You are Rockford, and you have to dig through monster infested caves in search of diamonds. In each level you must collect a certain number of these diamonds, in order to open a portal to the next stage. Enemies can be squashed by falling boulders, which are released when the ground below them is removed or they are pushed onto empty ground, but be careful because these can also squash you. In later levels, difficulty is increased by many puzzle elements and shorter time limits.

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Alternate Titles

"Boulder Dash Vol. 1" -- iPhone title

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Boulder Dash variants

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Boulder Dash by JVC for Nintendo	NES	$5.00
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User Reviews

This was and still is a fun little game to play.	NES	David Lafferty (16)
The best game ever !! It has everything we want: action, strategic thinking, puzzles, and a construction kit to create our own levels.	Commodore 64	Arno Weber (3)

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The Press Says

Big K	ZX Spectrum	Feb, 1985		100
Mean Machines	NES	Aug, 1991	92 out of 100	92
Génération 4	Game Boy	Nov, 1990	9 out of 10	90
Joystick (French)	NES	Dec, 1991	90 out of 100	90
Total! (Germany)	Game Boy	Jun, 1995	2 out of 6	80
Jeuxvideo.com	Commodore 64	Jan 03, 2011	15 out of 20	75
Jeuxvideo.com	Wii	Jan 03, 2011	15 out of 20	75
All Game Guide	NES	1998		70
IGN	Commodore 64	Jun 24, 2009	7 out of 10	70
Tilt	ColecoVision	Mar, 1988	9 out of 20	45

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Trivia

Amiga

A real Amiga version of Boulder Dash was never released. But Emerald Mine, a close variant for the Amiga, became very popular.

Arcade version

Boulder Dash was so popular on the home computer that it was ported to an arcade version. Usually, it is the other way around; in that a popular arcade game gets ported to the home system.

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