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Monster Slider

The game is a competitive falling block puzzle game similar to Puyo Puyo. Pairs of differently colored blocks fall into a well. The player must arrange them so that three identically colored blocks are…

28 March 1997

Monster Slider is a puzzle developed by DATT JAPAN, released 28 March 1997 on Sega Saturn.

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What Monster Slider is

Monster Slider is a puzzle game developed by DATT JAPAN and released in 1997. It is available on Sega Saturn only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game is a competitive falling block puzzle game similar to Puyo Puyo. Pairs of differently colored blocks fall into a well. The player must arrange them so that three identically colored blocks are touching in order to eliminate them. The floor of the well is staggered such that a block can be touching two other blocks on each side (in addition to a block above and a block below). Additionally, the floor is tilted at an angle. Blocks are affected by gravity and slide off of each other in the direction of the tilt after they are placed. The player can change the tilt of the floor at any time, which causes the blocks to shift around. A block also falls when placed over an empty space or…
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How it plays

Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Monster Slider launched on 28 March 1997, within three weeks of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Doom 64 and Need for Speed II.

Released around the same time: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Doom 64, Need for Speed II.

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When did Monster Slider come out?
Monster Slider was released on 28 March 1997 for Sega Saturn.

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