1999 · Taito · Arcade · Puzzle
Builder's Block
PlayStation console exclusive
Builder's Block (known as "Land Maker" in Japan and "Landmaker" in Europe) is a puzzle game in which you must construct buildings and then eliminate them for points. Although a certain color can only eliminate itself, the object of this game is to match colored blocks together to form buildings. Once you have made a building, you can eliminate it by shooting a block on the corner of it. The larger the building, the more benefits you'll reap when you destroy it!
- Released
- 9 December 1999
- Platforms
- ArcadePlayStationPlayStation 3PlayStation Portable
- Genres
- ArcadePuzzle
- Developers
- Taito
- Publishers
- Jaleco
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / IsometricSide view
- Themes
- Fantasy
- Country
- Japan
- Age ratings
- ESRB ECERO AUSK 0
- Languages
- English, Japanese
About
Landmaker (ランドメーカー, Randomēkā) is an isometric arcade puzzle video game developed and released by Taito in 1998. It is a versus action puzzle game similar in appearance to Taito's own Puzzle Bobble, though it plays more similarly to Puyo Puyo or Baku Baku Animal. The arcade version was released only in Japan, though a prototype for a worldwide release exists.
The game was ported to the PlayStation in 1999, featuring a completely new set of modes using 3D graphics. This version was later released in North America by Jaleco as Builder's Block, and then in Europe by Eon Digital Entertainment. More recently, this version was distributed through the PlayStation Network in Japan by Square Enix.
Keywords
- playstation network
- shared screen
- city builder
- digital distribution
- psone classics
- playstation tv support
- backwards compatibility
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
This original arcade version uses 2D graphics from an isometric perspective and is entirely versus-based. Players choose from eight to ten playable characters, each with a unique stage and damage effect:
Hiryu (飛劉): a red-skinned man who uses fire
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Landmaker on their October 1, 1998 issue as being the fourteenth most-successful arcade game of the month.
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