Paul Zimmerman known record holder for many Atari 2600 games
including Phoenix which was done at VGS in 2009 will once again be doing
Atari Mania at VGS running KABOOM! 44th Year Anniversary tournament
first row from the entrance next to Audacity booth.
Click this link for more info on the tournament.
KABOOM! Trivia…
Kaboom! was released in July 1981 for Atari 2600, 44 years ago Kaboom! was designed by Larry Kaplan, David Crane coded/designed the Mad Bomber and buckets and the Mad Bomber’s facial expressions
Kaboom! was the last game designed by Larry Kaplan for Activision
Kaboom! sold 6.3 million copies in 1981 and 66 million copies in 1982 and over 1 million copies in 1984, making it one of the best-selling Atari 2600 games
Kaboom! was inspired by the 1978 Atari arcade
game Avalanche designed by Dennis Koble .
3000 points or more gets you in the Bucket Brigade 10,000 points surprises the Mad BomberKaboom! Is a 2K game
A keychain of Kaboom was released around 1998