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Pentominon

A Tetris-like game with a twist: the pieces are composed of 5 blocks (hence the title "Pentominon"), and they fall in a sort of sequencer that generates hypnotic musical loops as the players progress. To…

14 August 2009

Pentominon is an arcade developed by xisai, released 14 August 2009 on Xbox 360.

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What Pentominon is

Pentominon is an arcade game developed by xisai and released in 2009. It is available on Xbox 360 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A Tetris-like game with a twist: the pieces are composed of 5 blocks (hence the title "Pentominon"), and they fall in a sort of sequencer that generates hypnotic musical loops as the players progress. To obtain higher scores the players have to delete rows in a particular way: if a single block remains "isolated" from the rest it begins to add extra points to the score in a so-called "ignition mode". The game was developed and published in 2009 by xisai, and received an enhanced remake/sequel by the same authors in 2017 (Pentominon Transctiption, available on Xbox One). The original version is no longer available due to the end of Xbox Live Indie Games program.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Pentominon launched on 14 August 2009, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Wii Sports Resort, Wolfenstein and Metroid Prime: Trilogy.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Wii Sports Resort, Wolfenstein, Metroid Prime: Trilogy.

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When did Pentominon come out?
Pentominon was released on 14 August 2009 for Xbox 360.

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