Ludography
Qwirks cover

1995 · Remake · Puzzle

Qwirks

Remake

Qwirks is an English adaptation of Puyo Puyo (1992) for home computers licensed from Compile. Unlike Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, and Kirby's Avalanche it does not involve the use of a particular license, instead featuring entirely original characters. The game was introduced by Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris.

Released
31 March 1995
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Puzzle
Developers
—
Publishers
Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Fantasy
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English, Japanese
›Story

In the year 2581, the evil Warlords of Zapf saw their chance to discredit Earth's Alliance of Worlds. By infesting the Intergalactic Zoo with creatures called Qwirks, the Warlords hoped to destroy the Alliance's scientific showpiece.

At first, the plan worked well. The Qwirks began multiplying quickly, threatening to overrun the entire facility. Furthermore, their telepathic powers overwhelmed the minds of several Zoo creatures, turning them into evil monsters.

But the Alliance scientists fought back. They captured and domesticated two Qwirks, whom they named Cosmo and Bigelow, to help in their lab experiments. They discovered that Qwirks of the same color have a special telepathic affinity and link up when they're next to one another. When four or more Qwirks are linked this way, they transmigrate into the eighth dimention. By herding the Qwirks into the proper groups, the scientists have learned to make enough Qwirks transmigrate so that there is now some hope of defeating the evil Warlords' plans...

Keywords

  • match 3
  • regional port

Media

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows31 March 1995North America · Japan 31 March 1995

Editions and related releases

Part of
Puyo Puyo
Remake of
Puyo Puyo

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