Blockout! / Breakdown!
In Blockout!, the object is to blast through the blocks in the shortest amount of time. There are four colored lines of blocks, and each line has an electronic demon. The electronic demons can replace removed…
31 December 1980
Blockout! / Breakdown! is an arcade developed by Magnavox, released 31 December 1980 on Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000.
What Blockout! / Breakdown! is
Blockout! / Breakdown! is an arcade game developed by Magnavox and released in 1980. It is available on Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Blockout!, the object is to blast through the blocks in the shortest amount of time. There are four colored lines of blocks, and each line has an electronic demon. The electronic demons can replace removed blocks when charged. They'll be charged by touching either sides of the screen. After placing a block, they'll lose the charge, and if they try to cross a gap uncharged, they'll fall and reappear after a penalty time.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
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When did Blockout! / Breakdown! come out?
Blockout! / Breakdown! was released on 31 December 1980 for Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000.
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