Minesweeper Game Database

Blockade (1976)



Overview
Blockade was published by Gremlin in 1976.

You play on an arcade machine and move at a constant speed. Every cell you visit is marked. You cannot visit a cell that has already been visited and you cannot touch the edge of the screen. Two players compete to stay alive and win the most rounds.

Blockade inspired the "Snake" genre.


Platforms
  • 1976 - Arcade

Companies
  • Gremlin

People
  • Lane Hauck


Game Lineage
Blockade is an original game.

Game Attributes

The following attributes can be used to map the evolution of Minesweeper. Blue cells are confirmed attributes for official versions of Blockade. Yellow cells are unknown.

Mined-Out (1983)
Minefield Variants
Minefield (1979)
Mines (1987)
Minesweeper (1990)
Minesweeper Variants


[ ALL ] [ Arcade ]

Releases
ID 231
[Machine] Arcade
Published no later than 1976-11-30. Game was released in November 1976.


PDF
Code ⤫
English
Owner's manual (wwyss.ch)


[ ALL ] [ Arcade ]

Images
ID 231
[Machine] Arcade
Published no later than 1976-11-30. Game was released in November 1976.


Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay
Round is lost by Player 2 (score is 2 rounds each)
Round is lost by Player 2 (score is 2 rounds each)


[ ALL ] [ Arcade ]

Credits
ID 231
[Machine] Arcade
Published no later than 1976-11-30.


Gremlin
source: Machine
as "Gremlin"
"by"
Gremlin
source: Poster
as "Gremlin Industries, Inc"
"copyright"
Lane Hauck
source: Wikipedia
as "Lane Hauck"
Programmer


[ ALL ] [ Arcade ]

Collect
There are no known covers for this game.


[ ALL ] [ ID 231 ]

Promos
Blockade (1977)


[ ALL ] [ ID 231 ]

Trivia
No trivia been added for this game.


[ ALL ] [ ID 231 ]

Print

  • Blockade - The Money Magnet
    https://segaretro.org/images/a/ac/Blockade_Arcade_US_Flyer.pdf
    Advertisement (publisher) for release ID231. Date published 1977-00-00.