Ever played one of those arcade-style puzzle games that makes your brain and fingers work overtime? Puzzle And Action – Ichidanto-R on the Sega Genesis is exactly that—a weird little mashup of tile-matching chaos and reflex-testing minigames. One second you're frantically clearing colored blocks, the next you're dodging obstacles in a side-scrolling section that feels totally different. It shouldn't work, but somehow it does.

The first time I booted it up, I thought it'd be another basic match-3 clone. Nope. Within minutes, I was sweating over a memory game where you replicate button presses, then immediately switching gears to a speed-based card matching round. The variety keeps throwing curveballs, and the old-school Sega sound effects just add to the charm. Not gonna lie, some of the later stages get brutal—good luck keeping up when the tiles start falling at nightmare speed.

If you're into retro games that don't hold your hand, this one's a hidden gem. Just don't blame me when you get obsessed with beating your high score at 2 AM.