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RyuKyu

Overview

Solitaire Poker, known as Ryukyu (琉球) in Japan, is a puzzle game developed by ASCII and Login Soft for various Japanese home computers. It was ported to Sega System 16 arcade hardware by Success and Sega in 1990. Face ported it to the Sega Game Gear the following year, with Sega releasing it overseas as Solitaire Poker.

Solitaire Poker. That's certainly an odd sounding combination, but that's exactly what it is. It's even more interesting that you realize that there is a touch of bingo in there too. Your objective is to draw face-down cards from one of four different piles and draw these cards into five different "hands" that are scored as traditional poker values. However the hands may be scored in any combination... vertical, horizontal or diagonal on the game board... (that's where the bingo element comes into play).

Developers
SuccessASCII
Platform
Arcade
Genre
Puzzle
Alternate Names
  • Solitaire Poker
  • Ryuukyuu
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Media

Arcade - Controls Information

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Japan -  251 x 450

Arcade - Marquee

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Japan -  768 x 469

Box - 3D

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North America -  582 x 889

Clear Logo

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North America -  400 x 175
RyuKyu - Clear Logo (Japan) - 400x175
Japan -  400 x 175

Fanart - Box - Front

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Japan -  771 x 1084
RyuKyu - Fanart - Box - Front (North America) - 560x780
North America -  560 x 780

Fanart - Cart - Front

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Japan -  436 x 533