Released on: 22, August 2007
, Author: ZX Games
, Audience: Computers related
Boulder Dash . Episode I: Dig The Past is a completely reworkedversion of the classical game that dates back to 1984. The new version created by ZXGames and published with permission from First Star Software, Inc. featuresprofessional music and animation, 32 caves redesigned and copied from the original Boulder Dash Volume I and Boulder Dash Volume III games, three difficultylevels and other must-haves of a modern game.
Originally published in 1984 by First Star Software, Inc. Boulder Dash has sinceenjoyed huge popularity and was one of the very few computer games to be ported fromhome computers to coin-arcade machines (contrary to the other way around). In fact,there have been four coin-operated Boulder Dash games released to date.
The original game concept is preserved: you control the main character (namedRockford ) to dig through 32 dangerous caves, collect diamonds to score and try tostay away from the enemies, which include Fireflies, Butterflies and the Amoeba. Youneed to have strong, logical thinking skills and decent reaction skills to succeed.
Boulder Dash . Episode I: Dig The Past features Rockford smoothly animated, in thisversion as a mole with a pick. There are four types of light background music thecreation of which according to ZX Games was inspired by the original game.Realistic sound effects, caves redesigned with well-crafted graphics, professionallyanimated enemies all these contribute to a decent game that will let you feelretro and not be annoyed.
A shareware trial version of Boulder Dash . Episode I: Dig The Past by ZX Games isfree to download and play. You can try out the first five levels. The full versioncosts decent $9.95. Discounts apply when purchasing several copies of one game orone copy of several games.
There are no nag screens in the shareware version. Also, the game needs no emulatorsto run.
Support team can be contacted 24/7 via email.
About ZX Games: ZX Games is an ongoing project that aims at reincarnating the mostpopular games of ZX Spectrum epoch.
About First Star Software: Founded in 1982, First Star Software develops, licensesand publishes games across all platforms including cell-phones, hand-held devices,home computers and next generation consoles. A privately held corporation, FirstStar's titles are distributed extensively worldwide. For more information pleasevisit http://www.firststarsoftware.c om or contact Dianne Press:
* Phone: +1-914-238-3073 * E-mail: diannepress@firststarsoftware. com
Boulder Dash is a registered trademark of First Star Software, Inc. Rockford andhis likeness are trademarks of First Star Software, Inc. All rights reserved.Boulder Dash . Episode I: Dig The Past is published with permission from First StarSoftware, Inc. and Copyrighted 1984, 2007 by First Star Software, Inc.
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