Boulder Dash ® - Atari 2600

Following the recent release of their amazing Boulder Dash® playable demo, programmers Andrew Davie and Thomas Jentzsch, in association with publishers AtariAge and First Star Software, Inc, are very excited to announce that the original game in the Boulder Dash® series, Boulder Dash® Volume 1, will be available for purchase, exclusively from the AtariAge Store, in time for Christmas 2011!

Andrew Davie and Thomas Jentzsch have been working on this Atari 2600 port of Boulder Dash® for almost a decade. Together these two Atari 2600 veterans have used their insight and sophisticated knowledge about the Atari console to bring to life a faithful rendering of the classic, action-puzzle game (first released on the Atari 8-bit computer platform in 1984) from First Star Software, Inc.. Game-play, sounds, and graphics have been faithfully reproduced, culminating in a game for the Atari 2600 unlike any previously seen.

With the full cooperation of First Star Software, Inc., this title will finally be available on the 2600!

The game features exact implementations of all 16 caves and 4 intermissions of the original game, playable with 5 levels of difficulty, providing over 80 unique levels of challenging fun. The physics, sound, and graphics are as exact as possible on the Atari 2600, and the game-play and timing are exactly the same as in the original version of the game. In short, this is a not-to-be-missed masterpiece, available in a limited run of only 250 copies.

AtariAge and First Star Software, Inc. will be hosting a box and label design competition! Winners will receive a copy of the game signed by Andrew, Thomas, Albert, and Richard M. Spitalny (president of First Star Software, Inc.) . Keep watching AtariAge for announcements of the competition!

The game will be available only as a cartridge (with professionally printed box and manual) in time for Christmas 2011, with a purchase price of $75 USD. To ensure you'll receive a copy, you can add your name to the pre-order list in our Atari 2600 Forum!

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Atari 2600
• Boulder Dash
• Homebrew
• First Star Software
• AtariAge

[Christianpreaching]

Theres no doubt that a lot of these homebrews that are coming out today (including this one) are way better than the original release of games. This is because when someone is left alone to take their time and create something for fun, they can be creative and do what they want. But when there just at their job doing what their stupid boss wants they cant get things done as good.

[7thlutz]

@OldSchoolGameRoom

It is caused by the amount of money the programmershad to First Star Software, Inc. for getting the rights to program and released the game without get sued by First Star Software, Inc.

[OldSchoolGameRoom]

Its really cool, but why the hell is it 80$ ?!?!?!?

[OldSchoolGameRoom]

OMG the title music is fucking amazing, just like the game itself!!

[carm3d]

Speechless. That was amazing.

[dave4shmups]

WHAT an incredible piece of programming!! I love the 2600, and this looks and sounds awesome! I mean, they even got the First Star Software logo in!!

[wandererlain]

Wow. Amazing what you can do with so little.

[hargosh37]

Just goes to show what a little dedication does to make an amazing conversion to the 2600. Did we ever see this happening back before the crash?

[Alaska1925]

amazing!!! too bad they didn't made it in the 80's :(

[philiptwood]

Very nice... Very nice.