Blocked (video game)
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Blocked is a 2009 puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod Touch made by Joel Rosenberg.
Development
The game was based on the puzzle game Rush Hour.{{cite web|url=https://uk.pcmag.com/iphone-apps/5728/blocked-for-iphone|title=Blocked (for iPhone)|website=ukpcmag|date=19 February 2009|access-date=18 February 2023|archive-date=18 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218100124/https://uk.pcmag.com/iphone-apps/5728/blocked-for-iphone|url-status=live}}
Game description
The player maneuvers around gray blocks until a blue rock can escape. Blocks can only move left and right or up and down. The game has 100 challenges in 20 levels: easy, medium, hard, harder, and hardest.{{cite web |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2350639,00.asp |title=Blocked Review |accessdate=2009-12-09 |last=Bergen |first=Jennifer |date=2009-07-09 |work=PC Magazine |archive-date=2009-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727112435/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2350639,00.asp |url-status=dead }}
Reception
James Savager of Macworld noted that Blocked is the perfect puzzle game for those quick moments during the day when you've got some time to kill and need a puzzle to solve.{{cite web |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/195411/blocked.html |title=Blocked Review |accessdate=2009-03-10 |last=Savage |first=James |work=Macworld |archive-date=2021-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414160725/https://www.macworld.com/article/195411/blocked.html |url-status=live }} Lew Reed of Slide To Play pointed to the game's simplicity as being crucial to its success.{{cite web |url=http://www.videogamer.com/iphone/blocked/review.html |title=Blocked Review |accessdate=2009-12-09 |last=Reed |first=Lew |work=Slide To Play |archive-date=2012-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309172251/http://www.videogamer.com/iphone/blocked/review.html |url-status=live }}