Blocked (video game) explained
Blocked is a 2009 puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod Touch made by Joel Rosenberg.
Development
The game was based on the puzzle game Rush Hour.[1]
Game description
The player maneuvers around gray blocks until a blue rock can escape. Blocks can only move left and right or up and down. The game has 100 challenges in 20 levels: easy, medium, hard, harder, and hardest.[2]
Reception
James Savager of Macworld noted that Blocked is the perfect puzzle game for those quick moments during the day when you've got some time to kill and need a puzzle to solve.[3] Lew Reed of Slide To Play pointed to the game's simplicity as being crucial to its success.[4]
Notes and References
- Web site: Blocked (for iPhone). ukpcmag. 19 February 2009. 18 February 2023. 18 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230218100124/https://uk.pcmag.com/iphone-apps/5728/blocked-for-iphone. live.
- Web site: Blocked Review . 2009-12-09 . Bergen . Jennifer . 2009-07-09 . PC Magazine . 2009-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090727112435/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2350639,00.asp . dead .
- Web site: Blocked Review . 2009-03-10 . Savage . James . Macworld . 2021-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210414160725/https://www.macworld.com/article/195411/blocked.html . live .
- Web site: Blocked Review . 2009-12-09 . Reed . Lew . Slide To Play . 2012-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309172251/http://www.videogamer.com/iphone/blocked/review.html . live .
