

Rockford has the power to dig through the earth and collect Jewels. This little fellow is the ‘star’ of the game. If you complete a Playable Intermission successfully, you receive a bonus Rockford. There is no penalty for not playing or losing the intermissions. There are 4 short interactive puzzles which you are entitled to play after completing CAVES D, H, L and P. You also score 1 bonus point for each second of time remaining when you exit the CAVE. Every 500 points the tunnel will sparkle for a moment and you get another Rockford. The bonus value occurs after the required number of jewels have been collected. The point value is determined by the CAVE, Difficulty Level, and bonus status. The current point value is shown on the top-left of the play screen, to the right of the picture of a Jewel. A bonus is also earned by completing a Playable Intermission If you get stuck with no way out, you can restart a level by pressing button A, but it will cost you one of your tries (referred to as ‘MEN’ in the game itself). The tunnels created by Rockford will “shimmer” when you are awarded a bonus try. Bonus tries are awarded after every 500 points. The top of each square room is an Enchanted Wall, but you’ll have to blast your way insideĮach player starts with 3 chances. There is an Enchanted Wall at the bottom of the rock funnel Magically transform the Butterflies into Jewels, but don’t waste any boulders and watch out for the Fireflies Drop a boulder on a Firefly at the right time and place to do thisīring the Butterflies and Amoeba together and watch the Jewels fly You must blast through walls to get at some of the Jewels. You must move a lot of boulders around in some tight spaces You have to get a lot of Jewels here, lucky there are so many Pick up Jewels that are created when it suffocatesĪctivate the Enchanted Wall and create as many Jewels as you can

Surround the Amoeba with boulders, so it can’t grow anymore. The Jewels are there for the grabbing, but they are guarded by the deadly Fireflies You must get every Jewel to exitĭrop boulders on Butterflies to create Jewels Pick up Jewels, but you must move boulders to get all the Jewels Pick up Jewels and exit before time is up On Difficulty levels 4 and 5, you must start with CAVE A.Īfter making a selection, press FIRE to begin the game. You may choose CAVE A, E, I or M on Difficulty Levels 1 - 3. The greater the difficulty the less time you have and the more Jewels you have to collect. To select a different Difficulty Level, go to the menu screen and move the Joystick UP or DOWN. To select a different CAVE, move the Joystick LEFT or RIGHT when you are in the menu screen. There are 16 CAVES, each comprised of several scrolling screens, numbered A to P. To select the number of players and joysticks, press F3 to go through the options: Players Boulders drop predictably enough, but you and Rockford also have to block growing Amoebas, transform Butterflies, outmanoeuvre Fireflies, and overcome other numerous obstacles. Strategy and planning will help you master the “physics” of Boulder Dash. once the indicated amount of Jewels are collected, the door to the mysterious escape tunnel is revealed and you go to the next level. Search throughout each CAVE and collect as many Jewels in as short a time as possible.
