Blockout

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Released Oct 1, 1989

By: Logical Design Works, Acclaim Japan, American Technos, Atari, California Dreams, Electronic Arts, Rainbow Arts, Sega Entertainment, Tec Toy, Technos Japan

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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.

Genres: Arcade Puzzle
Platforms: Amiga Apple IIGS Arcade Atari Lynx Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS Mac Nintendo Entertainment System PC-8800 Series Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Web browser
Themes: Action
Game modes: Multiplayer Single player
Perspectives: First person
Keywords: block-breaking blocks
Age ratings: ESRB E10+

Complete release history (18)

Amiga · October 1989
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Arcade · October 1989
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Mac · October 1989
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Apple IIGS · 1989
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Arcade · 1989
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Commodore C64/128/MAX · 1989
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DOS · 1989
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Arcade · February 1990
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DOS · December 1990
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Amiga · 1990
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DOS · 1990
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Nintendo Entertainment System · 1990
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PC-8800 Series · Jan 18, 1991
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Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · July 1991
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Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Sep 11, 1991
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Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Nov 1, 1991
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Atari Lynx · 1991
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Web browser · Jan 15, 2021
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