Boulder Dash is a maze-based puzzle video game released in 1984 by First Star Software for Atari 8-bit computers.

[7] As an aspiring game developer, Peter Liepa reached out to a local publisher called Inhome Software.

[15] II Computing said that "bright, colorful animation coupled with a breezy story line make this game more than just a momentary diversion".

called the "fascinating" Commodore 64 version "an entertainment classic", with excellent graphics and sound and "lots of delightful touches".

[24] The same publication reviewed the NES version favourably, stating that it was "an extremely impressive title" and "one of the greatest games ever written".

[25] The ZX Spectrum version of Boulder Dash received a positive review from Computer and Video Games magazine.

The reviewer found the game's sounds and graphics to be adequate, though noted that slow screen scrolling was an issue.

[7] The ZX Spectrum version was placed ninth in the Your Sinclair Top 100 Speccy Games Of All Time (Ever) by journalist Stuart Campbell.