Boulder Dash (video game)

Boulder Dash
Boulder Dash
Developer(s)	Data East (1990 arcade, NES); Beam Software (Game Boy);
Publisher(s)	NA: First Star Software; EU: Mirrorsoft;
Designer(s)	Peter Liepa; Chris Gray;
Programmer(s)	Kazunori Ishiguri; Toshiyuki Sakai; Hisatada Ohta (1990 arcade);
Composer(s)	Azusa Hara; Fuse (1990 arcade);
Platform(s)	Atari 8-bit Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, BBC Micro, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, FM-7, Game Boy, IBM PC, Intellivision, iOS, MSX, NES, PC-88, PMD 85, Super Cassette Vision, ZX Spectrum;
Release	March 1984 Atari 8-bit NA: March 1984; UK: August 1985; ; C64 NA: April 1984; UK: 1984; ; Apple II NA: October 1984; ; PC-88 JP: October 1984; ; FM-7 JP: November 1984; ; ColecoVision NA: December 1984; ; Arcade NA: 1984; JP: August 1985; JP: May 1990 (1990 arcade); ; IBM PC; 1984; ZX Spectrum UK: 1984; ; CPC UK: August 1985; ; MSX; 1985; Super Cassette Vision JP: 1985; ; BBC, Electron UK: 1988; ; NES JP: March 23, 1990; NA: June 1990; EU: 1990; ; Game Boy JP: September 21, 1990; EU: 1990; ; Atari 2600; June 2012; Intellivision NA: March 18, 2015; ;
Genre(s)	Puzzle, maze
Mode(s)	Single-player

Boulder Dash is a 2D maze-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 collects treasures while evading hazards.

Boulder Dash was ported to many 8-bit and 16-bit systems and turned into a coin-operated arcade game. It was followed by multiple sequels and re-releases and influenced games such as Repton and direct clones such as Emerald Mine.

As of January 2018, BBG Entertainment GmbH owns the intellectual property rights to Boulder Dash.

The game's name is a pun on balderdash.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.