Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
| Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | |
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British cover art
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| Developer(s) | Compile |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Tetsuo Shinyu Takayuki Yanagihori Masanobu Tsukamoto |
| Producer(s) | Yoji Ishii Noriyoshi Oba Masamitsu Niitani Max Taylor |
| Programmer(s) | Manabu Ishihara Tsukasa Aoki |
| Composer(s) |
Masanori Hikichi Masayuki Nagao |
| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Engine | Puyo Puyo |
| Platform(s) | Mega Drive, Game Gear, Master System |
| Release |
Mega Drive
Game Gear
Master System
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| Genre(s) | Falling block puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 75% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| CVG | 90% |
| Eurogamer |   |
| GameSpot | 6.3/10 |
| IGN | 7.5/10 |
| Nintendo Life | 6/10 (Mega Drive) 7/10 (Game Gear) |
| Nintendo World Report | 8/10 (Game Gear) |
| Mega | 90% |
| Jeuxvideo.com | 15/20 |
| Gamezebo | |
| Joypad | 87% |
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is a falling block puzzle video game developed by Compile and published by Sega. It was first released for the Mega Drive in North America and Europe in November 1993, and was also ported to the Game Gear and Master System in December 1993 and June 1994, respectively. The plot revolves around Sonic the Hedgehog antagonist Doctor Robotnik kidnapping residents from Beanville and turning them into robots, with the sole purpose of removing all joy and fun from the planet Mobius.
The gameplay is reminiscent of the Tetris series, in which the player must organise different coloured beans as they fall down a board. Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is the Western release of Puyo Puyo and replaces all of its characters with those from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, being primarily based on the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog animated series. It is also one of the few titles in the Sonic the Hedgehog series to not feature Sonic the Hedgehog himself. The game received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising the addictive gameplay and different modes, while criticising the difficulty and overuse of the falling block puzzle genre.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is a puzzle game reminiscent of the Tetris games. The entirety of gameplay takes place across two grid-based boards: the left board is used by the player, while the right board is controlled by either artificial intelligence or a second player, depending on the game mode. The main objective of the game is to earn as many points as possible by grouping the same coloured beans together as they fall down on the board. The player must arrange beans into groups of at least four of the same colour; should they do this, the beans in the group will disappear and points will be accumulated. If the player drops a group of beans on an uneven surface, any bean left hanging will separate from the original group and will drop to the lowest point on the board. The player may also flip a group of falling beans horizontally or vertically.
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