1989 · Micronet · Puzzle

Junction

Sega console exclusive

Junction on the Game Gear plays much like its Genesis equivalent but the view is top-down rather than isometric. The object is still to guide the ball along a path to the exit, shifting tiles as needed.

Released: 1 July 1989
Platforms: Arcade Game Gear Sega Genesis Sharp X68000
Genres: Puzzle
Developers: Micronet
Publishers: Micronet Konami Hamster Corporation SPS
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Country: Japan

About

Cue Brick is a puzzle video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. It was released only in Japan in July 1989. A port to the X68000 titled Cueb Runner was released in 1990. Micronet developed ports of the game for the Sega Genesis and Game Gear under the title Junction; these versions were released outside Japan in 1990. Hamster Corporation released the arcade version outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in May 2024.

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Gameplay

Cue Brick's gameplay is based on Konami's Guttang Gottong (1982), but with isometric graphics. Using a variety of sliding puzzles, the player rolls a ball (possibly containing a small armadillo character, as implied by the game's introduction) along tracks set on tiles. Players must align the tracks together and make the ball roll over bridged tracks, set on the border of the puzzle in order to complete each level. The game has a total of 50 levels which the player can select at random, but a certain number of points have to be reached by level 50, in order for the player to beat the game and see the ending.