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Brix Brix - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Brix - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Move vertically through the gaps in a field of horizontally-moving bricks, collecting a sufficient amount of gifts to make Lola happy. Avoid contact with Rattifers who chase you and seek to destroy you. Bonus objects allow you to imprison Rattifers inside of bricks.

Brix was produced by Cinematronics in 1983.

Cinematronics released 33 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1976. Cinematronics was based in United States.

Other machines made by Cinematronics during the time period Brix was produced include: Zzyzzyxx, Freeze, Jack The Giantkiller, War Of The Worlds, Solar Quest, Hovercraft, Cosmic Chasm, Dragon's Lair, World Series Baseball, and Space Ace

Brix - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name Brix
Developer Cinematronics (United States)
Year 1983
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7219
Class Wide Release
Genre Puzzle
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
Game Specific Brix Pinout
Dipswitch Settings

Brix Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls
  • Joystick: 2-way (up, down)
  • Buttons: 1 [Make Brick]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Bezel Brix Bezel Image
Side Art Brix Side Art Image

Game Introduction

A very strange game that is vaguely reminiscent of the upper half of Frogger.

Brix KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Trivia

In self-test mode, the word "ZZYZZYX" appears at the top of the screen.

Miscellaneous

COPY OF: Zzyzzyxx

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Brix Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,456 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,294 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Scarce - There are 4 known instances of this machine owned by Brix collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Brix.

This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

  1. 3D Model (External): Upright

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