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Sure Instinct

Sure Instinct

Console: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
TV Standard: Other
Publisher(s): HomeBrew Software
Release Date: 2021-11-07
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: Not Rated
Type: Puzzle, Unofficial
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Sure Instinct is a puzzle game that is comparable to Chip's Challenge. You navigate a ball through a maze, and get various power-ups that help you along the way. The game utilizes the SNES Mouse, but I found that it controls perfectly fine with a controller. One of the neat things of this game is that the game boards have front and back sides, and you can affect one side with what you do on the other.

This game is undoubtedly the most polished of the four games entered in the SNESdev Game Jam. In some ways, the graphics style reminds me of Uniracers. The sound is good, and the implementation of a high pitched Japanese voice is a nice touch to make it feel like a Super Famicom game. The levels are fairly long, and there are a few trip-ups that means that you might be forced to reset. Keep an eye on the cracks in the floor, is all I will say!