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Puzznic

DOS - 1990

Decent conversion of Taito's coin-up puzzle/logic game done by Banana Development, an independent studio that ported a lot of arcade/non-PC games to the PC.

A fun puzzler where you have to eliminate blocks by moving two or more of the same kind together. Puzznic is neither original nor devious, but still has enough good old-fashion gameplay inspired by classic Sokoban and traditional tile-matching game to capture anyone's interest for a while. Software Creations' Amiga version looks, sounds and plays better - but this PC version is still an addictive game. The game is a bit on an easy side, as I was able to finish it in a few sittings, so puzzle experts may find it a waste of their time.

Newcomers to the genre and Sokoban fans will like this game a lot, though. Two thumbs up!

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

(c°_} 17 Feb. 2025

The Arcade-version isn't working and shows me the error message: "bootstrap.bin not found".

0
Yoji 02 Aug. 2024

A lot of Puzznic games www.puzznic.com

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PACKRI 02 May. 2024

How do I play the MSDOS version? I can move with the cursor keys, but I can't pick a block. SPACE will ask me to restart the level, and L will clear the level, buthow do I pick a block?!?

2
Mokar 20 Mar. 2024

Nasıl indiricem oyunu

0
curl 10 Feb. 2024

i am stuck on level 125 any help?

0
Calipheron 26 Jan. 2024

One look at the screenshots for the Japanese versions tells you... we in the west got short-changed. ;)

0
The Boz 21 Nov. 2022

The game isn't bad, but it kinda failed on the C64 because it was penned in as a cartridge game. The problem with that is, the graphics were basic, and people didn't pay extra for cartridge games for basic looking games, especially when there were games of the calibre of Navy Seals, Myth, Battle Command etc. There was nothing wrong with the game itself, but this was released a few years too late.

0
giolongoni 24 May. 2018

I played Puzznic back in the 90's.
Recently I developed a 3D puzzle that takes inspiration from Puzznic, try it:
giolongoni.neocities.org/p3d/Puzznic3D.html

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Fitz 05 Apr. 2014

Yes it fitz

0
Knish 29 Dec. 2013

GREAT GAME!!!

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Unknown 15 Aug. 2013

I've been looking for this game for 5 years , thank you

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
258 KB
Commodore 64 version
Game file
United Kingdom English
33 KB
TurboGrafx-16 version
Game file
Japan Japanese
112 KB
Amiga version
Game file
United Kingdom English
270 KB
Amstrad CPC version
Game file
United Kingdom English
22 KB
Atari ST version
Game file
United Kingdom English
1012 KB
Arcade version
US
United Kingdom English
128 KB
Game file
United Kingdom English
55 KB
Italian bootleg
United Kingdom English
128 KB
bootleg, set 1
United Kingdom English
47 KB
bootleg, set 2
United Kingdom English
128 KB
Ready to play
United Kingdom English
55 KB
Game file
Japan Japanese
128 KB
Ready to play
Japan Japanese
128 KB
FM Towns version
Game file
Japan Japanese
234 MB

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