Lot Lot, 1985 Tokuma Shoten/Irem

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Published on May 21, 2017 10:20:35 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8x0wZSDPws

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Lot Lot (1985)

Duration: 11:14

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Odd little puzzle game from Japan-- and very challenging! With the use of 2 pointer icons (one you control and one the computer controls) you swap the contents of a box-- one of 16 boxes in a 4X4 grid-- to the location of the other pointer, if they're pointing inside another box. The main goal is to reach the point value requested by the computer just before the level begins-- starting at 20,000 points, then 60,000 for level 2 and 100,000 for level 3 and another 100,000 for each level afterwards. Little pachinko-type balls will fall/roll into other boxes, due to floors or walls occasionally disappearing for a short time. On the far left bottom box, an alarm will sound if balls fall/roll into it. This will prompt a crab to slowly rise up and try to cut the floor with his claw. This will cost you a life, so make sure to swap out the balls into an empty room! Point values for balls that fall into the non-danger zone area are 0, 10, 30 and 50. This makes it a bit hard to score; fortunately, there is a red "stopper" ball (named so because it will prevent balls from rolling through it to the next box) that, if it drops through a bottom floor (apart from the one by the crab), grants you 5,000 points! This very tough puzzle game (with extremely repetitive music) was ported to the Famicom (NES in Japan).