Soko-Ban is a classic puzzle game, the basis of numerous clones in the later years. It is set in a warehouse. On each level, the player must push crates (from square to square) to get them onto designated spots; once each crate is on a marked spot, the level is complete. Crates can only be pushed one at a time (so two crates next to each other cannot be pushed together), and cannot be pulled--so it's possible to get a crate stuck in a corner, where it cannot be retrieved! By the last levels, you must plan 40 steps in advance.

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Alternate Titles

"倉庫番" -- Japanese spelling
"Sokoban" -- Dutch title

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The Good Old Classic

DOS

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The Press Says

Power Play	DOS	1987	9 out of 10	90
Happy Computer	DOS	Dec, 1987	87 out of 100	87
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Commodore 64	May, 1988	487 out of 1000	49

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Trivia

NEC version

The first edition of Soko-Ban was programmed in BASIC on the NEC PC-8801 computer. It had twenty levels, of which the latter ten had false walls which had to be passed through in order to solve the mazes. This feature was not retained in later ports.