Daedalian Opus cover

Daedalian Opus

Puzzle Strategy
65
User Score
1 ratings
July 1, 1990
Released 13083 days ago
Game Boy

About

The game is essentially a series of 36 jigsaw puzzles with Tetris-like pieces known as pentominos that must be assembled into a specific shape. The puzzles start off with rectangular shapes and simple solutions, but the puzzles quickly grow more complex, with odder shapes like a rocket ship, a gun, and even enlarged versions of some of the pentominoes themselves. Each level is timed, and once the timer is started it cannot be stopped until the level is finished. One starts off the game with only three pentomino pieces, and at the completion of each early level, a new piece is awarded to the player. At the final level, the player is given the 2x2 square O tetromino and must complete an 8x8 square puzzle.

After completing each level, the player was given a password to access that level at a later time. Interestingly, each password was a common English four-letter word, so that by guessing common four-letter words, players could potentially access levels they had not actually reached by playing the game.

Storyline

The acinent land of Daedalus is governed by symmetry and time. It is a land where your progress will be severely tested by the challenge of myriad shapes and blocks.

It will take the art of Daedalus and the power of your mind to solve the confounding riddles of the blocks.

To be beaten is ordinary, to achieve victory is an art.

Screenshots

Release Dates by Platform

Game Boy Worldwide
Jul 1, 1990
Game Boy Worldwide
Jul 20, 1990

Game Info

Developer
Vic Tokai
Publisher
SUNSOFT, Vic Tokai
Game Modes
Single player
Genres
Puzzle Strategy

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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