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Blockade
Blockade
Developer(s)	UPL
Publisher(s)	Sega-Gremlin
Platform(s)	Arcade Game
Release	1976 (Arcade)
Genre(s)	Maze
Mode(s)	2-player

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Blockade is an arcade maze game developed by UPL^[1] and published by Sega-Gremlin in 1976.^[2] 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.^[1]

Legacy

Blockade was a success and helped popularize the maze game genre,^[2] in turn inspiring similar Blockade-style games, such as Midway's arcade game Checkmate in 1977,^[3] Atari's Surround in 1978,^[1] the 1978 TRS-80 computer game Worm,^[4] and the Light Cycles in 1982's Tron film^[5] and its video game version.^[1] This type of game became more popular on mobile phones later on as Snake in 1997.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Blockade at the Killer List of Videogames
^ ^a ^b Rusel DeMaria & Johnny L. Wilson (2003). "High score!: the illustrated history of electronic games" (2publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional ed.). p. 24. ISBN 0072231726. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
^ Rusel DeMaria & Johnny L. Wilson (2003). "High score!: the illustrated history of electronic games" (2publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional ed.). p. 24. ISBN 0072231726. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
^ ^a ^b Gerard Goggin (2010), Global Mobile Media, Taylor & Francis, p. 101, ISBN 0415469171, retrieved 2011-04-07
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[KLOV-1] Blockade at the Killer List of Videogames

[DeMaria-2] Rusel DeMaria & Johnny L. Wilson (2003). "High score!: the illustrated history of electronic games" (2publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional ed.). p. 24. ISBN 0072231726. Retrieved 2011-04-07.

[3] Rusel DeMaria & Johnny L. Wilson (2003). "High score!: the illustrated history of electronic games" (2publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional ed.). p. 24. ISBN 0072231726. Retrieved 2011-04-07.

[Goggin-4] Gerard Goggin (2010), Global Mobile Media, Taylor & Francis, p. 101, ISBN 0415469171, retrieved 2011-04-07

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-'''''Blockade''''' is a [[List of maze video games|maze]] [[arcade game]] released by [[Gremlin Industries|Gremlin]] in [[1976 in video gaming|1976]]. Each player moves their character around leaving a solid line behind them, turning at 90 degree angles. To win you must last longer than your opponent before hitting something. First person to hit something loses. The game ended after one player chalked up six wins.
+'''''Blockade''''' is an [[Arcade game|arcade]] [[List of maze video games|maze game]] developed by [[UPL]]<ref name="KLOV">{{KLOV game|7160|Blockade}}</ref> and published by [[Sega]]-[[Gremlin Industries|Gremlin]] in [[1976 in video gaming|1976]].<ref name="DeMaria">{{cite web|title=High score!: the illustrated history of electronic games|author=Rusel DeMaria & Johnny L. Wilson|edition=2publisher=[[McGraw-Hill Professional]]|year=2003|isbn=0072231726|page=24|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HJNvZLvpCEQC&pg=PA24|accessdate=2011-04-07}}</ref> Using four [[D-pad|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.<ref name="KLOV"/>
+==Legacy==
-This type of game became popular later on as ''[[Snake (video game)|Snake]]''.
+''Blockade'' was a success and helped popularize the maze game genre,<ref name="DeMaria"/> in turn inspiring similar Blockade-style games, such as [[Midway]]'s arcade game ''Checkmate'' in 1977,<ref>{{cite web|title=High score!: the illustrated history of electronic games|author=Rusel DeMaria & Johnny L. Wilson|edition=2publisher=[[McGraw-Hill Professional]]|year=2003|isbn=0072231726|pages=24|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HJNvZLvpCEQC&pg=PA24|accessdate=2011-04-07}}</ref> [[Atari]]'s ''[[Surround (video game)|Surround]]'' in 1978,<ref name="KLOV"/> the 1978 [[TRS-80]] computer game ''Worm'',<ref name="Goggin"/> and the [[Light Cycle]]s in 1982's ''[[Tron (film)|Tron]]'' film<ref>{{allgame|9654|Blockade}}</ref> and its [[Tron (video game)|video game version]].<ref name="KLOV"/> This type of game became more popular on [[mobile phone]]s later on as ''[[Snake (video game)|Snake]]'' in 1997.<ref name="Goggin">{{citation|title=Global Mobile Media|author=Gerard Goggin|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|year=2010|isbn=0415469171|page=101|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cellOt5myTsC&pg=PA101|accessdate=2011-04-07}}</ref>
 == See also ==
 * [[Snake (video game)]]
 * [[Surround (video game)]]
+== References ==
+{{reflist}}
 == External links ==