| Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Riot |
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| Release Date | 1985 |
| Original Publisher | Monolith (UK) - within compilation "Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash" |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Maze |
| Max. Players | 2 (Alternating) |
| Original Price | £9.95 |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Tie-in Licences | Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Riot (Software) from First Star Software Inc (USA) |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, MSX |
| Average mag. score | 86.67% (3 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 81.4% (31 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Zafi Chip (Spain) | (1985) | as "Boulder Dash II: La Venganza de Rockford" | |
| #2 - Prism Leisure Corporation PLC (UK) | (1987) | as "Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Revenge" | |
| * Release price: £2.99 | |||
| #3 - EDOS (UK) | |||
| #4 - Zafiro Software Division (Spain) | as "Boulder Dash II: La Venganza de Rockford" |
Authors/Contributors
| Peter Liepa (USA) | - Code | ||
| Chris Gray (UK) | - ? |
Series "BoulderDash"
| 1. | Boulder Dash | (1984) | by Front Runner (UK) | |
| 2. | Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Riot | by Monolith (UK) - within compilation "Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash" | ||
| 3. | Boulder Dash III | (1986) | by American Action AB (Sweden) | |
| 4. | Boulder Dash Construction Kit | (1988) | by Databyte (UK) |
Compilations
| Full version in | Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash | (1985) | by Monolith (UK) | - titled "Rockford's Riot" |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | BoulderDashII-RockfordsRiot.tap.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| BoulderDashII-RockfordsRiot.tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Power-Load) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| boulder_dash_2.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Paul E. Collins (with rollback) | ||
| BoulderDashII-RockfordsRiot.scr | 6,912 | #2 | Loading screen | |||
| BoulderDashII-RockfordsRiot.gif | 5,515 | #2 | Running screen | |||
| BoulderDashII-RockfordsRiot.jpg | 93,899 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
| BoulderDash2.txt | 9,235 | #2 | Instructions | English | ||
| BoulderDashII-RockfordsRiot.png | 112,229 | #2 | Game map | |||
| Boulder Dash II Rockford's Riot (1985)(Prism Leisure Corporation).pok | 454 | #2 | POK pokes file |
Magazine Reviews
| Sinclair User | issue #66-1987/Sep | page 25 | - Review: 8/10 | |
| Your Computer | issue v.5 #9-1985/Sep | page 34 | - Review: 5/5 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #22-1987/Oct | page 75 | - Review: 8/10 |
Magazine References
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #71-1987/Sep | page 12 | - News/Note | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #31-1987/Aug/7 special "week#1" | page 45 | - News/Note | |
| Sinclair User | issue #68-1987/Nov | page 16 | - Hack/Poke |
Related Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #21-1985/Oct | page 24 | - Review: 84% (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #44-1985/Nov | page 26 | - Review: 3/5 (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) |
Related Magazine Advertisements
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #50-1985/Dec | page 44 | - Advert (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #51-1986/Jan | page 70 | - Advert (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #19-1985/Aug | page 43 | - Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #20-1985/Sep | page 53 | - Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #21-1985/Oct | page 83 | - Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #22-1985/Nov | page 91 | - Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #24-1986/Jan special "Christmas Special 1985/86" | page 143 | - Advert (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| Sinclair User | issue 1986 special "Annual 1986" | page 58 | - Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #41-1985/Aug | page 65 | - Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #42-1985/Sep | page 51 | - Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #43-1985/Oct | page 36 | - Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #45-1985/Dec | page 108 | - Advert (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #46-1986/Jan | page 68 | - Advert (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash) |
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