General analysis - AlCh440/SmallBrains GitHub Wiki

.. Sokoban (倉庫番, Sōko-ban) is series of a puzzle video games in which the player pushes crates or boxes around in a warehouse, trying to get them to storage locations. Sokoban series always had similar genre which is puzzle game. Several puzzles can be considered variants of the original Sokoban game in the sense that they all make use of a controllable character pushing boxes around in a maze. The original game was developed by Thinking Rabbit, a software house based in Takarazuka, Japan in 1982. Super soukoban was released by the same developer in January 29, 1993 on SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) only. Furthermore, the game was released only in japan with no official english version.

Unfortunately, the technical information for this particular games hasn't been found. The only information is that it was released on SNES and didn't make high sales for its international release.

Implementations of Sokoban have been written for numerous computer platforms, including almost all home computer and personal computer systems. Different versions also exist for video game consoles, mobile phones, graphic calculators, digital cameras and electronic organizers.

The original (1981) game had a big influence and created many sequels and similar genre games. The most recent ones, for example is HELLTAKER, that was released in 11 may 2020 by vanripper.

The other recent game is Baba Is You by Hempuli Oy, Arvi Teikari, MP2 Games.