Kex - PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
A downloadable marble game
Kex is a brand-new free homebrew game for the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, from the minds of Newsdee and VodSound
Score victories by aligning your marbles in a number of ways. Play against the CPU or a friend... and discover different strategies to win!
Are you ready to take on the Kex Challenge?
- One player and Two player modes
- CPU vs CPU "spectator" mode
- OST by VodSound created specifically for the PC Engine
- 8 different marble colors to choose from
- Play with Kexians or empty marbles
Game Rules - How to Play
- Each player has 4 marbles
- Player 1 goes first
- Select and slide a marble on the board each turn
- (once a marble moves, it cannot move again next turn)
- (once a marble moves, it cannot move again next turn)
- Align the marbles in one of these ways to win the round:
- Take the four corners
- Take the diagonal starting location of your opponent
- Create a block of 2x2 marbles (anywhere)
- Place your 4 marbles in a row or a column (anywhere)
- You will earn a token for each victory point above the CPU
- Earn an advantage of 5 tokens to win the game!
- If the CPU beats you, you will lose tokens as your advantage drops
What does it run on?
Kex is available as a ROM for the NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16.
We have tested with Turbo EverDrives (regular and Pro editions), Analogue Pocket, Analogue Duo, and all models of PC-Engine including the SuperGrafx.
| Status | In development |
| Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
| Author | Newsdee |
| Genre | Puzzle |
| Tags | Board Game, pcengine, Retro, TurboGrafx-16, turbografx-16 |
| Average session | About a half-hour |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Gamepad (any) |
| Accessibility | Color-blind friendly, Textless |
| Multiplayer | Local multiplayer |
| Player count | 1 - 2 |
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Install instructions
This a PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 ROM, you can play it with an emulator such as Mesen (https://www.mesen.ca/), on real hardware with a Turbo Everdrive, on an FPGA core (MiSTer, Analogue Pocket, Analogue Duo), etc.




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