Color TV-Game Block Kuzushi

Name: Color TV-Game Block Kuzushi
Brand: Nintendo

Nintendo’s dedicated block-breaking machine carried one of Shigeru Miyamoto’s earliest hardware designs.

Documented hardware recordA source-linked factual history appears below. Undocumented development, regional, and package details are left unclaimed.

Block Kuzushi adapted the popular brick-breaking format for the home. Its casing was designed by a young Shigeru Miyamoto, foreshadowing the playful industrial design that would define later Nintendo systems.

Released: 1979 · Exact day not documented
Platform / family: Dedicated home console
Format / type: Built-in block game
Region: Japan

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Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Color TV-Game Block Kuzushi is a Nintendo hardware family documented for Japan, with a release recorded as 1979 (the exact day and month are not documented). The catalog identifies it as Dedicated home console hardware using Built-in block game. PLAYBACK connects 1 documented hardware variant to this family, including White / orange Block Kuzushi.

Research status: Structured source record

Release context

The documented release is 1979 (the exact day and month are not documented) for Japan on Dedicated home console. Date precision is preserved exactly: the archive does not invent a day when the source records only a month or year.

Regional differences

This record is scoped to Japan. The linked structured source does not document a separate regional title or package difference, so PLAYBACK does not infer one.

Physical packaging

The physical format is documented as Built-in block game. The current structured source does not enumerate every insert, manual, sleeve, or bonus item, so no unverified contents are claimed.

Editions and revisions

1 hardware configurations are linked to this family: White / orange Block Kuzushi.

Research sources

commons.wikimedia.org — catalog record ↗