Klax (1990)

Atari Games, Tengen, Teque Software Development

Amiga · Amstrad CPC · Arcade · Atari 5200 · Atari 7800 · Atari Lynx · Atari ST/STE · BBC Microcomputer System · Commodore C64/128/MAX · DOS · Family Computer · MSX · Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Game Gear · Sega Master System/Mark III · TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine · ZX Spectrum

2.80 from 60 ratings

147 members have it in their collection · 22 backlogged · 13 wish listed

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.

Release dates

  • Feb 1990 (North_America) Arcade
  • Dec 14, 1990 (Japan) Family Computer
  • 1990 (North_America) Amiga, Atari Lynx, Atari ST/STE, DOS
  • 1990 (Europe) Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX
  • 1990 (Worldwide) ZX Spectrum
  • 1991 (Europe) Sega Master System/Mark III
  • 1991 (North_America) TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
  • 1991 (Japan) TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
  • 2002 (North_America) Atari 7800
  • 2003 (North_America) Atari 5200

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Status scoopings Aug 11, 2024

This was neat, but then it started requiring diagonals, and nah. Too much RNG based for that. But an overall cute and neat idea with great sounds.

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Status scoopings Oct 21, 2023

These sounds lol. Great tink sounds as the klax move and great awwww distress when you lose

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