When did BlockBuster come out?

BlockBuster was released on 27 October 2000 for Legacy Mobile Device.

BlockBuster (2000) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

BlockBuster

The mobile game Block Buster is a Breakout variant. The player controls a paddle at the bottom of the screen used to to hit a ball, which in turn hits the blocks. Sometimes when the ball hits a block, an item…

27 October 2000

What BlockBuster is

BlockBuster was released in 2000. It is available on Legacy Mobile Device only. It runs on J2ME.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The mobile game Block Buster is a Breakout variant. The player controls a paddle at the bottom of the screen used to to hit a ball, which in turn hits the blocks. Sometimes when the ball hits a block, an item drops from it, providing multiple balls, a change of speed or altering the paddle size. To move on to a next stage, all blocks need to be removed from the screen. The game has 8 stages.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

BlockBuster launched on 27 October 2000, within three weeks of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Counter-Strike and Escape from Monkey Island.

Released around the same time: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Counter-Strike, Escape from Monkey Island.