Puyo Puyo (video game)

Puyo Puyo
Puyo Puyo
	Japanese Mega Drive cover art, featuring protagonist Arle
Developer	Compile
Publishers	Compile MSX, PC-9801; Compile; Famicom Disk System, Famicom; Compile; Tokuma Shoten; Arcade, Mega Drive, Game Gear, mobile; Sega; Super Famicom, Game Boy; Banpresto; FM Towns; CRI; X68000; SPS Co., Ltd.; CD-ROM²; NEC Avenue; Windows, Mac OS; Bothtec; ;
Directors	Masanobu Tsukamoto (FC and 1992–1996 releases)
Producer	Masamitsu Niitani
Programmers	Mitsugi Tanaka MSX2, Famicom Disk System, Famicom; Mitsugi Tanaka; Mega Drive; K. Yoshinaka; Super Famicom; Takayuki Hirono; Game Gear; Nattoh; Game Boy; Shigemitsu Takamiya; CD-ROM²; Masashi Katsuragi; ;
Composers	List MSX; Masanobu Tsukamoto; Akiyoshi Nagao; Toshiaki Sakoda; Masaaki Harada; Famicom Disk System, Famicom; Masaaki Harada; Game Boy; Daisuke Fujimoto; ;
Series	Puyo Puyo
Platform	List MSX2, Famicom Disk System, arcade, Mega Drive, Game Gear, PC-9801, Famicom, Super Famicom, FM Towns, X68000, PC Engine CD-ROM², Game Boy, Windows, Windows CE, Mac OS, mobile phone;
Release	October 25, 1991 MSX2, Famicom Disk System JP: October 25, 1991; Arcade JP: October 1992; EU: 1992; Mega Drive JP: December 18, 1992; Game Gear, PC-9801 JP: March 19, 1993; Famicom JP: July 23, 1993; Super Famicom JP: December 10, 1993; FM Towns JP: March 18, 1994; X68000 JP: March 25, 1994; CD-ROM² JP: April 22, 1994; Game Boy JP: July 31, 1994; Windows 3.1 JP: May 28, 1995; Windows 95 JP: August 2, 1996; Windows CE JP: May 1, 1998; Mac OS JP: December 28, 1996; Mobile; i-appli JP: April 2, 2001; J-Sky JP: November 14, 2001; EZweb JP: December 18, 2002; BREW JP: October 2, 2003; ;
Genre	Puzzle
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

Puyo Puyo (ぷよぷよ) is a 1991 puzzle video game developed and published by Compile for the MSX2. It is the first installment of the Puyo Puyo series, and uses characters from Compile's 1990 role-playing game Madō Monogatari. The game was produced by Compile founder Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani, who was inspired by certain elements from the Tetris and Dr. Mario series of games.

The game was released for the Famicom Disk System by Tokuma Shoten on the same day of the MSX2 release under the name Famimaga Disk Vol. 5: Puyo Puyo (ファミマガディスク Vol.5 ぷよぷよ, Famimaga Disuku Boryūmu Faibu: Puyo Puyo) and as part of the Famimaga Disk series. A year after the MSX2 and FDS versions, Sega released an arcade version that heavily expanded upon the original versions by including a one-player story mode and a two-player competitive mode.