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Bloxeed

ブロックシード

Description

A puzzle game much like Tetris. Sort falling blocks, rotating them however you wish, to complete rows across the screen.

Bloxeed was produced by Sega in 1990.

Sega released 594 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1960. Sega is based in Japan.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Bloxeed was produced include: Alex Kidd In The Enchanted Castle, A.B. Cop, Crack Down, Dynamite Dux, ESWAT Cyber Police, Borench, Columns, Alien Storm, Aurail, and Bonanza Bros.

Specs

Name	Bloxeed
Developer	Sega (Japan)
Year	1990
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7170
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Puzzle / Tile Match
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Bloxeed Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player Ambidextrous
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 1 - Rotate
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Bloxeed shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Game Play

Gameplay is quite similar Tetris, but with some added twists. During play, random blocks will contain either letters or numbers.
Completing any line with one of these specialty pieces awards the player 5,000 point bonus with any of the following:

B: Next piece becomes a bomb. Exploding when it lands, blocks within
a small radius of the point of impact are cleared.

F: Summons a Flicky a bird in place of a regular piece. He can
drops single blocks at a time for every press of the rotate button.
Convientient for filling up multiple lines in a hurry.

4: Eliminates four rows.

16: Turns the next piece into a 16-ton weight. When placed, it
demolishes three colums' worth of space, crushing the blocks below.

Bloxeed KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.15 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.80

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 2.50

Gameplay	3.00
Graphics	3.00
Originality	2.00
Sound/Music	2.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Bloxeed Census

There are 15,364 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Common - There are 38 known instances of this machine owned by Bloxeed collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. 6 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 30 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Bloxeed machine for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with a Bloxeed circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Technical

The game uses Sega's System 14 boardset.

Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Sheet - Bloxeed Manual — **Pinout and DIP Switch Sheet**
(1 page, 44 kB File)

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