Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship
{{Short description|2005 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title= Blokus Portable:
Steambot Championship
|image = Blokus Portable cover.jpg
|developer = Tomcat System
|publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Irem}}{{vgrelease|NA/EU|Majesco Entertainment}}
|released = PlayStation 2
{{vgrelease|JP|November 17, 2005{{cite web | author=Gantayat, Anoop | date=September 30, 2005 | title=Bumpy Trot Characters in New Irem Game | url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/09/30/bumpy-trot-characters-in-new-irem-game | publisher=IGN | accessdate=January 30, 2016}}}}PlayStation Portable
{{vgrelease|JP|September 21, 2006|NA|February 27, 2008{{cite web | author=IGN staff | date=February 27, 2008 | title=Majesco Entertainment Ships Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship for the PSP | url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/02/27/majesco-entertainment-ships-blokus-portable-steambot-championship-for-the-psp | publisher=IGN | accessdate=January 30, 2016 | archive-date=March 6, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306132953/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/02/27/majesco-entertainment-ships-blokus-portable-steambot-championship-for-the-psp | url-status=live }}|EU|October 3, 2008}}
|genre = Puzzle
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer (up to 16 players on PSP){{cite web | author=Alexander, Leigh | date=December 5, 2007 | title=Majesco, Irem Detail PSP Board Game Conversion Blokus Portable | url=http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16512 | publisher=Gamasutra | accessdate=April 10, 2009 | archive-date=December 17, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217234042/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16512 | url-status=live }}
|platforms = PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
|series = Steambot Chronicles
}}
Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship, known in Japan as {{Nihongo|Blokus Club with Bumpy Trot|ブロックス倶楽部 with バンピートロット|Burokkusu Kurabu with Banpītorotto}}, is a 2005 puzzle video game developed and published by Irem Software Engineering for the PlayStation 2 and later ported to the PlayStation Portable in Japan. The PlayStation Portable version was later published outside Japan by Majesco Entertainment. It is based on the board game Blokus and features characters from Steambot Chronicles (known in Japan as Bumpy Trot). Like in Steambot Chronicles, players are able to customize the appearance of their characters.
Gameplay
Each player receives a pile of blocks that resemble polyominoes. Players must place blocks on the board starting at the corners and then extend it from the corners of the pieces they have placed. The game is over when no one can place any more pieces. The player with the fewest pieces remaining wins.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| PS2 = true
| PSP = true
| na = true
| GRadar_PSP = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web | author=Venter, Jason | date=March 6, 2008 | title=Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship review | url=http://www.gamesradar.com/blokus-portable-steambot-championship-review/ | publisher=GamesRadar | accessdate=January 30, 2016}}
| MC_PSP = 51/100{{cite web | title=Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship for PSP Reviews | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/blokus-portable-steambot-championship/critic-reviews/?platform=psp | publisher=Metacritic | accessdate=January 30, 2016 | archive-date=March 31, 2025 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20250331185750/https://www.metacritic.com/game/blokus-portable-steambot-championship/critic-reviews/?platform=psp | url-status=live }}
}}
In Japan, Famitsu gave the PlayStation 2 version a score of two sixes and two fives, for a total of 22 out of 40. Elsewhere, the PSP version received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/psp/blokus-portable-steambot-championship}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100115175226/http://majescoentertainment.com/games/sony-psp/blokus-portable-steambot-championship/ Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship] at Majesco Entertainment America
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090519075050/http://games.majescoeurope.com/sony-psp-games/blokus.html Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship] at Majesco Entertainment Europe
{{Steambot Chronicles}}
Category:Majesco Entertainment games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:PlayStation Portable games
Category:Video games based on board games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
Category:Video games with gender-selectable protagonists
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