Review by dandyboy on 21 Nov 2012 (Rating: 3)
Good presentation , good sound , an attractive layout but then ,,, why isn´t Bounty Bob as popular as Miner Willy ?
2,5 out of 5 .
1985 US Gold (UK)
by Bill Hogue, Tim Miller and F.D. Thorpe (loading screen)
I must say I never fancied Bounty Bob based on it's looks alone, but that's not completely true. The game as some annoying control problems. While Manic Miner is straight-in-your-face easy, Bounty Bob may require a few instructions for starters.
It took me a while to discover that I could climb ladders up and down. And this because when you jump in to a ladder in most games, you get enabled to use them up and down. But not with Bob, no. In the first screen when you see the downright ladder, your first instinct is to try to use it, but you cant because it's over the floor and the jumping function doesn't allow you to mount on it.
Well this may seem a small thing, but as I kid I always thought there was no up/down keys. So it's was awkwardly frustrating. I now blame it on the instructions free copy I owned and on my I eager in wanting to start playing immediately each game.
Once I got over that, I really enjoyed bountying with Bob. The game is smooth and addictive, even if it looks a bit clumsy and messy, and its fairly easy to finish each level, unlike other classics like Turmoil, where luck was required and could determined the end abruptly.
Overall a nice game that could have been nicer with a plastic surgery here and there.
3,5 points
