BlockOut II Vita

BlockOut II 2.5
BlockOut II 2.5
General
Author	bomblik
Type	Puzzle
Version	2017
License	GPL-2.0
Last Updated	2017/02/20
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

BlockOut II is an addictive action puzzle game by Jean-Luc PONS. It is also the first OpenGL homebrew game for PlayStation Vita.

BlockOut II is reimplementation of original 1989 puzzle video game, developed in Poland by Aleksander Ustaszewski and Miroslaw Zablocki and published by California Dreams for multiple platforms. Original BlockOut was the first video game which transfered tetris from 2D into 3D.

This port is based on BlockOut II release 2.5 and was submitted to the GekiHEN Homebrew Competition.

User guide

The game has a strong user community and an online world ranking of user scores.

Currently you can play against/compare your score to an online score database, but you cannot upload your scores.

Controls

Cross - Confirm, Drop block

R - Cancel, Exit game

D-Pad - Move block, Select character (hall of fame)

Square - Rotate block around X axis counterclockwise

Square+L - Rotate block around X axis clockwise

Triangle - Rotate block around Y axis counterclockwise

Triangle+L - Rotate block around Y axis clockwise

Circle - Rotate block around Z axis counterclockwise

Circle+L - Rotate block around Z axis clockwise

Start - Pause/Resume game

Screenshots

Media

Blockout II - порт на Sony Playstation Vita (Andrey Savenok)

Known issues

There are some minor graphical issues due to TinyGL limitations.

Changelog

v2.5

First Release.

Credits

Jean-Luc PONS for an awesome game.
Fabrice Bellard for TinyGL, an OpenGL software implementation.
Team Molecule for HENkaku homebrew enabler.
All vitasdk contributors.
xerpi, Cpasjuste for SDL library port.
Cpasjuste for PSP2SHELL, ports of SDL auxiliary libraries and TinyGL.

External links

GekiHEN Contest - https://gekihen.customprotocol.com/en/project/BlockOut-II
GitHub - https://github.com/bomblik/BlockOut_II_PSVITA
VitaDB - https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/18