Boulder Dash

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Amstrad CPC

Boulder Dash · Cassette · 1985
Mirrorsoft
Boulder Dash · Cassette · 1985
First Star
Boulder Dash · Floppy Disk 3' · 1985
First Star
Boulder Dash · Floppy Disk 3' · 1985
Ozisoft

Atari 2600

Boulder Dash · Cartridge ·
NTSC - North America
Self-Published

Atari 8-bit

Boulder Dash · Floppy Disk 5'25 · 1985
First Star

Colecovision

Boulder Dash · Cartridge · 1984
Telegames

Commodore 64/128

Boulder Dash · Cassette · 1984
First Star Software
Boulder Dash · Cassette · 1984
Prism
Boulder Dash · Cassette · 1984
Statesoft
Boulder Dash · Floppy Disk 5'25 · 1984
First Star
Boulder Dash · Cassette · 1984
First Star
Boulder Dash · Floppy Disk 5'25 · 1985
First Star

ZX Spectrum

Boulder Dash · Cassette · 1984
Front Runner
Boulder Dash · Cassette · 1992
Prism

Wikipedia

Boulder Dash, is a 2D puzzle video game released in 1984 by First Star Software for Atari 8-bit computers. It was created by Canadian developers Peter Liepa and Chris Gray. The player controls Rockford, who must dig through caves collecting gems and diamonds and reach the exit within a time limit, while avoiding various types of dangerous creatures as well as falling rocks and the constant danger of being crushed or trapped by an avalanche, or killed by an underground explosion.

Credits

Code - Andrew Davie, Thomas Jentzsch (Atari 2600)

Code - Chris Oberth (Colecovision)

Code - DALALI SOFTWARE LTD (Amstrad CPC)

Code - Peter Liepa (Commodore 64/128)

Design - Chris Gray, Peter Liepa (Amstrad CPC)

Graphics - Peter Liepa (Commodore 64/128)

Graphics - Peter Liepa (Colecovision)

Music - Peter Liepa (Amstrad CPC)

Music - Peter Liepa (Colecovision)

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Amstrad CPC · First Star

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