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Oblast: A better Blasto game for the Commodore 64

Oblast: A better Blasto game for the Commodore 64

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·December 7, 2025
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jan_Sate

The game's name reminds me of the Russian word for state/district/region. I was right. It's an intended pun. The game's title screen on the screenshot in the article has Russian on it.

classichasclass

(author) Yes, I couldn't resist the obvious. :)

edit. I should also point out that it's the same word in Ukrainian, for the record.

necovek

And Serbian, so I'd guess it's proto-Slavic word.

__patchbit__

My dictionary has 430 words beginning with ob.

Would be nice to have the AI visualize all those words to their pre-zodiacal origin on a landscape wireframe diagram with popup points of interest and water surface tension effects showing affinity and uses among various cultures.

imbusy111

Makes me want to make a modern version of this for Android.