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Moai Kun

Moai Kun

Console: Nintendo Entertainment System
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): Konami
Publisher(s): Konami
Release Date: 1990-03-09
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: Not Rated
Type: Puzzle
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Moai Kun (モアイくん Mr. Moai?) is a puzzle video game developed and published by Konami for the Family Computer in Japan in March 1990. The game derives its themes from Easter Island; the player controls a sentient moai statue that must rescue other moai and escape each stage via a door before the timer expires. Although platforming elements are present, the primary challenge is to find a way to manipulate the objects in each stage to reach the distressed moai and rescue them while still leaving an avenue of escape to the exit door.