Palamedes

Palamedes is a puzzle-shooter... a refreshing new type of video game for which you'll need sharp wits and quick fingers to escape the lines of dice that come rapidly plummeting down on you. Your objective is very simple, destroy the cascading lines of dice before you are squashed under their weight. The pace is fast and the action intense. Palamedes is not for the weak or for the meek.

# 2018-05-21 06:47:36 - official description

Developed by Natsume Co., Ltd.
NES-JI-USA Palamedes published by HOT-B USA, Inc.1990 in the USA
GAM-JI Palamedes パラメデス published by Hot-B Co., Ltd. 1990-07-06 in Japan
1 player or 2 players simultaneous verses/concurrent.

Throw any die you like at the upper playfield by pressing (A). You can cycle 1 blue > 2 green > 3 pink > 4 purple >5 yellow > 6 red > 1 blue > etc, by pressing (B). If your thrown die strikes a matching one, then it is moved to the lower playfield. Press down to clear adjacent die from the lower playfield and score higher points for rows of matching die. ← or → lets you aim at the upper playfield. You may pause with (Start) and examine the playfields at you leisure. Two players can play concurrently with on a vertically divided splitscreen. Tournament mode pits a single player against a series of computer players.

(Zerothis) - # 2009-06-17 22:53:56

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port of
Palamedes (Arcade)

prequel of
Palamedes II: Star Twinkles (NES)

version of
Palamedes (MSX2)
Palamedes (GB)