In this game, the player controls Mario as he works to destroy certain objects on the level. The levels were composed of several different looping levels which were linked by ladders, or in some cases, not. Level design was key, and levels were designed t...

The player must overcome unlimited enemy spawning, challenging level designs, a countdown timer, Dana's fragility, and limited ways to dispatch enemies. In addition, it's easy for players to unintentionally make levels impossible to clear while pl...

While Marble Madness is a fairly short game, with victorious plays through its six levels rarely lasting longer than five minutes, its high degree of challenge and charming theme, sound and graphics made it a hit. A small assortment of enemies are scatter...

Adventures of Lolo takes place in the country of Eden, where the Great Devils Evil Empire is wreaking havoc once again. Princess Lala leaves to seek help from Lolo, and on the way back to Eden, King Egger himself appears to kidnap Lala right in front of L...

Tengen released an unlicensed version of Tetris for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989 that was recalled due to legal complications, related to an official release of Tetris by Nintendo later that same year. This edition, which was a port of the or...

A random sequence of tetrominoes (sometimes called "tetrads" in older versions) - shapes composed of four square blocks each - fall down the playing field. The object of the game is to manipulate these tetrominoes, by moving each one sideways an...

After the defeat of King Egger, Lolo and Lala return home. However, King Egger returns and once again captures Lala. He takes her to his castle in the sky, which is afloat above a large tower. The castle is accessible after Lolo clears all 9 floors of the...

The gameplay of Kickle Cubicle is very similar to the Adventures of Lolo puzzle series. Kickle has ice-cold breath which can freeze some enemies into ice blocks. The resulting ice blocks can then be kicked across the screen to solve puzzles. Kickle can al...

Using a variety of pipe pieces presented randomly in a queue, the player must construct a path from the start piece for the onrushing sewer slime, or "flooz" (the 1991 Windows version's help files refers to it as goo), which begins flowing a...

Dr. Mario games feature a grid that starts out partially filled with viruses of three colors (red, yellow and blue) that Dr. Mario must destroy with pills called Megavitamins of the same color. The game's speed and level of difficulty can be adjusted ...

The main focus in on the playing board where random pieces of different shapes are presented to the player. The player must then try to make loops out of them. Once a loop is completed, all pieces involved disappear. There exist three different play modes...

In Mendel Palace, you control a character named Bun-Bun. Your ultimate goal is to rescue your girlfriend Candy, who has fallen asleep and is now trapped in her dream. Each area features various dolls as enemies; each doll has specific movements and attack...

Based on the computer game Beyond the Black Hole, Orb-3D is similar to a 3D, puzzle-enhanced version of Pong. Set in deep outer space, an evil space wizard by the name of Krohn is in control of a vast Black Hole that is expanding at a rapid rate. Only by ...

Palamedes is a simplistic Tetris-like game for the NES and Game Boy game systems requiring the player to match the dice they are holding to the dice on top of the screen. Using the "B" button, the player can change the number on his dice, then t...

The challenge in each level of Puzznic is to maneuvre a selection of blocks into place so as to clear them all, by making them make contact with blocks of the same design. You control a cross-hair, which can move a block left or right, which can cause it ...

The puzzles in Dudes with Attitude require the player to make their 'Dude' or 'Dudette' a certain color by having them move across a paint can. After turning a certain color, they can hit treasures of that same color. The object in each pu...

Klax features a conveyor belt at the top of the screen. It constantly rolls toward the well-like playing area, delivering a steady supply of colored blocks. The player controls a small device which sits at the interface between the conveyor belt and the p...

Krazy Kreatures is an action strategy game for one or two players. Critters of all sorts will fill up the game board and you need to move them around to line up creatures of the same type before the entire board becomes filled. Depending on the type of cr...

The object of Puzzle is to reassemble a picture which has been scrambled. The picture is broken into a number of pieces with one or more open spaces. Slide the pieces into the open spaces to rearrange them back into the proper order. If you're stuck, ...

Pyramid is an action puzzle game similar to Tetris. Stones of various shapes and sizes fall from the top of the screen, and you need to move and rotate the stones so they fill complete lines at the bottom of the screen. Should the stones reach the top of ...