Boulder Dash (MSX)

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MSX platform

Take a trip back in time, and listen to some of the work of Peter Liepa.

Boulder Dash was definitely one of my first computer game addictions. Playing the game today, instantly brings me back to 1985-86. It is true that I’ve played many games before Boulder Dash; on the Oric-1, ZX-81 and Spectrum, before finding the MSX. And even on the MSX there were a lot of brilliant games, but Boulder Dash had an unspoiled charm to it. And it still does. Many of the routes still comes naturally, when the little guy appears on the screen.

I’ve seen many different versions of Boulder Dash, on different computer systems, but none is as good at the version on the MSX.

Game music from ‘Boulder Dash‘. Game made by First Star Software and was released in 1985 by Comptiq.

Thought

If I had to choose a computer and one game to take with me on a deserted island, the computer I would choose – MSX computer, maybe the MSX 2 – the game would defiantly be Boulder Dash. BUT what good would it do, without any power!

The MSX computer was “my first” home computer, even thought it wasn’t mine – but both my childhood friends, Peter and Peter, each had the SpectraVideo, MSX SVI-728.

This was back in the days where games were on tape and took a couple of minutes to load.

Source of inspiration and material: Wikipedia & MSX Archive