Klax
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- For the Japanese Mega Drive version, see Klax (Namco).
- For the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear versions of the game, see Klax (8-bit).
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Genre: Puzzle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Tengen version of Klax (クラックス) is a port of the 1990 arcade game to the Sega Mega Drive. This is the version that was released overseas - Namco produced an alternate Mega Drive version for Japan.
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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
- Main article: Klax/Promotional material.
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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256kB | 1990-07 | Cartridge (US/EU) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ACE, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-08), page 89
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sega Power, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 46
- ↑ Sega Power, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-02), page 12
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 32
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-15), page 64
- ↑ Joystick, "Novembre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 132
- ↑ Mega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-17), page 85
- ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 32/33 (32)
- ↑ Mean Machines, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-10-29), page 102/103 (102)
- ↑ Player One, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-03-10), page 66
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
- ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 52
- ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-16), page 18
- ↑ Zero, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-xx-xx), page 125
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