Boulder Dash - 30th Anniversary

[h1]The New generation from Boulder Dash - I hoped so much it would be good...[/h1] Oh boy...its really hard for me to write this review for a beloved game "series" i enjoyed back on the old C64. Even some other "Boulder Dash" games which came out over the years were nice and you actually could enjoy them very much. But THIS version (The Steam version)... Is a joke, like quite literally. [h1]Boulder Dash! Well...kinda[/h1] First of all, and this might be the main part of my review, this version is nothing more then the mobile version which came out some years ago. Now people might say "well then its just bad coz its a bad port" or maybe they will say "its just a ripoff" or stuff like. To be honest, it indeed -is- a very very bad port from the mobile version, here the facts why: - It has no ingame store. This might be good for one reason but you might will see later why i count this up. - Normaly, there was a Extra wheel you could spin every 2 hours for free stuff you could get....

I give this a "meh", bordering on "no". Most of my friends know that I'm a Boulder Dash fanatic. I did the TAS of the NES version, as well as writing the only text guide on Gamefaqs back when I was in high school. So you can imagine that I was very excited to see an official, modernized Boulder Dash game on Steam! Except "modernized" in this case means "mobile game with microtransactions and loot boxes". Not that there are any microtransactions here in this Steam version, but they essentially just took the mobile game and disabled the purchasing of gold bars. They still drop in loot boxes, and you can still use them normally, you just can't buy them with real money here. But just because microtransactions are disabled doesn't mean the game isn't still built around them! At the start of the game, you're given a handful of powerups, which basically allow you to cheat. There is dynamite which can be used to blow up walls instead of having to crush bugs strategically, a time-freeze powe...

The original Boulder Dash was an amazing puzzle game with action gameplay. The graphics were simple but this allowed players to focus on the puzzles. The current version looks messy. The new graphics aren't fun. An option to play with retro graphics (i.e. original) would be appreciated, especially for playing the original levels. The controls (with the game controller) are horrible. The left stick feels loose (too sensitive) and results in moving in the wrong direction too often. This makes playing the puzzle game with precision movement impossible. (I will switch the review to Yes if the game controller support is greatly improved in an update.)

WARNING! DO NOT BUY! The developer managed to rape and destroy a childhood icon. It's nearly impossible to FUBAR a boulderdash clone but this dev managed it It's so bad, and so incredibly NOT boulderdash, that I am actually going to look up the devs names and keep track of them so I don't accidentally buy a game by ANY studio that they work for

Ah the memories , Playing Boulder Dash on a crappy portable TV in my bedroom on my trusty Commodore 64 :) Boulder Dash is back . [u] This is a modern interpretation of a classic [/u] It has all the basics that made Boulder Dash great , but they added power ups and made the game over reliant on them . Falling diamonds don't kill you by default . Luckily there's a "Hardcore Mode" with no power ups , and falling diamonds kill you , just like the original . This should be the default setting , to me anyway . There are more creatures too , as well as the old favourites - fireflies , butterflies and amoebas . There are unlockable characters as well , but take too long to unlock - I just ignored them . I'd give normal mode 6/10 ( it's too easy ) and hardcore mode 8/10 .

I bought this hoping it'd be a faithful recreation of the 1980s Boulder Dash that I knew and loved on the Commodore 64. Sadly, I'm to be dissapointed with this half-hearted attempt which, while keeping (ravaging?) the basic formula that made the original so enjoyable, adds elements I'd expect to find on yawn-worthy facebrick games (all it's missing is the "share this on your wall" functionality honestly). What added to the dissapointment was the frustration at the vague and overly sensitive controls, not to mention the left-to-move & right-to-"grab" cluster{censored}. Future buyers, wait till it's in the bargain bin for at least an 80% discount - but, until then, go grab a copy of VICE and the original Boulder Dash.

Grindy free to play mechanics that requires you to farm the same levels over and over for powerups and unlockables. This is borderline mobile tier trash, i cannot recommend.

This is one of the first Games I Played on the C64 In The 80s...Its Even Better Now..Thank You

Nice little game as i bought the special edition it included some extra levels. As a big fan of the old boulder dash my expectations were pretty high for a reboot like game. Too bad there is no original included So +Joystick and input in general is fine +Levels are mixed and well done + can be challenging in later levels + nice menus + fine for strategic thinking + can be played if you got not too much time to play in general + extra worlds like 8 bit are quite nice + nice for kids too + a lot to unlock + replayablility is good, if you want 3 stars in each level + easy medium and hard mode -can be a bit hectical sometimes (timer) -Graphics are not realy good- not saying that i don´t like the main character- I think the jewels are not well done the stones and the enemy design is also not fine all in all its truely more a mobile game for Handys and Smartphones... but even there were finer graphics. - collision querry issues - bad presentation - level are sometimes a bit short - b...

THIS IS.... BOULDER DASH !!!!