Puzznic
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Puzznic | |
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Developer(s) | |
Publisher(s) | Taito
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Platform(s) | |
Release | October 1989 |
Genre(s) | Puzzle (tile-matching) |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Arcade system | Taito L System |
Puzznic (パズニック, Pazunikku) is a tile-matching puzzle video game developed and released by Taito for arcades in 1989. It was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, PC Engine, Sharp X68000, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and ZX Spectrum between 1990 and 1991. Home computer ports were handled by Ocean Software; the 2003 PlayStation port was handled by Altron. The arcade and FM Towns versions had adult content, showing a naked woman at the end of the level; this was removed in the international arcade release (but not the US one) and other home ports. A completed Apple IIGS version was cancelled after Taito America shut down.
Puzznic bears strong graphical and some gameplay similarities to Taito's own Flipull/Plotting.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Puzznic on their December 1, 1989 issue as being the fourth-most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[3]
The game was ranked the 34th best game of all time by Amiga Power.[4]
Legacy
Many clones share the same basic gameplay of Puzznic but have added extra features over the years: Puzztrix on the web and on PC, Addled and Germinal on the iPhone, Puzzled on mobile phones. A clone for the PC, Brix, was released by Epic MegaGames in 1992. For Android devices, a clone called PuzzMagic! appeared in 2015. An iPhone clone also available with the title Gem Panic. Blockbusterz Hard Puzzle Game for iOS appeared in 2019.
References
- ^ "Puzznic". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "Puzznic" (journal). EMAP. November 1990: 108.
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(help) - ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 369. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 December 1989. p. 29.
- ^ Amiga Power magazine issue 0, Future Publishing, May 1991
External links
- History of Puzznic
- Puzznic at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- Website puzznic.com
- 1989 video games
- Amiga games
- Amstrad CPC games
- Altron games
- Arcade video games
- Atari ST games
- Commodore 64 games
- Eroge
- FM Towns games
- Game Boy games
- Information Global Service games
- Mobile games
- MSX games
- NEC PC-9801 games
- Nintendo Entertainment System games
- PlayStation (console) games
- Puzzle video games
- Sharp X68000 games
- TurboGrafx-16 games
- Ocean Software games
- Taito arcade games
- Taito L System games
- ZX Spectrum games
- Video games developed in Japan
- Taito stubs
- Strategy video game stubs