KLAX by Tengen
OBJECT OF THE GAME/GAME DESCRIPTION: This hot new tic-tac-tile game has you
scrambling to catch colored tiles as they tumble down a conveyor belt. Arrange
the tiles in same-colored stacks of three or more to score big points! Sound
easy? Well it is until the tiles come tumbling at you faster and faster and
faster! You'll lose your mind trying to catch them all while figuring out where
to stack them before you run out of room!! KLAX, the fun, fast, totally mind
boggling arcade puzzle that makes you move fast - and think faster!
CREDITS
Original Game Design- Mark Stephen Pierce and Dave S. Akers
Programming- Dave O'Riva
Graphics- Greg Williams
Music- LX Rudis and Dave O'Riva
Special Thanks to- Mike Alexander
Manual and Packaging Artwork- Louis Saekow Design
TITLE SCREEN:
Use UP and DOWN on the control pad to move the block cursor between 3 options:
START, OPTIONS and STUFF. Press the A Button to select the one you want.
START- Starts the game.
OPTIONS- A list of your options.
STUFF- You're on your own here...
WARP SCREEN:
After you start the game, watch a demonstration!
Move the hand to the wave you want to start at, then press the A Button (use
LEFT and RIGHT on the control pad to move the hand).
Another player can press START now for simultaneous play.
WAVE INFORMATION SCREEN:
This screen is for your information only.
WAVE- The current wave number.
GET...- Shows what you need to get to finish the wave (see HOW TO COMPLETE A
WAVE section).
HINT- A helpful hint...
Press the A Button to start this wave.
OPTION SCREEN:
This screen lets you check out the options that are available. For a complete
description of these options see the OPTIONS MENU section.
Moving around this screen is the same as on the TITLE SCREEN.
OPTIONS MENU:
DROP METER- To help you learn the game, you can turn the drop meter off for
WAVE 1. This way, you can choose only the colors you want and experiment with
the game at your own pace.
DIFFICULTY- Choose easy, medium or hard. This setting changes the rate at which
the blocks advance and affects ramping.
RAMPING- If ramping is turned ON, the game will get more and more difficult
the longer you play.
SOUND FX- This setting turns sound effects ON and OFF, and serves as a volume
control.
MUSIC- Allows you to listen to music during the game. Note that you cannot have
both sound effects and music at the same time. The AUTO SELECT will change the
tune you hear at the start of each wave or you can select one tune to hear for
the whole game. Use the A Button to scroll through the various tunes.
BLOB BALL?
Yes, Blob Ball. Look on the STUFF MENU and you'll see it. Blob Ball is simply
the stupidest game to come along in a decade! Lucky you. Just for fun, try
out-thinking this blob and keep it from killing itself! It doesn't even know
what a pattern is... oh, and in case you're wondering, Blob Ball has no
relationship whatsoever to the rest of KLAX, it's just sort of there...
CONTROLS:
Controller: Use the A Button to flip tiles from your paddle into the bin.
Control Pad:
UP- Throw back the top tile on your paddle.
RIGHT- Move your paddle right.
DOWN- Accelerate tiles on the conveyor.
LEFT- Move your paddle left.
NOTE: Press all four buttons at the same time (SELECT, START, B Button, A Button)
to restart the game. For one player operation, either controller may be used.
KLAX
A KLAX is three or more tiles of the same color in a row:
XX XX
Diagonal XX Horizontal XX XX XX Vertical XX
XX XX
HOW TO PLAY
You play KLAX by moving your paddle left and right and using it to put tiles
in the "bin." Your paddle can move to one of 5 positions on the screen.
As tiles move down the conveyor, use your paddle to catch them.
Press the A Button to flip the top tile on your paddle off into the bin below.
You can press UP on the Control Pad to throw the top tile on your paddle half
way up the conveyor.
Also, you can press DOWN on the control pad to accelerate the tiles on the
conveyor. Use this feature with caution.
There are up to 8 total colors in the game, plus the wild tile. (The wild tile
is a flashing block that will substitute for any color.)
Drop Meter
If you do not catch a tile with your paddle, it will drop to its death and your
drop meter will increase. You have a limited number of drops before your game
is over. When all the lights are ON, your game is over!
HOW TO COMPLETE A WAVE
There are 5 different types of Waves in KLAX.
Type of Wave- "You must get xx* KLAXs."
What to Do- Get the number of KLAXs specified. KLAXs are three or more tiles
of the same color in a row.
Type of Wave- "You must get xx* Diagonals."
What to Do- Only Diagonal KLAXs count towards finishing the Wave. You can still
get other types of KLAXs, though (and you might need them to survive!).
Type of Wave- "You must catch xx* Tiles."
What to Do- That many tiles must be caught on the paddle to finish the Wave.
Type of Wave- "You must get xxxx* points."
What to Do- You need to get this many points to finish the Wave. See the
sections that describe Basic and Wild Tile KLAX configurations for how many
points each type of KLAX scores.
Type of Wave- "You must get xx* Horizontals."
What to Do- Only Horizontal KLAXs count towards finishing the Wave. You can
still get all types of KLAXs, though.
*x's represent a number based on current Wave.
THE BASIC EXAMPLES OF A KLAX
3 Tiles = 1 KLAX 4 Tiles = 2 KLAXs 5 Tiles = 3 KLAXs
XX
XX XX
XX XX XX
XX XX XX
XX 50 points XX 10,000 points XX 15,000 points
XX XX XX 1,000 points XX XX XX XX 5,000 points XX XX XX XX XX 10,000 points
XX
XX XX
XX XX XX
XX XX XX
XX 5,000 points XX 10,000 points XX 20,000 points
XX XX
XX XX XX XX XX
XX XX 2 X 10,000 points XX XX XX 3 X 10,050 points
XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
XX XX XX XX XX
XX XX XX XX XX XX
2 X 5,050 points 2 X 10,000 points 2 X 1,050 points 2 X 5,050 points
XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
XX XX XX XX XX
XX XX XX
2 X 10,050 points XX XX XX
XX XX XX
2 X 25,000 points 2 X 40,000 points
XX XX XX XX YY
XX XX XX XX PP GG BB PP
XX XX XX XX XX XX PP GG BB PP
XX XX XX XX XX XX YY YY YY YY
XX XX XX XX XX XX PP GG YY BB PP
3 X 40,050 points 4 X 50,050 points PP GG YY BB PP
Big Points on Wave 1
SPECIAL WILD TILE KLAX COMBOS
These KLAXs can be done easily by using a wild tile. (WW = Wild Tile)
WW YY YY PP WW PP PP WW BB BB BB
BB PP YY BB YY PP
BB PP YY BB YY PP
3 X 6,050 points 3 X 15,000 points 3 X 10,050 points
WW YY YY YY YY YY WW YY YY PP WW PP
PP BB PP YY BB
PP BB PP YY BB
3 X 15,050 points 2 X 5,050 points 3 X 11,050 points
PP BB
YY YY WW YY YY BB BB WW BB BB
BB PP YY PP
BB PP YY PP
3 X 30,000 points 3 X 20,000 points
NOTE: Some of these wild tile configurations take a lot of practice. Once you
get the pattern down, you can do it with ease.
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KEY
XX = tile (any color)
WW = Wild Tile
PP = Pink Tile
BB = Blue Tile
YY = Yellow Tile
GG = Green Tile
NOTE FROM THE TYPIST PERSON:
I tried to make the configurations as straight as possible. If there is a tile
underneath another that is leaning a little to the left or right, imagine that
it is directly underneath the other tile and all will be well. Also, I put
spaces in between the double letters representing tiles to make it easier to
read. There is no breathing room in KLAX whatsoever. So, go on, enjoy another
quality game brought to you by the nice folks at ATARI, without whom........