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Platform
Game Boy
Genres
Puzzle
Publishers
Acclaim · Bandai
Release date
April 1, 1998

Summary

Brain Drain is a quirky puzzle title that challenges you to rebuild a pattern of icons—apples, hearts and the like—displayed in the corner of the screen. The main board is a jumble of the same symbols, and you steer a four‑slot frame that lets you rotate the enclosed pieces clockwise with a single press. Each level is timed, so you’re constantly racing the clock while trying to line everything up.

As you climb the difficulty ladder, the game throws in special effects: mystery "?" blocks can hide symbols, some pieces start rotating on their own, and even the controls may flip direction. To survive the chaos you can earn three power‑ups: a 20‑second time freeze, a flash that skips the current stage, and a credit that automatically grants a second chance after time expires.

Beyond the standard mode, Brain Drain offers a "Brain Race" where you must blitz through a set number of levels as fast as possible, turning the puzzle into a high‑speed showdown.

Edited by Maya Carter

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Single