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You roll dice upward to match falling numbers, scrambling to set up chain reactions before the stack crushes you—simple at first, then suddenly frantic.
Palamedes came out on the Game Boy in 1990, published by Hot B. It was one of those many puzzle games that filled the library, a clever little number that didn't try to be anything more than it was. In an era dominated by Tetris clones and action platformers, it offered a different kind of mental workout, a quiet but persistent challenge you could carry in your pocket.
You don't control a character, just a cursor and a set of three dice at the bottom of the screen. The goal is to clear each level by matching the pips on your dice to the numbers in the falling stack above. The core mechanic is rolling your dice to get the right numbers, then firing them upward to eliminate matching blocks. The real strategy comes from planning your shots to trigger chain reactions, clearing multiple numbers with a single well-placed die. The pace starts methodically, almost slow, but the speed of the descending numbers increases relentlessly, forcing you into quick, panicked calculations. It feels like a race against a quiet, mathematical avalanche.
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