games for puzzle game list????

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Forgive me if this is the wrong place to ask a question like this, I should probably start my own project thread and ask my questions there.
I'm working on the software setup for an eventual mame cabinet I'm going to build.
Making game lists in mala, testing all my games, etc..
My eventual cab will be 2 players with 7 buttons and 2 joysticks for each player, and a trackball.

I couldn't really find very many good puzzle games to include in my list.
Even using maws I couldn't find much.

Am I missing some obvious one???
I've already got....
tetris
klax
puzzle bobble/bust-a-move (several versions)
vs. dr mario (reluctantly included, essentially an nes game)
super puzzle fighter
arkanoid (not really a puzzle game)

I feel like there should be a lot more games for this list.
Help please!

[Cynicaster]

How about Phozon?

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9006

[Malenko]

do Qix and Gal's Panic count?

[RyoriNoTetsujin]

Columns

Puzz Loop 1 & 2

Qix (not really a puzzle game either, but hey...)

Uo Poko  (Japanese game, but it's pretty easy to figure out what to do.)

Is there an arcade version of Puyo Puyo? I can't remember...  I know I'm forgetting something...

If you're doing twin-stick games (Robotron, Karate Champ, Assault, Crazy Climber, etc.) give Libble Rabble a try.  Cool little game.

[bkenobi]

Can't think of the name of any, but what about the box moving/matching games?  Or the move boxes to escape (thinking Chip's Challenge type or the move the parked cars...but for arcade games).  I've seen some of these, but don't know the titles of them.

[harveybirdman]

I suggest starting here:

http://www.mamedb.com/category/Puzzle?start=0

[Malenko]

All that's about left here is Magical Drop but we're starting to scrap the barrel...

Baku Baku animal

[Cynicaster]

If you're doing twin-stick games (Robotron, Karate Champ, Assault, Crazy Climber, etc.) give Libble Rabble a try.  Cool little game.

No twin-stick discussion is complete without Rescue.  It's a helicopter game that has some parallels to Choplifter, only it doesn't suck.

Another puzzler: Block Out. 

[FALSE]

Thanks folks!
Couple of good suggestions in there.

On the subject of twin stick games,
I'm going to use regular joysticks, not joysticks with buttons on top of them.
Would it be playable/comfortable to play a tank type 2 joystick game and use the control panel buttons to fire etc...
Cant imagine that would work very well and I dont want button top joysticks but I would love to get my battlezone on.

[RyoriNoTetsujin]

Would it be playable/comfortable to play a tank type 2 joystick game and use the control panel buttons to fire etc...
Cant imagine that would work very well and I dont want button top joysticks but I would love to get my battlezone on.

No, believe me, it's neither comfortable nor fun. 

You could meet yourself half way though; have one normal joy (the left one) and one top-fire (the right one.) I did it that way with my first cab and it was... well, it was ok.  Not perfect, but much better than trying to use the panel mounted buttons.  Here's a pic.

Now, since that cabinet no longer exists, and I have a much smaller setup (that thing was HUGE) I plan on building a separate control panel with nothing but the 2 top-fire sticks and the trackball.  I realized that I never played twin-stick games with other people.

[Cynicaster]

I'm going to use regular joysticks, not joysticks with buttons on top of them.
Would it be playable/comfortable to play a tank type 2 joystick game and use the control panel buttons to fire etc...
Cant imagine that would work very well and I dont want button top joysticks but I would love to get my battlezone on.

I am easily able to play Battlezone with my setup.  I have 1 & 2 Player 8-way joysticks with 6 buttons each.  With the player 1 stick, I kind of hold it with my palm over the top of it and hit the leftmost button in the 2nd row with my thumb to fire.

I do a similar thing to mimic a Defender controls layout.  Left joystick moves up and down, the "thumb button" on the left side is for reversing direction, with thrust and fire being handled by player 2 buttons.  

It's a lot more ergonomically pleasing than it probably sounds.  Besides, I never played the original cabinets for these games so it's hard to miss the authentic controls when I never used them in the first place.  These games are fun enough in their own right, regardless of control panel design.    

[Haze]

There are hundreds, many good ones too.

Senkyu (Battle Balls) is a personal favourite
Puzzli
Money Puzzle / Idol Exchanger
Poto Poto
Mang-Chi
Landbreaker
Mausuke no Ojama the World
Mushihimetama (sequel to Uopoko, although this is one of the Cave SH3 games which is no longer supported in MAME by request of Cave)
Aqua Rush
Star Sweeper
Pop n Pop
Neratte Chu
Water Balls
Hatch Catch
Otenki Kororin
Deroon DeroDero
Emeraldia
Monster Slider
Taisen Tokkae-dama
Cleopatra Fortune
Cosmo Gang the Puzzle

are all games I find highly enjoyable (they all have their own unique twists)

if you're willing to move beyond pure arcade games there are even more really good ones, things like the Saturn, Dreamcast and Playstation had many arcade ports as well as unique titles of their own.

also depending on your definition of 'Puzzle' game

Mosaic (F2 Systems)
Mouse Shooter Go Go
Risky Challenge
Cross Pang
Photo Y2K
Guts'n

[RyoriNoTetsujin]

Senkyu (Battle Balls) is a personal favourite

THAT was the one I was forgetting! LOL. We had that in a cabinet back when I worked at the Wizards of the Coast Game Center...

... aw man, if only I had bought that Medieval Madness pin back then. 

[RayB]

Miss Nude World 96   

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You could meet yourself half way though; have one normal joy (the left one) and one top-fire (the right one.) I did it that way with my first cab and it was... well, it was ok.  Not perfect, but much better than trying to use the panel mounted buttons.  Here's a pic.

RyoriNoTetsujin, could you elaborate on why you say the one normal/one top-fire was only "ok".
What did you like/dislike about it?

I don't like the look of the top fire sticks but I hate to limit myself to the few doublejoy/0 button games there are.

Also, I'm not sure whether I should put both joysticks to the left of the buttons or on either side of the buttons like the one in your old cab Ryo.
Did the right joystick ever interfere with your button pushing or hand position?

Anyone feel free to chime in with there opinions.
Thanks!