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'''''Blockade''''' is an [[Arcade game|arcade]] [[List of maze video games|maze game]] developed and published by [[Gremlin Industries|Gremlin]] in [[1976 in video gaming|1976]].<ref name="DeMaria">{{cite book|title=High score!: the illustrated history of electronic games|author=Rusel DeMaria & Johnny L. Wilson|edition=2|publisher=[[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"/> |
'''''Blockade''''' is an [[Arcade game|arcade]] [[List of maze video games|maze game]] developed and published by [[Sega]]/[[Gremlin Industries|Gremlin]] in [[1976 in video gaming|1976]].<ref name="DeMaria">{{cite book|title=High score!: the illustrated history of electronic games|author=Rusel DeMaria & Johnny L. Wilson|edition=2|publisher=[[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"/> |
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== Legacy == |
== Legacy == |
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Revision as of 21:16, 18 February 2012
| Blockade | |
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| Developer(s) | Sega/Gremlin |
| Publisher(s) | Sega/Gremlin |
| Platform(s) | Arcade Game |
| Release | 1976 (Arcade) |
| Genre(s) | Maze |
| Mode(s) | 2-player |
Blockade is an arcade maze game developed and published by Sega/Gremlin in 1976.[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]
Legacy
Blockade was a success and helped popularize the maze game genre,[1] in turn inspiring similar Blockade-style games, such as Midway's arcade game Checkmate in 1977,[1] Atari's Surround in 1978,[2] the 1978 TRS-80 computer game Worm,[3] and the Light Cycle game in 1982's Tron video game[4] This type of game became more popular on mobile phones later on as Snake in 1997.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Rusel DeMaria & Johnny L. Wilson (2003). High score!: the illustrated history of electronic games (2 ed.). McGraw-Hill Professional. p. 24. ISBN 0072231726. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ a b Blockade at the Killer List of Videogames
- ^ a b Gerard Goggin (2010), Global Mobile Media, Taylor & Francis, p. 101, ISBN 0415469171, retrieved 2011-04-07
- ^ Template:Allgame
External links
- Blockade on MAWS
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