Miner 2049er

1001 Video Games

Miner 2049er appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Canceled NES version

According to a gossip column of upcoming games in Nintendo Power, there was a claim of "Mindscape is also doing Miner 2409er, another arcade classic with game play similar to their Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom game." This version of the game seems to have never come to fruition.

Licensing

Miner 2049er was ported to a wide-range of platforms thanks to an early, innovative use of licensing. Big Five produced the original game, and licensed it to other companies to port to other platforms. Prior to this, most games were ported by the same company that developed them.