Ludography
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1988 · Arcade · Puzzle

TRAZ

TRAZ (Transformable Arcade Zone) is a block breaker game with multiple paddles and 64 levels. There is also a built-in level construction set.

Released
1988
Platforms
Commodore 64Commodore C64/128/MAXMS-DOSZX Spectrum
Genres
ArcadePuzzle
Developers
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Publishers
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Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

About

TRAZ (short for Transformable Arcade Zone) is a 1988 block breaker game developed and published by Cascade Games. The game was released in 1988 for the Commodore 64, DOS, and ZX Spectrum.

Keywords

  • construction
  • breakout
  • 8-bit
  • block-breaking

Media

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

TRAZ is a block breaker game, but unlike most such games, it supports an arbitrary number of paddles either horizontally or vertically, with the player controlling all of them simultaneously. Also unlike other block breaker games, the edges of the screen are not open but surrounded by a wall that bounces the ball back; hazards are instead represented by beams of electricity (also either horizontal or vertical) that destroy the ball on contact; a turn is lost when all balls are destroyed. Both the beams and the paddles can be anywhere on the map in any alignment, allowing paddles to block each other, or having the hazard in the middle of the screen rather than the edges as traditional. The game consists of 64 levels, as well as an editor mode allowing the player to create their own levels.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Commodore C64/128/MAX31 December 1988Worldwide
MS-DOS31 December 1989Worldwide
ZX Spectrum31 December 1989Worldwide

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