I got the Twist one for my birthday, and my large family all took a crack at it. It ended up getting chucked into the pool.
AveryCoooolDude on
I’ve never had one of these, but my cousin did, and when I tried it, it was so fun, almost addictive.
I can’t believe children would prefer watching short-form A.I.-generated content over playing with this.
CarelessNameChoice on
The final boss of dungeon crawlers
warmgirldiary on
The sheer frustration of hitting a dead end and having to start all over again really prepared a whole generation for the difficulty of modern gaming mechanics.
WhoseverSlinky0 on
For anyone wondering, this toy is called a perplexus. I have a few of them, and they are great. First time I ever tried one was in elementary school, in one of the lunch break rooms where most toys were stored, and sometimes an adult would just get a bunch of them out and everyone would fight over it. It was the holy grail of toys in our school
Soy000 on
this looks like one of those “Name 1 thing in the photo”
Da_Bird8282 on
Oh yeah I know these toys too. They are extremely frustrating.
softgirlline on
The frustration of being nearly at the end only to hit a snag and have to start all over again from the beginning was definitely my introduction to permadeath.
denkata07 on
I love that puzzle. Still playing with it.
Aggravating_Shoe3748 on
What is this thing
Sensitive_Ad_5031 on
I remember playing with that, but totally forgot about when and where I did.
Loot_Goblin2 on
What is that?
Educational-Cow-3874 on
Aren’t roguelikes randomly generated so they are never the same? This looks like it has a set route to master?
Calm-Elevator5125 on
For everyone wondering what this is, it’s a toy called a perplexus. It’s a 3d gravity maze where you tilt the toy to guide a little ball through a maze without it falling off. The one you see here is the “epic” variant which is the “hard” one. I have one myself but it’s a different color scheme. Blue and white.
LightningLord2137 on
Don’t remind me
Dr_Axton on
Man, it’s been so long since I’ve last played the thing… like 15 years minimum
Bourriks on
Roguelike is more a random level generated on each time.
This ball labyrinth is a perfect die-and-retry tho, my kids have several and I love playing on them.
Playful_Nergetic786 on
True, I swear and as a kid it was so hard to break these balls
NSUnivers on
Never beat it, it’s the strongest game boss of my childhood
AscendedViking7 on
Oh God.
Perplexus.
A surge of memories just went through my system, man.
Krysia_Sobol on
I had one of these as a kid but the ball thing intended in to it self and it was impossible to play since it somehow blocked the track, I was pissed becouse I couldn’t even fix it
Psycatpath_uwu on
I thought of noita because of the colors
BustyBot on
My brain seen a ball turret.
Sarah_Incognito on
I played the original Rogue on a computer that used a dotmatrix printer instead of a monitor.
lenny_is_sgtc on
Whenever I need to get something from CVS I’ll spend a bit playing with the one on the shelf, I should just buy it next time I’m there.
Signal-Cloud-8142 on
Your first roguelike either made you rage quit forever or turned you into someone who enjoys suffering for fun.
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I got the Twist one for my birthday, and my large family all took a crack at it. It ended up getting chucked into the pool.
I’ve never had one of these, but my cousin did, and when I tried it, it was so fun, almost addictive.
I can’t believe children would prefer watching short-form A.I.-generated content over playing with this.
The final boss of dungeon crawlers
The sheer frustration of hitting a dead end and having to start all over again really prepared a whole generation for the difficulty of modern gaming mechanics.
For anyone wondering, this toy is called a perplexus. I have a few of them, and they are great. First time I ever tried one was in elementary school, in one of the lunch break rooms where most toys were stored, and sometimes an adult would just get a bunch of them out and everyone would fight over it. It was the holy grail of toys in our school
this looks like one of those “Name 1 thing in the photo”
Oh yeah I know these toys too. They are extremely frustrating.
The frustration of being nearly at the end only to hit a snag and have to start all over again from the beginning was definitely my introduction to permadeath.
I love that puzzle. Still playing with it.
What is this thing
I remember playing with that, but totally forgot about when and where I did.
What is that?
Aren’t roguelikes randomly generated so they are never the same? This looks like it has a set route to master?
For everyone wondering what this is, it’s a toy called a perplexus. It’s a 3d gravity maze where you tilt the toy to guide a little ball through a maze without it falling off. The one you see here is the “epic” variant which is the “hard” one. I have one myself but it’s a different color scheme. Blue and white.
Don’t remind me
Man, it’s been so long since I’ve last played the thing… like 15 years minimum
Roguelike is more a random level generated on each time.
This ball labyrinth is a perfect die-and-retry tho, my kids have several and I love playing on them.
True, I swear and as a kid it was so hard to break these balls
Never beat it, it’s the strongest game boss of my childhood
Oh God.
Perplexus.
A surge of memories just went through my system, man.
I had one of these as a kid but the ball thing intended in to it self and it was impossible to play since it somehow blocked the track, I was pissed becouse I couldn’t even fix it
I thought of noita because of the colors
My brain seen a ball turret.
I played the original Rogue on a computer that used a dotmatrix printer instead of a monitor.
Whenever I need to get something from CVS I’ll spend a bit playing with the one on the shelf, I should just buy it next time I’m there.
Your first roguelike either made you rage quit forever or turned you into someone who enjoys suffering for fun.