Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
Despite the strange name, Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine actually helped launch a major franchise for Sega, Puyo-Puyo. It’s interesting to go back and see the origins of the franchise, especially when you compare it to the more recent releases, like Puyo-Puyo Tetris.
The game’s story revolves around Dr. Robotnik capturing residents from the city of Beanville, and turning them into his evil robots. It’s a falling block puzzle game, similar to Tetris, where you need to match beans of the same color.
When at leats four beans of the same color are matched, they’ll disappear from the grid. There are a number of options to play with in Mean Bean Machine as well, like a single player scenario mode, a two-player versus mode, and a practice mode.
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine is still a blast to play to this day, like most Puyo-Puyo games, and it adds some nice variation to the Genesis Mini.
