Category: Arcade/Puzzle

Title: Classic Word Games
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 6/23/2009
Overview:
Do you have a way with words? Prove it with this collection of Classic Word Games! Combining challenges both traditional and new, Classic Word Games throws 13 exciting mini-games your way. Test your skill at games like Hangman, Crosswords, Quotes and Idioms, and more. The games adapt to your skill level, with customizable timers that tighten up for wordsmiths or give beginners a little more room to think. Unlock hidden games and bonus content, including clever fun facts about the origins of common expressions. Invite friends and family to join the fun with Single-Card download play, or see who can rack up the highest score in Multi-Card play.

Title: Totally Spies! Totally Party
Publisher: Valcon Games
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 3/27/2009
Overview:
The hit show Totally Spies! makes a leap into the world of video games! The life of a spy isn’t easy – dodge lasers, infiltrate enemy bases, capture criminal masterminds, and make sure to avoid bad sushi. Up to three different players can play at once in the board-game style, perfect for parties right in your living room. 35 different minigames will keep you living the life of a spy. There are tons of unlockable outfits, different for each spy to make sure to reflect your own personal style. There’s a special fashion show rhythm game, where extra points are awarded for massive attitude. The Story Mode features animation and voice talent straight from the show!

Title: Pinball Hall of Fame – The Williams Collection
Publisher: Crave
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 2/29/2008
Overview:
Once upon a time, pinball machines ruled arcades and laid claim to real estate in pizza shops, Laundromats, and wherever games could be squeezed in. While the machines may no longer be the biggest draw, the action and gameplay has never really gone out of style. Following the success of the first Pinball Hall of Fame collection, this second installment is stocked with eight fabled tables built by the Williams pinball company. Recapture the magic as you spin the pinball wizard’s spell on eight classic tables including Black Knight, Space Shuttle, Gorgar, and more. Each plays with refined ball physics and classic sound effects, delivering a truly authentic pinball experience.

Title: Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 3/13/2008
Overview:
NOTE: This game requires BUZZ! Buzzers, not included with rental or purchase.

Join with up to 8 different contestants on one PS2 for the ultimate Hollywood trivia game! Using celebrity images, questions about Hollywood, and more, you and friends will go through rounds of intense quiz show action. More than 5,000 different questions are built into the game, ranging on subjects from the biggest block-busting hits produced by Tinsel Town and the life and times of its biggest and brightest stars. Anyone can play this game, but only true pop culture masters will be able to go all the way to the end, proving they are a Hollywood Trivia Star!

Title: Buzz! Junior: RoboJam
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 3/13/2008
Overview:
NOTE: This game requires BUZZ! Buzzers, not included with rental or purchase.

Where does a mischievous robot go when he misbehaves too much? To Robot Boot Camp, that’s where! Your Robot Drill Instructor will command you to dodge missiles, dance with gigantic aliens, try to prove yourself as a crash-test dummy, and more as you play far-fetched games with other robot hooligans. Compete in 24 different mini-games with up to four players at once for the ultimate social experience. Side-splitting humor will have everyone laughing and innovative, pick-up-and-play controls means everyone in the whole family can play. Blast into the future and show the galaxy just what kind of robot you are!

Title: SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1
Publisher: SNK
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 5/2/2008
Overview:
Talk about a sweet 16! Publisher SNK has rounded up 16 of its greatest hits and included them all in this extensive collection. Each game originally appeared on the classic NEOGEO system. With everything from sports to action to fighters, there’s something for everyone. The collection of classics includes: Art of Fighting, Baseball Stars 2, Burning Fight, Fatal Fury, KOF 94, King of the Monsters, Last Resort, Magician Lord, Metal Slug, Neo Turf Masters, Samurai Shodown, Sengoku, Shock Troopers, Super Sidekicks 3, Top Hunter, and World Heroes.

Title: Pop Cap Hits! Vol. 2
Publisher: Pop Cap Games
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 7/30/2008
Overview:
What’s better than a fun and exciting game? Two fun and exciting games! Take on the challenge of Zuma, an addictive and challenging puzzle game which has you launching colored balls out of the mouth of your stone frog. Make chains and combos, but don’t let the line of balls reach the golden skull! Then try your hand at Heavy Weapon, which puts you at the helm of tanks, jeeps, fighter jets, helicopters, and other vehicles. You’ll attempt to destroy swarms of enemies in this side-scrolling action adventure! Lots of power-ups and special weapons will help you take on the increasing tide of enemies and bosses.

Title: Cake Mania: Baker’s Challenge
Publisher: Destineer
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 8/14/2008
Overview:
When it comes to kitchen creativity, here’s your chance to take the cake! A culinary crisis becomes a recipe for success in this game that serves up a series of baking-business challenges. As the proprietor of Evans Bakery, you’ll take orders, bake and decorate cakes, then collect your hard-earned cash in dozens of fast-paced baking-based levels. Use your money to improve your kitchen with new ovens, cake decorations, and frosting machines. You’ll bake in five exotic locations, serve special seasonal cakes to Santa and Cupid, and more.

Title: Pipe Mania
Publisher: Empire Interactive
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 10/1/2008
Overview:
Almost 20 years after the flooze began flowing, Pipemania returns in this updated take on a puzzle classic. Pipemania debuted in 1989, quickly becoming one of the most popular puzzlers. It also introduced the world to flooze, the eerily fast fluid that flows through the Pipemania pipes. The challenge is to lay down pipes and keep the flooze moving without letting it overflow. Conquer 70 levels filled with characters (helpful and not), challenges, obstacles, and different types of flooze. Choose from game modes including Arcade, Bonus, World, Multiplayer, and a complete version of the original Classic, all of which can be played alone and in co-op or head-to-head multiplayer.

Title: BUZZ! Junior: Jungle Party
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/1/2007
Overview:
NOTE: This game requires BUZZ! Buzzers, not included with rental or purchase.

Get ready to do some serious monkeyin’ around in this rollicking series of mini-games that are guaranteed to get any part started. Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party lets the good times roll with 25 mini-games that blend speed and skill into fun-filled competitions geared toward the whole family. Play centers around the Buzz! buzzer so it’s easy to use, letting two to four players jump right into the action. Just choose your monkey, enter your name, and it’s on! You’ll play in a colorful jungle environment filled with an equally colorful cast of wacky characters. Set up short, medium, or long multiplayer tourneys or sharpen your skills solo-style in singleplayer.

Title: BUZZ: The Mega Quiz
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/1/2007
Overview:
NOTE: This game requires BUZZ! Buzzers, not included with rental or purchase.

Get your brain buzzin’ with this super-sized quiz challenge! Buzz: The Mega Quiz is packed with entertaining questions on all kinds of subjects, covering sports, music, film, and everything in between. Your quizmaster is a wacky host who keeps things moving with cheesy antics and over-the-top hilarity. He’s joined by a beautiful co-host to form a classic dynamic gameshow duo. Play through quick-hit rounds filled with picture-based questions and some that use audio clips. Up to eight players can join in head-to-head or team-based play. Three added mini-games keep the party-style fun and fresh.

Title: Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Publisher: D3P
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/15/2007
Overview:
The rich, diverse Warlords universe is your battlefield, and puzzles are your weapons. Create a completely customizable hero and accept the challenge to save the land of Etheria from evil Lord Bane. Take on your enemies in head-to-head match-three puzzles, where victory advances your hero, your magical arsenal, and your creature companions. Customizable characters, pets, spells, and monsters you can tame meet classic puzzle action for a genre-bending adventure that will have you back time after time. Choose from three different gameplay styles, including Single-Player, Instant Action, and Multiplayer, and plot and strategize to win!

Title: 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Publisher: Mumbo Jumbo
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/23/2007
Overview:
If you think to yourself, what a wonderful world, you’re wasting precious seconds in this epic puzzle adventure! Travel around the world and through time as you race against the clock to build the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Match like-colored magical runes to earn building supplies for your workers in level after level. Look for power-ups and other bonuses as you create the Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and more. Learn fun facts from The Professor along the way. You can replay the game at a higher difficulty level – for a second or third time – giving you more ways to experience the wonder!

Title: Luxor: Pharaoh’s Challenge
Publisher: Mumbo Jumbo
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/26/2007
Overview:
Delve into the beautiful and exotic land of ancient Egypt with 88 all-new, gorgeous levels of stunning graphics set amongst pyramids and temples. Use your winged scarab to shoot and destroy magical spheres as they approach the pyramids at the end of their path. Five new scarabs await your command as you discover new and more explosive power-ups than ever before! The new power-up ranking system will make your job easier and more challenging all at once, as will the new “blessing system,” adding complexity and interest to this brilliantly simple and beautiful puzzle game. Shoot for several different badges, including 13 new ones, as you follow the narrated and captivating storyline along the banks of the ancient Nile.

Title: Pop Cap Hits! Vol. 1
Publisher: Pop Cap Games
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/27/2007
Overview:
Sometimes, all you want is a great puzzle game. Sit back, relax, and get ready for a great compilation of two of the classics, all on one disc for your puzzling pleasure! Take on the challenge of Bejeweled 2, one of the most popular puzzle games of all time. Gem-swapping goes to a new level as you race against the clock and discover power gems, hyper cubes, and time bombs. Or blast off to AstroPop, where you’ll choose from four space pilots, then grab, group, and blast bricks to create combos and clear a path to the stars! Try out Classic or Survival Modes in dozens of different levels to test your wits.

Title: Alvin & the Chipmunks
Publisher: Brash Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 12/4/2007
Overview:
Alvin and the Chipmunks are singing a new tune, and this one’s interactive! The classic trio of crooning cartoon critters makes its long-awaited video game debut with this interactive musical extravaganza. Join Alvin, Simon, and Theodore on a musical journey from humble beginnings to rock superstardom. Follow the group from gigs at school proms up through Forest Arenas, monster-sized festivals, and eventually the biggest of them all: the band-vs.-band showdown Rockathonapalooza. You’ll rock out rhythms to a hit soundtrack featuring over 40 favorites from artists including Elvis, Blink 182, Run D.M.C., REM, Smashmouth, and many more.

Title: Taito Legends 2
Publisher: Destineer
Platform: PlayStation 2
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 6/28/2007
Overview:
Sometimes you just want to kick it old school. There’s no better way to do it than with 25 classic games on your screen and at your fingertips! Save Planet Earth from certain destruction in Space Invaders, and then continue your operation in Space Invaders Part 2. If that’s not what you’re looking for, you can always take on the classic challenges of Crazy Balloon, Chack ‘N Pop, Lunar Rescue, Phoenix, and Balloon Bomber. But wait, the fun doesn’t end there! Shuffle through other challenges like Legend of Kage, Alpine Ski, The Fairyland Story, Rastan Saga, and much much more.

Title: Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/15/2006
Overview:
Old school is back in session as Capcom fires another blast from the past with this collection from Capcom’s arcade golden age. Play 20 favorites ranging from platformers to brawlers to puzzlers and beyond, including 1941, Street Fighter, Block Block, and more. See who’s still got it by challenging your friends in multiplayer mode. In case the memories don’t come flooding all the way back, you can unlock cheats to help finish your favorites. In addition, unlockable training videos will help you master the games’ most powerful moves. When you need a break from the action, take a stroll down memory lane with original art and some history behind the games.

Title: Pac-Man World 3
Publisher: Namco
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 11/17/2005
Overview:
The landmark Pac-Man franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary with the third installment of Pac-Man World, which finds Pac-Man with a host of new powers. The evil genius Erwin has built a gadget that can penetrate the ghost world. It’s up to Pac-Man to enter this strange Spectral Realm and prevent it from collapsing into ours! Use new moves like climbing fences, jumping up walls, and punching enemies. Unleash power-ups like the Time Decelerator or the Super Butt Bounce. With the chance to collect bonuses in classic two-and three-dimensional Pac-Man mazes, play the original arcade version, and control ghosts Pinkie and Clyde, the whole Pac-Man World is at your fingertips!

Title: Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary
Publisher: Namco
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 8/31/2005
Overview:
In celebration of Namco’s 50th Anniversary, the game developer is releasing 14 of its all-time greatest arcade titles! You won’t need quarters to relive the nostalgia of Pole Position, Pole Position II, Dragon Spirit, Xevious, Mappy, Dig Dug, Galaxian, Rally X, Galaga, Sky Kid, Rolling Thunder, Bosconian, and, of course, Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man. See if you’ve still got the skills you used to have in the ’80s and beat your old high score, or discover these addictive classics for the first time! Be careful – side effects may include big hair and legwarmers.