Puyo Puyo
From Sega Retro
| Puyo Puyo |
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| System(s): Sega System C-2, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Famicom, Game Boy, MSX2, N-Gage, NEC PC-9801, PC-Engine CD, SNES, Virtual Console, Windows 95 |
| Publisher: Sega, Various |
| Developer: Compile |
| Genre: Puzzle |
Puyo Puyo (ぷよぷよ, Puyopuyo) is a Japanese puzzle game developed by Compile as a spinoff to their Madou Monogatari series of RPGs. The original Puyo Puyo was released in 1991 for the MSX2 computer and contained a basic one-player free-play mode. However, Sega and Compile worked on a heavily expanded version for the Sega System C-2 arcade board and released it in 1992. This version has been ported to various consoles, including the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, and Sega Game Gear, and has formed the basis for the entire series. In North America and Europe, it was initially released in a heavily localised form, the Sega version being Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine.
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Gameplay
The game is played with a multicolored set of blob-like creatures. They drop down from the top of the screen in sets of three, where the player must place these pieces such that four or more of the same color are adjacent to each other. Once matching, the adjacent colors disappear and blobs on top fall downwards. Chaining together multiple matches in a row scores more points. The player loses the game if the board is filled to the top.
In two-player mode, the players compete with each other by attempting to create more matching chains than the other, causing inconvenience to the other player by dropping dummy pieces onto their board. A player wins if the opponent's board is filled to the top.
Manuals
Physical Scans
System C Version
- Puyopuyo Arcade JP Flyer Front.jpg
JP flyer (front)
- Puyopuyo Arcade JP Flyer Back.jpg
JP flyer (back)
Mega Drive Version
JP cover
JP cart
