While the N64 stopped receiving retail games, the Aleck 64 arcade hardware still had a few more games to go. Hanabi de Don is one such title, and one of two of the remaining Aleck 64 games that also happened to get a Game Boy Advance port. Hanabi de Don is a colour matching puzzle game with a fireworks theme, that uses a slot machine as a main mechanic.

You need to stop the slot machine at the top to select your three tiles (I think they’re some kind of punching ball, but they look like bombs). You need to match up groups of these tiles, and also link a matching character title to actually trigger scoring. Getting rows of characters activated a special ability.

Get a combo and you’ll fire some stuff in the air to set off fireworks, which pushes dud titles to the opponent. I struggled due to the colour issues (mainly matching the characters to the regular tiles), but it seems like a fun puzzle game.

Fun

Remake or remaster?

If someone can get the rights for a collection of lesser known puzzle games, this would be a good one to include.

Official Ways to get the game

There is no official way to play Don-Chan Puzzle: Hanabi de Don