Bounty Bob Strikes Back!
Bounty Bob Strikes Back! — frequently asked questions
- Is Bounty Bob Strikes Back! on Steam?
- No. Bounty Bob Strikes Back! is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
- What platforms is Bounty Bob Strikes Back! on?
- Bounty Bob Strikes Back! is available on Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari 5200, Amstrad CPC.
- When did Bounty Bob Strikes Back! release?
- Bounty Bob Strikes Back! was first released on January 2, 1985.
About Bounty Bob Strikes Back!
Bounty Bob returns in this new and exciting follow-up adventure to Miner 2049er. This time around it's even tougher than before and Bob needs your help more than ever to guide him through the mine. The mutant organisms have multiplied and over the mine entirely. making it extremely difficult to survive the hazards of the underground passageways. Using the high-powered special equipment in the twenty-five new caverns is Bob's only hope of achieving his objective of securing the mine and defeating the plans of the evil Yukon Yohan
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari 5200, Amstrad CPC
- Developer
- Big Five Software
- Publisher
- U.S. Gold
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atari 5200 | 1985 | $633 | $1,450 | $1,069 |
Also released on: Atari 7800 · Atari 8-bit · Commodore C64/128/MAX · ZX Spectrum · Amstrad CPC. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Atari 5200 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-19
How often it sells
- Loose: about 4 times a year
- Complete: about once a year
- Sealed: about once a year
Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-19.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $138 in Oct 2009, $481 five years ago, and $633 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2010 | $324 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $57 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $80 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $70 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $411 | $1,010 |
| Jan 2015 | $482 | $24 |
| Jan 2016 | $425 | $618 |
| Jan 2017 | $1,500 | $160 |
| Jan 2018 | $433 | $763 |
| Jan 2019 | $426 | $943 |
| Jan 2020 | $475 | $651 |
| Jan 2021 | $480 | $900 |
| Jan 2022 | $506 | $1,163 |
| Jan 2023 | $610 | $1,450 |
| Jan 2024 | $675 | $1,450 |
| Jan 2025 | $610 | $1,450 |
| Jan 2026 | $604 | $1,450 |
| Oct 2026 | $633 | $1,450 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Label | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
| North America Big Five Software | Standard - Green cart | Very Rare+ |
Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 5200 software database
- Region
- NA
- Released
- 1985
- Controller
- Joystick
- Players
- 1
- Authenticity
- Med
The most valuable released cartridge in the 5200 library, and the one title where a counterfeit or flashcart is a real worry.
Bounty Bob Strikes Back! is Big Five Software's Atari computer platformer, ported to the 5200 in 1985, and it was the only 5200 cartridge released that year. AtariAge credits Chris Mikolyski for graphics and Bill Hogue as programmer. It is on Atari 50.
Collectors chase it because it is the scarcest and most valuable released 5200 cart by a wide margin, and it trades rarely in any form. The game's 40 KB bank-switching scheme is why it has the odd reputation of being hard to reproduce.
How it was made
AtariAge credits Chris Mikolyski for graphics and Bill Hogue as programmer. Big Five Software published the 5200 cartridge.
Also on other platforms
Atari 8-bit · ZX Spectrum
- Atari 8-bit. The Atari 8-bit original shipped on a ROM cartridge of 40K, up from 16K for the first game.
- ZX Spectrum. Retro Gamer readers voted the ZX Spectrum version the 19th best game of all time in 2004.
Before you buy
Medium risk, purely on value. A forum thread from 2012 says a small number of reproductions were made years earlier, though it also says the bank-switching makes copies hard and the programmer discouraged them, and the AtariMax SD multicart can run the game, so a working cart in an odd shell may be a flashcart or reproduction until opened. A genuine cart is a green shell with a color label, so treat a red or black shell, or an unlabeled or handwritten label, as a flag. Boxes came in a picture-label version and a silver-foil version. Insist on photos of the label, shell and board, and expect to pay a premium for a complete copy.
Bounty Bob Strikes Back! screenshots
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