bigbee99 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 (edited) Klax (set 1) 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, similar to Columns. 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. -wiki Game Information Game Name: Klax (set 1) Released By: Atari 1989 MAME ROMset: klax Dip Switches: Default Chosen By: Cynicaster ROM Location: http://www.romnation...Klax-set-1.html AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: 213,935 mr. toast Competition ends Sunday, May 13th @ 12PM EST Leaderboard (to post #38) 1,115,660 BillyHW 964,933 patbb 845,970 Cynicaster 435,843 jblenkle 276,280 roadrunner 264,885 kane 235,780 bigbee99 112,879 MAME Offender 24,515 LArcenTyler Season Standings Calculations through round 32 1. M.A.M.E Offender 495 2. bigbee99 493 3. Cynicaster 460 4. patbb 267 5. kane 204 6. mr. toast 166 7. roadrunner 132 8. acelkin 117 9. JohnnyBlaze 110 10. LarcenTyler 87 11. richard stewart 78 12. Barra 66 13. kojr 39 13. keilbaca 39 15. jblenkle 37 16. retrorussell 27 17. mightymage 23 18. Kurt_Woloch 18 19. onmode-ky 17 20. rmaerz 16 21. homerwannabee 15 22. NE146 8 23. chuckwalla 6 23. Raygunn 6 25. Fres 1 Edited May 13, 2012 by bigbee99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Klax - 230,910 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 I have never played Klax before, ever. If I had know about the choices at the start I might would have said something, but since I didn't, any setting is fine. I started my game on Wave 11. As you can see, I just barely made it past that wave. 218,890 B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 24,515 How the @!#?@! did I miss Q*Bert's Qubes? Oh well. At any rate, that diagonal wave STILL gets me after all these years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 If we're allowing level 11 starts, be sure to go for the warp for big points. You need to make an 'X' all in one shot. 815,910 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I used to play this game for hours and hours on MAME...quite addictive...but I haven't played in several months and found that I've forgot what I used to do to rack up big points... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Holy cow this is hard. Much faster than the Lynx version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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roadrunner Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Cool, Klax. We played Klax last month in the Lynx HSC. Yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillyHW Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) One Kabillion ++ Edited May 7, 2012 by BillyHW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 276,280 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 301,700 I made a big sandwich formation in the first level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) Man this game is like crack. It's my favourite puzzle game, I like it better than Tetris. But it's so hard. I actually saw this and played it in the arcade once in the early 90s, but I still like the Lynx version better, which I own. Interesting game facts: 1. It was originally written for Amiga, and then picked up by Atari and back-ported to the arcade. Virtually every system and computer out there then got a port. 2. There are 100 waves. I wonder if anyone has finished it. (I wonder what the ending is like. Maybe when I have time I'll check out if my PC MAME has a cheat mode to get there.) 3. A few versions (like the NES version) allow you to keep dropping tiles after your first one scores a klax, making it easier to create chain reactions after the fact if you're quick about it. 4. Wiki says that the Atari 2600 port of Klax was the last official commercial release for that system (FWIW). (I wonder how they managed with the limited colours.) 5. They actually ported this to the black and white (green and yellow, sort of) Game Boy. Instead of different colours, the tiles have different patterns. Ugh. Edited May 8, 2012 by BillyHW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Yeah, Klax was one of the only games on the Lynx that I thought was worth a damn. Awesome sound on that version; kills the GBA version that came out like 15 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I just tried the C64 version, but it suffers from poor controls. Clicking once to the left or right will often move you two spaces, which pretty much kills the game. The sound is also disappointing and the backgrounds don't change. Some colours also have to be doubled up with patterns, which is annoying. Not a great port. Too bad, because the C64 could have done so much better than this if programmed well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Klax - 302,411 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Klax - 352,948 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Klax - 388,818 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 (edited) I'm glad I'm not using real quarters for this. I also like how the game tells you about the 'secret' warps. Edited May 9, 2012 by BillyHW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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patbb Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 (edited) 570,198 Edited May 9, 2012 by patbb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 (edited) Klax - 435,843 Edited May 10, 2012 by jblenkle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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