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Block Out (ブロックアウト)

Released in 1989

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Manufacturer: Tecmo
Developer: Tecmo
Distributor: Tecmo

Mame ROM Info
blockout, Block Out (set 1)
Display
Raster
Orientation
Horizontal
Resolution
320 x 240
Colors
513, Color
Genre
Puzzle
Attributes
3D
Controls
1 Joystick / Button(s)
'Block Out' marquee
game marquee

Game Summary

A Tetris-type game of arranging falling "bricks", except it's 3D and you're looking top-down into the grid that is being filled.

Hardware Info

68000 cpu @ 8.76 Mhz
Z80 cpu @ 3.579545 Mhz
YM-2151a audio @ 3.579545 Mhz
OKI6295 audio @ 0.008 Mhz

Hardware Platform: -Unique or Unknown-

Game Details

Spin and move the bricks and drop them into place to complete levels which vanish allowing the upper bricks to fall.

An addictive game that requires more skill than mere 2D puzzles, Block Out puts you in control of blocks as they fall away from you to the bottom of a shaft. Having no pieces left over after you complete the last row gives you a "Block Out".

Controls are two buttons for rotation of the bricks and a third tiny thumb control on the top of the joystick for fast drop.

Between levels, a blue face fades in to mumble some taunts at you. The graphics are dull but the concept of the game is great. You're only stacking cubes so who needs frills? The X-Filesesque music warps your brain as you happily fritter away your quarters.

More challenging than Tetris in that:

  • The play grid changes every round (e.g. square, rectangle, cross)
  • The shapes block your view as you screw up. As you complete a horizontal level, holes in the levels below are covered and you must remember what's going on down there.
The game intensifies as the play gets faster and faster and the impending doom piles closer and closer to the player.

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by richh. Comment: "10 times better than tetris, great game!" (2004-05-18 22:55:41Z)

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'Block Out' cabinet photo
cabinet photo
'Block Out' title screen
title screen
'Block Out' gameplay screen shot
gameplay screen
'Block Out' control panel
control panel
'Block Out' promotional flyer
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