I'm in the mood for some arcade-style games this evening, I think. The PlayStation Classic has been getting some good use for this, since there are some great arcade ports for PS1 — particularly puzzle games.
Most of you reading this probably know about my fondness for Puchi Carat and other Taito titles. There are a few others I'm fond of — Ballistic is one I rather like, primarily because its Japanese version, Puzz Loop, was in our university student union coffee shop — home of the best curly fries in the world — a good 20+ years ago. A friend and I used to enjoy playing on the machine while we waited for the aforementioned fries and triple-shot espressos that would get us through a morning of Dr William Drabkin's lectures on Baroque-era harmonic progressions and "horn chords".
Magical Drop III is another favourite, though one I discovered much more recently. The PS1 version of this is excellent and very true to the arcade original, plus it comes with a bunch of neat bonus stuff as well.
Puzznic is one I've not spent a lot of time with but I've always found it interesting. I might actually spend some time with that one this evening, now that I'm thinking about it.
I always used to get Puzznic and Plotting mixed up. I think they're actually both Taito games, and they both came out on the Atari ST. Puzznic got a PS1 port, though, while Plotting didn't. (I think it might be in one of the Taito Legends collections on PS2, though — I'll have to check.) Plotting was a weird one — I never quite got my head around it as a kid, but I always thought the art and animation was cute. Perhaps one to return to on Atari ST A to Z at some point.
Anyway, on that note, I think it's time to go play one or more of these games for a nice peaceful evening! It's been a long and tiring but satisfying week, and I'm very much looking forward to a pretty chilled out weekend. I hope you also have a good weekend!
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