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
	Boulder Dash
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User Reviews

This was and still is a fun little game to play.

David Lafferty (16)

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The Press Says

Mean Machines	Aug, 1991	92 out of 100	92
The Video Game Critic	Mar 10, 2000	A-	91
Joystick (French)	Dec, 1991	90 out of 100	90
Total!! UK Magazine	Jan, 1992	90 out of 100	90
Total! (Germany)	Mar, 1997	1.75 out of 6	85
neXGam	2007	8 out of 10	80
Top Secret	Jan, 1994		80
All Game Guide	1998		70

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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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This entry was contributed by Rola (5900), Trixter