Boulder Dash - Series

Series

The official Boulder Dash games started in 1984 with the original home computer title, and continue to be published by First Star.

  • Boulder Dash (1984) – The original Boulder Dash was published on multiple home computer and consoles.
  • Boulder Dash (1984) – It was then released on arcade console by Exidy. This version was almost identical, but with coins buying 30 seconds of game time. Historically, this was the first home computer title to be converted to an arcade console.
  • Boulder Dash (1985 – Arcade) – In 1985 Comptiq released another arcade version on Data East's "DECO Cassette System", with improved graphics but a reduced display grid on a vertical monitor.
  • Boulder Dash II (1985) – The second home format was published under several different titles; Rockford's Riot on the MSX, Rockford's Revenge on the C64 (with the former used with the ZX Spectrum's marketing, but the latter used on the cassette inlay, originally the game was going to be called pebbles, Reg Wilkins, Allan McInlay, Martin Brown and David Kivlin were on the design team). The second release in Japan was titled Champion Boulder Dash., but it's not a port of the western game.
  • Boulder Dash 3 (1986 – Apple II, C64, Spectrum, PC) – Monochrome space-themed graphics and poorly designed levels made this a critical failure.
  • Boulder Dash Construction Kit (1986 – Apple II, C64, Spectrum, Atari 8-bit computers, Atari ST) – This release included a small number of levels, but was titled Boulder Dash IV – The Game for the Spectrum re-release.
  • Rockford (1988 – Arcade, Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Arcade, Spectrum, Amstrad, C64) - Rockford was originally a licensed arcade game produced by Arcadia Systems, and later converted to various home computer formats
  • Boulder Dash Part 2 (1990 – Arcade)
  • Boulder Dash (1990 - Game Boy)
  • Boulder Dash (1990 - NES)
  • Boulder Dash EX (2002 – Game Boy Advance) - This one has a new "EX mode" and "Classic mode" which is a direct port of the 1984 PC version.
  • Boulder Dash Xmas 2002 Edition (2002 – PC)
  • GemJam Gold (2003 – PC) – The game's credits claim this is based on Boulder Dash, and is licensed by First Star.
  • Boulder Dash – Treasure Pleasure (2003 – PC)
  • Boulder Dash: Rocks! (2007 – PSP, DS, iOS)
  • Boulder DAs Vol 1 (2009 – iOS)
  • Boulder Dash-XL (2011 - Xbox Live Arcade, PC)
  • Boulder Dash - The Collection! (2011 – Android) "Boulder Dash - The Collection for Android Announced". http://bdtc.instantcom.net/.
  • Boulder Dash (2011 – Atari 2600) - Limited edition of 250 copies.
  • Boulder Dash-XL 3D (2012 - Nintendo 3DS) - 3D version of Boulder Dash-XL.
  • Boulder Dash-XL (2012 – iOS)>

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