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Video game · 1981

Kaboom!

Released 1981 on Atari 2600, Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bit computers

Developer
Activision
Publisher
Activision
Made in
Santa Monica, United States
Genre
Arcade
Themes
Action
IGDB PLAYERS7017 ratings

About Kaboom!

Kaboom! is an unauthorized adaptation of the 1978 Atari coin-op Avalanche. The gameplay of both games is fundamentally the same, but Kaboom! was re-themed to be about a mad bomber instead of falling rocks. Gameplay in Kaboom! consists of using a paddle controller to catch bombs dropped by the Mad Bomber with a set of three buckets. Points are scored for every bomb caught, extra buckets (maximum of three) are awarded at every 1,000 points, and one bucket is lost every time a bomb is missed. As the game progresses, the "Mad Bomber" traverses the top of the screen much more erratically, dropping bombs at increasingly higher speeds, making each of the seven higher levels more difficult.

Summary: IGDB.

Release dates

Atari 26001981
Atari 52001983
Atari 8-bit computers1983

Screenshots

Kaboom! screenshot 1

Videos

Kaboom!: Gameplay video

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Sources: Wikidata, IGDB, Wikipedia's release lists.