Arno's Boulder Dash (Boulderdash) Fansite

BDCFF stands for Boulder Dash Common File Format. It is a text format that describes the caves and properties of Boulder Dash games and various clones. The format is being developed by several people in the BD community. An extensive document explaining the structure can be found here. This is the most up-to-date version. An older version (0.32 from 2004), which has the emphasis on Boulder Dash and is therefore much simpler, can be viewed here.

Why do we need a standard BD format at all?? Good question! There are some advantages of having such a format. First, it makes it easy to convert C64 Boulder Dash games to any other format, for instance, the format used by some clone. This makes it possible to play the classic levels within the modern remakes. The only alternative is to use a C64 memory snapshot, but this is harder to convert than a text file, and it generally has no standard. Furthermore, there are plans to expand the BDCFF format to one format which supports all the elements and physical rules of the existing BD games and clones. For example, a boulder from Boulder Dash behaves slightly different compared with a zonk from Supaplex, so there should be different symbols to represent both elements. Such a format would make it more flexible to exchange levelsets between different clones.

I'm currently trying to convert all the C64 Boulder Dash games to the BDCFF format. This is not an easy job! There exist some (unreleased) tools to make BDCFF files from C64 memory snapshots, but unfortunately many games aren't stored in a standard format in the snapshot. As for now 190 games are converted and they can be downloaded below. The files are sorted by author and all the games by the same author can be downloaded as one zip-file. First the official releases:

Author

Game

Releasedate

Last update

Peter Liepa

Boulder Dash 01	1984
Boulder Dash 01 (No One's 16 BD)	1987
Boulder Dash 02	1985
Boulder Dash 02 (Super BD)	1985

29-09-2007

American Action

Boulder Dash 03	1986
Boulder Dash 03 (No One's 16 BD)	1987
Boulder Dash 03 (Sijben Soft)	1985

29-07-2007

Fernando Herrera

Boulder Dash Construction Kit

1986

26-06-2006

Author

Game

Releasedate

Last update

Alpha Flight

AFL Boulder Dash	01-01-1989
AFL Boulder Dash Extra Caves

29-06-2006

Arno Weber

Arno Dash 01	09-2002
Arno Dash 02	10-2002
Arno Dash 03	11-2002
Arno Dash 04	01-2003
Arno Dash 05	03-2003
Arno Dash 06	07-2003
Arno Dash 07	08-2003
Arno Dash 08	11-2003
Arno Dash 09	02-2004
Arno Dash 10	04-2004
Arno Dash 11	05-2004
Arno Dash 12	07-2004
Arno Dash 13	10-2004
Arno Dash 14	03-2005
Arno Dash 15	06-2005
Arno Dash 16	09-2005
Arno Dash 17	01-2006
Arno Dash 18	05-2006
Arno Dash 19	10-2006
Arno Dash 20	12-2006
Arno Dash 21	04-2014
Exploding Dash 01	08-2004
Exploding Dash 02	10-2006
Santa's Boulder Dash Party	12-2004
Future Dash	07-2007

25-02-2017

BD Community

Xmas Boulder Dash 2001

14-12-2001

27-02-2007

Bert Bogger

Boulder Dash Pro 1995	1995
Boulder Dash Pro 2	08-03-2003

25-06-2006

Blockheads

Boulder Head 01
Boulder Head 01 (No One's 16 BD)	1987
Boulder Head 02
Boulder Head 03
Boulder Head 04	1987
Boulder Head 05	1987
Boulder Head 06	1987

27-06-2006

Coolshaker Union Gang K.G.

Quolder Dash 01
Quolder Dash 02
Quolder Dash 03
Quolder Dash 04
Quolder Dash 05

16-01-2007

CWS

CWS Boulder Dash

2001

25-06-2006

Don Pedro

Boulder Dash 05	1986
Boulder Dash 05 (No One's 16 BD)	1987
Boulder Dash 06	1986
Boulder Dash 06 (No One's 16 BD)	1987
Boulder Dash 07	1986
Boulder Dash 07 (No One's 16 BD)	1987
Boulder Dash 08	09-08-1986
Boulder Dash 08 (No One's 16 BD)	1987
Boulder Dash 09	31-08-1986
Boulder Dash 10	1987
Boulder Dash 10 (No One's 16 BD)	21-09-1986
Boulder Dash 11	1987
Boulder Dash 11 (No One's 16 BD)	11-10-1986

25-06-2006

Dr. Watson

Boulder Dash 04	27-03-1986
Boulder Dash 04 (No One's 16 BD)	1987

25-06-2006

Falcon Soft

Falcon Dash 2003: The Legend Continues	05-04-2003
Falcon Dash 2003: The Dark Cave	12-10-2003
Falcon Dash 2004: The Big Diamond	31-12-2004

25-06-2006

Firefox

Firefox 01	13-05-1998
Firefox 02	07-06-1998
Firefox 03	14-07-1998
Firefox 04	11-10-1998
Firefox 05	02-12-1998
Firefox 06	20-12-1998
Firefox 07	30-01-1999
Firefox 08	26-02-1999
Firefox 09	27-03-1999
Firefox 10	24-04-1999
Firefox 11	21-05-1999
Firefox 12	22-06-1999
Firefox 13	03-08-1999
Firefox 14	17-09-1999
Firefox 15	23-10-1999
Firefox 16	12-11-1999
Firefox 17	12-12-1999
Firefox 18	08-01-2000
Firefox 19	03-02-2000
Firefox 20	19-02-2000
Firefox 21	18-03-2000
Firefox 22	01-05-2000
Firefox 23	17-06-2000
Firefox 24	10-09-2000
Firefox 25	05-11-2000
Firefox 26	23-12-2000
Firefox 27	20-01-2001
Firefox 28	24-02-2001
Firefox 29	17-03-2001
Firefox 30	14-04-2001
Firefox 31	05-05-2001
Firefox 32	03-06-2001
Firefox 33	27-06-2001
Firefox 34	02-08-2001
Firefox 35	31-08-2001
Firefox 36	14-10-2001
Firefox 37	10-12-2001
Firefox 38	16-02-2002
Firefox 39	30-03-2002
Firefox 40	25-05-2002
Firefox 41	28-09-2002
Firefox 42	25-11-2002
Firefox 43	18-01-2003
Firefox 44	16-03-2003
Firefox 45	25-05-2003
Firefox 46	27-07-2003
Firefox 47	26-10-2003
Firefox 48	24-12-2003
Firefox 49	19-03-2004
Firefox 50	26-06-2004
Firefox 51	03-09-2004
Firefox 52	12-11-2004
Firefox 53	18-02-2005
Firefox 54	16-10-2005
Firefox 55	13-01-2006

25-06-2006

Marek Roth

Deluxe Dash 01
Deluxe Dash 02	31-08-1990
Deluxe Dash 03	30-11-1990
Remix De Luxe 01
Remix De Luxe 02
Remix De Luxe 03
Remix De Luxe 04
Remix De Luxe 05
Remix De Luxe 06
Remix De Luxe 07
Remix De Luxe 08

04-03-2007

Matthias Steiner

Boulder Dash 1 Plus	02-2004
Boulder Dash 2 Plus	03-2004
Boulder Dash 3 Plus	05-2004

23-07-2006

Michael R.

MJR Boulder Dash 01	13-08-2001
MJR Boulder Dash 02	03-04-2002

25-06-2006

No One

No One's Boulder 01 (No One's 16 BD)	1987
No One's Boulder 02	11-1986
No One's Boulder 02 (No One's 16 BD)	1987
No One's Boulder 03	1986
No One's Boulder 03 (No One's 16 BD)	1987
No One's Boulder 04	15-12-1986
No One's Boulder 04 (No One's 16 BD)	1987
No One's Boulder 05	10-01-1987
No One's Boulder 05 (No One's 16 BD)	1987
No One's Boulder 06	17-01-1987
No One's Boulder 07	19-01-1987
No One's Boulder 08	22-01-1987
No One's Boulder 09	23-01-1987
No One's Boulder 10	30-01-1987
No One's Boulder 11	07-02-1987
No One's Boulder 12	09-02-1987
No One's Boulder 16	27-02-1987
No One's Boulder 17	01-03-1987
No One's Boulder 18	14-03-1987
No One's Boulder 19	15-03-1987
No One's Boulder 20	1987
No One's Boulder 21	1987
No One's Boulder 22	1987
No One's Boulder 23	1987
No One's Boulder 24	1987
No One's Boulder 25	1987
No One's Boulder 26	1987
No One's Boulder 27	03-05-1987
No One's Boulder 30	1987
No One's Boulder 31	02-07-1987
No One's Boulder 40	1987
No One's Boulder 41	1987
No One's Boulder 42	06-09-1987
No One's Boulder 43	1987
No One's Boulder 44	26-09-1987
No One's Boulder 45	01-11-1987
No One's Boulder 46	1987

20-08-2006

Odo

Boulder Dash The Lost Levels 01	09-2001
Boulder Dash The Lost Levels 02	04-2003
Boulder Dash The Lost Levels 03	07-2007

31-12-2007

R. Agsten

RTA Dash 01	02-2006
RTA Dash 02	06-2006
RTA Dash 03	10-2006
RTA Dash 04	03-2007
RTA Dash 05	06-2007
RTA Dash 06	09-2007
RTA Dash 07	03-2008

16-03-2008

Ron van Schaik

Schaikdash 01	11-01-2001
Schaikdash 02	01-04-2001
Schaikdash 03	01-06-2001
Schaikdash 04	01-08-2001
Schaikdash 05	15-10-2001
Schaikdash 06	15-12-2001
Schaikdash 07	02-02-2002
Schaikdash 08	24-04-2002
Schaikdash 09	15-06-2002
Schaikdash 10	19-10-2002
Schaikdash 11	19-04-2003
Schaikdash 12	18-10-2003
Schaikdash 13	16-10-2004
Schaikdash 14	15-04-2006
ForKidz Dash 01	26-05-2003
ForKidz Dash 02	24-04-2004