Boulder Dash
Boulder Dash is a maze-based puzzle video game released in 1984 by First Star Software for Atari 8-bit computers. It was created by Canadian developers Peter Liepa and Chris Gray. The player controls Rockford, who tunnels through dirt to collect diamonds. Boulders and other objects remain fixed until the dirt beneath them is removed, then they fall and become a hazard. Puzzles are designed around collecting diamonds without being crushed and exploiting the interactions between objects. The game's name is a pun on balderdash.
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Halted
Javascript BoulderDash is an HTML5 remake of Boulder Dash playable in-browser, MIT-licensed, with development now halted.
Platforms:Web
Stars112
Updated1 year ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2011
Archived
A browser-based HTML5 canvas implementation of Digger, playable directly on the project's GitHub Pages site.
Platforms:Web
Stars95
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2010
Archived
Original game image
Original game imageA small Java implementation of Boulder Dash structured around the MVC pattern; archived, unplayable, with minimal documentation.
Platforms:None
Stars18
Updated6 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2015
HaltedOriginal game image
Original game imageA fully labelled and commented disassembly of the BBC Micro version of Boulder Dash, in Beebasm and acme assembler formats.
Platforms:BBC Micro
Stars9
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Halted
A text-mode, curses-based clone of Boulder Dash for the terminal, with a built-in level editor.
Platforms:DOSAtari
Stars9
Updated2 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2015
Sporadic
A Linux game where players escape caves by collecting all the diamonds for points and an extra life every 1000, with a built-in map editor.
Platforms:Linux
Stars5
Updated1 year ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2021
Halted
A remake of the BK-0010 game Bolder Dash, built with the INSTEAD engine and playable in the browser.
Platforms:Web
Stars5
Updated9 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2015
Halted
A standalone, time-limited puzzle game collecting diamonds across 173 levels in four caves, with three game modes and 18 upgradeable traits.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars2
Updated1 year ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2015
