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X Rock

X Rock is a Tetris variant. The player must eliminate balls of the same colors in vertical and horizontal directions. Balls fall in form of a cross or 'X' letter. When they reach the ground, the balls on the…

1 January 1990

X Rock is a puzzle developed by Soft-World International Corporation, released 1 January 1990 on DOS.

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What X Rock is

X Rock is a puzzle game developed by Soft-World International Corporation and released in 1990. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

X Rock is a Tetris variant. The player must eliminate balls of the same colors in vertical and horizontal directions. Balls fall in form of a cross or 'X' letter. When they reach the ground, the balls on the sides also fall down. The player can rotate balls around the center and change their colors. After finishing the level, an erotic real-life photo of a woman is displayed. There are eight such pictures in the game.
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What it launched against

X Rock launched on 1 January 1990, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did X Rock come out?
X Rock was released on 1 January 1990 for DOS.

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