+Andrew Davie Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 They don't come around often, I spotted this, thought I'd share... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Boulder-Dash-Atari-2600-7800-2012-Brand-new-/131389480462 I'm not the seller, nor do I know the seller. Wonder if anyone willing to pay the price... Cheers A 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+xucaen Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Was Boulderdash ever sold on the AA store? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Only for an entire YEAR waiting for people to actually buy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+xucaen Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Ugh. I was unemployed for most of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Only for an entire YEAR waiting for people to actually buy it Ugh. I was unemployed for most of the year. You didn't miss out terribly. It sat for a year because (IIRC) it was grossly overpriced. I Know for sure it was over $50 bucks (boxed with instructions), for some reason I seem to remember $75 as the price...I could be wrong. Plus really for as much excitement as there was that the game was getting a 2600 port (not sure why that was?) It's just a basic drop/lineup game. Tetris with rocks. Meh. I must have missed part of the hoopla initially, but based on that I wouldn't be surprised for the auction to fetch a large amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 There was a reason for the higher price ... and totally worth every penny !! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 There was a reason for the higher price ... and totally worth every penny !! Yep…as I remember, part of the higher pricing was the official licensing from First Star Software, but the rest of it went into the insane amount of programming and beautiful packaging. It is one of the few home-brews that I play very often, and would have to be in a severe pinch to part with. I hope it never comes to that! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 If I had to liquidate my collection I would keep three carts: Cuttle Cart II, Pitfall II, and Boulder Dash. Tetris with rocks. That's exactly wrong. Except the rocks part. It does have rocks. Boulders, technically. Hence the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 If I had to liquidate my collection I would keep three carts: Cuttle Cart II, Pitfall II, and Boulder Dash. That's exactly wrong. Except the rocks part. It does have rocks. Boulders, technically. Hence the name. Same theme that's been done hundreds of times before was my point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+xucaen Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I seem to recall Boulderdash being one of those very popular home computer games back in the 80's. Boulderdash was one of the games everyone wanted to play. I think it's fitting that it finally was ported to the 2600. I wouldn't mind seeing a 7800 port. *hint hint* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Same theme that's been done hundreds of times before was my point. Except Boulderdash came out a year before Tetris was even written, and three years before most people in the West had heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Except Boulderdash came out a year before Tetris was even written, and three years before most people in the West had heard of it. That I can believe. Usually, the original boring versions can be traced back. Asteroids wasn't even the original asteroids, but the (technically) original version never took off for good reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_type2600 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 That I can believe. Usually, the original boring versions can be traced back. Asteroids wasn't even the original asteroids, but the (technically) original version never took off for good reason. I hear you. Same for 2600 Incredible Hulk. Just another take on Pong, IMO. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Why do people write Boulderdash, when it's Boulder Dash. I mean you wouldn't write Supermariobros, would you now. Anyway, excellent A8 original game. Classic. Still don't like the box cover art for the VCS version, it should've been based on the original, imo. Edited January 5, 2015 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I wouldn't mind seeing a 7800 port. *hint hint* Closest related publicly released (WIP) game for the 7800 here. Protagonist even does some 'animation' when you don't move him for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 They don't come around often, I spotted this, thought I'd share... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Boulder-Dash-Atari-2600-7800-2012-Brand-new-/131389480462 I'm not the seller, nor do I know the seller. Wonder if anyone willing to pay the price... Cheers A For the record: That one went for $199,00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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