General info for: Boulder Dash [#ID: 639]
Title:
Boulder Dash
Release Date:
1984
Original Publisher:
Front Runner (UK)
Creators:
Dalali Software Ltd (UK)
Peter Liepa (USA)
Chris Gray (UK)
Contributors:
Steinar Lund
Availability:
Available
Message Language:
English
Machine Type:
ZX-Spectrum 48K
Genre:
Arcade Game: Maze
Maximum Players:
1
Competitions:
C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards
Controls:
Cursor
Interface 2 (right)
Kempston Joystick
Original Price:
£7.95
Mods:
4 title(s)
Other platforms:
Acorn, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, MSX, NES
Average mag. score:
81.80% (5 reviews)
Annual Awards:
Runner-up in the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards - Best Arcade Style Game.
Review Awards:
"Crash Smash" at Crash issue v.1 #12 - 1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85" page 74

Remarks:
SPOT: also published on B: side of Rockford's Riot
Remarks:
This game was later converted to an arcade coin-op by Data East.

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User Score
Score:
7.7
Total votes:
13
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Stats:
  10:  
  7.7% (1)
  9:  
  15.4% (2)
  8:  
  23.1% (3)
  7:  
  46.2% (6)
  6:  
  7.7% (1)

Main File Downloads

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TAP     JSSpeccy    QAOP
Front Runner (UK)
1984
BoulderDash.tap.zip
English
TZX
Front Runner (UK)
1984
BoulderDash.tzx.zip
English
TZX     JSSpeccy
Front Runner (UK)
1984
BoulderDash_2.tzx.zip
English
TZX
Prism Leisure Corporation PLC (UK)
1984
BoulderDash(PrismLeisureCorporationPLC).tzx.zip
English

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LICENCE TIE-INS / INSPIRATIONS
Origin: Tie-in Licence
Name: Boulder Dash
Type: Software
Owner(s): First Star Software Inc (USA)
Releases

 Front Runner (UK)
1984
£7.95

 Dro Soft (Spain)
1984

 EDOS (UK)
unknown

 Prism Leisure Corporation PLC (UK)
1984
£2.99

 Zafiro Software Division (Spain)
1984
Authors/Contributors
Peter Liepa (USA)  
no team 
Chris Gray (UK)  
no team 
Steinar Lund (Norway)     
no team 
Inlay/Poster Art
Compilations featuring this title
Title: Pack of Aces
Publisher: Paxman Promotions (UK)
Date: 1987
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Title: Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash
Publisher: Monolith (UK)
Date: 1985
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Titles in "BoulderDash" Series
Number: 1
Title: Boulder Dash
Publisher: Front Runner (UK)
Release: 1984
Number: 2
Title: Boulder Dash II: Rockford's Riot
Publisher: Monolith (UK) - within compilation "Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash"
Release:
Number: 3
Title: Boulder Dash III
Publisher: American Action AB (Sweden)
Release: 1986
Number: 4
Title: Boulder Dash Construction Kit
Publisher: Databyte (UK)
Release: 1988
Additional File Downloads

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Magazine Reviews

Big K
Issue: #11 - 1985/Feb
Page: 23 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 3/3

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #40 - 1985/Feb
Page: 42 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #12 - 1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85"
Page: 74 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 93%

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #38 - 1987/Mar
Page: 75 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - Crash - Crashback

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #99 - 1985/Feb/12 special "week#2"
Page: 14 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair User
Issue: #35 - 1985/Feb
Page: 23 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 5/10

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #22 - 1987/Oct
Page: 75 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 8/10

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #84 - 1992/Dec
Page: 11 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 86%
Magazine References

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #3 - 1987/Dec
Page: 110 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #4 - 1988/Jan
Page: 137 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #6 - 1988/Mar
Page: 65 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Brain Games

 ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #6 - 1988/Mar
Page: 100 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #7 - 1988/Apr
Page: 109 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #8 - 1988/May
Page: 101 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #41 - 1991/Feb
Page: 63 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - The ACE guide to THE GREATEST GAMES of all time (probably)

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #38 - 1984/Dec
Page: 24 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #41 - 1985/Mar
Page: 14 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #41 - 1985/Mar
Page: 57 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #71 - 1987/Sep
Page: 12 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #5 - 1985/Aug
Page: 30 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #14 - 1985/Mar
Page: 61 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #17 - 1985/Jun
Page: 61 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Letters

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #22 - 1985/Nov
Page: 58 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Letters

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #40 - 1987/May
Page: 89 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #12 - 1984/Nov
Page: 18 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #14 - 1985/Jan
Page: 19 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #15 - 1985/Feb
Page: 100 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Map

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #15 - 1985/Feb
Page: 100 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.6 #30 - 1987/Jul/31 special "week#5"
Page: 45 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 YS Smash Tips
Issue: 1988/Aug
Page: 7
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #1 - 1986/Jan
Page: 29 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke
Magazine Advertisements

Big K
Issue: #10 - 1985/Jan
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #39 - 1985/Jan
Page: 57 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #47 - 1985/Sep
Page: 10 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #12 - 1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85"
Page: 73 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #128 - 1985/Sep/3 special "week#1"
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #129 - 1985/Sep/10 special "week#2"
Page: 2 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #130 - 1985/Sep/17 special "week#3"
Page: 2 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #14 - 1985/Jan
Page: 29 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.4 #36 - 1985/Sep/5 special "week#1"
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.4 #39 - 1985/Sep/26 special "week#4"
Page: 8 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert

 Sinclair User
Issue: #34 - 1985/Jan
Page: 69 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 TV Gamer
Issue: 1985/Jan
Page: 9 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Your Computer
Issue: v.5 #1 - 1985/Jan
Page: 35 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Your Computer
Issue: v.5 #2 - 1985/Feb
Page: 42 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Your Computer
Issue: v.5 #10 - 1985/Oct
Page: 28 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert
Related Magazine Reviews

Crash
Issue: v.1 #21 - 1985/Oct
Page: 24 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)
Score: 84%

 Sinclair User
Issue: #44 - 1985/Nov
Page: 26 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)
Score: 3/5
Related Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #50 - 1985/Dec
Page: 44 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #51 - 1986/Jan
Page: 70 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #19 - 1985/Aug
Page: 43 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #20 - 1985/Sep
Page: 53 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #21 - 1985/Oct
Page: 83 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #22 - 1985/Nov
Page: 91 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #24 - 1986/Jan special "Christmas Special 1985/86"
Page: 143 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)

 Sinclair User
Issue: 1986 special "Annual 1986"
Page: 58 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)

 Sinclair User
Issue: #41 - 1985/Aug
Page: 65 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)

 Sinclair User
Issue: #42 - 1985/Sep
Page: 51 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)

 Sinclair User
Issue: #43 - 1985/Oct
Page: 36 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)

 Sinclair User
Issue: #45 - 1985/Dec
Page: 108 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)

 Sinclair User
Issue: #46 - 1986/Jan
Page: 68 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (Rockford's Riot + Boulder Dash)
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