New article idea: Lesser known puzzle games

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Post by fastbilly1 »

Polarium was on the GBA and DS, I dont know about a PSP version but I guess it could have happened.
Flipull, now that takes me back. Early 90s gameboy arcade ports...

Since we will go as modern as the DS:
Kuru Kuru Kurin - spinning labyrinths on the GBA
BitGenerations - Miscellaneous GBA
Fortress & Rampart - GBA and Most everything - ok so they are action puzzlers, Tetris RTS for Fortress
Its Mr Pants - trippy Rareware game on the GBA
Wordtris - just look it up - Gameboy, SNES, etc.
Gunpey - ok this one is decently well known - WSC and PSP
Zoocube - 3d Animal Matching - GBA and Cube

I am sure I can think of some arcade ones but I am pulling air right now.
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Post by Perseid »

Uo Poko. As far as I know it was arcade only. Played it in MAME myself. http://emustatus.rainemu.com/games/uopoko.htm
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Post by kinn »

racketboy wrote:Polarium
Cannot believe I forgot about Polarium and Picross. Played Picross only recently as well.
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Post by SiW »

Flipull is Plotting, yeah? I loved that on the Amiga, my aunt got hooked on it too.
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Post by migo »

Bejewelled, Hexic.

There's one I can't remember the name for, but you start with a full screen, and then click on groups of the same coloured blocks until it shrinks to a few where there's nothing left for you to remove. (Same Game maybe?)
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Post by fastbilly1 »

migo that game goes by many names, Bubbles is what the palmone calls it on palm pilots.
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Post by marurun »

Alright, when I get back from my holiday vacation I'll divvy up a preliminary list among interested participants and we can all crank out a short (a few sentences) write up of a couple puzzle games and throw together an article for Racketboy. We'll need to put down the smack, however, on what games are considered obscure or not well known enough to be considered for the article.
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