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Sokoban World

Pushing around boxes in store rooms may not sound like ideal fodder for a video game. Well, they went and made one anyway. this is one of those brain melting puzzle games that some will love and some will…

16 April 1990

Sokoban World is a puzzle, released 16 April 1990 on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

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What Sokoban World is

Sokoban World was released in 1990. It is available on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pushing around boxes in store rooms may not sound like ideal fodder for a video game. Well, they went and made one anyway. this is one of those brain melting puzzle games that some will love and some will despise. Each level you are presented with a room with boxes and spots, which are where the boxes should end up. You can push the boxes, but not pull them and you really have to plan in advance to stop getting, um...'boxed' in. If you feel you've taken a bit of a wrong turn, you can simply push a button and rewind your moves. But as well as countless levels of box-shoving there's also a level editor that allows you to create your own levels of fun and frustration. (From The PC Engine…
Description from the publisher · source

What it launched against

Sokoban World launched on 16 April 1990, within three weeks of Smash T.V., Gargoyle's Quest and Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi.

Released around the same time: Smash T.V., Gargoyle's Quest, Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi.

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Sokoban World — frequently asked questions

When did Sokoban World come out?
Sokoban World was released on 16 April 1990 for TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

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