Blockade (video game)
| Blockade | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Gremlin |
| Publisher(s) | Gremlin |
| Platform(s) | Arcade Game |
| Release date(s) | 1977 (Arcade) |
| Genre(s) | Maze |
| Mode(s) | 2-player |
| Cabinet | Horizontal |
| CPU | 8080 |
| Sound | Samples, Discrete |
| Display | Raster, 256 x 224 pixels, 2 colors |
Blockade is an arcade maze game developed and published by Gremlin in 1977.[1] Using four directional buttons, each player moves their character around leaving a solid line behind them, turning at 90 degree angles. To win, a player must last longer than the opponent before hitting something, with the first person to hit something losing. The game ends after one player gains six wins.[2]
[edit] Legacy
Blockade was a success and helped popularize the maze game genre.[3] Several similar Blockade-style games soon appeared, such as the Bally Astrocade game Checkmate in 1977,[4] Atari's Surround in 1978,[2] the 1978 TRS-80 computer game Worm,[5] and the Light Cycle game in 1982's Tron video game[6] This type of game became more popular on mobile phones later on as Snake in 1997.[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Blockade at GameFAQs
- ^ a b Blockade at the Killer List of Videogames
- ^ Rusel DeMaria & Johnny L. Wilson (2003). High score!: the illustrated history of electronic games (2 ed.). McGraw-Hill Professional. p. 24. ISBN 0072231726. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HJNvZLvpCEQC&pg=PA24. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ Rusel DeMaria & Johnny L. Wilson (2003). High score!: the illustrated history of electronic games (2 ed.). McGraw-Hill Professional. p. 48. ISBN 0072231726. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HJNvZLvpCEQC&pg=PA48. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ a b Gerard Goggin (2010), Global Mobile Media, Taylor & Francis, p. 101, ISBN 0415469171, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cellOt5myTsC&pg=PA101, retrieved 2011-04-07
- ^ Blockade at Allgame
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