Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine 
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Taking its cue from Nintendo's relentless milking of the Mario franchise, SEGA decided to shoehorn Sonic and its cast into a whole host of unrelated games to enhance their sales potential.
This, for example, is a fairly unapologetic reskin of Puyo Pop, a game which was fairly typical of the early '90s obsession with falling block puzzlers. In this one, you have to group together four 'beans' together in a variety of ways to clear them off the screen.
Best played against a fellow human bean (couldn't resist it, sorry), it's simple, solid, addictive, timeless fun that hasn't really dated like so many of the games you'll find in retroland.
Retro rating: Four stars Columns 
Back in the days before puzzlers got re-branded with cute console icons, Columns played things straight.Released in 1990, this is an enduring falling block title that's every bit as playable and addictive as it ever was.
The premise in Columns is to, once again, eliminate blocks/jewels of the same type by rotating and lining them up as they drop down the rectangular play area.
Once you slot three of a kind together, they disappear and any shapes resting above them drop down into place. Got it? Get it.
Retro rating: Four stars
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