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Oblast: A better Blasto game for the Commodore 64

http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/12/oblast-better-blasto-game-for-commodore.html
14•todsacerdoti•4h ago

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jan_Sate•2h ago
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•2h ago
(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•13m ago
And Serbian, so I'd guess it's proto-Slavic word.

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Oblast: A better Blasto game for the Commodore 64

http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/12/oblast-better-blasto-game-for-commodore.html
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