Cosmo Gang the Puzzle
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is an arcade game
that was released by Namco
in 1992 . An adaptation of the game featuring Pac-Man
characters was released in 1993 called Pac-Attack
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, except there are Cosmo Gangers that have to be eliminated before it is possible to form complete rows. The speed of the game increases as blocks approach the top of the screen, and the game is over when the blocks reach the top.
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
that was released by Namco
Namco
is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...
in 1992 . An adaptation of the game featuring Pac-Man
Pac-Man
is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games,...
characters was released in 1993 called Pac-Attack
Pac-Attack
is a puzzle game in the vein of Columns and Dr. Mario. It was adapted from Cosmo Gang the Puzzle, an arcade game released in the previous year.Released by Namco, it features Pac-Man as the main playing pieces, with the Ghosts and blocks as obstacles....
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Introduction
Different combinations of blocks mixed with Cosmo Gangers fall from the top to bottom of the screen. The object is to stack up the blocks to form a complete row causing that row to disappear. To accomplish this a ball must be used to eliminate the Cosmo Gangers that stack up to block your progress.Gameplay
The gameplay is similar to that of TetrisTetris
Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
, except there are Cosmo Gangers that have to be eliminated before it is possible to form complete rows. The speed of the game increases as blocks approach the top of the screen, and the game is over when the blocks reach the top.