Addictive Puzzle Games that aren't Tetris

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Re: Addictive Puzzle Games that aren't Tetris

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It's hard to beat the perfection of Tetris, but if I had to choose one other puzzler, I'd choose Dr. Mario. I wasted so many hours playing that cartridge.
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Puzzle Bobble (Bust-A-Move). Spent hours and hours playing that game on the Neo-Geo and Dreamcast.

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Is Pokemon Trozei a variant of Tetris Attack?

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-Mole Mania for the GB.
-Panel de Pon/Tetris Attack/Puzzle League
-Puyo Puyo
-Super Puzzle Fighter
-Bubble Bobble/Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move
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Ivo wrote:Is Pokemon Trozei a variant of Tetris Attack?

Ivo.
The wiki on it says it's similar to Yoshi's Cookie.

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boobie wrote:i cant remember the name of the game but maybe someone will.. its 2d and you move to left and right shooting this ropethinggy to the ceiling trying to burst these bouncing bubbles. I think theres also many variations on different systems of this game. please help me really would like to play it again

EDIT: oh got it, its PANG
Also known as Buster Bros and Pomping world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bros.

The Super Buster Bros on the SNES or Buster Bros Collection on PS1 are good and worth your time.
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Almost everything I was going to say has already been listed, so I only have one more game to add. Zoocube.

Zoocube is a 3d puzzle game. You have a cube that you control that rotates in all direction and you have animal heads and bodies coming from different directions. you have to rotate the cube to try and match the heads with the bodies. I didn't like it at first because I would always rotate the cube in the wrong direction, but once you get the hang of it it's actually pretty decent.

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Hobie-wan wrote:The Super Buster Bros on the SNES or Buster Bros Collection on PS1 are good and worth your time.
I agree. But SNES owners should be aware that it's really "Super Buster Bro" on that system, as it's only 1 player.
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Ziggy587 wrote:Little Magic

http://www.youtube.com/user/Ziggy587#p/u/10/oDvmuD67Cxo

It was for SNES, but not released outside Japan. Though, the times I've seen copies of it on eBay it was fairly cheap. And the game is completely playable for non Japanese speaking people.
That game seems really fun.
Others that were already mentioned:
-Magical Drop III
-Puyo Puyo 20th anniversary
-Super Puzzle Fighter
-Money Puzzle Exchanger
-Bomberman
-Pang/Buster Bros
These are really good Tetri:
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-Sega Ages : Tetris PS2
-Tetris the Grand MAster 3 PC (it is the hacked arcade game and runs on low end pc/laptop!)
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-Columns (don't know if its already mentioned here).

I recenly got for my dreamcast
-Wetrix+

And I must say, I've been very addicted to it!
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