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Kaboom!

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1981 video game

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Released
2002-04-01
User rating
0.00 / 5
Genres
Arcade
Platforms
PC

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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, dropp…

Released
1981
Genres
Arcade
Platforms
Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Developer
Activision
Publisher
Activision

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1981-00-00
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