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Blockade is a Player Versus Player Arcade Game from 1977, released by Gremlin. Players control the direction of two arrows moving across the screen, but can't stop them from moving. Each arrow leaves a wall of bricks behind it. The objective is to get the other player to crash into a wall, either yours, his own, or the wall surrounding the screen.

A simple game with an enormous legacy. Other companies made imitations, including one of the Atari 2600's launch titles, Surround. It inspired the light cycle game in Tron. And a one-player version for home computers, Snake, became one of the most ubiquitous games of all time.

Blockade provides examples of:

Arcade Game
Maze Game: Where you and your opponent create the maze.
No Plot, No Problem
Player Versus Player
Top Down View
Scoring Points

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 ''Blockade'' is a [[Player Versus Player]] [[Arcade Game]] from [[The Seventies|1977]], released by Gremlin. Players control the direction of two arrows moving across the screen, but can't stop them from moving. Each arrow leaves a wall of bricks behind it. The objective is to get the other player to crash into a wall, either yours, his own, or the wall surrounding the screen.
-A simple game with an enormous legacy. Other companies made imitations, including one of the [[Atari 2600]]'s launch titles, ''[[Surround (Video Game)|Surround]]''. It inspired the light cycle game in ''[[Tron (Film)|Tron]]''. And a one-player version for home computers, ''[[Snake (Video Game)|Snake]]'', became one of the most ubiquitous games of all time.
+A simple game with an enormous legacy. Other companies made imitations, including one of the [[Atari 2600]]'s launch titles, ''[[Surround]]''. It inspired the light cycle game in ''[[Tron]]''. And a one-player version for home computers, ''[[Snake]]'', became one of the most ubiquitous games of all time.
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