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Genre

puzzle video game

1983-1994 /89 titles

89titles
#6Rank by number of titles (of 152)
4,900 yenMedian price
25 pointsMedian Famitsu score

About this genre

A record of the titles in this genre only.

Titles: 89 titles
Period: 1983-1994
Formats: FC / NES / FDS
Main genre: puzzle video game
Median price: 4,900 yen
Median Famitsu score: 25 points

Titles

89

Share released in Japan

83%

Share released overseas

48%

Share with a known price

79%

Share with a known score

20%

Titles per year

Covers the 89 titles with a known release date. The 0 without one are not on this line.

Which publishers released them

Breakdown of the 90 titles with a known publisher. Press a name to open that company's page.

1Nintendo13%12 titles

2Tokuma Shoten8%7 titles

3Hudson Soft7%6 titles

4HAL Laboratory7%6 titles

5BPS4%4 titles

6Konami4%4 titles

Which developers made them

Breakdown of the 96 titles with a known developer.

1Nintendo8%8 titles

2HAL Laboratory7%7 titles

3Hudson Soft5%5 titles

4Tose Co.4%4 titles

5Tokuma Shoten4%4 titles

6Data East3%3 titles

Where they were released

1 titles were released in more than one region, so the total exceeds the number of titles.

1Japan74 titles

2North America43 titles

3Europe24 titles

Released in Japan too74 titlesOverseas only15 titles

How much they sold and what they cost

Copies sold and launch prices are listed side by side. No multiplied totals are shown.

8,000,000titles

The best-selling title, "Tetris". Only 7 titles have known sales figures.

1TetrisWorldwide8,000,000 titles

2Dr. MarioWorldwide4,850,000 titles

3YoshiWorldwide1,750,000 titles

4Lode RunnerWorldwide1,500,000 titles

5Stack-UpWorldwide1,320,000 titles

6Yoshi's CookieWorldwide1,120,000 titles

Launch price (median)

4,900 yen

70 titles have a known price

1Under 1,000 yen10 titles

22,000 yen range3 titles

33,000 yen range9 titles

44,000 yen range20 titles

55,000 yen range23 titles

66,000 yen range5 titles

Famitsu score

Out of 40. Across the 18 titles with a known score, the median was 25.

8 titles

8 titles

2 titles

20s

25s

30s

Titles in this group (all 89)

Ordered by copies sold, then by score.Press a title to open the page for any of the 1.

Game titleTetris

1988-12-22 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen /BPS

Game titleDr. Mario

1990-07-27 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 31 /Nintendo

Game titleLode Runner

1984-07-31 / puzzle video game/ 4,500 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleYoshi

1991-12-14 / puzzle video game/ Famitsu 24 /Nintendo

Game titleStack-Up

1985-07-26 / puzzle video game/ 4,800 yen /Nintendo

Game titleYoshi's Cookie

1992-11-21 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 27 /Nintendo

Game titleBomberman

1985-12-19 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleAdventures of Lolo 2

1990-01-06 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 30 /HAL Laboratory

Game titleKlax

1990-12-14 / puzzle video game/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 27 /Hudson Soft

Game titleKnight Move

1990-06-05 / puzzle video game/ 2,524 yen / Famitsu 26 /Nintendo

Game titleSolstice

1990-07-20 / puzzle video game/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 26 /Epic/Sony

Game titleRampart

1991-11-29 / puzzle video game/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 26 /Konami

Game titleBoulder Dash

1990-03-23 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 25 /Data East

Game titleKickle Cubicle

1990-06-29 / puzzle video game/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 25 /Irem

Game titleHatris

1990-07-06 / puzzle video game/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 25 /BPS

Game titleMoai-kun

1990-03-09 / puzzle video game/ 4,800 yen / Famitsu 24 /Konami

Game titleThe Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle

1989-02-16 / puzzle video game/ 3,500 yen / Famitsu 23 /Kemco

Game titlePuzzle Boys

1990-11-16 / puzzle video game/ 485 yen / Famitsu 23 /Atlus

Game titleGorby no Pipeline Daisakusen

1991-04-12 / puzzle video game/ Famitsu 22 /Tokuma Shoten

Game titlePuzznic

1991-07-19 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 22 /IGS

Game titleWario's Woods

1994-02-19 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 22 /Nintendo

Game titleOkkotoshi Puzzle Tonjan!?

1989-09-29 / puzzle video game/ 5,600 yen / Famitsu 20 /Jaleco

Game titleGomoku Narabe Renju

1983-08-27 / puzzle video game/ 4,500 yen /Nintendo

Game titleNuts & Milk

1984-07-28 / puzzle video game/ 4,500 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleClu Clu Land

1984-11-22 / puzzle video game/ 500 yen /Nintendo

Game titleChampionship Lode Runner

1985-04-17 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleFlappy

1985-06-14 / puzzle video game/ 5,500 yen /dB-SOFT

Game titleWrecking Crew

1985-06-18 / puzzle video game/ 5,500 yen /Nintendo

Game titleGyromite

1985-08-13 / puzzle video game/ 5,800 yen /Nintendo

Game titleBurgerTime

1985-11-27 / puzzle video game/ 4,500 yen /Namco

Game titleBinary Land

1985-12-19 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleLot Lot

1985-12-21 / puzzle video game/ 5,200 yen /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleBabel no Tō

1986-07-18 / puzzle video game/ 3,900 yen /Namco

Game titleNamida no Sōkoban Special

1986-07-30 / puzzle video game/ 2,980 yen /ASCII Corporation

Game titleSolomon's Key

1986-07-30 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen /Tecmo

Game titleCastlequest

1986-11-28 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen /ASCII Corporation

Game titleKineko

1986-11-28 / puzzle video game/ 3,300 yen /Irem

Game titleEggerland (Family Computer Disk System)

1987-01-29 / puzzle video game/ 2,900 yen /HAL Laboratory

Game titleKinekotsu

1987-05-01 / puzzle video game/ 500 yen /Irem

Game titleJongbou

1987-07-18 / puzzle video game/ 4,980 yen /K. Amusement Leasing Co.

Game titleSanta Claus no Takarabako

1987-12-04 / puzzle video game/ 3,300 yen /Data East

Game titleDruid: Kyōfu no Tobira

1988-03-03 / puzzle video game/ 3,200 yen /Jaleco

Game titleEggerland: Meikyū no Fukkatsu

1988-08-09 / puzzle video game/ 5,600 yen /HAL Laboratory

Game titleEggerland: Sōzō e no Tabidachi

1988-08-20 / puzzle video game/ 500 yen /HAL Laboratory

Game titlePalamedes

1990-07-06 / puzzle video game/ 5,500 yen /Hot-B

Game titleWit's

1990-07-13 / puzzle video game/ 5,800 yen /Athena

Game titleParallel World

1990-08-10 / puzzle video game/ 5,980 yen /Varie

Game titlePeepar Time

1990-08-10 / puzzle video game/ 4,900 yen /Sanritsu Denki

Game titleTitan

1990-08-10 / puzzle video game/ 5,900 yen /SOFEL

Game titleBlodia Land: Puzzle Quest

1990-08-11 / puzzle video game/ 5,600 yen /Tonkin House

Game titleShanhai 2

1990-08-24 / puzzle video game/ 5,500 yen /Sunsoft

Game titlePanic Space

1990-10-19 / puzzle video game/ 485 yen /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleSanrio Carnival

1990-11-22 / puzzle video game/ 3,980 yen /Character Soft

Game titleA Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia

1990-11-29 / puzzle video game/ 5,900 yen /Jaleco

Game titleIshido: The Way of Stones

1990-12-07 / puzzle video game/ 485 yen /Hiro

Game titleGremlins 2: The New Batch

1990-12-14 / puzzle video game/ 6,500 yen /Sunsoft

Game titleAdventures of Lolo 3

1990-12-26 / puzzle video game/ 5,900 yen /HAL Laboratory

Game titleAll One

1991-02-22 / puzzle video game/ 485 yen /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleClox

1991-04-19 / puzzle video game/ 485 yen /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleShikinjoh

1991-04-26 / puzzle video game/ 5,300 yen /Toei Animation

Game titlePalamedes II

1991-05-17 / puzzle video game/ 5,500 yen /Hot-B

Game titleEgypt

1991-05-31 / puzzle video game/ 3,800 yen /Human Entertainment

Game titleGreat Deal

1991-10-25 / puzzle video game/ 6,800 yen /Hect

Game titlePuyo Puyo

1991-10-25 / puzzle video game/ 583 yen /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleBlockout

1991-11-01 / puzzle video game / Technos Japan

Game titleMinna no Tabo no Nakayoshi Daisakusen

1991-11-22 / puzzle video game/ 3,980 yen /Character Soft

Game titleTetris 2 + BomBliss

1991-12-13 / puzzle video game/ 6,500 yen /BPS

Game titleSolomon's Key 2

1992-01-24 / puzzle video game/ 6,200 yen /Tecmo

Game titlePuzslot

1992-02-28 / puzzle video game/ 5,600 yen /Sammy Corporation

Game titleSoreike! Anpanman: Minna de Hiking Game!

1992-03-20 / puzzle video game/ 6,000 yen /Angel

Game titleJanken Disk Jō

1992-12-22 / puzzle video game/ 583 yen /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleSanrio Carnival 2

1993-01-14 / puzzle video game/ 3,980 yen /Character Soft

Game titleCrayon Shin-Chan: Ora to Poi Poi

1993-08-27 / puzzle video game/ 5,800 yen /Bandai

Game titleLemmings

1994-08-06 / puzzle video game / Sunsoft

Game titleAdventures of Lolo

puzzle video game / HAL Laboratory

Game titleBack to the Future Part II & III

puzzle video game / LJN

Game titleDash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum

puzzle video game / Data East

Game titleJeopardy!

puzzle video game / GameTek

Game titleKrusty's Fun House

puzzle video game / Acclaim Entertainment

Game titleLoopz

puzzle video game / Mindscape

Game titleNoah's Ark

puzzle video game / Konami

Game titleOrb-3D

puzzle video game / Hi Tech Expressions

Game titlePictionary

puzzle video game / LJN

Game titlePipe Dream

puzzle video game / BPS

Game titleQ*bert

puzzle video game / Ultra Games

Game titleShort Order / Eggsplode!

puzzle video game / Nintendo

Game titleThe Great Waldo Search

puzzle video game / THQ

Game titleWhere in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?

puzzle video game / Konami

Game titleWhere's Waldo?

puzzle video game / THQ

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