KWKBOX Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Everyone mentions Tetris, Dr. Mario, Puzzle Bobble, Columns, etc. But you rarely hear about games like this. What others are out there we should know about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Godzilla on the Gameboy is very puzzle ish. As for RPG's Wild Arms series on ps1 has some of the best and hardest puzzles. Lufia snes series and Golden Sun GBA series are very good on puzzles as well but those are probably not really what you are looking for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoofu Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Yeah Lupin III: Densetsu no Hihō wo Oe! is pretty interesting game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Wetrix for N64 Zoop! for Jag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Oh, Intelligent Qube for the ps1, although that one will cost you a bit unless you burn it and play on a modded system. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 There is a puzzle-ish game called Quarth (aka Block Hole) that nobody talks about, but I love it. It’s an arcade game, but it has a great version on Game Boy; the game play is tailor made for that system. Chip’s Challenge on Lynx is another good one. So is Magical Drop on Neo Geo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I've never played the GB version of Quarth, but I like it a lot on MSX2. It was released for Famicom as well, but it plays quite a bit differently than the MSX2 version despite both were made by Konami. Flipull (Plotting) by Taito also is a good one. I'm not that much for its brother Puzznic, but those two go together. I once played a demo version of the Amiga game Statix (1995) which was a bit renewing take on the piece dropping games. I'm sure I am forgetting some important (to me) ones, but the concept of puzzle games also is rather wide, as it includes anything from jigsaws through Sokoban to Tetris, Bejeweled, and sometimes closer to strategy board games using tiles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Oh, Intelligent Qube for the ps1, although that one will cost you a bit unless you burn it and play on a modded system. I remember renting this game for a weekend in the late 90s and thinking it was awesome. Completely forgot about it until I saw your post.. now I want to play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Wetrix for N64 Zoop! for Jag Even better, Wetrix + on the Dreamcast, or, if you must, Aqua Aqua on the PS2. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Tetrisphere on Nintendo 64 is somewhat of an oddball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) Palamedes is my favorite puzzle game. I am referring to the NES port. I have played the original arcade version on MAME and it is not as good IMO. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palamedes_(video_game) I have recorded a Youtube playthrough on the highest difficulty. I've gotten way higher scores but this was a decent run. You get a "perfect bonus" of 50,000 points for every stage you clear by shooting all the dice without doing any combos. Edited February 17, 2017 by mbd30 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Tetris Attack on the SNES is another good one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I liked the Boxy Boy (TG-16) type puzzlers BITD. AStar for the VCS too. Have yet to open my copies of Match 5 and Super Minefield for Intellivision yet and probably never will. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Pinickies (arcade) -- unless that one's too well known. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Flip Out! for the Jaguar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe C. Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Puzzle Fighter 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazzeri Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 King's Valley I & II for the MSX & MSX2. https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=iLCVJWpFzLg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoshiChiri Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) Octomania on the Wii looks very much like a budget release, but the gameplay is really rather unique (you turn blocks of octopi toward grills that appear on the screen until you have enough for a delicious order of takoyaki, which makes them disappear.) It's really quite cheap too- easily obtained for around 5 bucks complete. Just, uh- be ready for some terrible dialog. Edited February 17, 2017 by HoshiChiri 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Man! Lots of great answers here! I'd say Super Columns for Game Gear (I always wished it had a Genesis release)...And Bust A Move games on Neo Geo, SNES, and Playstations... I'm not sure if I'd call it a puzzler per se, but Ultimate Qix (AKA Volfied) for Genesis is one of my favorite games Ever!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 My brother's all about the puzzles. He recommends a game called Gururin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3ptEBJNPio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetastrike Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) Stack Columns is a really fun variant of the original. It's very similar to Columns III, with a CPU opponent that you can attack, but I think it has a much better style than Columns III. The only home port is part of the Columns Arcade Collection on the Saturn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRPncI0zLj0 Edited February 18, 2017 by zetastrike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Solomon's Key 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 One that I had a lot of fun with, that NO ONE talks about is a Tetris clone type of game called Funky Beans that was a demo game or whatever on a Playstation Underground disc. When you clear a couple pieces, it says, "Yee haw". And apparently most of the videos of it on Youtube suck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Palamedes is my favorite puzzle game. I am referring to the NES port. I have played the original arcade version on MAME and it is not as good IMO. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palamedes_(video_game) I have recorded a Youtube playthrough on the highest difficulty. I've gotten way higher scores but this was a decent run. You get a "perfect bonus" of 50,000 points for every stage you clear by shooting all the dice without doing any combos. I just played this for the 1st time ever even though I have owned it for years LOL. The first game I had no idea what I was doing. The 2nd game I seen down destroyed levels and then I remembered what I read here about getting a perfect. the 3rd game I got perfect in the first 7 levels then messed up. My score was 359,170. Not bad for first attempt. I know I can absolutely demolish that now that I know what I am doing lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) I just played this for the 1st time ever even though I have owned it for years LOL. The first game I had no idea what I was doing. The 2nd game I seen down destroyed levels and then I remembered what I read here about getting a perfect. the 3rd game I got perfect in the first 7 levels then messed up. My score was 359,170. Not bad for first attempt. I know I can absolutely demolish that now that I know what I am doing lol. The most perfects I've gotten on the level 1 (easiest) difficulty is 16. The most I've gotten on level 5 (highest) difficulty is 8. But I usually only go for 15 perfects when playing on easiest and 7 when playing on hardest. Then I just go for combos after that. When playing combos you want to try to get a sequence of 1-2-3-4-5-6 because that clears five rows of dice and is worth the most points. But go for easier combos if that isn't possible, especially on later stages. There are 20 stages altogether. A nice goal is to beat the easiest difficulty with over 800k. Hardest is much harder. My highest score playing level 5 is like 589k. Edited February 18, 2017 by mbd30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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