RoX

About

RoX is one of those games about which you wonder why they are freeware. By releasing RoX, Safrosoft brought a new dimension in the Boulderdash games. The old Commodore 64 graphics style you would have expected are replaced by highly polished and wonderful graphics. Besides the game has smooth animations, like the rolling boulders. And colours of levels can also change. Another feature is the music, that was especially composed for this game and it fits perfectly in the game!

In RoX you control a hedgehog-like character called Thresher. Through out the game Thresher has to collect the given number of unids (with a 'd') in order to get the exit portal opened and go through it. But RoX offers more than only stones, gems and sand: there are many new elements such as the gnats, who follow you, and missiles to be fired at your enemies! Furthermore, the creators have included ideas of the popular game Sokoban.

There comes a level editor with the game so you can create your own levels! You can download them all here on this website.

The creators of this great and succesful game are Ilya and Dmitriy Safro of Safrosoft. You need at least a Pentium II 300 MHz, 32MB RAM, 8MB 3D Accelerator and Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000. 

Download

This game is really worth a try! Download the following things:

RoX v1.4	The game itself
Fixed RoX Level Collection	Because level 57 'Omega' of the levelset which comes with the game is 'officially' not solvable, I have fixed it. Replace the RoX.clvl file in the folder 'Levels' of the game by this file.
Walkthrough of level 57 'Omega'	Level 57 'Omega' of the official RoX levelset is normally not possible. But Damian Sawyer saw a way to do it! Download this detailed walkthrough and see how he managed it!
RoX Sequel Alpha	A demo of an upcoming sequel to RoX! It's meant to show you what it will look like a bit. Of course it's still very incomplete!

Screenshots

Click on the screenshots below to enlarge them.

Levels

If you want more levels, download these levelsets below. Just extract them and copy them into the 'Levels' directory of the game. If you have made your own levels, please send them to me so I can add them to this list!

I don't accept levelsets with occult, pornographic or other offensive levelset/level titles, because this site is meant for everyone. Those levelsets are marked as 'not family-friendly'. If there's anybody who knows more author's names or surnames of them, please let me know and I'll update this page!

Levelset Name	Number of Levels	Author	Description / Note
13 Levels	13	Serdar Caglar
13 Levels Vol. 2	13	Serdar Caglar
100 in 1	400	Bernd Lienau, David Michaelis & Willi Schinmeyer	A collection of four levelsets that belong together. One of the four levelsets contains unsolvable levels. That's by intention.
Aalglatt	14	Echnik
Addedcheese 1	20	James
Addedcheese 2	20	James
Addedcheese 3	10	James
Addedcheese 4	11	James
Addedcheese 6	10	James
Addedcheese 7	10	James
Addedcheese 8	10	James
Addedcheese 9	10	James
Addedcheese Rainbow	11	James
Adventures 1	13	Unknown
Adventures 2	10	Unknown
Alain	40	Asel Ool
Ania	9	Unknown
Annie	8	Annie
Art Factory 1	9	Adamaster
Art Factory 2	10	Adamaster
Art Factory 3	15	Adamaster
Art Factory 4	10	Adamaster
Art Factory 5	10	Adamaster
Art Factory 6	9	Adamaster
Art Factory 7	10	Adamaster
Art Factory 8	10	Adamaster
Ashot	6	Eduard Vardanyan
Billig	40	Barton & Michaelis
Blabla	40	Barton & Michaelis
Blast Zone 1	20	Unknown
Blupp	8	Unknown
Box o' Ease	22	Charlie Davies
Box of Apples	12	Charlie Davies
Box of Bananas	10	Charlie Davies
Box of Peaches	20	Charlie Davies
Box of Plums	11	Charlie Davies
Brainteasers	17	Unknown
Brot	51	Barton & Michaelis
Cannon War 2	9	Unknown
Castle Spiderstein	15	Mr. Quackers
Check Your RoX Level	10	Unknown
Cotzilla	13	Unknown
Crate o' Difficulty 1	23	Unknown
Crate o' Difficulty 2	17	Unknown
Cyril D.	12	Cyril D.	The first level collection by a very enthusiastic French guy.
Cyril D. II	12	Cyril D.
DaAvsSuck	50	Jeff
Dagmara	6	Unknown
DAZ	6	Unknown
Death Collection 1	10	Suraj Pabari
Death Collection 2	10	Suraj Pabari
Death World	99	B0nus
Dennis	7	Dennis
Derek	20	Derek Parnell
Destabilisations	133	B0nus
DJ	18	Ivo & Julia Hruska
Doggy's Lost Temple	12	Doğa can Kılıç
Domerubba	18	Unknown
Dono-Extreme	50	Dono
Dono-Hard	40	Dono
Dono-Medium	30	Dono
Dono-Mini	30	Dono
Don't Understand	7	Unknown
DooM	24	Unknown	Not family-friendly.
Dragon House	31	Unknown
Dragon Blade 111	3	Unknown
Ein Maerchen	26	Echnik
El Cid	19	Martin Zerbes
Emily	41	Ivo & Julia Hruska
Erich	50	Erich Ketschik
Excessive Content	144	Benjamin Smith
Extra Levels	20	B0nus
Falling Stones (Hard)	6	Unknown
Fast	44	Echnik	Not family-friendly.
Fast Reactions 1	31	SynN
Fast Reactions 2	21	SynN
Felix	29	Felix Oeser
Fi Da Swine	9	Arthur Kusmin (2rk)	A level collection from Russia.
Firestorm	25	Unknown
First Kiss	11	Unknown
Foody	8	Unknown
For Beginners	67	Jamaican Spirit
Francy Levels	30	Unknown
Freizeit	19	Unknown
Frensy's Madness	1	Unknown
Frisch Auf	81	Echnik
Fruits	10	Robert Jajszczok
Frukobaba	16	Faruk Koçyiğit	A Turkish level collection.
Fun Frag Force	20	Kr1x & Fate
Go!	22	Cyrille
Go Home!!!	17	Marc Willy Kulke & René Beyer
Hallosager	20	Erich Ketschik
Hard Days or Raving Thresher	13	Nickolay Rusnachenko (N!ck)	Levels from Russia from Dubna of the Moscow region!
Harder than Ever	21	Reiner
Hruska	33	Ivo & Julia Hruska
IshKaBibble	11	Jason
Jor	11	Reiner
Julia	10	Julia Hruska
Just Eat It!	20	Unknown
KHT - Chapter One	26	KHT
Kindly Removed	69	David Kulle	The level title of level 66 has been modified, because it was not 'family-friendly'.
King Lui O.E. 130	130	Echnik
Kita-Sonnenblick	12	Unknown
Knights	16	Unknown
Labyrinth	7	Unknown
Legs 11	11	David Villa
Limited 1	11	Unknown
Little Collection 1	30	Unknown
Little Collection 2	31	Unknown
Lords	9	Unknown
Love	30	Ivo & Julia Hruska
Lupis3000 Easy Lvs	10	Unknown
Lurios Levels	18	Lurios
Made in Russia	28	Лев (Lev / Lewis) & 2rk (Arthur Kusmin) & Sonic AF (Александр Деменин / Alex)	Some levels from Russia.
Mammoth	7	Milan Barták
Marathon	11	Echnik
Mariannocchia 1	6	Unknown
Mariannocchia 2	13	Unknown
Mariannocchia 3	18	Unknown
Mariannocchia 4	13	Unknown
Mariannocchia 5	14	Unknown
Mariannocchia 6	14	Unknown
Matts 2	20	M. Pettersson
Mikonos	13	Unknown
Mini Levels	30	Unknown
Minimazes	5	Unknown
MIP 1	12	Mirjam
MIP 2	14	Mirjam
Mixer 1/Mixture 1	15	Unknown
Monisworld	10	Boris
Monster	15	Erich Ketschik	Level 14 is intentionally impossible.
Mr. Snack Man	5	Unknown
My RoX	40	Adamaster
Mystic Rooms	35	Rado W. Negundo & Kiras
Nur Buchstaben	26	Echnik
Nur Zahlen	14	Echnik
Octapolis	10	Octapolis
Oscar 1	16	Unknown
Oscar 2	11	Unknown
Paranoia	8	Arthur Kusmin (2rk) & Sonic AF (Александр Деменин / Alex)
Pascual	10	Pascual Paolucci
Pascual II	10	Pascual Paolucci
Pascual III	10	Pascual Paolucci
PCRex	13	Unknown
Planet of the Bugs	5	Kylz
Reincarnate the Dead	10	Kylz	Not family-friendly.
Robo	21	Unknown
Rocks & Bombs	35	R&B Crazy
Rocks and Unids	40	Robert Jajszczok
RoX Masters 1	1	Andreas
RoX Special Agent	43	Maciek Regula
RoX Unlocker	70	Hydra	The original RoX levels but now they have all been unlocked. Only the first level isn't an original level.
RoX World Tour - Ladakh	10	Dominik Walter	All levels are guaranteed solvable, according to the author.
Sambuka	9	Jason
Sanny 2	20	Unknown
Sanny Land	34	Unknown
Scorpion	30	Unknown
Serg	12	Unknown
Six Levels	6	Unknown
Six Possibilities	6	David Michaelis
Small Levels 1	30	Unknown
Smashing 13	13	Clysm
Special Collection	26	Unknown
Special Level 1	10	Unknown
Special Level 2	15	Unknown
Spielspaß	30	Erich Ketschik
Spydre	50	Unknown
STeVe	10	Unknown
Subconscious	14	Jamie Adams
Suspicious	9	Jake Davies
Szappanos Hun	309	Unknown
Take It Easy	9	Лев (Lev / Lewis)
Target Zone	25	Rosie
The Adventure	12	Unknown
The Basics	13	Unknown
The Challenge	9	Kuddel
The Game	8	Unknown
The Gnats	10	Chris
The Narrow Place	6	Tasos
The Sky is Falling	12	Unknown
The War	30	Robert
The Week of Thresher	7	Unknown
Thresher in Action	3	BoulderMart (Martijn)
Tomek	92	Tomek Mizgała (Mizia)
Tomek 2	7	Tomek Mizgała (Mizia) & Marlena	Although originally published under Tomek's name, this level collection has been created by his girlfriend Marlena!
Tough Guys	13	Unknown
Tower of Darkness	110	B0nus
Training Data Base	7	Kylz
TRR	45	Optimistic Fool
Try This One	24	Tomek Mizgała (Mizia)
Units	27	Volker Keil	'Units' is correct English, but in RoX, the gems are called 'unids'.
Wahnsinn	21	David Michaelis
Welt	50	Erich Ketschik
Winforcers 1 - This Strange Planet	24	Arthur Kusmin (2rk) & Sonic AF (Александр Деменин / Alex)
Winforcers 2 - The Secret Base	18	Sonic AF (Александр Деменин / Alex)
Winforcers 3 - The Stockyards Revenge	18	Sonic AF (Александр Деменин / Alex)
Wingo	15	Martin Zerbes
World of Chaos 1	41	Unknown
World of Chaos 2	51	Unknown
World of Chaos 3	50	Unknown
World of Chaos 4	43	Unknown
World's Easiest Levels	50	Robert
Xambow 1	50	Unknown
Xambow 2	15	Unknown
Zehra Collection	15	Faruk Koçyiğit	A Turkish level collection.
XMas 2003	40	Annie
Zelda	98	Dominik Walter
Zoo	15	Unknown

Cheats

As far as I know there is only one cheat code in RoX: hold Space + ESC while pressing 'Play' in the main menu to unlock all the levels of the levelset! This is only temporary: if you select the same levelset another time it will be normal again.

Music

If you want more music in the game, you can easily put your own MP3 files into the Music folder of the game. The additional music packs that were released by Safrosoft, are now included in version 1.4.

If you have an MP3 file that fits in the game, I can place it in this Music section.

Music File Name	Author	Description / Note
Original Tracks 1-3	Ilya Safro	These tracks were used in earlier versions of RoX, but abandoned in the last version.
Safro Blizzard	Ilya Safro	A track from the 2002 Safro music CD that was available on MP3.com.
Safro Dreamscape	Ilya Safro	Idem
Safro Euphoria	Ilya Safro	Idem
Safro Gifted (Bass Overload)	Ilya Safro	Idem
Safro Heartbeat (Remix)	Ilya Safro	Idem
Safro Pyxis	Ilya Safro	Idem
Safro Smooth (Soft Mix)	Ilya Safro	Idem
Safro Trance Aura	Ilya Safro	Idem
Safro Tranze (Remix)	Ilya Safro	Idem
Safro Velocity	Ilya Safro	Idem
Safro Virus	Ilya Safro	Idem
Wasteland	Unknown

Links

Though you can find everything about Safrosoft RoX on this page, here are the links to sites about this game:

Safrosoft RoX

This site replaces the main site www.safrosoft.com because it has been down for a long time already.

This website has been created by BoulderMart (Martijn). All content is free to download. Use it at your own risk.