Klax

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TurboGrafx-16 PC Engine PC-8801 PC-9801 VM
Klax
System(s): PC Engine, TurboGrafx-16, PC-8801, PC-9801 VM
Publisher: Tengen Hudson Soft
Developer: Tengen Hudson Soft
Licensor: Atari Games Tengen
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Genre: Puzzle
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1990-08-10 ¥5,9005,900 TG90001 US 1990 TTGX20001 JP 1990-12-14 ¥7,8007,800 N5-1643 JP 1990-12-14 ¥7,8007,800 MH-1643
Non-NEC versions Arcade Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 Atari ST BBC Micro Commodore 64 Game Boy Game Boy Color Game Gear IBM PC Lynx Master System Mega Drive MSX Nintendo Entertainment System SAM Coupé X68000 ZX Spectrum

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Klax (クラックス) is a 1990 puzzle game released for arcades by Atari Games. The game saw numerous ports to home computers and consoles, either by Tengen or other companies under license from Tengen. In the case of NEC systems, Tengen ported the game to the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16, while Hudson Soft ported the game to PC-8801 and PC-9801 VM computers under a license, all released within the same year.

Gameplay

The objective of Klax is to catch the tiles that roll end-over-end along the conveyor belt with the paddle, then stack them in the "bin" below to line up three of the same color vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Doing so will clear the tiles from the bin, which is called a "KLAX", and score points. Lining up four or five in a row counts as 2 KLAXs and 3 KLAXs respectively. Flashing tiles are known as "wild tiles" and count as any color.

The player moves the paddle with ← and →, and after catching tiles with the paddle, they must place the topmost where they want in the bin by pressing Ⅰ in the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 versions. To send the topmost tile back to the conveyor belt, the player can press ↑. To speed up the descent of the tiles, the player can press ↓. The paddle can carry up to five tiles at a time. Failing to catch a tile with the paddle will fill the drop meter, and the game ends if the drop meter fills up completely. The player has a limited number of credits to continue the game with.

Levels in Klax are represented by "waves". To complete a wave, the player must fulfill a specific criteria that varies with each wave. After fulfilling the criteria, the player is awarded bonus points based on how many tiles are left on the conveyor belt and paddle, and how many empty spaces there are in the bin. The possible objectives are as follows:

• "You must get xx KLAXs." - The player must get the specified number of KLAXs to clear the wave.
• "You must get xx horizontals." - The player must get only horizontal KLAXs to clear the wave. Other kinds of KLAXs can still be gotten for extra points..
• "You must get xx diagonals." - The player must get only diagonal KLAXs to clear the wave. Other kinds of KLAXs can still be gotten for extra points.
• "You must catch xx tiles." - The player must catch the specified number of tiles with their paddle to clear the wave.
• "You must get xx points." - The player must score the specified number of points to clear the wave.

The player may also choose to start a new game from either the first, sixth or eleventh waves. Starting from a later wave starts the player off with extra points and increases the size of the drop meter, allowing the player to make more mistakes. Some waves have secret warps that will allow the player to skip several waves if they meet the conditions for activating them. There are a total of 100 waves in the game.

Oddly enough there is no music, only the sound effects of the blocks moving and falling.

List of waves

This list is incomplete. The following list has been marked as incomplete. If you can, please complete it.

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1	You must get 3 KLAXs.	A KLAX is 3 tiles of the same color in a row.
2	You must get 5 KLAXs.	The paddle can hold up to 5 tiles.
3	You must get 3 diagonals.	A 4 in a row KLAX counts as 2 KLAXs.
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100	You must get 250000 points.	This is the last wave of KLAX. Good Luck!

Magazine articles

Main article: Klax/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Klax/Promotional material.

Physical scans

PC Engine version

NEC Retro Average
Publication Score Source Computer & Video Games 95 №108, p83

	95
Based on 1 review

PC Engine, JP
Cover
Card

TurboGrafx-16 version

PC Engine, JP
Cover
Card File:Klax TG16 US Manual.pdf Manual

PC-8801 version

PC-8801, JP
Cover

PC-9801 VM version

PC-9801 VM, JP (5¼-inch)
Cover
Disk

PC-9801 VM, JP (3½-inch)
Cover
Disk

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 c74ffbc9 MD5 62c2fcbf48d1cfc80b70ffcab28c3585 SHA-1 cf952c23dfd771bfba50df645ba27782d3c44c16	256kB		Card (JP)
?	CRC32 0f1b59b4 MD5 8becf757a68f72a01428d4359165e463 SHA-1 4f032fdf7d836d021315bcd9b9903fdad4907f31	256kB		Card (US)

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