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.


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A fun block stacking puzzle game. It wouldn't surprise me if someone at Harmonix played this in their youth and it partially inspired Guitar Hero.

Solid, fun puzzle game.

Plays in vertical mode on the Lynx, so be prepared to tilt your console (or whatever you're playing it on). Starts off quite simple but explains the additional scoring you can do rather than just stacking vertically. Simple but challenging, the level goals help to mix it up as well. Worth a try (it's on many platforms so take a look!).

Over-designed in a good way. Most maximalist puzzle games have simple gameplay with wacky aesthetics — Klax has wacky everything.

It sure was the 90s.

I miss it :(

(Midway Arcade Treasures)
Mechanically this is definitely solid but I don't like how the blocks sound