{"id":21600,"date":"2021-10-25T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T00:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21600"},"modified":"2021-09-19T13:34:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T13:34:04","slug":"boulder-dash-deluxe-switch-xbox-atari-vcs-pc-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/25\/boulder-dash-deluxe-switch-xbox-atari-vcs-pc-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Boulder Dash Deluxe (Switch, Xbox, Atari VCS, PC, Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m such a staunch console gamer now that you might be surprised to learn that when I was a kid, I started out playing home games on computer.\u00a0 Our first PC was an Apple ][+, and outside of arcades, that\u2019s where I played most of my games until I got an Atari 5200.\u00a0 One of the games I remember playing on that old computer was Boulder Dash.\u00a0 It was an action puzzle game that was kind of like Dig Dug in that you dug through the earth, collecting gems while trying not to get squished by falling boulders.\u00a0 And now you can revisit that classic with Boulder Dash Deluxe.\u00a0 It’s really just more of the same from Boulder Dash 30th<\/sup> Anniversary<\/strong><\/a> that I reviewed last year.\u00a0 It almost seems like an expansion pack in a way. But you get new levels, settings, and even stages taken directly from the classic game!\u00a0 It\u2019s available for many of today\u2019s current consoles, PC, and mobile devices, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

In the game you move the hero, Rockford, around caves in four directions as he tries to collect gems.\u00a0 Collect enough gems and you can open the exit and finish the level.\u00a0 But it\u2019s not that easy!\u00a0 If you dig under a boulder, it\u2019ll fall on you and you\u2019ll have to start the level over.\u00a0 Gems will also fall if you dig under them, and while they won\u2019t kill you, they can cause a chain reaction to fall depending on what\u2019s above.\u00a0 You also have to deal with enemies that will make you lose a life if you touch one.<\/p>\n

Some levels are more action oriented, while others are more like puzzles.\u00a0 Certain enemies will react differently if you squish them with a boulder.\u00a0 Some will explode like dynamite when squished, and others will turn surrounding boulders into gems when defeated.\u00a0 There are also amoeba that continues to grow until you trap them in boulders, and then it\u2019ll turn into a bunch of gems.\u00a0 Gas bubbles will rise if you dig above them and defeat anyone in the way, including you!<\/p>\n

As you dig, you may uncover treasure chests and if you complete the level after collecting them, you can open them afterward.\u00a0 Treasures may have power-ups you can use in the level, like dynamite to blow up walls and boulders, snowflakes to freeze time so boulders won\u2019t fall on you, and a score multiplier.\u00a0 You can also get money and other items so you can buy more power-ups and even secret characters to play as!\u00a0 To unlock levels, you\u2019ll need to earn stars by beating stages with a high score, three stars per stage.<\/p>\n

Only main problem I had with this one is they don\u2019t explain how the power-ups work very well, and that they are set to the face buttons so if you accidentally press them, you\u2019ll use them up!\u00a0 They just kind of assume you played the last game.\u00a0 One thing that also got me in the old game and this one, too, is that I can never remember when rocks will fall straight down and when they\u2019ll fall to the side, but maybe that\u2019s just me.\u00a0 At any rate, if you like classic games and action puzzlers, you may want to check out Boulder Dash.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can squish enemies with boulders and get hit yourself.\u00a0 But if you do, your character just spins around and says, \u201cUh oh!\u201d and that\u2019s as violent as it gets.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, and younger gamers may find it a bit too difficult.\u00a0 Boulder Dash Deluxe is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m such a staunch console gamer now that you might be surprised to learn that when I was a kid, I started out playing home games on computer.\u00a0 Our first PC was an Apple ][+, and outside of arcades, that\u2019s where I played most of my games until I got an Atari 5200.\u00a0 One of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21600"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21608,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21600\/revisions\/21608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}