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Retro puzzle game Boulder Dash XL launches on Xbox Live Arcade on 13th July, Kalypso Media has announced.

It costs 800 Microsoft Points. A PC version launches "later in the summer".

Boulder Dash XL, developed by German developer Catnip Games, offers 150 levels, online leaderboards and five separate game modes: arcade, retro, zen, puzzle and time challenge.

Created by lone Canadian programmer Peter Liepa, Boulder Dash was first sighted on the Atari 400 back in 1984.

It's had countless sequels and reboots since, most recently with the enjoyable Boulder Dash: Rocks! on the DS in 2007.

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Malek86 #1 11 months ago

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Does it include the original C64 game?
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Smoped #2 11 months ago

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But no Boulder Dash Construction Kit? Bastards. I'm still getting it, but I'll be whining about it online. Consider yourselves warned...
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StolenGlory #3 11 months ago

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Day one.
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Smoped #4 11 months ago

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And yeah, I certainly hope it includes the original levels. Though I have those already on the Virtual Console. Also, a chance to switch between new and classic graphics would be nice.
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StolenGlory #5 11 months ago

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800 points?

Yep. I'll be having that.
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Smoped #6 11 months ago

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Yes!
<a href="http://youtu.be/tALVbyv54Ag
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(It's a trailer for the game, classic graphics spotted!)

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homerramone #7 11 months ago

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Groovy...
Day after my birthday too... be rude not too

Edited by homerramone at 28/06/11 @ 10:18
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Smoped #8 11 months ago

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He did look a bit like ant, but he was depicted as a human with a hat in the box art. And now he's a robot.
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Wahoffelmadenga #9 11 months ago

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Wasn't the ant guy Repton (being an Acorn owner at the time I don't remember Boulder Dash but I do remember Repton)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repton_%28v...
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Smoped #10 11 months ago

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Repton was "inspired" by Boulder Dash. As far as I know the guy was called Rockford from day one.

Edited to add: Oh, you meant that Repton, not Rockford, was meant to be an ant? Yeah, sounds logical.

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raloB #11 11 months ago

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I'd rather have a sequel to Raskulls!
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jonfon #12 11 months ago

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Rockford is now a robot in what looks like one of those bathing suits from the 1890s? And why are there tanks in a mine?
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Bulbatron #13 11 months ago

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Had Boulder Dash on the Atari - er, the Atari with a black keyboard and the silver buttons running down one side of the keyboard - you know, that one.

Anyway, I had Boulder Dash on the Atari and I'm always disappointed when I see the original C64 version is released because the graphic weren't as good as the Atari version.

But this looks good. It would be good to have a mode with the original graphics. The original Atari graphics that is.
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madgerald Verified Studio Head of PR & Marketing, Colossal Games LTD #14 11 months ago

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@Bulbatron - sounds like you had an Atari 800XL
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bigtechno #15 11 months ago

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At last my prayers have been answered
all I need now is Karate Champ and i'll be a happy man
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Tryhard #16 11 months ago

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Catnip Games.Why do I have the picture in my mind of the devs rolling around in the grass?
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Gecks #17 11 months ago

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poor man's repton
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darc #18 11 months ago

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Hooray! And hooray for the Atari 400! So buying this.

And for the purists- don't sweat the graphics. Better or worse, it's largely irrelevant. This game would work if it were painted with asterisks and ampersands and exclamation points. (There were probably dozens of clones that were.)
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Bulbatron #19 11 months ago

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Gecks, Boulder Dash came out a year before Repton. Not that I'm disagreeing with you about how awesome Repton was, and indeed how much better it was than Boulder Dash. I'm just splitting hairs saying that for Boulder Dash to be a poor man's Repton, Boulder Dash would have had to have been released afterwards. Hope that made sense.

I'd definitely love to see the Repton series on XBLA though!
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Gecks #20 11 months ago

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@bulbatron, i don't think that's pre-existence is necessary part of "a poor man's ...", unless i directed it to people buying boulderdash before repton was available (desperate times..)

it's just the same idea but done much better (repton 1, at least. the sequels lost their way)
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BuckEntropy #21 11 months ago

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@Malek86 - Ahhhrg! There is no such thing.

Atari version was "the original", and Peter Liepa didn't even have anything to do with the ports. On C64 the colors sucked by comparison (not much of a palette to work with) the sound was weak and the timing was even off.

/Atari 8-bit fanboy + Boulder Dash purist.
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Bulbatron #22 11 months ago

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@Gecks, wasn't that keen on Repton 2, but I thought 3 was good.
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