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Kaboom!

1981 video game

Video gamevideo gameQ644479

Developer: Activision
Publisher: Activision
Released: 1981
Platforms: Atari 2600
, Atari 5200
, Atari 8-bit family
Genre: action game
Game mode: single-player video game

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Kaboom! is a 1981 action video game developed and published by Activision for the Atari 2600. The game involves a Mad Bomber dropping bombs at increasing speeds as the player controls a set of water buckets to catch them. The gameplay was based on the Atari arcade video game Avalanche (1978). Kaboom! was programmed by Larry Kaplan with David Crane coding the graphics for the buckets and Mad Bomber. It was the last game designed by Kaplan for Activision, who left the company shortly after it was released. The game was later ported by Paul Wilson for the Atari 5200 system.

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Distribution format: ROM cartridge
Designed by: Larry Kaplan
Input device: paddle
Country of origin: United States

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