Amazing Tater (1991). Play online

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Amazing Tater Cover Art

2.2 / 5

Platform
Game Boy
Genres
Puzzle · Strategy
Developer Companies
Atlus
Publishers
Atlus
Release date
2 August 1991
Languages
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 English

Summary

Amazing Tater builds on Kwirk’s puzzle‑pushing mechanics, tasking players with shepherding a little potato through increasingly tricky rooms. Crates of varying shapes must be slid into matching holes, and spin‑activated doors add a rotating challenge that demands precise timing.
Four play styles keep the experience fresh: a Beginner mode that walks you through each step, a Practice mode that lets you pick level size from a random pool, a Puzzle mode with 40 time‑based challenges, and an Action mode that stitches the puzzles into two themed stories – Mega Picnic and Puzzle Forest. A password system and four difficulty settings let you jump back in without losing progress.
Contemporary reviewers praised the game’s charm and its blend of cute visuals with solid, brain‑teasing difficulty, even noting a handy two‑player twist after you beat the solo levels. While the graphics were deemed plain, the music received particular shout‑outs for lifting the simple Game Boy aesthetics.

Edited by Maya Carter

Game Screenshots

  • Amazing Tater Screenshot 1

Alternative Titles

  • A-Mazing Tater Stylized