Video game · 1989
Blockout
Released October 1989 on MS-DOS, Atari ST, PC-98, Apple IIGS, Mac and 8 more
- Developer
- P.Z.Karen Co. Development Group
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts, Atari
- Made in
- Poland
- Genre
- Puzzle, Arcade
- Themes
- Action
IGDB PLAYERS7819 ratings
About Blockout
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.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| MS-DOS | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Apple IIGS | 1989 |
| Atari ST | October 1989 |
| PC-98 | October 1989 |
| Mac | October 1989 |
| arcade video game machine | October 1989 |
| Amiga | October 1989 |
| Commodore 64 | 1989 |
| Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) | 1990 |
| NEC PC-8801 | 18 January 1991 |
| Atari Lynx | 1991 |
| Sega Genesis / Mega Drive | July 1991 |
| web browser | 15 January 2021 |
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