History VideoGame / Klax

* GameWithinAGame: Some versions have a minigame called "Blob Ball" in the options menu, which is basically a simple clone of ''VideoGame/Breakout'' or ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' with no blocks to break or a second paddle.

* GameWithinAGame: Some versions have a minigame called "Blob Ball" in the options menu, which is basically a simple clone of ''VideoGame/Breakout'' or ''VideoGame/Pong'' with no blocks to break or a second paddle.

* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: Whenever a stage's hint says "This one is fast!", whatever quota you're meant to meet is notably lower than it normally is for the point in the game you're at. [[DifficultySpike There is a reason for this.]]

1989 game built by Creator/{{Atari}}. Coloured tiles tumble down from above; you have to catch them on your paddle and drop them into a 5×5 bin. They vanish when you line up three or more of the same colour, a feat referred to as a "Klax". The paddle can hold up to five tiles.

* DifficultyByAcceleration: As the stage continues, the pieces become more dense requiring faster reaction time. Sometimes, you also receive that wonderful hint: "This one is fast!"

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* FallingBlocks: Subverted. The tiles only fall when the player fails to catch them with the paddle.

* AnnouncerChatter

* CatchPhrase - Many, given by the voice synthesizer.
* CriticalExistenceFailure - All is well until you drop that last tile and then: "Awwwwwww"
* DifficultyByAcceleration - As the stage continues, the pieces become more dense requiring faster reaction time. Sometimes, you also receive that wonderful hint: "This one is fast!"

* HoldTheLine - The survival waves, where you must catch a certain number of tiles to win.
* MatchThreeGame
* NoPlotNoProblem
* NothingIsScarier - With regard to the arcade version's complete lack of soundtrack. Some nice, soothing background Muzak would be well placed, but no, all you get is the relentless ''clack, clack, clack''...

* PaletteSwap - All the tiles, except in the Game Boy version.
* PathOfMostResistance - While you get a nice bonus, extra leeway on dropping tiles, ''and'' you skip the intervening levels when you warp, you can get a far higher score playing through every single level.
* ScoringPoints
* SoundCodedForYourConvenience - In the arcade version, each colour of tile produced their own unique sound effect as they tumbled. Also, there are three different versions of the four-note jingle that plays when you score a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal KLAX.
* SpeedMetal - The NES port's soundtrack by BügSük (Lx Rudis and Dave O'Riva).
* AWinnerIsYou - A little congratulatory sentence [[spoiler: and a bonus 1,000,000 points]].

* FallingBlocks

* OneWordTitle: Named after the sound of falling tiles.

* SoundCodedForYourConvenience - In the arcade version, each colour of tile produced their own unique sound effect as they tumbled.

->''"It is TheNineties, and there is time for Klax"''

1989 game built by {{Atari}}. Coloured tiles tumble down from above; you have to catch them on your paddle and drop them into a 5×5 bin. They vanish when you line up three or more of the same colour, a feat referred to as a "Klax". The paddle can hold up to five tiles.

* LetsPlay - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F5_Yxxbqmo There is one by]] LetsPlay/{{DeceasedCrab}}.

1989 game built by {{Atari}}. Coloured tiles tumble down from above; you have to catch them on your paddle and drop them into a 5×5 bin. They vanish when you line up three or more of the same colour, a feat referred to as a "Klax".

* OhCrap - Often, but mostly when you see that wonderful hint: "This one is fast!"

->''It is TheNineties, and there is time for Klax''
--> Title screen, ''Klax''

* LetsPlay - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F5_Yxxbqmo There is one by]] {{DeceasedCrab}}.

Classic game from [[strike:TheNineties]] TheEighties (1989) built by {{Atari}}. Coloured tiles tumble down from above; you have to catch them on your paddle and drop them into a 5×5 bin. They vanish when you line up three or more of the same colour, a feat referred to as a "Klax".

A simple premise: FallingBlocks plus MatchThreeGame. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Of such things, life-shattering events are made]]. Definitely NintendoHard.