Ludography
Arctic cover

1988 · Artdink · Puzzle

Arctic

Nintendo console exclusive

Arctic is an action puzzle game that describes itself as "active rail playing". Each of more than two-dozen stages consists of a set of rails in various arrangements, often looping around each other and splitting in various directions. Each stage contains a number of colored balls which begin in corresponding slots, and after launching them the goal is to return the balls to the matching-colored slots. The only interaction the player has with the board is switching two sets of splits; there are yellow and blue splits, which will redirect any balls moving through them, and the player can only turn all of one color as a group.

Released
1 May 1988
Platforms
PC-9800 SeriesPC-8800 SeriesSharp X1NESFM-7MSX
Genres
Puzzle
Developers
Artdink
Publishers
Pony Canyon
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Languages
Japanese

Media

Arctic screenshot 1

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PC-8800 Series1 May 1988Japan
PC-9800 Series1 May 1988Japan
Sharp X11 September 1988Japan
MSX31 December 1989Japan
FM-731 December 1989Japan
NES23 February 1990Japan

Editions and related releases

Ported as
Eggconsole Arctic PC-8801mkIISR

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