Soko-Ban

Sega console exclusive

Sokoban ("warehouse keeper") is a is a classic puzzle game created in 1981 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi, and published in 1982 by Thinking Rabbit, a software house based in Takarazuka, Japan. In 1984 the ASCII Corporation published a version produced by Khaled Bentebal. It was the basis of numerous clones in the later years. It is set in a warehouse.

Released: 1 December 1982
Platforms: SG-1000 PC-8800 Series Commodore C64/128/MAX Sharp X1 TRS-80 Color Computer MS-DOS Apple II TRS-80 FM-7 NEC PC-6000 Series MSX
Genres: Puzzle
Developers: Thinking Rabbit
Publishers: Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.Thinking Rabbit Tandy Sega Enterprises, Ltd.ASCII Corporation
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric

Keywords

magic
archery
female protagonist
action-adventure
fairy
backtracking
undead
campaign
princess
silent protagonist
sword & sorcery
boss fight

Media

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
FM-7	1 December 1982	Japan
PC-8800 Series	1 December 1982	Japan
Sharp X1	31 December 1983	Japan
NEC PC-6000 Series	31 December 1983	Japan
Commodore C64/128/MAX	31 December 1984	North America
MSX	31 December 1984	Japan
Apple II	31 December 1984	North America
MS-DOS	31 December 1984	North America
SG-1000	1 December 1985	Japan
TRS-80 Color Computer	31 December 1988	North America