Boulder Dash got ported to many computers of the day and the Apple II is no exception.
Developer Message#
A message can be found on the disk, but it's spread over three parts weirdly in Track 13. These parts can be found in these sectors, in order - 2, 9, and 1. The message is supposed to read like so:
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BOULDER DASH IS-
PETER LIEPA (CONCEPT)
PAT MONTELO (PROGRAM)
MIKE HATLAK (BOOTSTRAP/HISPEED)
DONALD LEE & JOHN WORTHINGTON DISK PROTECTION
PAT MONTELO & JOHN WORTHINGTONMEMORY PROTECTION
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ALL GAME CODE (C) 1984 BY PAT MONTELO
CAVE LAYOUT ROUTINES, BY PETER
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THE SECRET LIES IN DASC
***************************************(Source: The Ramsacker/The Byte Bastards)
References#
- MISCELLANEOUS NEWS: Boulder Dash to Multiply - Computer Entertainer, Volume 3, Number 3, June 1984↩︎
- AVAILABILITY UPDATE - Computer Entertainer, Volume 3, Number 8, November 1984↩︎
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Apple II |
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ColecoVision |
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NES |
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Game Boy Advance |
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Nintendo DS |
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