Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Puyo Puyo

Title	Puyo Puyo
First release	1991
Developer	Compile
Publisher	Compile
Platforms	Arcade, MSX, NES / Famicom, PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, SNES / Super Famicom
Genre	puzzle video game
Also known as	ぷよぷよ
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	MSX: 1991-10-25 Arcade: 1992-10-01 NES / Famicom: 1993-07-23
Wikidata ID	Q11286214

Linking four or more same-colored puyos triggers a disappearance that increases your score through chains and combos. In competitive play, successfully creating these patterns allows you to drop nasty Ojama puyos onto an opponent's pile to disrupt their grouping strategies. Players can choose from four different gameplay modes to test their puzzle skills.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

View on Wikidata Read on Wikipedia

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q11286214) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (nes/puyo-puyo) · last updated 2026-10-26 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (33786) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (49613) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (30999) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (puyo) · last updated 2026-10-11 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`puyo`
Title at ADB	Puyo Puyo (World)
Manufacturer	Compile / Sega
Year	1992
Genre	Puzzle / Drop
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Compile / Sega); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (mame-title+year) · fetched 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Compile · internal use only

1 / 13 Box art Box art (front) 1

Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Compile · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Compile · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Sprites

No sprite sheets yet. Find sprites on The Spriters Resource ↗ /

Videos

NES Longplay [978] Puyo Puyo (JP)

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 45:39auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

"Auto-matched" videos were found automatically (title + platform match via the YouTube Data API) and may occasionally be wrong. Videos are hosted by YouTube (embedded via youtube-nocookie.com; nothing loads from YouTube until you press play) and belong to their channels.