PentaBlox
PentaBlox is a single player, shareware implementation of the traditional puzzle Pentominoes. Pentas are shapes made from five connected squares, this means that they all have the same area but a different…
31 December 1994
PentaBlox is a puzzle, released 31 December 1994 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What PentaBlox is
PentaBlox was released in 1994. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
PentaBlox is a single player, shareware implementation of the traditional puzzle Pentominoes. Pentas are shapes made from five connected squares, this means that they all have the same area but a different shape. The player’s task is to fit the shapes into a box. There are twelve shapes in total which must be fitted into a box. The shareware game has just a 6x10 box but the registered game has three other box sizes 5 x 12, 4 x 15, and 3 x 20. Pieces may be rotated and/or flipped in order to position them in the box and there’s an optional grid setting to help with the planning.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
PentaBlox launched on 31 December 1994, within three weeks of Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw and Mario Andretti Racing.
Released around the same time: Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw, Mario Andretti Racing.
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When did PentaBlox come out?
PentaBlox was released on 31 December 1994 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
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