Boxy Boy
The player controls the character "Rabi-Kun", and must push various crates over the yellow dots in order to complete the game's fifty-five stages (divided into five "worlds") in that stage's time limit…
Boxy Boy is a puzzle developed by Thinking Rabbit, released 31 December 1990 on Arcade.
What Boxy Boy is
Boxy Boy is a puzzle game developed by Thinking Rabbit and released in 1990. It was published by Namco. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player controls the character "Rabi-Kun", and must push various crates over the yellow dots in order to complete the game's fifty-five stages (divided into five "worlds") in that stage's time limit. Rabi-Kun can only push the crates, and he cannot pull them; and should one of the crates reach an unmoveable position, the player may simply push the "reverse" button to undo one of the player's moves. Should Rabi-Kun be trapped in an area and cannot get out, the player must push the "reset" button on the control panel, however this will not reset the timer; and should that timer reach zero, the game will be immediately be over.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Boxy Boy launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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