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Klax
NES · Released February 1, 1990 · Developed by Atari Games · Published by Atari Games
★ 60Total 60Single playerMultiplayerSplit screen
PuzzleStrategyArcadeAction
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Summary
Klax is a 1989 computer puzzle game designed by Dave Akers and Mark Stephen Pierce. The object is to line up colored blocks into rows of similar colors to make them disappear, to which the object of Columns is similar. Atari Games originally released it as a coin-op follow up to Tetris, about which they were tangled in a legal dispute at the time.
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Details
IGDB Rating
59.91 / 100
18 ratings
Total Rating
59.91 / 100
18 (user + critic)
Game Modes
Single player · Multiplayer · Split screen
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action
Developer
Atari Games
Release history (17 entries)
| Date | Platform | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 1990 | Arcade | — |
| Jul 1, 1990 | Nintendo Entertainment System | — |
| Dec 14, 1990 | Family Computer | — |
| Dec 31, 1990 | BBC Microcomputer System | — |
| Dec 31, 1990 | MSX | — |
| Dec 31, 1990 | Atari ST/STE | — |
| Dec 31, 1990 | ZX Spectrum | — |
| Dec 31, 1990 | Atari Lynx | — |
| Dec 31, 1990 | Amiga | — |
| Dec 31, 1990 | Amstrad CPC | — |
| Dec 31, 1990 | Commodore C64/128/MAX | — |
| Dec 31, 1990 | DOS | — |
| Dec 31, 1991 | Sega Master System/Mark III | — |
| Dec 31, 1991 | TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine | — |
| Dec 31, 1991 | TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine | — |
| Dec 31, 2002 | Atari 7800 | — |
| Dec 31, 2003 | Atari 5200 | — |
