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	$2.99
	Boulder Dash
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User Reviews

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)
This was and still is a fun little game to play.	NES	David Lafferty (16)

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The Press Says

The Atari Times	Atari 8-bit	Nov 06, 2006	95 out of 100	95
Mean Machines	NES	Aug, 1991	92 out of 100	92
The Video Game Critic	NES	Mar 10, 2000	A-	91
Total!! UK Magazine	NES	Jan, 1992	90 out of 100	90
Génération 4	Game Boy	Nov, 1990	9 out of 10	90
All Game Guide	NES	1998		70
IGN	Wii	Jun 23, 2009	7 out of 10	70
Power Play	Game Boy	Nov, 1990	67 out of 100	67
Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Feb, 1985	5 out of 10	50
Tilt	ColecoVision	Mar, 1988	9 out of 20	45

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Trivia

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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