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Kaboom!

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EntityQ644479· pop 11· linked from 102 articles

1981 video game

Game data

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

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Game details · IGDB

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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

Wikidata facts

Instance of
video game
Country of origin
United States
Publisher
Q200491
Developer
Q200491
Distribution format
ROM cartridge
Designed by
Larry Kaplan
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input device
paddle
publication date
1981-00-00
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