Game:

Boulder Dash (1984)

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Boulder Dash (c) First Star Software 1984 for the Atari 8 bit line of computers

My second playthrough of this fantastic game, as somehow I was bothered by the fact I could not finish some of the caves during my earlier playthrough. Well, using the SAVESTATE feature of my emulator, I first reminded myself of how to pass each level (or in one case, I had to figure it out anew) and then took some time to practice each a few times.

It paid off, as finally, I once again managed to beat this game on difficulty level 1. All in all, I'd say this way each difficulty level can be figured out and beaten in less than a day.

LbnL once again I played around with the title tune, this time going for a different method of achieving the as-if stereo sound but this time I tried to give it a bit of that eerie quality.

Using the Atari800Win PLus emulator (http://www.a800win.atari-area.prv.pl/) with standard Atari 800XL settings (XL/XE / 64kB RAM / PAL mode).

00:00 Title screen & music (eerie)
00:46 Cave A
01:34 Cave B
02:54 Cave C
05:00 Cave D
06:49 Bonus life
07:01 Cave E
07:39 Cave F
09:35 Cave G
11:48 Cave H
13:59 Bonus life (failed)
14:28 Cave I
17:25 Cave J
19:20 Cave K
21:46 Cave L
25:07 Bonus life
25:37 Cave M
27:43 Cave N
29:46 Cave O
32:10 Cave P
35:10 Bonus life
35:42 Title music (again)