| Nicky Boom | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Microïds |
| Publisher(s) | Microïds |
| Designer(s) | Alain Lambin Dominico Manfredi |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Windows, Mac OS X, mobile |
| Release | 1992 |
| Genre(s) | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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.[1] and is available for Mac OS X on the Mac App Store.[2] 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.