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) 
  • 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.

StatusIn development
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorNewsdee
GenrePuzzle
TagsBoard Game, pcengine, Retro, TurboGrafx-16, turbografx-16
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsGamepad (any)
AccessibilityColor-blind friendly, Textless
MultiplayerLocal multiplayer
Player count1 - 2

Download

Download
KEX_v1.01.pce 256 kB

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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