Factor Software has updated Boom, an arcade game much like the popular and addictive game Bomberman. It brings the playability and feel of the glorious 8-bit consoles to the Mac. Version 1.6.2 fixes an issue that caused the monitor color depth to not be properly restored after changing the option for setting the display to thousands of colors while in full screen, and the URL for downloading the game when a new version is available. Other tweaks are, of course, in order.

The object of the game: As a space marine, your mission is to penetrate 8 alien infested areas, each of them divided in 10 sub-zones, eliminate all enemies using your bombs and finally kick the Big Alien Boss back to where he came from.

Have a look at what the latest version of Boom brought so you can compare the progress. Looking back on the What's New in This Release of 1.6.1, an improved menubar and Dock handling in full screen mode on Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar (or later) was revealed. The update also fixed Dock icons corruption on 10.5 Leopard and an issue with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that caused the game application to not exit full screen mode when displaying Help pages.

Improved Preferences dialog appearance on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or later (also fixed tab pane drawing problems on 10.5 Leopard) and fixed broken functionality of Application menu items "Hide BOOM", "Hide Others" and "Show All" were also found packed in version 1.6.1 of Boom.

Version 1.6.2 includes: fixed issue that caused the monitor color depth to not be properly restored after changing the option for setting the display to thousands of colors while in full screen; fixed the URL for downloading the game when a new version is available; improved error handling while purchasing the game via the Kagi Registration Module; the KRM has been reverted to version 1.0.6 due to unsolved problems with version 1.0.7; Updated Help.

You can click HERE to download the demo version of Boom.