Rockford: The Arcade Game

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Description

This is a rocks'n'diamonds style game. Play in six different worlds (as a explorer, cook, doctor, etc.) of increasing difficulty, and grab the coins/apples/hearts while avoiding the boulders. And there are enemies to make your life (even more) difficult.

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Alternate Titles

• "Rockford" -- Spine/media/in-game title

Part of the Following Groups

• Boulder Dash series
• Boulder Dash variants

User Reviews

"Is there ANYTHING intelligent about this game?"

DOS

Nowhere Girl (8221)

Critic Reviews

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Commodore 64	May, 1988	720 out of 1000	72
The Games Machine (UK)	DOS	May, 1988	70 out of 100	70
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	DOS	Oct, 1988	674 out of 1000	67
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Atari 8-bit	Apr, 1988	7.8 out of 12	65
Power Play	Amiga	Jul, 1988	6.5 out of 10	65
ST Action	Atari ST	May, 1988	65 out of 100	65
Happy Computer	Commodore 64	Apr, 1988	60 out of 100	60
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	ZX Spectrum	Apr, 1988	5.6 out of 12	47
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Apr, 1988	3.8 out of 12	32
Power Play	Amstrad CPC	Dec, 1988	24 out of 100	24

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Trivia

Development

"Rockford" is a very rare example of the game that existed in the arcades as a conversion of home computer game. Usually it happened in the opposite direction - arcades were the source of conversion for home computers. Popularity of 8-bit "Boulder Dash" made a demand for it and "Rockford" debuted on Arcadia Systems. Sadly, the game was stripped of the original's simple and charming graphics and was less intuitive than the "Boulder Dash" games that inspired it. Mostly because you had to figure out what each element represented in each environment you were placed in (such as the Old West or outer space). The game also felt clunky compared with the streamlined and fluid original.

"Rockford" was later on converted to home systems such as Amiga and Atari ST, resulting in a conversion of an arcade game that itself was largely a conversion of a home computer game.

Awards

• ACE
  • October 1988 (issue #13) - Included in the Top-100 list of 1987/1988 (editorial staff selection)