Blockout 1989

Released: October 1989
Genres: Puzzle · Arcade
Platforms: Arcade · Apple IIGS · Web browser · PC-8800 Series · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Atari Lynx · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Atari ST/STE · Mac · DOS · Amiga · Nintendo Entertainment System
Developer: Logical Design Works
More info: Wikipedia IGDB

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Is it still worth playing?

You look down into a three dimensional rectangular pit while polycube blocks of various shapes fall slowly toward the bottom, one at a time. It is a 1989 puzzle game made in Poland by Aleksander Ustaszewski and Miroslaw Zablocki. Three buttons rotate the block around the three axes and the joystick moves it horizontally and vertically. When any part of a block rests on the floor or on a placed cube, the block freezes, and a button drops it quickly. A solid layer of cubes with no gaps, called a face, disappears and the cubes above it drop to fill the space. Completing several faces with one block awards higher scores, and emptying the pit earns a Block Out bonus. Turning blocks in three dimensions is a puzzle that is still worth a try.