Boulder Dash is an arcade developed by First Star Software, released 1 February 1984 on Atari 8-bit.
What Boulder Dash is
Boulder Dash is an arcade game developed by First Star Software and released in 1984. It is available on Atari 8-bit only. It runs on BASIC.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game's protagonist, named "Rockford", must dig through caves collecting gems and diamonds and reach the exit within a specified time limit, while avoiding various types of dangerous creatures as well as obstacles like falling rocks and the constant danger of being crushed or trapped by an avalanche, or killed by an underground explosion.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Boulder Dash holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1984 averaged 73, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Boulder Dash yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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