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Palamedes (USA)

NES / Famicom
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Reviewed in
1992
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Palamedes is a Japanese Hot-B Famicom puzzle around colored dice to match in strategic alignments. The representation offers reception grid with dice and timed combos in a Japanese Tetris-like puzzle formula. Without western release, curiosity for Famicom puzzle fans in the 8 bit Hot-B production vein.

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Category
Puzzle 2 players 3+
Description
Dice-puzzle game inspired by yacht, built around fast two-player versus matches where building the right combos first matters. Published by Hot-B, released in 1990 in the USA. Snappy pacing and addictive duels. American NES release.

Palamedes review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,03 MB 📅01/01/1992
Published by Hot-B

Palamedes (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $13 Q6 complete
 $56 Q10 new
 $227 !
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Other versions
Palamedes
Japan
20/07/1990
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Collector interest

The NES adaptation of Hot-B's dice puzzler, this US release remains fairly accessible and is defined by tight versus play rather than genuine scarcity. Hot-B, best remembered for fishing software, left only a thin NES catalogue, which lends the title a mild documentary appeal. The price of complete copies reflects limited surviving boxes rather than any cult standing. Collecting interest is moderate and mostly relevant to NES puzzle completists.

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