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.
IGDB / 12942
Boulder Dash
Boulder Dash was originally released in 1984 for Atari 8-bit computers. It was developed and published by First Star Software, and spawned a series of sequels, re-releases, and spinoffs. It also did a great deal to establish and influence the mining genre of video games, which can be seen in modern games such as Minecraft, Spelunky, and Terraria.
World design
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GameplayPuzzles
Deep dive / Spielprofil
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GameplayPuzzles
GenreArcade
GenrePlatform
GenrePuzzle
ThemeAction
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Traitcheat code
Traitgravity
Traitmining
Traitmud
Traitretro
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Studios & ownership
Studio & publishing
- Developer
- First Star Software
- Publisher
- First Star Software, Mirrorsoft, Prism Leisure Corporation Plc
- Franchise
- Standalone
So spielt es sich
Spielprofil
- Modi
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- Action
Wo & wann
Platform releases
- Atari 8-bit Feb 1984
- Atari 8-bit Aug 1985
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