BOOM is an arcade game in the grand tradition, bringing the playability and feel of the glorious 8-bit consoles on the Macintosh.
It can be described as “Bomberman meets Doom”. Actually,
I took the basic Bomberman idea and dropped it in a “Super-Deformed Doom”
scenario (whatever this means).
As a space trooper your mission is
to penetrate 8 alien infested areas, each one divided in 10 sub-zones,
eliminate all enemies using your bombs and finally kick the Big Alien Boss
back to where he came from.
I prepared three screenshots to give you
a better idea of what you should expect from this game.
Click on the thumbnails below for fullsize screenshots.
Just warming up.
Ouch! It bites.
Player two meets his doom.
BOOM's main features are:
Current version: 1.6.2. Version History
System Requirements
PowerPC or Intel processor (see note).
Mac OS 9.0 or later; built for Mac OS X.
For Mac OS 9.x
only:
12 MBytes free memory.
CarbonLib 1.5 or later.
For Mac OS X:
Mac OS X 10.1.2 or later.
Recommended Configuration
For Mac OS 9.x only:
InputSprocket 1.1 or
later.
QuickTime™ 4 or later with 'QuickTime Authoring' component
installed.
For Mac OS X:
Mac OS X 10.2 or
later.
SimpleSoft's XGamePad Support 0.09 or later.
Note: although not a Universal Binary, BOOM is fully compatible with Intel-based Macs and runs smoothly thanks to Apple’s Rosetta technology.
Shareware fee: USD 15.00 (single user license).
Built for Mac OS X
5 out of 5 joysticks - Inside
Mac Games
4 out of 5 cows - Tucows
"100% CLEAN" Award - Softpedia
4 out of 5 stars - CNET
Download.com
Current rating at VersionTracker:
Current rating at MacUpdate:
(4.44)
4.5 out of 5 joysticks - MacGameFiles
[November 12, 2007] BOOM has been rated 4 out of 5 stars by CNET Download.com.
They say: Classic
arcade fans will love this game ... it offers plenty of action
for beginners to even the most seasoned, trigger-happy veteran.
Read the Original review.
[July 12, 2005] BOOM has been tested by the Softpedia labs and found to be completely clean of adware/spyware components. Click on the Softpedia “100% CLEAN” Award image for more information about this certification.
[October 2000] BOOM stars as “jeux de la semaine” at macjnet, the french speaking site for Mac netgamers.
Nice graphics and soundtracks... My kids are having fun playing it together!- Kids Domain
Easy to play, easy to get hooked on, and challenging enough to keep you playing much longer than you planned -- Boom is everything a good game should be.- IT Pro Downloads
Exceptional quality and fun!- MacintoshOS.com
BOOM has also been reviewed by The Mac Game Gate, a swedish site dedicated to Macintosh gaming (now closed.)
[October 1, 1997] BOOM wins the first “Gold Star” award given by Orbiter Productions GameView site (now closed.)
BOOM has been rated 4 out of 5 “orbs” by GameView,
a Mac game reviews site (now closed.) Orbiter Productions president and
site maintainer Eric Lasota says WARNING:
THIS GAME IS ADDICTIVE!
[July 14, 1997] BOOM stars as “file of the day” at MacDownload.com.
(Now ZDNet
Downloads.) The game got a 4 mice rating.
Reviewer Francis Gosselin says [BOOM]
has nice 256 color graphics and an impressive soundtrack.
(Original review no longer
available.)
[May 1997] The Game Guys at My
Mac Online say a
great plot, great graphics, great sound and music ... they all
make this game excellent. BOOM is an awesome game. It's fun and
addictive, and you'd be wise to check it out.
Read the Original review.
BOOM has been rated 5.0 out of 5.0 joysticks by the leading Inside Mac Games magazine. Thank you Brad! (Original review no longer available.)
| All Time High Scores | |||
| Rank | Name | Score | Level |
| 1 | AddRed | 350000000 | 07 |
| 2 | AddRed | 349000000 | 12 |
| 3 | AddRed | 340000000 | 46 |
| 4 | AddRed | 333333330 | 04 |
| 5 | AddRed | 330000000 | 73 |
| 6 | AddRed | 320000000 | 24 |
| 7 | AddRed | 319255710 | 50 |
| 8 | AddRed | 306948400 | 63 |
| 9 | AddRed | 305827980 | 58 |
| 10 | AddRed | 279519700 | 29 |
| This Week High Scores | |||
| Rank | Name | Score | Level |
| 1 | Tony Thompson | 134129840 | 03 |
| 2 | Tony Thompson | 133891860 | 70 |
| 3 | Tony Thompson | 133133050 | 05 |
| 4 | Tony Thompson | 132145800 | 09 |
| 5 | Pilatus | 046300200 | 21 |
| 6 | Pilatus | 045115740 | 01 |
| 7 | Pilatus | 043527380 | 51 |
| 8 | Pilatus | 041986770 | 01 |
| 9 | Pilatus | 041081910 | 21 |
| 10 | Pilatus | 040055000 | 21 |
BOOMEdit is a full featured level editor for the game BOOM, developed
by french programmer Benoît Marion.
BOOMEdit enables you to completely
redraw the game levels, modifying all the elements (players, monsters,
blocks and coins); you can also edit the amount of time allowed for each
level and choose the style of destructible blocks, fixed blocks, the border
and the background.
Current version: 3.2.
System Requirements: Mac
OS X 10.2 or later.
Shareware fee: USD 8.00 (single user license).
Note: the download button opens the BOOMEdit download page at Efuceka Software in a new browser window.
Get more information on this product and purchase it at Efuceka Software.
For any problem, question, or support, contact the author (not Factor
Software).
Content © 1998-2008 Federico
Filipponi
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Last revised: Sat 26 Apr 2008 10:54:35 AM CEST
