Boulder Dash III
Release Date  1986
Original Publisher  American Action AB (Sweden)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Arcade Game: Maze
Max. Players  2 (Alternating)
Controls  Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick
Inspirations  Boulder Dash (Software) from First Star Software Inc (USA)
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64
Martijn's WoS score  80.8% (28 votes)

Authors/Contributors
     Peter Liepa (USA) - Game Design/Concept
     Chris Gray (UK) - ?
     Stefan Strand (UK) - ?
     Anders Osterlin - Inlay/Poster Art

Remarks
     Richard Spitalny on an interview for The ZX Spectrum Book: "It was created by a licensee in Sweden: American Action AB. It was an official release, since we were paid for it and approved it, but it was not designed by Peter Liepa nor First Star Software. As I recall, they came to us with a finished 'clone' and we worked something out to make it official. Proper credits and legal notices were included, and we received an advance against royalties and a continued revenue share, such that the title could come out in the mutually agreed to territories. However, First Star itself never published the game."

Series "BoulderDash"
     1. Boulder Dash(1984)by Front Runner (UK)
     2. Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Riotby 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
     Unauthorized version inLoad 'n' Run issue 40(1987/Jul)by Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #40 - 1987/Jul- titled "Diamanti"

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
BoulderDashIII.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
 BoulderDashIII.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(Unspecified custom loader)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     BoulderDashIII.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     BoulderDashIII.gif5,461OriginalRunning screen
     BoulderDash3.txt9,351OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     Boulder_Dash_III_Instructions.pdf1,109,300OriginalInstructions
     BoulderDashIII.png114,363OriginalGame map
     boulderdash3.rzx0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Pavel Plíva (with rollback)
     Boulder Dash III (1986)(Prism Leisure Corporation).pok456OriginalPOK pokes file

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