Kaboom!

Competition

Players who were able to rack up 3,000 points or higher were eligible to receive the "The Activision Bucket Brigade" patch from Activision if they sent in a screenshot to the company. If players were ever to reach the maximum point value of 999,999, Activision encouraged people to send in a screenshot to recognize such a "remarkable achievement". Here is a picture of the "The Activision Bucket Brigade" patch at AtariAge.

Awards

• Arcade Alley Awards
  • 1982 - Best Audio and Visual Effects
• FLUX
  • Issue #4 - #85 in the "Top 100 Video Games of All-Time" list
• Retro Gamer
  • Issue #46 - #9 in the “Top 25 Atari 2600” Games poll

Information also contributed by Big John WV and PCGamer77