Ishido: The Way of Stones
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||
Publisher: Accolade | |||||||||||||||
Developer: Accolade | |||||||||||||||
Original system(s): Macintosh | |||||||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: Publishing International | |||||||||||||||
Genre: Puzzle | |||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Ishido: The Way of Stones is an unlicensed Sega Mega Drive puzzle game developed and published by Accolade. A port of the titular 1990 Publishing International computer game Ishido: The Way of Stones, it was released exclusively in the United States later that year, and is most known for being one of few commercially-released Sega Mega Drive games to fail the system's TradeMark Security System test (refusing to operate with anything but the earliest Mega Drive hardware or a pass-through cartridge like the Game Genie).
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Gameplay
The goal of the game is simple: move tiles from the space on the top right corner (by simply moving the cursor on top of the tile with the D-pad without hitting any other buttons, then moving the cursor back onto the board) and placing the tile (with ) next to another tile with the same color or shape.
cycles between tile graphic sets.
opens a menu with options.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Ishido: The Way of Stones/Magazine articles.
Physical scans
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Based on 11 reviews |
Technical information
- Main article: Ishido: The Way of Stones/Technical information.
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||
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✔ | 128kB | Cartridge (US) |
References
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- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video/c/cEccyoEu3ZU/m/VfsA-OX7ByIJ
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 99
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
- ↑ Mega Play, "February 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 45
- ↑ MegaTech, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-20), page 48
- ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Julio 1991" (ES; 1991-0x-xx), page 35
- ↑ Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 135
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 125
- ↑ User, "Aprílios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 86
- ↑ Video Games, "1/91" (DE; 1991-03-27), page 88
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