I found this from https://www.softpaz.com/games/download- ... e-4500.htm - it can be played for free, it requires the Java Runtime Environment (or shortened to just "Java"), but doesn't really tell me which minimum version required, so I'm just assuming the latest version of Java. According to that page, it was released on 2017 April 16.
Here are the details wouldn't be easily conveyed through images:
- There's only 3 levels in the game, all of which are single screen and shown fully in a 11 by 11 tile size. I'm assuming that judging by who developed this, it was a student that made it for their class that represented their university. A bit of cursory search about this video game game, only that above link was the only thing I can find.
- The name of the window is "this is the game", curiously, while the name of the .jar is "md7131.jar". It could've been "this is the game" instead of "Boulder Dash" as said by Softpaz, but it won't attract a lot of attention SEO-wise if the name of this video game is left vague or obfuscated.
- There are green emeralds and blue diamonds, similar to how they are found in Emerald Mine by how they look, but blue diamonds can't be smashed by boulders.
- You cannot snap or perform an action to collect a gem or dig a tile of dirt while staying still; you cannot push a boulder while standing still (which is a game mechanic specific to the original Boulder Dash video game).
- Despite the name of the video game being "Boulder Dash", it leans a bit more to being an Emerald Mine-like for which there are red orb-colored bombs, as it was found in level 2 and level 3; level 2 seen in the below image.
- However, it leans towards Boulder Dash in one way more than Emerald Mine in that collecting all the required gems reveals the exit itself from hiding from the walls, and opens up.
- Movement is tricky as holding an arrow key in one direction moves the player (which is based on Link from the Legend of Zelda video game series) by one tile and stopping for a moment, before being able to continuously move in that direction. This would prove to be a bit of a challenge for the last level.
- You have 6 lives for the entire game, but this video game can be beaten without at least losing all your lives.
- Dying by being hit by a boulder causes you to explode in a 3x3 grid, emulating how it was done in the original Boulder Dash.
- The video game features a score system:
- Collecting a blue diamond gives 5 score points.
- Collecting a green emerald gives 10 score points.
- Exiting the level gives you X amount of points determined by the amount of seconds remaining when exiting the level multiplied by 2.
- Oddly, finishing the last level doesn't give score points at all.
My final score is 251. If you're interested in taking a bit of your time out of your day, try to beat this score.