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"Mendel Palace" (known as "Quinty" in Japan) is a puzzle-action game developed by Game Freak and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1989. The game revolves around the protagonist, Bon-Bon, who is on a quest to rescue his girlfriend, Candy, from a bizarre dream world created by her mischievous cousins. Players navigate through 100 different rooms spread across ten unique floors, each helmed by one of Candy's cousins as the boss. The game mechanics are centered around flipping floor tiles to make them disappear, or to use them as weapons to defeat enemies. Alongside moving in four directions, players must strategically manipulate the tiles to push adversaries off the screen or into traps.

"Mendel Palace" distinguishes itself with its multi-layered gameplay and cooperative mode, where two players can work together to progress through the levels. Its unique approach of using floor tiles as both defense mechanism and offensive tool provides a distinctive twist to the traditional puzzle formula. Designed by Satoshi Tajiri, who is best known as the creator of Pokémon, this game showcases early innovative design philosophies that would later be seen in his more famous works. Despite its relative obscurity in the broad NES library, "Mendel Palace" is often praised for its originality, engaging cooperative gameplay, and dynamic challenge, making it a beloved cult classic among retro gaming enthusiasts.

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