Shufflepuck Cafe

Genre:

Sports

Year:

1989

Developer:

Brøderbund Software

Publisher:

Rainbow Arts

Perspective:

1st-person

Theme:

Sci-Fi / Futuristic, Paddle / Pong

Releases:

Macintosh (1988), DOS (1989), Amiga (1989), Amstrad CPC (1989), Atari ST (1989), NES (1990)

Also known as:

シャッフルパック カフェ

The point of the game is that we have a table, two dice, a puck, us (first person view) and our opponent. You can choose from the whole "zoo" (futurism appears here - the action takes place in a kind of interplanetary cafe, as if cut from the world of Star Wars): there are many kinds of mutants and aliens. Then you throw the puck to knock someone else's dice and wait for our opponent to react. "Playing the puck" can be done in many ways, including (apparent) breaking the rules (for example, changing the length of the "stick" you hit the puck with). You must win 15 rounds to win. The graphics is minimalist and beautiful at the same time: after all, most screens are static, while the table and especially the portraits of your opponents are a real work of art. In my opinion, this game is much better (and more challenging and more beautiful) than all kinds of card games and other "social entertainment" and is ideal for almost everyone to calm their nerves in the evening or during working hours when you have some free time.