Boulderoid is an arcade developed by MacroHead & MicroBrain, released 31 December 1994 on DOS.
What Boulderoid is
Boulderoid is an arcade game developed by MacroHead & MicroBrain and released in 1994. It was published by CodeWraith Software. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This clone of Boulder Dash is a freeware attempt to popularize this game on PC and Amiga, while it was originally released on Commodore C64 platform back in 1984 . The game introduces VGA graphics and sound card support, but uses the caves developed for original Boulder Dash, Rockford's Revenge and C64 Boulder Dash Construction Kit as well as other unofficials. The game includes tools to edit new caves and convert X-BoulderDash files and C64 Boulder Dash Construction Kit files to Boulderoid format. Because of pressure from the original makers of Boulder Dash, Boulderoid's developers have been forced to stop working on this project, leaving its last version to be 1.15. On April 10, 2000…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective.
What it launched against
Boulderoid launched on 31 December 1994, within three weeks of Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw and Mario Andretti Racing.
Released around the same time: Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw, Mario Andretti Racing.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
Boulderoid — frequently asked questions
When did Boulderoid come out?
Boulderoid was released on 31 December 1994 for DOS.
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