Good MAME Puzzlers

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:29 am

I'd like some recommendations for some good puzzlers available in MAME.

Thanks ^_^

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:43 am

Uo Poko, Super Puzzle Fighter II, Puyo Puyo 2, are those i recommend.
Is there an arcade version of Panel de Pon? In that case you should get that.
Panel de Pon rules the fucking universe.
The Puyo games are pretty close up, though

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:58 am

All the Pang games.

Ex-Cyber · Post by **Ex-Cyber** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:56 pm

Cue Brick
Tetris: The Grand Master 2 (re-added as of MAME 0.129)

1up · Post by **1up** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:50 pm

Solomons Key is brilliant

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:50 pm

You can't go wrong with the original Boulder Dash. Just make sure you pick the max-a-flex version and not the other two.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:08 pm

quix or gals panic are great

Puzzle bobble is a given

cleopatras fortune

*goes off for a ponder*

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:37 pm

UO POKO

spineshark · Post by **spineshark** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:57 pm

Money Puzzle Exchanger is the best.

As a sidenote, I highly advise you to grab some painkillers since you'll be needing those by the end of this review.

The small, but still dangerous, world of Money Idol Exchanger consists stupidly -now that I think of it, this is more of a blessing since things would have been worse had there been more- of 6 coins : 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 cents. Like in any puzzler of this type, your aim is to make the coins disappear. ''BUT DUDE, WHY DON'T THEY DISAPPEAR ? I KEEP PUTTING THEM SIDE BY SIDE AND NOTHING HAPPENS !!''

That's because some developers are completely crazy and have no pity for our brain. THE COINS DON'T REALLY DISAPPEAR, THAT'S A LIE, THEY ALL ONLY ADD UP AND SLOWLY KILL YOU !

Magical Drop 3 is pretty fun too, and simpler.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:07 pm

Volfied is pretty awesome.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:16 pm

spineshark wrote:Money Puzzle Exchanger is the best.
Magical Drop 3 is pretty fun too, and simpler.

your avatar is from money puzzle ex too is it not? Yes fantastic game along with Magical drop 3 which is in my top 5 games of all time

i have the mvs cart of that but im still trying to track down a MPE but every the last time i got a friend to order on yahoo jp for me and they won the cart but then decided to keep it for themselves

Penrhos you bastard I still want that!!!

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spineshark · Post by **spineshark** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:14 pm

Yeah, I remembered I had that sitting around so I changed it right after I posted. That's my shmup face though ("GAAAAAAH!").

I bought the PS1 version off of some guy on ebay, should be coming in...today or so.

mufunyo · Post by **mufunyo** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:15 pm

tgmj, tgm2p

clp · Post by **clp** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:16 pm

hanagumi taisen columns is without a doubt the best columns game ive ever played , especially 2 player it actually has a decent interesting system , also money puzzle exchanger is absolutely superb these are 2 MUST PLAYS in mame

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:21 pm

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PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:31 pm

The classic American Technos version of Blockout is a cool 3-D wireframe version of Tetris to own/play. I'm better on Blockout than the Atari Games version of Tetris. ^_~

Once, I got to Round 31 on just a single credit on a dedicated Blockout cabinet back in 1991. Practice makes perfect.

Atari Games' Off the Wall is another cool Arkanoid clone/spin-off arcade puzzler but with some cool BGM tunes to chill to.

Atari Games' Klax puzzler is another one worthy of your time. Easy to learn but hard to master. Reaching the final Wave, Wave 100 and completing it is quite something. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:47 pm

*insert usual Magical Drop 3/Landmaker/Ghostlop recommendation/praise here*

Davey · Post by **Davey** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:29 am

Ex-Cyber wrote:Tetris: The Grand Master 2 (re-added as of MAME 0.129)

Sweet, thanks for the heads up!

As for my redundant recommendations, these are all really, really great:
- Puyo Puyo 2
- Magical Drop III (and Money Puzzle Exchanger, too)
- Tetris: The Grand Master

On a side note, has anybody here ever 1CC'ed Magical Drop III? I don't see how it's humanly possible, especially if you have to face Black Pierrot. Of course, if this site has taught me anything, it's that for every impossible video game accomplishment, somebody has done it.

spineshark · Post by **spineshark** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:10 am

I've definitely done it with boss characters, when I had practiced the game a while but before Mike and I realized how completely broken Fortune & Co. are.

I'm trying as Priestess right now and...it's a little tougher! :P I bet I can get it soon with some practice.

Davey · Post by **Davey** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:31 am

Still, that's pretty impressive. I've tried Fortune a few times and I don't do much better with her than I do with Strength.

If I play the American version I usually make it to Black Pierrot and get smoked. In the Japanese version I almost always make to to Empress and lose after a good fight. I guess I just need some practice!

subcons · Post by **subcons** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:33 am

Bal Cube!

Well, it's more of a breakout type game, but it has some puzzle type elements to it. Very addictive and goes for quite a while.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:29 am

which bit 1cc? the VS mode where your faced off against the cpu enemy or the adventure mode? I have done neither adventure mode gets hella hard when it wants you to chain 6+ in a row mutiple times to clear a stage

MadScientist · Post by **MadScientist** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:58 pm

320x240 wrote:You can't go wrong with the original Boulder Dash. Just make sure you pick the max-a-flex version and not the other two.

Boulderdash was an awesome game. First game I ever owned (on the MSX) and I still enjoy playing it from time to time.

Minzoku · Post by **Minzoku** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:54 pm

Battle Balls

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:32 pm

Minzoku wrote:Battle Balls

I remember seeing Battle Balls for the first time at one of my local arcades. The cabinet was one of those 25" monitor endowed "Low Boy" type of cabinets (basically half the size of an traditional USA generic arcade cabinet). Tried it out and was intrigued by it. I liked it so much that I vowed to get the arcade PCB version of it whenever that maybe. This was back in 1994-1995. Still is a pretty cool arcade puzzler to play/own courtesy of U.S. licensee, Fabtek, from the likes of Seibu Kaihatsu arcade game developer. ^_~

Is known as Senkyu in Japan. I was hoping that a USA PSX release of Battle Balls would happen but it never got the official go-ahead.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:03 am

magical drop 3 is amazing and I'm hooked on it now.

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:17 am

Money Puzzle Exchanger is really confusing.

No_not_like_Quake · Post by **No_not_like_Quake** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:48 am

Not if you take the, oh, I'd say 5 minutes to learn it.

The basics:

5 x 2 = 10
10 x 5 = 50
50 x 2 = 100
100 x 5 = 500
500 x 2 = disappear

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:33 pm

what are some good sites to get these games from? I've tried 4 sites and none of them have had all the files for tetris: the grand master and puyo2.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:46 pm

Tetris: The Grand Master games, Panic Bomber, Magical Drop, Puzz Loop, and Data East's Ghostlop. Go Data East.

There's some really good arcade puzzle games if you look for a bit.