember the title or enough details to track it down though. (I remember riding up and down in a lift in the beginning though.)