Boulder Dash II (C64)

Boulder Dash

Platform: Commodore 64 Year: 1985 Developer: First Star Software, Inc.

Boulder Dash II is practically Boulder Dash (C64) with the new designs from Boulder Dash II (A8). Only the coloring in amoeba caves is unique, and the enchanted wall is debugged. It is not nearly as often modded.

Screenshots

Fans have made cartoons out of him! New main menu. The amoeba got black lids! Someone clean up this mess, someone could get hurt! I believe as a kid I called this a carousel. In most pirated copies, this was unsolvable. So buy games! You have enough jewels!

Music

Practically Boulder Dash (C64) with the new notes and two-loop behavior from Boulder Dash II (A8). The sound at the end of time bonus is kept.

Recording

To record two loops plus 10 seconds with the melody fading in, the game was modified to disable the attract mode and then started

1. in VICE 3.2 with C64 old NTSC. C64 NTSC is assumed too similar for an extra recording.
2. on a real PAL C64C with an 8580 R5 4091.

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
101	Theme	Peter Liepa	Unknown	0:43		Download

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
201	Theme	Peter Liepa	Unknown	0:50		Download

Credits

• Ripper: HVSC
• Recorder: Professor Chaos
• Game Credits:
  • Not Credited Composer: Peter Liepa
  • Not Credited Arranger: Unknown
  • Not Credited Foley Artist: Unknown
  • Not Credited Programmer: Unknown

(Source for composer: Boulder Dash II (A8). Game lacks audio credits.)

Source verification is needed.

Game Rip

Format	Download
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Audio Devices

This game uses the computer's built-in SID chip and sounds the same on every one of them.

On very early NTSC C64s, all audio is 2% faster. On PAL, it is 16% slower and 4% lower.

Releases

Judging from found reviews, covers and wordings, Boulder Dash II (C64) was first released in the UK as Rockfords Riot!, in the rest of Europe as Boulder Dash II - Rockford's Revenge, and over half a year later, in North America as part of Super BoulderDash.

In Super BoulderDash, the title screen shows 1984 and the signature of Walter Guslawski (an artist at First Star), you can start at caves E, I, M even on levels 4 and 5, and 3 caves have constant difficulty.

UK Title: Rockfords Riot! & Boulder Dash Platform: Commodore 64 Released: 1985-0?-?? Publisher: Monolith     Finland Title: Boulder Dash II - Rockford's Revenge Platform: Commodore 64 Released: 198?-??-?? Publisher: Showtime     Netherlands Title: Boulder Dash II - Rockford's Revenge Platform: Commodore 64 Released: 1985-??-?? Publisher: Aackosoft International B.V.     USA Title: Super BoulderDash Platform: Commodore 64 Released: 1986-0?-?? Publisher: Electronic Arts     Unknown Title: Boulder Dash II - Rockford's Revenge Platform: Commodore 64 Released: 19??-??-?? Publisher: Prism Leisure Corporation     Unknown Title: Boulder Dash II - Rockford's Revenge Platform: Commodore 64 Released: 19??-??-?? Publisher: Prism Leisure Corporation P.L.C.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/c64/rockfords-riot-boulder-dash - MobyGames.
• mobygames.com/game/c64/boulder-dash-ii-rockfords-revenge - MobyGames.
• mobygames.com/game/c64/super-boulder-dash - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.gamespot.com/c64/916816-boulder-dash-ii-rockfords-revenge - GameFAQs.
• gamefaqs.gamespot.com/c64/278750-super-boulder-dash - GameFAQs.

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Notable Songs	Theme
Notable Personnel	Peter Liepa
Notable Companies	First Star Software