Puzzle & Logic

Games that ask you to stop, think, and think again. The quiet satisfaction of a solution clicked into place.

15 games in this room

Door Door

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Door Door

ドアドア

Puzzle / Action · 1985

Door Door is a 1985 puzzle-action game developed by Koichi Nakamura and published by Enix as the company's first Famicom…

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Uncommon

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Solomon's Key

ソロモンの鍵

Puzzle-platformer · 1986

Released in arcades and on Famicom in 1986, Solomon's Key is a puzzle-platformer designed by Michitaka Tsuruta at Tecmo …

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Uncommon

Family Computer Disk System

Eggerland

エッガーランド

Puzzle / Action · 1987

Eggerland (1987) is the Famicom Disk System title that introduced the world to Lolo and Lala — a pair of round character…

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Tetris

Game Boy

Tetris

テトリス

Puzzle · 1989

Tetris for Game Boy is a 1989 puzzle game developed by Nintendo R&D1, based on Alexey Pajitnov's original 1985 design. B…

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Game Boy

Dr. Mario

ドクターマリオ

Puzzle · 1990

Released simultaneously with the NES version on July 27, 1990, the Game Boy edition of Dr. Mario proved that the puzzle …

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Puyo Puyo

ぷよぷよ

Puzzle · 1992

Released for the Mega Drive on December 18, 1992, Puyo Puyo became one of Japan's most beloved and enduring puzzle games…

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Game Boy

Kirby's Pinball Land

カービィのピンボール

Pinball · 1993

Developed by HAL Laboratory and released in November 1993, Kirby's Pinball Land is a pinball game built entirely around …

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Kirby's Block Ball

Game Boy

Kirby's Block Ball

カービィのブロックボール

Action / Puzzle (Breakout) · 1995

Kirby's Block Ball is a 1995 breakout-style action game developed by HAL Laboratory for the Game Boy, in which Kirby him…

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Uncommon

Game Boy

Mole Mania

モグラ~ニャ

Puzzle · 1996

Mole Mania (1996) is a puzzle game produced by Shigeru Miyamoto for the original Game Boy — and one of his least-discuss…

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Game Boy Color

Pokémon Trading Card Game

ポケモンカードGB

Card game / Strategy · 1998

Pokémon Trading Card Game (1998) for Game Boy Color is a digital adaptation of the Pokémon TCG developed by Hudson Soft …

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Game Boy Color

Tetris DX

テトリスDX

Puzzle · 1998

Tetris DX (1998) is the definitive portable edition of Tetris for its era — a full-color reimagining of the 1989 Game Bo…

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Game Boy Color

Pokémon Pinball

ポケモンピンボール

Puzzle · 1999

Released in 1999, Pokémon Pinball is one of the most successful genre spinoffs in the Pokémon franchise — a pinball game…

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ChuChu Rocket! Uncommon

Dreamcast

ChuChu Rocket!

チューチューロケット!

Action puzzle · 1999

Released in Japan on November 11, 1999, ChuChu Rocket! was developed by Sonic Team as a direct test of the Dreamcast's o…

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Game Boy Color

Pokémon Puzzle Challenge

ポケモンでパネポン

Puzzle · 2000

Developed by Intelligent Systems and released in September 2000, Pokémon Puzzle Challenge brings the Panel de Pon puzzle…

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Nintendo GameCube

Super Monkey Ball

スーパーモンキーボール

Puzzle-Action · 2001

Released as a GameCube launch title in 2001, Super Monkey Ball challenged players to tilt an entire world around a monke…

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