Nicky Boom

D
MS-DOS 0 subscribers

0 plays 1992 #Platform

Nicky Boum, more commonly known as Nicky Boom, is a side-scrolling platform game developed and originally released for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS by Microïds in 1992. The game began a second life in 2008, with a remake for mobile phones, which was made available for Windows computers late in 2008. It was also ported to the Tapwave Zodiac handheld in 2006. It has been also ported to PlayStation 2 as a homebrew version. and is available for Mac OS X on the Mac App Store. In Nicky Boom, the player controls the titular boy trying to rescue his grandfather from a wicked witch. The game received mostly positive reviews and a sequel titled Nicky 2.

From Wikipedia's article Nicky Boom, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Controls

This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.

Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.

Emulator help & troubleshooting

Comments

Live chat

Connecting…

Chatting as a guest · Sign in to use your name
0/300

Controls

This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.

Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.

Emulator help & troubleshooting

No reviews yet

We found no critic scores for this game, and too few players have rated it.

Review scorecard

  1. Graphics — Not scored Unavailable
  2. Sound — Not scored Unavailable
  3. Control — Not scored Unavailable
  4. Fun Factor — Not scored Unavailable

No category score or overall rating is available for the unscored slots.

Full reviews

GamePro face key

  1. 1.0Wake me up when it's over0+ out of 100
  2. 1.5Wake me up when it's over+ thumbs-up40+ out of 100
  3. 2.0Could be better50+ out of 100
  4. 2.5Could be better+ thumbs-up60+ out of 100
  5. 3.0Good job68+ out of 100
  6. 3.5Good job+ thumbs-up75+ out of 100
  7. 4.0Great job!80+ out of 100
  8. 4.5Great job!+ thumbs-up85+ out of 100
  9. 5.0Outstanding!90+ out of 100

GamePro named the five whole-number faces; a thumbs-up adds half a point to the same caption. GamePro’s original rating-face design, adapted from Ryan Quintal’s 2018 vector recreation; cleanup for YouConsoles.

Elfland Volume 1: Gorginer's Castle MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Baron Baldric: A Grave Adventure MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Secret Agent Mission 3 MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Clyde's Adventure: Chapter 2 MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Steg the Slug MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Jungle Boook MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
McDonald Land MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Dark Wolf MS-DOS 0 plays • 1994
Monzie Mansion MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure Episode 2 MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Elfland Volume 2: The Troll's Caves MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Secret Agent Mission 2 MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Fire and Ice MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
DJ Puff's Volcanic Capers MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Captain Dynamo MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Trolls MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Flashback MS-DOS 0 plays • 1992
Crystal Caves MS-DOS 0 plays • 1991

Save to...