Block Out - Elektronika BK Gameplay
0You probably weren't expecting me to cover a game made for a Russian home computer, didn't you?
We already know Block Out as a game, so no need to go through that one. But what IS interesting, however, is the computer itself.
The Electronica BK computers were the first mass produced, affordable personal computers in Russia in the eighties of 20th century, and have had tremendous effect on the development of Russian-speaking software community. Every russian computer, hardware or ham radio geek born in seventies or eighties probably had one of those machines during their formational years. They are the C64s, ZX Spectrums and Atari 2600s of the now defunct USSR.
All of the BK machines accept console commands in English, but respond mostly in Russian.
Virtually all of BK schematics, documentation, hardware hacks and software has been preserved and is available on the internet. Unfortunately, most if not all of these things are only available in Russian.
If you are interested in emulating this system, check out the bk core for RetroArch.
Block Out (C) Arc System Works
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