<s>
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
published	O
in	O
1981	O
by	O
Activision	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
(	O
renamed	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
in	O
1982	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
an	O
unauthorized	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
1978	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
arcade	O
video	O
game	O
Avalanche	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
of	O
both	O
is	O
fundamentally	O
the	O
same	O
,	O
but	O
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Ex-Atari	O
programmer	O
Larry	O
Kaplan	O
originally	O
wanted	O
to	O
port	O
Avalanche	B-Application
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Avalanche	B-Application
all	O
the	O
boulders	O
are	O
lined	O
up	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
which	O
is	O
difficult	O
to	O
accomplish	O
on	O
the	O
2600	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
design	O
was	O
adjusted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
ports	O
followed	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Avalanche	B-Application
in	O
concept	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
of	O
there	O
being	O
a	O
pre-existing	O
set	O
of	O
rocks	O
across	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
that	O
randomly	O
fall	O
,	O
a	O
character	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Mad	O
Bomber	O
"	O
moves	O
back	O
and	O
forth	O
randomly	O
dropping	O
bombs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
uses	O
a	O
paddle	B-Device
controller	I-Device
to	O
move	O
buckets	O
back	O
and	O
forth	O
near	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
catch	O
the	O
bombs	O
before	O
they	O
reach	O
the	O
bottom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
of	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
16-bit	O
remake	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
was	O
in	O
the	O
works	O
at	O
some	O
point	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Activision	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
compilation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contemporary	O
critical	O
reception	O
was	O
positive	O
with	O
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
concept	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
rather	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Avalanche	B-Application
,	O
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
A	O
.	O
Edwards	O
reviewed	O
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
55	O
Edwards	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
All	O
in	O
all	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
hard	O
to	O
recommend	O
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Video	O
magazine	O
praised	O
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Antic	O
in	O
1984	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
version	O
had	O
"	O
cute	O
"	O
graphics	O
and	O
was	O
"	O
simple	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
by	O
any	O
means	O
easy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Flux	O
magazine	O
ranked	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
version	O
85th	O
on	O
their	O
Top	O
100	O
Video	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
