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Block Out

Manufacturer: Technos
Year: 1989
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Puzzle
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: JAMMA
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Either
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Block Out Description

A 3-D puzzle game where different shaped blocks are rotated and arranged while they fall down inside a grid-mapped well. Completing a solid grid level eliminates those blocks, while others stack up towards you. The game has New Age-type background music and an ominous, talking Max Headroom-like character.

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LICENSOR: California Games

VAPS Arcade Census

There are 7,003 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 4,025 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 65,382 machines (3,803 unique titles).

Common - There are 30 known instances of this machine owned by Block Out collectors who are members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine., 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 26 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one VAPS member with a Block Out machine for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

Wanted - There are 2 VAPS members currently looking for Block Out. There is one VAPS member looking for a Block Out circuit board set.

This game ranks a 18 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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Trivia

The name "Block Out" is actually a trademark of Kadon Enterprises.

Manuals

Game Conversion Kit Manual 15 Pages, 898 KB File.

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