Mac owners that aren't only into working on it, but playing games as well, should know that Factor Software has updated BOOM, an arcade game much like Bomberman. Version 1.61 delivers updates and fixes for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard users, such as the broken functionality of Application menu items "Hide BOOM", "Hide Others" and "Show All".

BOOM is an arcade game that brings the playability and feel of the 8-bit consoles right on your Mac. Factor software itself says that it "took the basic Bomberman idea and dropped it in a 'Super-Deformed Doom scenario (whatever this means)." The space trooper's/player's mission is to penetrate 8 alien infested areas, each one divided in 10 sub-zones, eliminate all enemies using their bombs and finally kick the Big Alien Boss back to where he came from.

But, for a fan of the game looking to update as soon as possible and enjoy playing on, this is old news. Thus, here's how version 1.61 updates your BOOM gameplay experience:

￭ Improved menubar and Dock handling in full screen mode on Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar or later (also fixed Dock icons corruption on 10.5 Leopard).
￭ Fixed 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).
￭ Fixed broken functionality of Application menu items "Hide BOOM", "Hide Others" and "Show All".
￭ Updated the Kagi Registration Module (fixed issues with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard).
￭ Other minor bug fixes.

The recommended specs for playing Boom, just in case you're looking to pick up on the game starting now, look a little something like this:

For Mac OS 9.x only:
- InputSprocket 1.1 or later.
- QuickTime 4 or later with 'QuickTime Authoring' component installed.

For Mac OS X:
- Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
- SimpleSoft's XGamePad Support 0.09 or later.

Factor Software also notes that Boom, although not a Universal Binary, is fully compatible with Intel-based Macs and runs smoothly thanks to Apple's Rosetta technology.