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February 20, 2026 No Responses

Mickey’s Ultimate Challenge

Developer: WayForward Technologies/Designer Software Publisher: Hi-Tech Expressions Release: 02/94 Genre:Puzzle I do not envy the developers of Mickey’s Ultimate Challenge. As a 1994 release it was sitting on store shelves next to Mickey Mania. That is an...

January 5, 2026 No Responses

Fire ‘n Ice

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 03/93 Genre: Puzzle Solomon’s Key was one of the earliest NES games that taught me the limit of my gaming skills. I loved the gameplay and level design; the simplicity of the mechanics...

August 25, 2025 No Responses

Tetяis

Developer: Atari Publisher: Tengen Release: 05/89 Genre: Puzzle History is written by the victor. Atari under their Tengen brand were the first to bring Tetris to home consoles. But legal trouble with Nintendo took it off the...

December 6, 2024 No Responses

Cu-On-Pa

Developer: T&E Soft Publisher: T&E Soft Release: 12/20/96 Genre: Puzzle It is hard to be innovative within the puzzle game space. Tetris is so perfect that it has endured with very few changes and additions. The match three genre stil...

November 11, 2024 No Responses

Tetris

Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release: 11/89 Genre: Puzzle Tetris is in the pantheon alongside titles like Super Mario Brothers and the Legend of Zelda as perfect. Everyone has played Tetris in one form or another. While newer versio...

January 22, 2024 No Responses

Solomon’s Key

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 07/22/87 Genre: Puzzle Solomon’s Key is an example of a game that grew on me over time. When it initially released I was maybe too young to appreciate the depth of its mechanics. The...

January 1, 2024 No Responses

Marble Madness

Developer: Rare Publisher: Milton Bradley Release: 03/89 Genre: Puzzle There is something to be said about preconceived notions. Once upon a time when I was young I considered myself a strictly action and platform game fan. Sports games? I...

May 10, 2023 No Responses

Trampoline Terror

Developer: Masaya Publisher: Dreamworks Release: 1990 Genre: Puzzle Now here is a game I have forgotten about. Trampoline Terror is one of those random games you borrow from a friend when you have exhausted their library. You do...

December 30, 2022 No Responses

Gods

Developer: Bitmap Bros. Publisher: Mindscape Release: 1992 Genre: Action Action puzzle games are usually not my cup of tea. Not that I am a meathead but if given the choice between shooting fools in Contra III or taxing my...

October 14, 2022 No Responses

Power Soukoban

Developer: Atelier Double Publisher: Nintendo Release: 01/01/99 Genre: Puzzle Sokoban is a genre of puzzle game that I have loved for years without realizing it was its own unique thing. There is something oddly satisfying about successfully...

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