Out in October from Tengen, £tba

Tengen's Klax is one of those Game Gear games that is very, very easy to pick up, if you're in full control of your motor reflexes, but extremely hard to put down. It builds on the idea of Tetris, as so many games have done, but this time the things you have to stack into various orders as they descend at an ever-increasing rate from the top of the screen are 'tiles'. There are three sorts of 'waves' of tiles to deal with - each more complex and demanding than the last.

Those tiles come belting down the slope of the deck, changing colour as they go, and they're then caught by the moving trap which you control. The object of the game is to score max points by forming Klaxes - groups of three or four tiles - in straight or diagonal lines, of tiles of the same colour. This is done by depositing the tiles after you've caught them with the trap in any one of five different locations at the bottom of the screen. The pace quickens admirably and sometimes the only thing you can do is to bat the tiles back up the screen they belong. You're set more and more difficult tasks all the way through, but they are achievable and that's what keeps you picking the thing up. Smart game, great graphics, complusively playable.

90

Rating

90

Reviewer

Zero magazine

Region

UK

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