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Daedalian Opus
Daedalian Opus
Publishers:
SUNSOFT, Vic Tokai
Release date:
Jul 1990
Summary:
The game is essentially a series of 36 jigsaw puzzles with Tetris-like pieces known as pentominos that must be assembled into a specific shape. The puzzles start off with rectangular shapes and simple solutions, but the puzzles quickly grow more complex, with odder shapes like a rocket ship, a gun, and even enlarged versions of some of the pentominoes themselves. Each level is timed, and once the timer is started it cannot be stopped until the level is finished. One starts off the game with only three pentomino pieces, and at the completion of each early level, a new piece is awarded to the player. At the final level, the player is given the 2x2 square O tetromino and must complete an 8x8 square puzzle.
After completing each level, the player was given a password to access that level at a later time. Interestingly, each password was a common English four-letter word, so that by guessing common four-letter words, players could potentially access levels they had not actually reached by playing the game.
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Page #62 ( Ads )
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14, Sep 1990
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Page #61 ( Ads )
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17, Dec 1990
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10, May 1990
Page #4 ( Ads )
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11, Jun 1990
Page #28 ( Ads )
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12, Jul 1990
Page #33 ( Ads )
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13, Aug 1990
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Page #10 ( Ads )
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14, Sep 1990
Page #49 ( Ads )
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15, Oct 1990
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15, Oct 1990
Page #47 ( Ads )
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15, Oct 1990
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17, Dec 1990
Page #46 ( Ads )
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40, Nov 1992
Page #181 ( Tips )
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11, Mar 1990
Page #59 ( Review )
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24, May 1991
Page #72 ( Tips )