Boulder Dash Rocks

G4 writes: Some might say last week, others the week before that, but for me, there is no competition: This week is the greatest week in games EVER! Mass Effect, you say? Well, how about History Channel: Battle for the Pacific? Super Mario Galaxy? I've got my copy of Space Ace HD right here, waiting for you. That's it, fellas. I'm blowing my holiday pay on these hot titles and maybe I'll pick up a copy of The Tuttles Madcap Misadventures: Starlight Starbright Charity Challenge just to play in my down time. Tell me, how do you compete with that?

Older gamers will recall the addictive gameplay of Boulder Dash, fitting for casual gaming on the Nintendo DS or Sony PSP. 10TACLE Studios and First Star Software are releasing a sequel developed by Tuna Technologies, with updated graphics for the new handheld gaming generation. The DS version will be the first to arrive in November 2007, with the PSP version scheduled for first quarter 2008.

Thursday 3 May 2007 Retro classic Boulder Dash is heading for DS and PSP with the cleverly-titled Boulder Dash Rocks, complete with a new look. Now, although we haven't seen a diamond prospector in the flesh, we don't reckon they look like aliens (see below). Never mind though - at least Rockford's big head will make him look like that classic sprite we used to love on the Spectrum. The first game started life as a home console game in 1984 and was ported to arcades shortly afterwards when the