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

Puzznic

Title	Puzznic
First release	1989
Developer	Taito
Publisher	Ocean Software
Platforms	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy, NES / Famicom, PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, ZX Spectrum, Arcade ADB
Genre	puzzle video game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
Releases	Amstrad CPC: 1990-01-01 Amiga: 1990-01-01 ZX Spectrum: 1990-01-01 (Other) Commodore 64: 1990-01-01 Atari ST: 1990-01-01 (PAL) PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16: 1990-06-29 Game Boy: 1990-07-31 (NTSC-J) NES / Famicom: 1991-04-25
Wikidata ID	Q2182742

Manoeuvre a cross-hair to slide blocks horizontally, causing them to drop into empty spaces to create matches. You must clear all blocks by making them contact identical designs before the timer expires. Success requires timing movements around moving platforms and executing specific sequences to prevent blocks from becoming stuck or unreachable.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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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 (Q2182742) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (atarist/puzznic) · last updated 2026-10-02 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (gb/puzznic) · last updated 2026-10-29 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (c64/puzznic) · last updated 2026-09-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amiga/puzznic) · last updated 2026-09-28 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

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

REG-Vault (zxspectrum/puzznic) · last updated 2026-10-07 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amstradcpc/puzznic-2) · last updated 2026-10-22 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (28632) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (45197) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (45196) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (54940) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (35470) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (51138) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (107912) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (2019) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (puzznic) · last updated 2026-10-02 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`puzznic`
Title at ADB	Puzznic (World)
Manufacturer	Taito
Year	1989
Genre	Maze / Blocks
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Taito); 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 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-02 16:26 UTC · filled here: platform

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

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (28): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Ocean Software · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Logos (3): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Ocean Software · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (6): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Ocean Software · internal use only.

Sprites

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Videos

NES Longplay [623] Puzznic

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 2:44:43auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

Puzznic (NES) Playthrough

NintendoComplete · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 2:23:16auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:43 UTC

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