Retro game fans have a little more good news today aside from INC becoming available to all Android devices. First Star Software has updated Boulder Dash – The Collection and it now includes all of the original cave packs that were originally not available until now. To celebrate, they have put everything on sale as well.
Originally when you bought Boulder Dash – The Collection, the cave packs from the original games were not available and the game would cost you $3.99. However, that has changed and all three of the original cave packs are now available in-game and to celebrate the developers have put the game on sale for $0.99 for a limited time. First Star Studios will also be releasing other goodies such as new cave packs in the future which will include some new gameplay mechanics.
The 3 retro cave packs include caves from: Boulder Dash®-Vol. 1; Boulder Dash®-Vol. 2; and, the Boulder Dash® Construction Kit™ (minus the editor). These cave packs feature the original retro graphics, music and sound effects & all of the caves & difficulty levels available in the original Commodore 64 and Atari 400/800 versions. This brings the total amount of cave packs to five.
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Features:
- Online Leaderboards and Achievements on OpenFeint
- New graphics for the first 2 cave packs
- Original retro graphics for the last 3 cave packs
- Frequent FREE updates! (Lots of NEW caves & surprises)
- Secret bonus caves
- Classic Mode: Play with game clock
- Zen Mode: Play without time pressure
- All of the Classic Boulder Dash® Creatures & Features:
- Butterflies (spawns 9 diamond when killed)
- Fireflies (equally nasty and deadly)
- Amoeba (surround it to create diamonds)
- Growing walls (watch out-they’ll block your way)
- Magic Walls (converts boulders into diamonds)
- Slime (holds objects, but for a while)
- Push/Grab/Dig Without Moving
- New Power-Ups & Tools:
- Bombs (explode upon impact-push or kick ‘em)
- Hammers (smash boulders)
- 90° Cave Rotations (shifts gravity)
- 3 User-Configured Controls
- Play in Portrait or Landscape
- Use ‘Pause & Explore’ to plan your next move
- Multi-Touch, variable Zoom
If you are a retro game fan or a fan of Boulder Dash in general, this is pretty much a no-brainer really considering it is on sale for $0.99. Don’t wait too long though to grab it as the sale is only for a limited time, until the next 5000 copies are sold. Then the price will go back up to the normal $3.99 which is still a pretty good deal. Cave packs are available as in-game purchases.
Developer Website: First Star Software
Android Market Link: Boulder Dash – The Collection
