MadBomber is a great clone of Kaboom. ... [The] conceptis simple but makes for quite addictive gameplay. But, how well doesMad Bomber handle this concept? Quite well, actually. Controllingyour water pails with the mouse is easy... Mad Bomber has, in additionto a single-player mode, two multiplayer modes, and the game is prettyfun to play with a friend. You can either take turns playing againstthe criminal, or It also has two difficulty settings, which will beannoying to people competing for high scores, but a good thing forothers. The gameplay is great, and feels just like a Kaboom cloneshould. Mad Bomber has two graphical settings, but the game shouldrun well on either. It has multiple tracks of music, so you won't getan annoying song stuck in your head while playing. It also has somegreat sound. For example, if you catch a bomb on the left side of thescreen, the splash will sound different than if you catch it on theright side. Nice touches like these make the game feel veryprofessional. Mad Bomber is a great game, and if you are a fan ofKaboom, by all means download this game. It's not groundbreaking, butit is one of the best clones of Kaboom you'll find on the net.

The Mad Bomber has left his 'ricordini' everywhere in the city.[Catch] them before they explode!!!

'We have fond memories of Kaboom!. The updated graphics are nice... Nothingcan compared to the feel of the original Kaboom!, but this remake comesas close as possible.'

'Atari was here on this Earth for a short while; it's been replaced by the N64and the Playstation. Does that mean the games have gone out of style? Notaccording to this game programmer. Activision had the best Atari games;remember Kaboom! Here's a PC clone of that great game of yesteryear. A thiefdropped bombs while you controlled three buckets of water (to catch thembefore they hit the ground). Believe me, it's more fun than it sounds. Thinkfast!'

Theirreviewsays:

This is a pretty simple arcade game which is probably more for those oldAtari 2600 owners than anyone else. It's exactly the same game with biggerand brighter graphics. If you feel like a bit of nostalgia, try this on arainy afternoon. New comers may also want to have a look for some mousemoving fun.

(I remember playing Kaboom for hours back when I had an Atari!)'

'Mad Bomber is a nice game for occassional play. Whoever can beat thesixth level can say they have fast reactions!'

• 'It's pretty darn fun' - Abamfici
• '...this is a good example of what happens when you put a top notch graphics/sound library (SDL) with a top notch game programmer (Bill Kendrick) in the same room for any length of time. :-)' - Pete Salzman
• 'Excellent rendition of a classic game.' - Craig Maloney
• 'This game is great! ... Only problem is that it gets addicting after a little while.' - Luis Molina
• 'Very addictive game.' - Nerijus
• 'Atari 2600 fans everywhere should be extremely pleased with Bill Kendrick's Madbomber. ... Even in it's infancy (version 0.1) Madbomber appears to be a very mature game, and still flexible enough to expand and improve. Oh, ya, it's really fun too :)'
• 'Five stars for the effort.' -
• 'Wow, this game is awesome, and my trackball works well as a paddle.'
• 'Excellent and funny game.'
• 'Lots of fun!!!'
• 'Tops!'
• 'Fun - Fun - Fun - Thanks so much to the nice creators!!'
• 'It's great. I used to play the original Kaboom! on the Atari 2600 back in the eighties. This game is very close to the original.' - David Heffelfinger
• 'Sent your link to my kids we have had a ball.. Brings back the time when they were small and we all play this game. Do more please!! Thanks for this one'
• 'Pretty good adaptation, obviously made by someone who loved Kaboom!'
• '...a great game...'
• 'The game is great...' - Adrian Koh
• 'This game deserves its merits...! It's a good clone of 'Kaboom!' Thanks New Breed Software for bringing this classic back for today's Unix/Linux boxes.' - Georgie
• 'As usual, Bill Kendrick's game is superb! [The graphics remind] me of the good old days.'
• 'I was amazed how well it worked with my track ball. Back in the days if the Atari, it used the paddle controllers. You did a terrific rendition of the game!!!' - Mike Smith
• 'Thanks for the quick response. Downloaded the files and it's working fine and I LOVE IT. It's as good as the old Atari version. I hope to see you remake more of their games. They were the best, in my opinion.' - Marilyn
• 'Awesome, I loved kaboom, and my atari has long been dead. This is great. thank you.' - Eric Majka
• '...a very big and sincere 'thank you' for making Mad Bomber available to the Linux world. I spent hours playing the Activision version with a good friend during high school, and this was a great discovery that I can now have again.' - James Hiller
• 'As a former Atari Computer user myself, I really enjoy your port of old Atari favorites. My favorite ones are Circus Linux! and Mad Bomber. I used to be a Kaboom! junkie back in the 80's. ... been a former Atari 8-bit enthusiast, moving to a Linux enthusiast as well, I really enjoy your work. Thanks for bringing back such fond memories.' - 'Heffel'
• 'I installed ... Mad Bomber on my nephews' computer ... the other week. They love [it]. Great work. I'd recommend these to others with little kids.' - Andrew
• 'Circus and Kaboom were among my favorite 2600 games. Your clones are a lot of fun!' - 'ArturoC'
• 'This is a really great game.. One of the five or so that I play on a regular basis when I want to mess around a bit.' - 'lightspeed'
• 'That's a pretty sweet chunk of software.' - Brian Williams
• 'A great game by the way. I remember playing [Kaboom!] on my Atari 2600 way back when.' - Richard Proctor
• 'Thanks for bringing one of my all time favorite games to the PC' - Charlie