Rock Boshers DX: Directors Cut
Get ready to take a trip back to the 80s, the 1880s! Help young Queen Victoria fight her way across Mars and attempt to escape home in this exceedingly retro arcade adventure! Prepare to bosh rocks! - with only the occasional break for tea and scones.
About
Help young Queen Victoria fight her way across Mars and attempt to escape home in this exceedingly retro arcade adventure!
Created to look, feel and sound like an 8-bit styled videogame from the 1980s - Rock Boshers DX: Director’s Cut mixes top down and side on 8-way directional shooting action.See amazing sights as you journey across Mars. Prepare to bosh rocks! - with only the occasional break for tea and scones.
RBDX is a 2D pixel drawn arcade action game, created as if made on an 8bit hardware (choose from either NES or ZX Spectrum visuals), but modernised with widescreen formatting, HD rendering and of course - no colour clash!
Authentic 8bit loading sounds and borders art!
Soldiers, zombies, giant bugs, tanks and more all try to block your progress.
Leaderboards to compete on and achievements to obtain.
Weapons to collect to help you escape the levels, such as Coal Rockets and Steam Lasers.
Hidden snacks to collect to unlock bonus arcade games.
4k and above rendering on PCs with the correct hardware/display.
Yes you can collect snacks hidden throughout the levels to unlock bonus arcade games such as:
- sees you chasing down a giant lump of Cheddar.
- is a mini spinoff from the DX version, where you must protect a milk pipeline under the sea.
- places you in the shadow of some ancient Martian pyramid as you dash to collect gems.
- lets you take to the stars in your very own space ship.
HISTORICAL ACCURACY.
Which other retro action game which lets you play as Queen Victoria, through a small chunk of 100% accurate history from an alternate universe? :D
You even get to meet Charles Darwin!
ACCESSIBILITY
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Screenshots
Achievements
Sit through the game load to unlock `CHEESE DREAMS` arcade game.
Collect 5 of each food type to unlock `AQUA KITTY` arcade game.
Collect 10 of each food type to unlock `GHOST PYRAMID` arcade game.
Collect 15 of each food type to unlock `BOSHTEROIDS` arcade game.
Collect all the food pickups.
Collect the Pistol.
Collect some coal rockets.
Collect some machine gun ammo.
System requirements
Minimum OS *: Windows 7 / 8 or higher Processor: 1.2Ghz Dual core Processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0c-compatible graphics card with 256 MB VRAM (NOTE: the INTEL HD gpu may not be able to run the game. HD 4000 has been tested ok though) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 128 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Additional Notes: Controls: Keyboard or Joypad (wired 360 / PS4 / PS3 / PS2 / Logitech F310)).
Minimum OS: MacOS X 10.7 ( Lion ) or higher Processor: Intel Core i7 (2GHz or better) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia 320M or higher, or Radeon 7000 or higher, or Intel HD 3000 or higher Storage: 128 MB available space Sound Card: Integrated Additional Notes: Controls: Keyboard or Joypad (wired 360 / PS4 / PS3 / PS2 / Logitech F310)
Minimum OS: Ubuntu 12.04 ( 32bit or 64bit ) Processor: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1 Storage: 128 MB available space Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card Additional Notes: NOTE - you need a 32 bit copy of libtinfo and libcaca to run the game. Controls: Keyboard or Joypad (wired 360 / PS4 / PS3 / PS2 / Logitech F310)