Blockade - Videogame by UPL

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Blockade

Name: Blockade
Manufacturer: UPL
Year: 1976
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Skill
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Black and White with a Color Overlay

Conversion Class: unique

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Competitive
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player Ambidextrous
Controls:

Buttons: Directional (up, down, left, right)

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Blockade Description

Using an arrow, each player draws lines around the screen trying to trap the other player leaving him no room to move. Play stops once the other player crashes into a wall or another line.

UPL, the Blockade maker, released 37 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1975.

Other machines made by UPL during the time period Blockade was produced include Video Action 2, Hustle, Comotion, Depthcharge, Blasto, and Video Action.

Blockade - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.00 (1 vote)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.00

     Overall 'Like': 3.00
     Fun (Social): 5.00
     Fun (Solo): 2.00
     Collector Desire: 2.00

Technical Impressions Score: 3.00

     Gameplay: 5.00
     Graphics: 3.00
     Originality: 3.00
     Sound/Music: 1.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

Very similar to the Atari 2600 game "Surround" or the Light Cycle board in the game Tron. Also Similar to Intellivision game "Snafu".

Game Play

Trap the other player so he will crash into a wall or line.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Blockade Census

There are 7,756 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 6,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 102,995 machines (5,035 unique titles).

Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by Blockade collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Foto-Finder™ (books)

Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 36; Color photo; Price guide:

Additional References
(logged in members often see more)

The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Blockade Flyer #1699
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Blockade Flyer #3099
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Blockade Flyer #6540
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Blockade Flyer #3491
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Blockade Flyer #4377

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