Blockade

Excerpt from Genesis Game Guide by The Scribe

NAME:             X-Band Modem games (2 titles)
AUTHOR/VENDOR:    Catapult Entertainment
RELEASED:         1995
TYPE:             various
LANGUAGE:         English

PREMISE:          The X-Band was one of a handful of 2400 baud modems
                  designed to let owners of various 16-bit consoles play
                  over the phone.  One of its "Easter eggs" was the
                  inclusion of two small games that were accessed by a
                  special sequence of gamepad button presses.  These were
                  generic to the modem and used its internal hardware,
                  thereby allowing play across consoles.  Blockade is a
                  simplistic version of the old "don't cross your ever-
                  growing tail/trail" premise, and Maze is exactly what
                  it says - try to find your way out of the maze before
                  the timer runs out.

IMPRESSIONS:      I'm told that many an X-Band user spent a lot of time
                  playing these two games while trying to find opponents.
                  Their simplicity was their appeal - they were right
                  there, kept your attention for a bit, and could be killed
                  almost instantly once an opponent had connected.

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