Boulder Dash coming to DS and PSP |
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Following the trend of gaming history's classic titles coming to the latest generation of portable consoles (just like Earthworm Jim), 10Tacle Studios and First Star Software have announced that they are doing the same for the classic Boulder Dash. A big player on the Commodore64 circuit, Boulder Dash will be out on the PSP and DS by the second half of 2007.The hero of the game, whom you lucky guys get to control, is the brave Rockford. His aim: to dig through caves collecting gems and diamonds, whilst avoiding dangerous creatures of various types and obstacles like falling rocks.
Alexandra Gerb, Managing Director of 10Tacle Mobile said, "With Boulder Dash we are proud to be able to continue one of the oldest and most famous brands in computer games. We want to lend protagonist Rockford's adventures a fresh, modern style to get him into shape for the years to come."
If you are a bit of an old school gamer like a lot of those in the QJ office, you'll have probably heard of this game. It was developed by a total of three different studios in the 80's and came out on Apple II, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Atari 400/800 home computers. It was later ported to NES, Acorn Electron, PC, and Amstrad CPC. It may sound like a lot, but that's simply because it was a very popular title back in the day. The screenshot above from the C64 edition may not be the most graphically pleasing, but we can assure that the PSP and DS version will be a little more refined.
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I don't get why all these companies are releasing these old games again. We already have emulators so if we want to play them we can do so through emulation.
That's because they don't cater to those of whom use emulators. There are people out there that use the PSP like they are told to and actually buy games.
So quit being a *****ing idiot and stop asking dumb ass questions. Although you get some points for not being a bigger moron by saying 'First Post! OMGLOL!"
Woo! lol. just kidding, holmes.
hm. I never did play boulder dash.. I DID play BALDERdash....... so much fun to bull***** people and get points for it.
so I guess this is kinda like dig dug, but does it have that rockin soundtrack?
I wish I wasn't a tool with a (orig. 2.6) ta-082. :(
(was given it for my birthday, I didn't pick it out)
This game kicks ass. Hopefully they include a level editor supporting wi-fi/internet transfers.
The C64 version had no soundtrack, but there were thousands of homemade levels available thanks to the construction set FirstStar Software released.
"The screenshot above from the C64 edition may not be the most graphically pleasing"
I don't understand.
I freaking love those graphics :)
This was such a great game and I'm really looking forward to a sequel !!