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Boulder Dash is First Star Software's 1984 maze-based puzzle game, in which Rockford tunnels through dirt to collect diamonds while avoiding falling boulders. minerbold is a remake of Bolder Dash from the BK-0010 computer, made with the INSTEAD engine. It can be played in the browser on itch.io, and every level can be selected.
Getting started
In the browser, click the game to give it focus, then use the arrow keys to move, Esc for the menu and Space for any key. The game's own hint notes that stones can be pushed upward, sometimes even in mid-fall. To play offline, install the INSTEAD interpreter, which is available for PC, Linux, macOS, Android and other systems.
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