- Arcade, Action
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.
ArcadeActiongravitycrimesingle-screen levelnever-endingonomatopoeia in titleAtari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200
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Plot-driven, spare, intimate and unpretentious.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
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About the game
- Platforms
- Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200
- Developer
- Activision
- Publisher
- Activision
- Released
- December 31, 1981
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 17 ratings.
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