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Kickle Cubicle

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Also known as
Meikyūjima 迷宮島

This puzzle game uses ice blocks to trap enemies. Navigate tight mazes with precise sliding mechanics.

Kickle Cubicle was originally released in arcades in 1988 as Meikyūjima. The NES version was released in North America in 1990 by Irem America.


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Released
1990
Original release
1988
Genre
Perspective
Top-down
Size
128.30 KB
Rating
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About Kickle Cubicle

Kickle Cubicle is a puzzle game where the player controls a character who must rescue a kingdom trapped in ice. The Wicked Wizard King has frozen the land, hiding its inhabitants and palaces, which sets the stage for the gameplay.

The core mechanics involve moving, creating blocks of ice, and sliding those blocks. Various environmental objects interact with these actions, such as immovable rocks that can halt sliding ice, or water holes that are impassable. Special items like springs can launch ice blocks, while hammers can alter their trajectory or affect enemies.

Progress is organized into four distinct lands, each containing a series of puzzles. Completing all of these leads to an additional set of more challenging stages. Each puzzle presents obstacles within a fixed time limit, including enemies that emerge from specific rocks and attempt to impede the player.

Kickle Cubicle Screenshots

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European title screen
American title screen
Japanese title screen
The first world is Garden land
But I would rather call it Ice land
Level clear
Map of the land
A talking maiz!
Build a bridge to the northern platform
You must make a big interconnection in order to reach the goal