Klax

For the Japanese Mega Drive version, see Klax (Namco).

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Klax

Publisher: Tengen

Developer: Atari Games

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear

Sound driver: Unknown

Genre: Puzzle

Number of players:

1-2

1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1991	$?	301040-0150
UK	1991-11	£34.99^[1]	301040-0170
FR	1991-11	?F	301040-0170
DE	1991-11	DM ?	301040-0170
ES	1991-11	?Ptas	301040-0170
BR	199x	R$?	?


UK	1991-12	£29.99^[2]	301040-0160
FR	1991-12	?F	301040-0160
DE	1991-12	DM ?	301040-0160
ES	1991-12	?Ptas	301040-0160
PT	199x	?	?


US	1992	$?	301040-0161
UK	1992-09^[3]	£27.99^[3]	T-48048-50
FR	1992-09^[3]	?F	T-48048-50
DE	1992-09^[3]	DM ?	T-48048-50
ES	1992-09^[3]	?Ptas	T-48048-50
IT	1992-09^[3]	?£	T-48048-50

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Klax (クラックス) is a straightforward puzzle game developed by the Tengen who licensed it from the Atari Games Corporation. Most remember it because of its edgy catch phrase, "It is the Nineties and there is time for Klax."

Namco produced an alternate Mega Drive version released in Japan.

Gameplay

Basically, you have to clear the blocks while the fall which is called a Klax when you line up three of the same color vertically, horizontally or diagonally. The main difference from most puzzle games is that you can see more than one of them as they fall end over end down a slope. They must be caught by a platform controlled by the player, and then placed where the player wants by pressing , or , and to speed up their descent the player presses . The player can only let three fall without being caught before they lose. This is kept track of by the drop meter.

Oddly enough there is no music, only the sound effects of the blocks moving and falling.

To complete a wave you must get a certain amount of Klax's or meet a certain criteria.

Wave 1 - Get 3 Klax
Wave 2 - Get 5 Klax
Wave 3 - Get 3 diagonals

A four in a row KLAX counts as 2 KLAX

Magazine articles

Main article: Klax/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Game Gear US print advert

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Game Gear ES print advert 1

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Game Gear ES print advert 2

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PDF

Mega Drive print advert in Sega Visions (US)

#2: "October/November 1990" (1990-xx-xx)

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Mega Drive/Master System print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK)

#125: "April 1992" (1992-03-15)

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Mega Drive/Master System print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK)

#130: "September 1992" (1992-08-15)

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Game Gear print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK)

#131: "October 1992" (1992-09-15)

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PDF

Mega Drive print advert in Consoles + (FR)

#17: "Février 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

also published in:

Mega Force (FR) #14: "Février 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[4]

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
ACE (UK)	91	№51, p89^[1]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)	66	№4, p32^[5]
Computer & Video Games (UK)	85	№121, p64^[6]
Game Zone (UK)	86	№1, p39
Hobby Consolas (ES)	86
Joystick (FR)	72	№10, p132^[7]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)	74	№5, p63
Mega (UK)	72	№4, p85^[8]
MegaTech (UK)	85	№1, p32/33^[9]
Mean Machines (UK)	84	№14, p102/103^[10]
Player One (FR)	88	№18, p66^[11]
Power Play (DE)	89
Sega Power (UK)	40	№23, p53
Sega Power (UK)	70	№28, p46
Sega Pro (UK)	87	№1, p52^[12]
Sega Pro (UK)	88	№4, p18^[13]
Sega Pro (UK)	80	№18, p66
Zero (UK)	85	№14, p125

	79
Based on 18 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart File:Klax MD US Manual.pdf Manual

Mega Drive, US (cardboard)

Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Master System version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Consoles + (FR)	68	№11, p117^[14]
Hobby Consolas (ES)	80
Joypad (FR)	90
Joystick (FR)	83	№23, p142^[15]
Mean Machines (UK)	88	№16, p96/97^[16]
Micromanía (ES)	60	№2/48
Player One (FR)	72	№21, p102^[17]
Sega Force (UK)	81	№2, p32/33^[18]
Sega Power (UK)	70	№27, p51
Sega Pro (UK)	72	№3, p52^[19]

	76
Based on 10 reviews

Master System, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, AU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Game Zone (UK)	82	№11, p60
Sega Force (SE)	88
Sega Pro (UK)	85	№10, p67
Sega Force (UK)	82	№9, p66^[20]
Supersonic (FR)	86	№7, p26
Zero (UK)	90	№35, p80/81^[21]

	86
Based on 6 reviews

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	248cd09e
MD5	3dfce8def728e2e249917307b8e38ca5
SHA-1	b7c07baf74b945549e067405566eeaa6856dd6b1

256kB

1990-07

Cartridge (US/EU)

?

CRC32	2B435FD6
MD5	DCEA71EDA85687D1835BED5C493F81A2
SHA-1	53AE621E66D8E5F2E7276E461E8771C3C2037A7A

128kB

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	9B40FC8E
MD5	B8969BA5F8DC60823DA59AA511A593C9
SHA-1	4705BBC862169CDFEB3B30DBA6F274B094AB99B3

128kB

Cartridge (US/EU)

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Klax.

[:File:ACE_UK_51.pdf_p89-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:ACE UK 51.pdf, page 89

[:File:SegaForce_UK_02.pdf_p33-2] File:SegaForce UK 02.pdf, page 33

[:File:SegaPro_UK_10.pdf_p67-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:SegaPro UK 10.pdf, page 67

[:File:MegaForce_FR_14.pdf_p2-4] File:MegaForce FR 14.pdf, page 2

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p32-5] File:CGtC UK 04.pdf, page 32

[:File:CVG_UK_121.pdf_p64-6] File:CVG UK 121.pdf, page 64

[:File:Joystick_FR_010.pdf_p132-7] File:Joystick FR 010.pdf, page 132

[:File:Mega_UK_04.pdf_p85-8] File:Mega UK 04.pdf, page 85

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p32-9] File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 32

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_14.pdf_p102-10] File:MeanMachines UK 14.pdf, page 102

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_018.pdf_p66-11] File:PlayerOne FR 018.pdf, page 66

[:File:SegaPro_UK_01.pdf_p52-12] File:SegaPro UK 01.pdf, page 52

[:File:SegaPro_UK_04.pdf_p18-13] File:SegaPro UK 04.pdf, page 18

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_011.pdf_p117-14] File:ConsolesPlus FR 011.pdf, page 117

[:File:Joystick_FR_023.pdf_p142-15] File:Joystick FR 023.pdf, page 142

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_16.pdf_p96-16] File:MeanMachines UK 16.pdf, page 96

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_021.pdf_p98-17] File:PlayerOne FR 021.pdf, page 98

[:File:SegaForce_UK_02.pdf_p32-18] File:SegaForce UK 02.pdf, page 32

[:File:SegaPro_UK_03.pdf_p52-19] File:SegaPro UK 03.pdf, page 52

[:File:SegaForce_UK_09.pdf_p66-20] File:SegaForce UK 09.pdf, page 66

[:File:Zero_UK_35.pdf_p80-21] File:Zero UK 35.pdf, page 80

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Klax

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Contents

Gameplay

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Master System version

Game Gear version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References