TsuukaI!! Slot Shooting (1996)

Developer: Shoeisha
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle

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How it feels

A precise color-matching puzzle where you frantically shoot falling blocks in careful sequence, demanding quick thinking and patience as complexity steadily escalates.

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About

Tsuukai!! Slot Shooting is a 1996 puzzle game by Shoeisha for the PlayStation One & Sega Saturn consoles. In the game, blocks fall from above and you have to go around shooting the ones you don't want to fall onto the already prepared board. The game features 4 different layers, but only one is playable at the beginning of the game, and also a 2 players cooperative mode. The gameplay is shoot 3 falling pieces of the same colour to make the detonator appear, when the detonator appear wait until is on the colour of the pieces on the bottom to shoot it and that make them disappear. A very hard difficulty makes the game a hard challenge for any player.

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