06 June 2014

Sokoban lessons - Big lines

This post is to relax. Most of puzzles are relatively easy and fun to solve. Conditions:

- Lines of 9 or more goals.
- In the puzzles there may be other goals, but the line has to be the main theme.

A curious fact: the most difficult lines are 5 to 8 boxes, and it deserves another post.

You can download all puzzles (except commercial) here:
 




Author: unknown (Thinking Rabbit)
Title: 涙の倉庫番スペシャル ("Namida no Soukoban Special"; NES, Famicom - ASCII Corp.) #96
Later publication: Sokoban Perfect (1989) #212
Date: July 1986
Difficulty: 5.5
Best moves/pushes: 1096/426 (Sokobano)

Double problem: take out the first box, and put all boxes in the cargo area.




Author: Yoshio Sakae
Title: Sokoban Revenge #55 南京錠 (Padlock)
Date: 1991
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 1375/411

Excellent! Big line in the middle and rooms on the corners.





Author: Yoshio Sakae
Title: Sokoban Revenge #146 扉の向こう側 (The other side of the door)
Date: 1991
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 600/160

Exceptional! One of my favorite puzzles from always.





Author: Hir (Masato Hiramatsu)
Title: Ikki tsuukan
Comment: from BanSoko 031
Date: 1997.4.12
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 318/95

Simple and fun to solve.





Author: David W. Skinner + Marek Letrab
Title: Sasquatch III #48 Parallel Logic 2 c
Comment: added 6 boxes
Date: June 2000. Remodel: c. October 2002
Difficulty: 7
Best moves/pushes: 1048/405 (Wolfgang Haas)

As Skinner notes on its website, this level is an improved version of Sasquatch #49. Marek Letrab made an extension and deleted the bottom. 





Author: Hirohiko Nakamiya
Title: Nakamiya #3
Comment: also published in Monster Sokoban 7-2
Date: June-July 2000
Website: miya.s16.xrea.com/selection/bannin/
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 216/61

A little gem!





Author: David W. Skinner + York Shen
Title: Sasquatch V #25 a
Date: December 2001. Remodel: c. April 2005
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 521/108 (ken glass)

Classic line-up. I publish this version of York Shen, with one more box, and lightly more difficult. York Shen has other more complicated versions, with up to 22 boxes, but with important modifications in the structure. Finally, stopheart also made a remodel with a more box.





Author: David W. Skinner
Title: Sasquatch V #27
Date: December 2001
Difficulty: 6.5
Best moves/pushes: 4940/1530 (Sokobano)

This puzzle reminds Sokoban Perfect #212 (see above). There is also an arrangement of York Shen with a box more.





Author: Arpad Fekete
Title: #5 Line
Comment: It took very long to finish cr(e)ating this level.
Date: 2003.7.18
Difficulty: 5.5
Best moves/pushes: 1121/303

Nice level. The biggest difficulty is to put all the boxes in the cargo area.





Author: Sven Egevad
Title: SE 987
Comment: line-up medium
Date: c. 2003
Website: www.egevad.nu/sven/
Difficulty: 5
Best moves/pushes: 178/84 (xbluejimx)

Another classic line-up. It is not as easy as it seems... 





Author: Keijo Sopuli
Title: #12 Line
Date: c. May 2004
Difficulty: 6.5
Best moves/pushes: 2033/550 (Archanfel + TIAOA)

Maybe it's one of the most classic big lines, and one of my favorites.





Author: Panda + unknown
Title: Panda 92 #50 b
Date: c. 2004
Difficulty: 5
Best moves/pushes: 301/65

Beautiful line and nice to solve.





Author: Vipul Patel
Title: Sokodeal #7
Date: September 2008
Difficulty: 6.5
Best moves/pushes: 6971/1957 (Archanfel)

Don't panic! It is not easy to put all boxes in the cargo area... See also Sokodeal #36 et seq.





Author: David W. Skinner
Title: Sasquatch X #39
Date: July 2010
Difficulty: 6.5
Best moves/pushes: 1761/629

Extended version of Sasquatch II #7. Problem: put all the boxes on the stairs.





Author: 推乐山 (Tui Leshan)
Title: 剑 (Sword)
Date: 2011.2.23
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 8049/3264

Spectacular sword!





Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: First levels #171
Date: January 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 774/248

Rotary level, in the classic style of Přemysl Zíka.





Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: First levels #179
Date: January 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 6
Best moves/pushes: 1210/334

A fun little toy.





Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: First levels #190
Comment: Joke problem
Date: February 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 8
Best moves/pushes: 13506/1849

Incredibly difficult and laborious puzzle, with several "devices" that open / close the passageways. Take it calmly!






Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: First levels #231
Comment: This level looks easy, but appearances can be deceiving...
Date: April 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 8 (P.Z.)
Best moves/pushes: 1010/292 (Wolfgang Haas)

Hard and laborious pillar. You can try the previous level #230, a reduced version with only 9 boxes.





Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: First levels #247
Date: May 2012
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 5.5
Best moves/pushes: 749/221

Very nice and fun to solve!





Author: Sven Egevad + Jordi Doménech
Title: SE 1722 arr.
Comment:
key-lock hard - S.E.
arranged map - J.D.
Date: c. 2013. Remodel: 2014.3.17

Website: www.egevad.nu/sven/
Difficulty: 5
Best moves/pushes: 4194/560

It is the last puzzle of an excellent series that begins in the level #1719 (the most difficult perhaps is #1721). I have arranged the map: now is a bit more laborious to solve.





Author: TIAOA + Jordi Doménech
Title: SBM 1+ final

Set: The beautiful world of remodels 5
Date: September 2013. Remodel: 2013.9.23
Difficulty: 6.5
Best moves/pushes: 448/151

Another pillar
with additional rooms.




Author: Přemysl Zíka
Title: Secundus gradus ad Olympo #51
Comment: I quite like it.
Date: December 2013
Website: www.zusbreznice.cz/rozvrhy-zika-premysl-sokoban.cz
Difficulty: 6.5 (P.Z.)
Best moves/pushes: 870/191

Fantastic level! I love it!