Boulder Dash Forum

Interesting you should mention these clones that are defacto tolerated by first star... I asked for actions i could make to my simple clone which would no longer infringe their copyright but they were unable/unwilling to give me any directives. But it is of no real matter... i created the game for a...

sorry, i have to remove the link to my re-creation due to the fact that apparently i have violated copyright of First Star, i had sought an exemption as it was not for profit and was done as an educational exercise but it was not granted. Thanks for your feed back tho, it is very much appreciated :)...

I have finished my entry and the game is now up as an applet at

Link removed at First Star's Request.

As i feared i did have to make some deviations from the original but the core game play is still the same.

I am participating in the annual java 4k game competition ( www.java4k.com ) and this year i am going to try to fit boulder dash in 4k whilst attempting to be as close as i can to the original. It is has been a challenge thus far! :) The applet version (pack200 compressed) is currently at 4084 bytes...