Street Rod
1989 · Logical Design Works, P.Z.Karen Co. Development Group
Commodore C64/128/MAX · Amiga
Racing
1989 · Arcade & Origins
Blockout
Logical Design Works · Puzzle · Arcade
- Developer
- Logical Design Works
- Publisher
- Atari, Tec Toy, Electronic Arts, Technos Japan, Acclaim Japan, Sega Entertainment, Rainbow Arts, California Dreams, American Technos
- Original release
- 01 ottobre 1989
Overview
Blockout is a puzzle videogame, created in 1989 by Polish developer - California Dreams, designed by Aleksander Ustaszewski and Mirosław Zabłocki. The game is the logical extension of Tetris into the third dimension. In Tetris, the player manipulates a set of tetrominoes which fall into a two-dimensional pit (seen from the side). The aim is to solve a real-time packing problem by forming complete rows, which then disappear and score points. Poor play leads to incomplete rows, caused by inefficient arrangements of tiles; these rows do not disappear, giving the player progressively less space and less time to play subsequent pieces. Similarly, in Blockout, the player manipulates a set of polycubes which fall into a three-dimensional pit (seen from above; the pieces appear in the foreground and fall away). The pieces can be rotated around all three axes, and moved horizontally and vertically. The aim is to form complete layers.
Releases
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Commodore C64/128/MAX
31 dic 1989
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Amiga
01 ott 1989 Original
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Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
11 set 1991
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Arcade
01 ott 1989
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Atari Lynx
31 dic 1991
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Atari ST/STE
01 ott 1989
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Apple IIGS
31 dic 1989
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PC-8800 Series
18 gen 1991
Screenshots
Developed by
1989 — A year in gaming
Il catalogo di quell’anno, distinto dalla pagina editoriale su Generazioni.
Part of an era
Arcade & Origins
1972–1983
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Game data
- Original title
- Blockout
- Developer
- Logical Design Works
- Publisher
- Atari, Tec Toy, Electronic Arts, Technos Japan, Acclaim Japan, Sega Entertainment, Rainbow Arts, California Dreams, American Technos
- First release
- 01 ottobre 1989
- Genres
- Puzzle · Arcade
- Era
- Arcade & Origins