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[CajoleJuice]

I have barely played any, but I can't imagine anything being better than Tetris Attack (or any of its forms). Seriously, my friend and I have been playing that game since elementary school. We're not even that great at the game, but the games just get so intense. Anyone who has played it knows that when you hear that specific trumpet (or whatever) sound, a huge block is about to crash down and own you.

 

[GDJustin]

The swordfighting puzzle from Puzzle Pirates. It's a direct rip of Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo, but I actually think its a little better.

 

[yoshifumi]

super puzzle fighter 2 turbo

 

[CajoleJuice]

What system(s) are these games for?

 

[Gattsu25]

I've only played a few but I enjoyed Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo the most (PSX, Arcade*cough*MAME*cough*, GBA, maybe others...it IS a capcom game)

Tetris Attack is a nice SNES one

 

[sasimirobot]

Tetris Attack rules! I remember I had to walk like 3 miles to some girls house to get it back because she was so addicted to it.

Anyone play Mr. Driller Spirits DS vs. yet, or Zookeeper vs.?

 

[Wario64]

Tetrinet

Own 5 bitches at a time!

 

[CajoleJuice]

Wow SPF2T is kicking my fucking ass. Jesus. I have no clue what the fuck I'm doing.

 

[lexi]

Tetris Attack and Tetrinet for life!

It would be really awesome if Tetris Attack was somehow remade for PC LAN play.

 

[bobbyconover]

Another vote for Tetris Attack and Tetrinet. In fact, when considering posting to that dumb "20 best games ever" thread, I was planning on making TA/Panel de Pon my #1. It's just that good!

 

[Nester]

I loved Chu Chu Rocket. I would like to see a DS version with WiFi internet multiplayer.

 

[DECK'ARD]

Puyo Puyo!

By far the deepest and most competitive puzzle game in my opinion.

Fever and Sun are the best versions.

 

[DDayton]

Tetris!

Too bad the only Tetris available on this generation's consoles is that horrid Tetris Worlds. I didn't think it was possible to mess up Tetris...

 

[Zerodoppler]

Susume! Taisen Puzzle Dama (N64)

 

[bobbyconover]

Susume! Taisen Puzzle Dama (N64)

Are you being serious, or just namedropping a semi-obscure game? I've always thought Puzzledama was total ass.. Maybe there's something about it that I've been missing all this time.

 

[Naked Snake]

super puzzle fighter 2 turbo

That's the one.

 

[Zerodoppler]

Are you being serious, or just namedropping a semi-obscure game? I've always thought Puzzledama was total ass.. Maybe there's something about it that I've been missing all this time.

My friends and I played that game more than any other puzzle game back in high school. I can see how you don't like it since it's probably involves less skill than the puyo-games for example. At the same time I find it more fast-paced and chaotic and thus more fun for me.

 

[JackFrost2012]

Man, I clicked on this thread all ready to school the foolios who were saying anything in the entire world other than Tetris Attack, the undeniable, empirically proven best competitive puzzle game of all time.

BUT THEN THE THREAD AUTHOR HAD ALREADY CHOSEN IT!!

Way to start this thread out on the right foot - the foot of factual accuracy.

Saying that Super Puzzle Fighter or Puyo Puyo are better than Tetris Attack is like saying that Mortal Kombat: Deception is better than Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution. And you look about as stupid saying it, too.

 

[Kiriku]

Tetris Attack owns all. It's one of the rare games that gathers my brother, sister (she rarely likes any game enough to get good at it, with this being an exception) and myself to face off against each other. It's awesome, we can play for hours.
It was Bust-a-Move before, but since the discovery of Tetris Attack we've never really gone back.

 

[Amir0x]

super puzzle fighter 2 turbo

This is my #1

TetriNET is my #2

Tetris Attack is my #3

 

[JackFrost2012]

Here's something two of my friends put together during college when we were playing Tetris Attack 10+ hours a week, each and every week. Cliff in particular was inhumanly good. He could regularly question-mark chain from a dry stack. I only ever got up to about 8 or 9 dry. But I got really good at garbage chaining; a necessity, when you play in the big leagues.

And yes, we actually used all these terms. It wasn't just being silly -- you can't really understand how to play Tetris Attack and develop your skills properly unless you have the words to describe it.

Tetrisum Attackis Compendium
A Dictionary of Terms Pertaining to Tetris Attack
Second Edition
By Clifford Chao and David Weaver

aerial chain. \(r'-(-el ch(n'\. n. a link of a chain that occurs on top of breaking blocks.

anti-grav chain. \(n'-t( gr(v' ch(n\. n. a horizontal link of a chain in which one of the
blocks has empty space directly under it at the time of the break.

auto-kill. \(t'-( r(p\. n. v. a death that occurs as the direct result of raising the stack too
high with the L and R buttons.

big mac chain. \b(g' m(k' ch(n\. n. a vertical link of a chain that, before it connects, is
separated into three pieces by at least two horizontal breaks.

bitch-slap combo. \b(ch'-sl(p' k(m'-b(\. n. a combo consisting of six or more exclams.
bitch-slap chain. \ b(ch'-sl(p' ch(n'\. n.

block. \bl(k'\. n. a single square-shaped piece in Tetris Attack.

blocked chain. \bl(kt' ch(n'\. n. a skill chain that cannot be executed because of a vertical
break occurring between a block and the location where it is to be placed.

branching chain. \br(nch'-i( ch(n'\. n. a chain in which at least one link results directly
from each link of a non-garbage twin chain. converging branching chain. \ken-
ver'ji( br(nch'-i( ch(n'\. n. a branching chain in which the two branches fuse back into
one.

break1. \br(k'\. n. v. the simultaneous disappearance of three or more adjacent, identical
blocks.

break2. \br(k'\. n. v. the transformation of all or part of a garbage block into non-garbage
blocks as the result of a break (first definition) occurring adjacent to it.

bug. n. the lack of formation of non-garbage blocks upon the breaking of a
garbage block. bug kill n.

chain. \ch(n'\. n. a break that occurs upon the landing of at least one block that fell as the
result of a previous break. chainage \ch(n'-ij\. n.

cliff-diver chain. \kl(f' d(v'-er ch(n'\. n. a horizontal link of a skill chain that occurs by
dropping a block so that it lands next to and at the same time as two or more other
falling blocks.

column. \k(l'-em\. n. a vertical row of non-garbage blocks.

column chain. \ k(l'-em ch(n'\. n. a vertical link of a non-twin chain that directly follows
another vertical link.

combo. \k(m'-b(\. n. a break that consists of more than three blocks. comboage.
\k(m'-b(-ij\. n.

compression death. \kem-pr(sh'-en d(th'\. n. death that occurs while the stack is being
lowered.

connect. \ken-n(kt'\. v. to place three or more like blocks in a row or column so that they
are adjacent. connection. \ken-n(k'-shen\. n.

crosscut chain. \kr(s'-c(t ch(n'\. n. a vertical link of a non-twin chain that directly
follows a horizontal link.

cursor. \ker'-ser\. n. a pair of brackets used to switch two blocks horizontally.

cyber-rape1. \s('-ber r(p\. n. v. a death that occurs as the result of obtaining unusable
blocks from the breaking of a garbage block.

cyber-rape2. \s('-ber r(p\. n. v. the ending of a garbage chain that occurs as the result of
obtaining unusable blocks from the breaking of a garbage block

dancing. \d(ns'-i(\. n. the constant motion of the figures within each block.

Dave. n. v. an auto-death that occurs within the first 5 seconds of the match.

death block. \d(th' bl(k'\. n. a single block that supports the entire stack above it and
that cannot be lowered except by a break occuring below it.

die. \d('\. v. to end a match as the result of having one's stack reach the top of the
screen while rising. death. \d(th'\. n.

discovered break. \des-k(v'-erd br(k'\. n. a vertical break that is caused by the removal
of a block from between the blocks to be broken. discovered chain. \dis-k(v'-erd
ch(n'\. n.

divine intervention chain. n. a garbage chain that does not involve any blocks that were
originally in the stack.

drop-in chain. \dr(p'-(n ch(n'\. n. a horizontal link of a skill chain in which a block is
switched with an empty space, thus lowering one block of the link and supporting
another.

dry stack. \dr(' st(k'\. n. a medium to high stack in which no major combos or chains are
visible to the player using it.

eleventh-hour save. \e-l(v'-enth hour' s(v'\. n. a break (usu. of garbage blocks) that
prevents death and occurs at the last possible moment before death.

exclam. \(ks-kl(m'\. n. a gray block marked with an exclamation point. exclam chain.
\(ks-kl(m' ch(n'\. n. a chain in which one or more links is made of exclams.

flat chain. \fl(t' ch(n'\. n. a horizontal link of a non-twin, non-staggered-layer chain that
directly follows another horizontal link.

flicker. \fl(k'-er\. n. v. to rapidly and repeatedly switch one block with either another
block or an empty space.

flicker snag chain. \fl(k'-er sn(g' ch(n'\. n. a chain that involves the snagging of a block
out of the top space of a vertical vacuum using flickering.

flicker twin chain. \fl(k'-er tw(n' ch(n'\. n. an artificial twin chain in which the switched
block is flickered.

flying chain. \fl('-i( ch(n'\. n. an insertion chain in which the inserted block is falling
when it is switched.

flying death block. \fl('-i( d(th' bl(k'\. n. a death block that is above breaking blocks at
the time the garbage block directly above it falls.

foot chain. \f(t' ch(n'\. n. a horizontal link of a non-twin chain that is aligned with the
lowest block of the previous (vertical) link.

French chain. \fr(nch' ch(n\. n. a chain that requires a large amount of effort to set up
but is not significantly damaging to one's opponent. French combo. n.

fumble. \f(m'-bel\. n. v. the failure to move a block as intended. lightning fumble. \l(t'-
ni( f(m'-bel\. n. v. a movement of a block which momentarily causes a connection but
not a break.

garbage block. \g(r'-bij bl(k'\. n. a block of unusable material that is dropped on one's
stack as a result of the combos and chains of one's opponent.

garbage chain. \g(r'-bij ch(n\. n. a chain that is caused by the repeated breaking of one
or more garbage blocks.

god blocks. \g(d' bl(ks\. pl. n. blocks that are above a garbage block and can be arranged
to break it or the one above it.

god chain. \g(d' ch(n'\. n. a long, visually impressive chain consisting of many different
types of links.

gravy chain. \gr('-v( ch(n'\. n. non-garbage links that follow directly from a garbage
link.

Heaven and Hell chain. n. a single link of a garbage chain which involves
blocks from the main part of the stack and blocks which were God blocks immediately
before the link.

insertion chain. \en-ser'-shen ch(n'\. n. a vertical link of a skill chain that results from
sliding a block under one or more falling blocks.

instant kill. \(n'-stent k(l'\. n. a death that follows instantly after the completion of a chain
or combo without delay time. instant kill theorem. n. theorem which states that an
instant kill must eventually occur if a player continually makes chains that do not
break the garbage stack (provided that the stack is at the top of the screen).

kevork. \ke-v(rk'\. v. to intentionally auto-kill oneself for the purpose of ending the
match sooner.

link. \li(k'\. n. a break that occurs as part of a chain.

lower. \l('-er\. v. to rearrange the stack so as to leave its highest point in a lower position.

luck chain. \l(k' ch(n'\. n. an unintentional chain or link.

mark. \m(rk'\. n. a square-shaped box above a breaking combo or chain that indicates the
size of the combo or length of the chain.

monochrome chain. \m(n'-e-kr(m' ch(n'\. n. two or more consecutive links of a chain
that consist of blocks of the same color.

Neil. \n(l'\. v. to fail to execute a major non-garbage chain during a match.

opening chain. \(p'-en-i( ch(n'\. n. a chain that is executed immediately at the start of a
match.

pause death. n. a death that occurs as the direect result of a loss of a chain of
thought due to the pausing of the match.

phantom break. \f(n'-tem br(k'\. n. a break on the winning player's side of the screen
that does not fully disappear before the match ends.

possessed chain. \po-z(st' ch(n\. n. a chain that requires skill far beyond that of the
player who executes it.

power cheese blaster block. n. any large (at least 2 pounds), unsliced block of cheese
made available for consumption during the playing of TA. power cheese chain. n. a
link of a chain that is completed while simultaneously taking a bite out of a power
cheese blaster block without the use of the hands.

question mark chain. \kw(s'-chen m(rk' ch(n'\. n. any chain consisting of 14 or
more links.

rising. \r(z'-i(\. n. the upward motion of the stack. rise. \r(z'\. v.

row. \r('\. n. a group of blocks that are all at the same height.

scrooge chain. \skr(j' ch(n'\. n. a long chain that, upon completion, leaves the player who
executes it in a smothered position. scrooge. \skr(j'\. v. master scrooge chain.
n. a scrooge chain which leaves absolutely no blocks remaining in the stack aside
from garbage blocks.

shame death. \sh(m' d(th'\. n. a death with no garbage blocks on one's stack.

skill chain. \sk(l' ch(n'\. n. a chain in which all links are not set up at the beginning of the
chain.

slide chain. \sl(d' ch(n'\. n. a flat chain in which one of the blocks in the break is switched
to meet two others that are falling.

smother. \sm('-ther\. n. v. a situation in which garbage blocks fill almost the entire
screen and the blocks under them cannot be arranged to break them.

snag chain. \sn(g' ch(n'\. n. a link of a chain that involves the switching of a falling
block.

spite chain. \sp(t' ch(n'\. n. a chain that occurs while its executor is smothered. spite
break. \sp(t' br(k'\. n.

spliced chain. \spl(st' ch(n'\. n. a separate chain that is started near the end of another
chain but is counted as a continuation of the first chain. spliced god block chain.
\spl(st' g(d' bl(k' ch(n'\. n. a spliced chain in which the second part of the chain is
begun by using god blocks to break a garbage block.

splitting chain. \spl(t'-i( ch(n'\.n. a chain in which one link directly results in at least two
more.

stack. \st(k'\. n. all the non-breaking blocks and garbage blocks on the screen.

staggered-layering chain. \st(g'-erd l('-er-i( ch(n'\. n. a link of a chain that does not
involve the bottom block of a falling column or columns.

style points chain. \st(l' points' ch(n\. n. a chain that is visually unusual or impressive.

suck. n. v. a theoretical link in a chain which does not occur because the player executing
it is thinking about future links without realizing a prior mistake. suck death. n. a
death that occurs as the result of a suck.

super chain. \s(p'-er ch(n'\. n. any chain consisting of 25 or more links.

support chain. \se-p(rt' ch(n'\. n. a horizontal link of a non-anti-grav skill chain that
results from sliding a block under a falling block and causing it to fall one less space.

switch. \sw(ch'\. v. to swap two blocks horizontally with the cursor. switchage.
\swich'-ij\. n.

TA \t(' ('\. n. abbreviation for Tetris Attack.

tease death. \t(z' d(th'\. n. a death that occurs just before a break that would have been an
eleventh-hour save.

teleport chain. \t(l'-e-p(rt' ch(n'\. n. an insertion chain that requires a block to be
moved two or more spaces through a vacuum. teleport snag chain. n. a link in a skill
chain in which the space where a block is snagged and the place where it chains are at
least 2 blocks apart.

thin ice break. \th(n' (s' br(k'\. n. a break that is accomplished by moving one or more
blocks across the top of breaking blocks.

thunder match. n. a match of TA which is accompanied by a large quantity of noise
from either the game itself, the players, or both.

trap. \tr(p'\. n. an unintended break that occurs during the setup of another break and
prevents the latter.

trumpet chain. \tr(m'-pet ch(n'\. n. any chain consisting of four or more links.

twin chain. \tw(n' ch(n'\. n. a pair of links in a chain in which the second does not occur
as a result of the first but as the result of a difference in the timing of their respective
occurences. triplet chain. \trip'-lit ch(n'\. n. sequential twin chain. \sa-kwen'-chel
tw(n' ch(n'\. a pair of links in a garbage chain in which the second link of the pair
rather than the first breaks the garbage block. artificial twin chain. \(rt'-i-f(sh'-el tw(n'
ch(n'\. n. a twin chain that is caused by the switching of a block and would otherwise
have been a combo. condensed twin chain. \ken-d(nst' tw(n' ch(n'\. n. a twin chain in
which the upper link is artificial and thus delayed so as to break at the same time as
the lower link and cause the two links to count as one. audible twin chain. \(d'-e-bel
tw(n' ch(n'\. n. a twin chain in which the two links are sufficiently far from each other
vertically (two blocks or more) that they are audible as separate links.

vacuum. \v(k'-y(m'\. n. the empty space left by blocks that have disappeared.

 

[jcjimher]

The key factor that makes Tetris Attack/Panel de Pon so much better than Super Puzzle Fighter and Puyo Puyo is that garbage blocks don't spoil the combos you could be preparing at the moment they are thrown to you.

In other words, when the opponent throws a super-sized garbage block to you in Tetris Attack, you can unleash a conuter-attack to him, even using wisely the garbage bloc he sent to you. On the other hand, when in Puyo Puyo or in SPF the opponent throws you an incredible amount of garbage blocks, it's almost impossible to overcome it and you're almost guaranteed to lose, even if you were preparing a super-attack of your own.

This is why Tetris Attack is the #1 multiplayer puzzle game for me as well.

 

[Quartet]

1- puyo puyo fever
2- chu chu rocket
3- tetrinet
4- Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo

 

[Interlude]

Tetris.

I had a lot of fun pitting my skills against friends on the NES years ago.

 

[monkeyrun]

My new favorite, Mr Driller

 

[monkeyrun]

Tetris Attack rules! I remember I had to walk like 3 miles to some girls house to get it back because she was so addicted to it.

Anyone play Mr. Driller Spirits DS vs. yet, or Zookeeper vs.?

I've nearly finished all single player Driller DS, but can't find enough DS to play VS.

 

[Tsubaki]

Puyo Puyo.

Hardly any of the others mentioned here take as much skill.

 

[JoDark]

Pokemon Puzzle Challenge, the best puzzle game ever. For those that missed it; this is Tetris attack in 3D!!! SO great! The voices are also sweet, really annoying when you get huge chains going... pika CHU, pika CHU.... etc. etc.

Tetris attack a close second.

Make these on DS DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tetrisphere. Sweet black drop raining vs.

SPF2T.

Tetris

 

[Jack Random]

Puzzle Fighter 4tehwin!

 

[AstroLad]

There are better pure puzzle games out there, but for sheer fun with basically any group of people, SPF2T.

Some fans of other games like to say its "cheap," (and, yes, I've played 100+ hours of Puyo and its various incarnations, and basically every other game mentioned here, and yes they're all incredibly fun and brilliant), but I'll put up my 25+ game winning streaks against the engineering/physics kids in my undergrad MU, and my friends up against that claim.

 

[DECK'ARD]

The key factor that makes Tetris Attack/Panel de Pon so much better than Super Puzzle Fighter and Puyo Puyo is that garbage blocks don't spoil the combos you could be preparing at the moment they are thrown to you.

In other words, when the opponent throws a super-sized garbage block to you in Tetris Attack, you can unleash a conuter-attack to him, even using wisely the garbage bloc he sent to you. On the other hand, when in Puyo Puyo or in SPF the opponent throws you an incredible amount of garbage blocks, it's almost impossible to overcome it and you're almost guaranteed to lose, even if you were preparing a super-attack of your own.

This is why Tetris Attack is the #1 multiplayer puzzle game for me as well.

That changed in Puyo Puyo Fever.

With Fever as long as you keep chaining no garbage blocks will drop on you, plus at the same time you build your Fever meter. Trigger Fever and you can completely reverse the attack and send it back. And then complete the combo you originally had planned.

Puyo Puyo Fever is very well balanced indeed.

 

[ZeMMiK]

Magical Drop 3... in Vs mode a killer.

 

[Jonnyram]

Anyone play Mr. Driller Spirits DS vs. yet, or Zookeeper vs.?

We played Mr.Driller DS a bit and everyone left the game because I was winning every round Zookeeper we have yet to get round to, but I am really keen to play.

 

[john tv]

I can confirm that Tetris Attack, aka Panel De Pon, is, in fact, the absolute best head-to-head puzzle game ever crafted. Nothing else comes close.

BTW, the N64 version is not as good as the SNES original, the GC version in Puzzle Collection or the totally uberawesome GBC version (Pokemon de Panepon).

Zoo Keeper is hella fun BTW, as a simple two-player diversion. It's got nothing on some of the more hardcore games like TA, but it's still very entertaining, and occasionally intense, even.

 

[FnordChan]

Magical Drop 3... in Vs mode a killer.

It's about fucking time someone mentioned Magical Drop in this thread. Sure, it ain't the most technical puzzler around, but for sheer frantic fun it's hard to beat, and the anime tarot theme is a hoot.

I'm also rather fond of Money Idol Exchanger, if only for the sheer capitalist goofiness of it all:

FnordChan

 

[Hooker]

Put me down for Magical Drop 3 as well


That Money Exchanger is crazy, those colours are too much alike!!

 

[Jumpman Jr.]

Besides Tetris Attack (awesome), Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Puyo, and Chu Chu Rocket, a favorite multiplayer puzzle game is SNES Wario Woods (a single player version's in Animal Crossing). It's too complicated for its own good, but it's great.

 

[gururoji]

Strange, I can't tell exactly why this thread got resurrected. Oh well.

One more vote for Tetris Attack/Panel De Pon! The one vs.-puzzle game to rule them all.

P.S. :lol at "French chain" in the terms list above.

 

[bonesquad]

I loved Chu Chu Rocket. I would like to see a DS version with WiFi internet multiplayer.

Wow, that would actually get me to buy a DS (or a PSP if they made a version for that). That was always one of my favorite DC games. Though what I'd really like is a full Xbox Live version.

Come on Sonic Team, stop making all these lame games and give us what we want, ChuChu Rocket 2!

What about Sega Swirl? Mouse Monopoly!

 

[epmode]

It's about fucking time someone mentioned Magical Drop in this thread. Sure, it ain't the most technical puzzler around, but for sheer frantic fun it's hard to beat, and the anime tarot theme is a hoot.

i love you so much for this post. ZeMMiK too.

magical drop 3 is the best versus puzzle game i've ever played. so much fun. get the saturn version if you can..

tetris attack is great, too.

 

[Baron]

Hey, so Tetris Attack aka Panel de Pon is on the Japanese Gamecube Puzzle Collection disc?

Does Freeloader allow this import to be played on US Gamecube systems? I really want to get this now.

 

[Trakball]

Tetris Attack.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Baku Baku Animal, Sega Saturn. Best "shit on thy neighbor" puzzle game ever.

 

[CajoleJuice]

Hey, so Tetris Attack aka Panel de Pon is on the Japanese Gamecube Puzzle Collection disc?

Does Freeloader allow this import to be played on US Gamecube systems? I really want to get this now.

I as well. Holy shit. I need it. I've never imported a game or anything like that before though.

 

[Zelda-Bitch]

Hangman. GOTY edition.

 

[Aika'svyse]

Da Mean Bean Machine

 

[ZeMMiK]

Well I tried Tetris Attack with 'Hooker' but maybe it was us but we didn't have fun...
So I showed him Wario Woods one of my Single Play fav's too!!!

Magical Drop is a reason to buy a Xbox and mod it.. :lol I have so much fun with all this Mame / Neo Geo games.

 

[BugCatcher]

Magical Drop 3.

 

[tt_deeb]

I have to agree with Tetris Attack, also that game gets crazy during single player.

I'm looking for a good head-to-head puzzle game to play my cousin with over xbox live...any suggestions? Bust a move?

 

[Baron]

What ever happened to Puzzle Bobble on XBox Live? Was that quietly cancelled? That would have kicked ass.