30 September 2012


PAUL KRUGMAN

26 September 2012


PAUL KRUGMAN

 
 

20 September 2012

gyjgw - "knots of boxes"


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Author: 随风而逝 + gyjgw
Title: 《睿斗推箱子》45关:纪念918 (Level 45: Commemoration of 918) a
Date: 2012.9.19
URL: bbs.mf8-china.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=37579&extra=page%3D1&page=99

The most important element of a puzzle is the structure. The structure is formed by the exterior and interior walls of the puzzle. However, observed that the boxes can work as a special kind of "walls", i.e. as "mobile walls" (which become "fixed" walls once placed permanently in the goals).

This is a simple example of puzzle which the boxes operate as "mobile walls" (David Holland described this type of structures such as "dynamic topology": see "The two styles of Sokoban"):

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Author: Jordi Domenech
Title: Magic Sokoban 1 #95 K


This peculiar property of the boxes allows the creation of puzzles with internal structure consisting of authentic "knots of boxes", which give rise to puzzles of great difficulty. In the Chinese forum MF8 are very appreciated this kind of puzzles, and of course "gyigw" is an expert one: a good example is this nightmare of "knot of boxes" (Level 45 a) that I only recommend to experienced players.

19 September 2012

Sokoban 30th anniversary 1982-2012

Without doubt, the most famous puzzle of all time is the Level 1 of the "Original" collection. But how many different versions have been made of this mythical puzzle? I have gathered here a total of 48 versions. However, it is likely that there will be more on platforms that I don't know. If you know any version that is not here, can you send me a PNG image and information about the game? Thank you very much. If I find new versions I will add to this post.


1.
Author: unknown (Thinking Rabbit)
Game: 倉庫番 (Sokoban)
Title: Level 1
Developer: Thinking Rabbit
Publisher: Thinking Rabbit (Japan)
Platform: NEC PC-8801mk2, NEC PC-8001mk2, FM-7, MZ-2000, NEC PC-6001mk2, Toshiba Pasopia 7
Released: December 1982 



2.
Author: unknown (Thinking Rabbit)
Game: 倉庫番 (Sokoban)
Title: Level 04
Developer: Thinking Rabbit
Publisher: Epoch Co. (Japan)
Platform: Epoch Game Pocket Computer (LCD Game)
Released: April 1985


This Epoch version was published later in "Sokoban Perfect" (Thinking Rabbit, 1989), level 22.


3.
Author: unknown (Thinking Rabbit)
Game: Soko-Ban
Title: Level 01
Developer: Thinking Rabbit, ASCII Corp. (Japan)
Publisher: Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. (USA)
Platform: Apple II, DOS, Commodore 64, TRS-80 Color Computer

Released: 1988



4.
Author: unknown (Thinking Rabbit)
Game: 倉庫番 (Sokoban)
Title: No.02-02
Developer: Thinking Rabbit
Publisher: Pony Canyon Inc. (Japan)
Platform: Game Boy
Released: September 1989 



5.
Author: One No & Kirath
Game: Block-O-Mania   [Sokoban variant]
Title: Level 1
Publisher: Cassiopeia (Netherlands)
Platform: DOS
Released: 1989
Website: crystalshard.net/index.php?p=6#



6.
Author: unknown (Thinking Rabbit)
Game: 倉庫番 (Sokoban)
Title: Level 252
Developer: Thinking Rabbit
Publisher: Riverhill Soft Inc. (Japan)
Platform: Sega Game Gear
Released: December 1990



7.
Author: Seiichi Katsurada
Game: 倉庫番 Revenge (Sokoban Revenge)
Title: Stage 001
Developer: Thinking Rabbit
Publisher: Thinking Rabbit (Japan)
Platform: NEC PC9801, Sharp X68000, Windows 3.1
Released: 1991



8.
Author: unknown
Game: XSokoban
Title: Level 51
Platform: X Window System
Released: November 1993
Website: www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/xsokoban.html



9.
Author: Jim Radcliffe
Game: Sokoban 1994
Title: Adolf
Publisher: Jim Radcliffe (USA)
Platform: DOS
Released: 1994



10.
Authors: Sergey Kononenko and Ilya Chudinovskikh
Game: Sokoban Classic
Title: Level 0001
Publisher: Mercury Software (Russia)
Platform: Electronika BK-0010
Released: 1995
Website: sergk.org.ua/mercury/



11.
Author: unknown
Game: 倉庫番 in 上九一色村β3 (Sokoban in Kamikuishiki village β3)
Title: Level 8
Platform: DOS
Released: November 1995



12.
Author: Tommy in Pennsylvania
Collection: MacTommy inventions
Title: Level 1
Comment:
This collection was included first in the freeware MacSokoban, by Ingemar Ragnemalm, for Macintosh; and later in KSokoban (v0.1.0, August 1998), by Anders Widell, for KDE platforms.
Date: January 1996



13.
Author: unknown (Thinking Rabbit)
Game: 究極の倉庫番 (Ultimate Sokoban)
Title: Stage 4 Chapter 1-01
Developer: Thinking Rabbit
Publisher: Itochu Corp (Japan)
Platform: PlayStation
Released: September 1996



14.
Author: Gabi Lohmeyer
Game: Soko 1.1
Title: Level 3
Publisher: Gabi Lohmeyer (Germany)
Platform: Windows 3.x
Released: December 1996
Website: www.gl-soft.de/spiel.html



15.
Author: A. Chudov
Game: склад N.º 18 (Warehouse No. 18)
Title: ID #000
Publisher: A. Chudov (Russia)
Platform: Dendy (?)
Released: 1997

16.
Author: unknown
Game: Sokoban
Title: Level 10
Publisher: Softdisk Publishing (USA)
Platform: DOS
Released: 1997


(I'm sorry, but I don't have any JPG image of this level.)


17.
Author: Newart (Viacheslav Kalinin)
Game: Sokoban
Title: Level 1
Publisher: n-Discovery (Russia)
Platform: ZX Spectrum
Released: 1997
Website: n-discovery.spb.ru/games.php



18.
Author: Thomas Jensen
Game: WSokoban! 2.0
Title: Level 16
Publisher: Thomas Jensen (Denmark)
Platform: Windows 9x/NT
Released: July 1998



19.
Author: Kurt Nittel
Set: SokoNittel 1
Title: Level 1
Date: 1998



20.
Author: Masato Hiramatsu (Hir)
Set: Arranged levels
Title: 閉め出されたラビくん
Date: August 1998



21.
Author: Jurij Szczapow
Game: FortNoks - Sokoban remix
Title: Level 01
Publisher: Jurij Szczapow (Russia)
Platform: DOS
Released: April 1999
Website: pascal.sources.ru/games/fortnoks.htm



22.
Author: Howard Abed
Collection: Fourth Set
Title: Level 1
Date: June 1999



23.
Author: unknown
Title: (unknown)
Date: ?



24.
Authors: Martin Hawlisch
Game: Enigma 0.50

Title: Level #10 Sokoban Revival
Publisher: Daniel Heck (Germany)
Platform (latest version 1.01): Windows 95 and later, Mac OS X
Released: April 2002
Website: www.nongnu.org/enigma/index.html

[Sokoban variant]



25.
Authors: Thinking Rabbit, converted to enigma format by Ralf Westram
Game: Enigma 0.81

Set: Sokoban
Title: Sokoban 1 (with two versions: easy and normal)
Publisher: Daniel Heck (Germany)
Platform (latest version 1.01): Windows 95 and later, Mac OS X
Released: July 2003
Website: www.nongnu.org/enigma/index.html
 
[Sokoban variant]


26.
Author: Alberto Garcia
Collection: Alberto Garcia 1-1
Title: soko1
Comment: This collection was included in the freeware Sokoban 2K, by Brian Kent.
Date: 2002



27.
Authors: Ralph Karl Ohannessian and Caroline Lauchenauer
Game: Blocks Ultra
Title: Level 2
Publisher: Electronic Playground Studio (Canada)
Platform: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Released: October 2003
Play online: www.gotoandplay.it/_games/playGame.php?g=27



28.
Author: Makc (Maxim A. Novikov)
Collection: Randomize
Title: Level 4 ceiwhune
Date: January 2004
Website: soko-ban.narod.ru/



29.
Author: Eric F. Tchong
Collection: Aruba 8
Title: Level 2 Good old level 1
Date: September 2004



30.
Author: Braingle Games
Game: Beanstalk Puzzle Game
  [Sokoban variant]
Title: Level 2
Publisher: www.braingle.com
(USA)
Platform: online
Released: April 2005
Play online: www.braingle.com/games/beans/index.php?play=1


31.
Author: Thomas Reinke
Collection: Sokomania
Title: Level 53
Date: July 2005



32.
Author: Ghislain Martin
Collection: Monde 25 (Level 247)
Title: Thinking Rabbit style
Date: October 2005
Website: sokoban.pagesperso-orange.fr/



33.
Author: Josef Stöckl
Game: Crazy Boxes 1.8   [Sokoban variant]

Title: Level 3
Publisher: Josef Stöckl (Austria)
Released: December 2005
Website: www.crazybytes.at/



34.
Author: mario@zah.att.ne.jp
Game: 倉庫番クラシック
v1.44D - Tiny (Classic Sokoban - Tiny)
Title: Level 1
Publisher: mario@zah.att.ne.jp (Japan)
Platform: Windows
Released: January 2006
Website: home.att.ne.jp/wind/room_mario/soko/soko.html


35.
Author: DespeRadoX
Game: Becherovka Summer Refreshment   [Sokoban variant]

Title: Level 3
Publisher: DataWeb (Czech Republic)
Released: September 2007
Website: game.becher.cz/?page=game&id=279



36.
Author: Tom Beaumont
Game: Snakoban Dash!   [Sokoban variant]

Title: Level 1-1 The first warehouse
Publisher: Tom Beaumont
Released: October 2008



37.
Author: Draku
Collection: Learning Sokoban
Title: Level 39
Date: March 2009



38.
Author: unknown
Game: Box It! 2
Title: Level 3
Publisher: Digiment (UK)
Platform: JavaMe, Android
Released: April 2009
Website: www.digiment.co.uk/game.jsp?gid=BoxIt2
Play online: www.mochigames.com/games/box-it-2/



39.
Author: Jordi Doménech
Collection: Original remixed
Title: Level 1
Date: July 2009



40.
Author: unknown
Game: Super Sokobang   [Sokoban variant]

Title: Level 2
Publisher: Akita Multimédia (Canada)
Platform: Windows 98/ME/2000/NT/XP/Vista/Win 7, Mac OS
Released: November 2009
Website: akitamultimedia.com/produits/sokobang.php



41.
Authors: anian + Jordi Doménech
Title: Sokoban 30th anniversary 1982-2012
Date: March 2010
Website: sokoban-jd.blogspot.com/2012/03/sokoban-30th-anniversary-1982-2012.html



42.
Author: Erim Sever
Title: Erim_the 1's half_03.04.2010
Date: April 2010
Website: www.erimsever.com/sokoban.htm



43.
Author: Jordi Doménech
Collection: Magic Sokoban 1
Title: Level 42 Original #1 Lilliput extreme - Dedicated to Erim Sever
Date: April 2010



44.
Author: David W. Skinner
Collection: Microban IV
Title: Level 42 Classic level #1 revised
Date: August 2010
Website: users.bentonrea.com/~sasquatch/sokoban/



45.
Author: David W. Skinner
Collection: Sasquatch XII
Title: Level 22 Original level #1 revised
Date: October 2010
Website: users.bentonrea.com/~sasquatch/sokoban/



46.
Authors: David W. Skinner + Jordi Doménech
Collection: The beautiful world of remodels 4 #60
Title: Sasquatch XII #22 Original level #1 revised
Date: March 2012



47.
Author: krisse727
Title: Level7
Comment: Posted in Let's Logic
Date: December 2010



48.
Author: anian + Jordi Doménech + zhenying
Title: Sokoban 30th anniversary 1982-2012
Date: March 2012
Website: blog.163.com/changkai_8428/blog/static/7745191820123643317569/