Boulder Dash III (1986)

Boulder Dash III was released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by the Swedish company American Action AB, with development credited to Chris Gray and Stefan Strand, based on the original design by Peter Liepa. The inlay and poster art were created by Anders Osterlin.

This arcade maze game supports up to two players. It features control options for Cursor, Interface 2, and Kempston joystick. Although First Star Software did not design the title, they officially licensed the product after American Action AB presented a finished version.

Beyond the ZX Spectrum, the game was also released for Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. Specific cassette or disk pricing information is not available.

The game holds a weighted user score of 8.08 based on 28 votes.

In Russia and neighboring countries, the game became well-known through numerous TR-DOS adaptations by groups such as Graf'91, Avalon'98, and AmoNik'00. Cracked cassette versions by Prospekt were also distributed. The game was frequently mentioned in local gaming magazines as a classic of the genre.