Puzzled (video game): Difference between revisions

{{short description|Neo Geo falling-block puzzle1990 video game}}

|publisher = {{plainlist|SNK

|platforms ={{collapsible list|title=[[Arcade video game|Arcade]]|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;font-size:inherit;background:transparent;text-align:left|, [[Neo Geo (system)|Neo Geo AES]], [[Neo Geo CD]], [[Nintendo Switch]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[Virtual Console]], [[Xbox One]]}}

|released = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|[[1990 in video gaming|1990]]|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;font-size:inherit;background:transparent;text-align:left}}|'''Arcade'''{{vgrelease|WW|20 November 1990}} '''Neo Geo AES'''{{vgrelease|JP|1 July [[1991 in video games|1991]]|EU|1 July 1991}} '''Neo Geo CD'''{{vgrelease|JP|9 September [[1994 in video games|1994]]|NA|October [[1996 in video games|1996]]}} '''Virtual Console'''{{vgrelease|JP|14 June [[2011 in video games|2011]]}} '''Nintendo Switch'''{{vgrelease|WW|24 August [[2017 in video games|2017]]}} '''PlayStation 4'''{{vgrelease|JP|24 August 2017|NA|31 August 2017|EU|1 September 2017|AU|1 September 2017}} '''Xbox One'''{{vgrelease|WW|24 August 2017}}}}

'''''Puzzled'''''{{efn|Also known as {{nihongo|'''''Joy Joy Kid'''''|ジョイジョイキッド|''Joi Joi Kiddo''||lead=yes}} in Japan.}} is a [[Tile-matching video game|falling-block puzzle video game]] developed and published by [[SNK]] that was released for [[Neo Geo (system)|Neo Geo arcades]] arcade hardware in 1990, on the [[Neo Geo (system)|Neo Geo home console]] in 1991,<ref name="B!MDOh!NGp">{{cite magazine|last=|first=|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3ABeepMD_JP_1994-07.pdf&page=136|title=Oh! Neo Geo Vol. 23 - ジョイジョイキッド|magazine=[[:ja:ゲーマガ#BEEP!メガドライブGemaga|Beep! MegaDriveMega Drive]]|issue=58|publisher=[[SB Creative|SoftBank Creative]]|date=July 1994|page=134|lang=ja}}</ref> and the [[Neo Geo CD]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=|first=|url=https://archive.org/stream/GamePro_The_Cutting_Edge_Spring_1996#page/n111/mode/2up|title=Neo•Geo CD: The Arcade In A Box - Puzzled|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=Premiere Supplement|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=Spring 1996|page=106}}</ref> The game was ported to mobile phones in 2005, then was re-published by [[D4 Enterprise]] on the [[Wii]] [[Virtual Console]] in June 2011,<ref name="NLifeVC" /> and it is also one of the twenty games that came pre-loaded on the [[Neo Geo X]] console released in 2012.<ref name="NGX" /> It was also ported in August 2017 to [[Nintendo Switch]], [[Xbox One]], and [[PlayStation 4]] as part of [[Hamster Corporation]]'s ''[[ACA Neo Geo]]'' series.

[[File:NEOGEO Puzzled (Joy_Joy_Kid).png|thumb|left|Gameplay screenshot.]]

The visuals of ''Puzzled'' look a lot like ''[[Tetris]]'' and the core gameplay is the same:<ref name="VGNGp">{{cite magazine|last=Knauf|first=Andreas|url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=5065&s=3|title=News - Neo Geo - Joy Joy Kid|magazine=[[:de:Video Games|Video Games]]|issue=5|publisher=Future-Verlag|date=January 1992|pages=10–12|lang=de}}</ref> the player controls [[tetriminotetromino]]s falling from the top of the screen, and filling a horizontal lines clears it.,<ref name="NeoArcadia" /><ref name="HardcoreG" /> However,but the objective is to clear a vertical path for a [[hot air balloon]] initially trapped at the bottom of each level, enabling it to fly off the top of the playing field and moving up to the next level of a tower.<ref name="NG.com"/><ref name="NGspirit" />

|rev1Score = (Neo Geo) {{Rating|1|5}}<ref name="AGNGp">{{cite web|last=Knight|first=Kyle|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17007&tab=review|title=Puzzled (Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System) - Review|work=[[AllGame]]|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|date=1998|accessdate=2019-06-26|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115224332/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17007&tab=review|archivedatearchive-date=2014-11-15|url-status=live}}</ref>

|rev2Score = (Neo Geo CD) 6 / 10<ref name="HHiTechNGCDp">{{cite magazine|last=|first=|url=https://archive.org/stream/HiTechMagazine/HiTech%2001#page/n28/mode/1up|title=Reportaje - Clásicos en CD -- Titulos disponibles para el nuevo formato de SNK: Puzzled|magazine=[[Hobby Consolas|Hobby Hi-Tech]]|issue=1|publisher=[[Axel Springer SE]]|date=March 1995|page=29|lang=es}}</ref>

|rev3Score = (Neo Geo) 90%<ref name="JstickNGp1">{{cite magazine|last=Demoly|first=Jean-Marc|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numero014/Joystick%20014%20-%20Page%20145%20%281991-03%29.jpg|title=Tests - Neo Geo - Puzzle|magazine=[[:fr:Joystick (magazine)|Joystick]]|issue=14|publisher=[[:fr:Anuman Interactive|Anuman Interactive]]|date=March 1991|page=145|lang=fr}}</ref><br>(Neo Geo) 91%<ref name="JstickNGp2">{{cite magazine|last=|first=|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numerohs03/Joystick%20HS%20n%b03%20-%20Juillet%20Ao%fbt%201991%20-%20Page%20059.jpg|title=Console News - Neo Geo: Joy Joy Kid|magazine=[[:fr:Joystick (magazine)|Joystick]]|issue=Hors-Serie 3|publisher=[[:fr:Anuman Interactive|Anuman Interactive]]|date=July-AugustJuly–August 1991|page=59|lang=fr}}</ref>

|rev7Score = (Arcade) 13 / 20<ref name="NGFARCp">{{cite magazine|last=|first=|url=https://archive.org/stream/Neo-Geo_Freak_1997-06_Geibunsha_JPneogeofreak0025#page/n125n127/mode/1up|title=NF編集部にまる - ネオジオゲームㇱインレビュー: JOY JOY KID|magazine=Neo Geo Freak|issue=25|publisher=Geibunsha|date=June 1997|pages=124-128124–128|lang=ja}}</ref>

|rev9Score = (Neo Geo) 14 / 20<ref name="TiltNGp">{{cite magazine|last=Hermelin|first=François|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero090/TILT%20090%20%28Mai%201991%29%20Page%20079.jpg|title=Rolling Softs - Joy Joy Kid -- Neo Geo, cartouche SNK|magazine=[[Tilt (French magazine)|Tilt]]|issue=90|publisher=Jean-Pierre[[:fr:Mondadori RogerFrance|Editions Mondiales S.A.]]|date=May 1991|page=79|lang=fr}}</ref>

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Puzzled'' on their December 15, 1990 issue as being the most-successful table arcade unit of the yearmonth, outperforming titles such as ''[[Carrier Air Wing (video game)|Carrier Air Wing]]'' and ''[[Raiden (video game)|Raiden]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=|first=|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=394|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=15 December 1990|page=25|lang=ja}}</ref>

<ref name="NGKult">{{cite web|url=https://www.neogeokult.com/neo-geo-reviews-us/puzzled-us/|title=Puzzled US|author=Tibe|date=2012|publisher=NeoGeoKult|accessdate=17 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20211025064650/https://neogeokult.com/neo-geo-reviews-us/puzzled-us/|archive-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="NeoArcadia">{{cite web|url=http://www.neo-arcadia.com/tests/tests-neogeo/puzzled-joy-joy-kid/|title=Puzzled / Joy Joy Kid|author=Omega Kyo|date=2 June 2004|publisher=[[Neo-Arcadia]]|accessdate=17 April 2017|language=Frenchfr|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210613235806/http://www.neo-arcadia.com/tests/tests-neogeo/puzzled-joy-joy-kid/|archive-date=13 June 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="NGspirit">{{cite web|url=http://www.neogeospirit.com/tests/puzzled_test.htm|title=Puzzled|author=Tarma|date=2010|publisher=Neo·Geo Spirit|accessdate=26 February 2018|language=Frenchfr}}</ref>

<ref name="NGX">{{cite web|url=http://neogeox.com/FAQ|accessdate=17 April 2017|publisher=Neo Geo X|title=NEOGEO X FAQ|url-status=dead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023224947/http://neogeox.com/FAQ|archivedatearchive-date=23 October 2012}}</ref>

* {{official website|http://game.snk-corp.co.jp/event/virtual-console/joyjoykid/index_joyjoykid_j.html}}

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