Skweek (Japan)

Skweek is a puzzle action game originally created by French studio Loriciel, and this particular version is the Japanese release for the Sega Game Gear. While Loriciel developed the game for home computers in the late 1980s, the handheld port brought the quirky isometric gameplay to a portable audience. It is an official commercial title, not a hack or translation, though it remained Japan-exclusive on this system.

You control a small blue creature called Skweek, moving across a grid of colored squares. The main objective is to paint every tile on the level by walking over them, turning them from one color to another. Enemies patrol the board and will chase you; touching them costs a life. The game mixes puzzle logic with real-time action, as you need to plan efficient paths while avoiding or luring enemies away. Power-ups appear occasionally to help clear tiles or slow foes.

Skweek is a niche but memorable title in the Game Gear library, offering a distinct blend of puzzle and arcade action that stands apart from more conventional puzzle games like Columns. Its simple premise hides increasing difficulty, and the Japanese version runs solidly on the hardware. If you enjoy brain-teasers with a touch of tension, it is worth a look, though it remains a lesser-known oddity rather than a system staple.