Klax

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

Klax
Publisher: Tengen Developer: Atari Games System(s): Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System ROM Size: 128kB, 256kB Sound Driver: Unknown Genre: Puzzle Number of Players: 1-2 Release Date RRP Code US 1991 $? 301040-0150 EU 1991 £34.99 301040-0170 BR 199x $?  ? EU 1991 £? 301040-0160 US 1992 $?  ? EU 1991 £?  ?

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."

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

Namco produced an alternate Mega Drive version released in Japan.

Hints

"A four in a row KLAX counts as 2 KLAX"

Physical Scans

Mega Drive Version

	86	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 8 reviews
Publication Score Source ACE 91 №51 Computer & Video Games 85 №121 Game Zone 86 №1 Hobby Consolas 86 Joystick 75 Mean Machines 84 Player One 88 Power Play 89

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Master System Version

	80	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 6 reviews
Publication Score Source Consoles + 68 №11 Hobby Consolas 80 Joypad 90 Mean Machines 88 Player One 72 Sega Force (UK) 81

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Game Gear Version

	85	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 3 reviews
Publication Score Source Sega Force (UK) 82 Sega Force (Sweden) 88 Supersonic 86

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