Bounty Bob Strikes Back! (Atari 8-bit family)

Bounty Bob Strikes Back!
Developer: Big Five Software Publishers: Big Five Software (US), U.S. Gold (UK) Platform: Atari 8-bit family Released in US: January 1985 Released in UK: 1985 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select.

Bounty Bob Strikes Back! is the sequel to Miner 2049er.

Developer Messages

On the Game Adjustment screen (accessed by pressing Option on the title screen), there is an section labeled "Special Codes". Entering specific numbers and pressing Option again will result in messages appearing.

Number	Message/Effect
5	"YOU REALLY DIDN'T THINK THAT WOULD DO ANYTHING DID YOU?"
6	"TAKE BACK 1 KADAM TO HONOR THE HEBREW GOD WHOSE CARTRIDGE THIS IS!"
40	Takes the player to the High Score screen
49	"HEY! HOW DID YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF THE FIRE STATION NEAR MY HOUSE?"
69	"GEEZ! WE KNOW WHERE YOUR MIND IS!"
100	"BARBER NED SAYS THAT WILL BE TWENTY DOLLARS, PLEASE!"
213	"WRONG AREA CODE!"
666	"HOW DARE YOU INPUT THAT NUMBER INTO THIS GAME!"
782	"HA HA!"
818	"TRY HARDER."
1,000	"ROM VERSION 1.000"
1,961	"THE MAKERS OF THIS GAME THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR!"
2,049	"C'MON!! TRY HARDER"
2,827	"CLEVER! BUT STILL WRONG!"
5,495	"A STEAL AT ANY PRICE!"
6,861	"YOU ACTUALLY TRIED THAT?"
9,161	"BILL HOGUE’S BIRTHDAY! DON’T FORGET TO SEND PRESENTS"
16,309	"RELIANT’S PREFIX CODE! HERE IT COMES, KHAN!"
61,800	Activates debugging keys (see below for more info)

In addition to displaying its message, the 100 code will remove the hat from Bounty Bob's in-game sprite.

(Source: Digital Press (CompuClub V2N2, John Hardie, German Gonzalez-Morris))

Debug Keys

Setting the special code to 61,800 and pressing F + Option will activate a set of debug keys while in-game.

• Q: Go to the next level.
• A: Go to the previous level.
• Z: Restart the current level.
• F: Enables a free movement mode, which can be deactivated by pressing F again. Bob cannot die while in this mode.
• B: If free movement mode is enabled, this key warps Bob to his previous position and deactivates said mode.

In addition, specific levels can be visited by typing their corresponding number with the number keys.

(Source: Digital Press)