Junction

Junction is a puzzle game for the SEGA Genesis released in 1990. It was developed and published by Micronet under license from Konami. The title originally came out in Japan and later saw a US release. It's a sliding puzzle game at its core, a relatively niche genre on the console. The player controls a ball that rolls along tracks on tile-based puzzles. The goal is to align the tracks so the ball can roll over bridged sections set at the border of each puzzle. The game offers 50 levels that can be selected in any order, but you need to accumulate a certain point total by level 50 to see the ending. It's a straightforward but challenging puzzle concept. For fans of puzzle games, Junction offers a unique experience on the Genesis. It's not as fast-paced as action puzzlers like Columns or Puyo Puyo, but its track-alignment mechanics are distinctive. If you enjoy spatial reasoning and sliding puzzles, this is a solid pick from the early library. Just be prepared for a simple presentation and moderate difficulty curve.