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Puzznic (1989) — The Credits Screen That Never Existed, and the Five Names Found in the ROM Decades Later
In October 1989, Taito released the arcade puzzle game Puzznic, sliding identical blocks together to clear them, with no randomness and every board hand-designed, and ports reaching nearly every 8/16-bit platform of the era. Its developers were never credited on screen; more than three decades later, ROM analysis uncovered five names hidden inside the arcade board.
Puzzle Bobble (1994) — The Side Project Whose Grammar Is Still Live on Steam, 32 Years Later
Puzzle Bobble (1994) began as a throwaway spin-off of Bubble Bobble, but its simple three-in-a-row grammar outlived the original thanks to obsessive attention to small details — and it's still being sold today, in a 2026 Steam release.
