<s>
Palamedes	B-Application
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
game	O
requiring	O
the	O
players	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
dice	B-Language
they	O
are	O
holding	O
to	O
the	O
dice	B-Language
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
"	O
B	O
"	O
button	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
change	O
the	O
number	O
on	O
their	O
dice	B-Language
,	O
then	O
throw	O
it	O
using	O
the	O
"	O
A	O
"	O
button	O
when	O
it	O
matches	O
the	O
dice	B-Language
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
which	O
wipes	O
the	O
target	O
dice	B-Language
off	O
the	O
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
matching	O
dice	B-Language
in	O
some	O
combinations	O
,	O
like	O
doing	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
number	O
several	O
times	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
doing	O
a	O
1-to-6	O
sequence	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
awarded	O
a	O
special	O
move	O
where	O
they	O
can	O
eliminate	O
three	O
to	O
five	O
lines	O
of	O
dice	B-Language
on	O
the	O
game	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
regular	O
time	O
intervals	O
(	O
which	O
get	O
smaller	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
progresses	O
)	O
new	O
dice	B-Language
lines	O
are	O
added	O
,	O
and	O
when	O
a	O
die	O
touches	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
ends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
play	O
in	O
"	O
solitaire	O
"	O
mode	O
against	O
the	O
computer	O
or	O
another	O
player	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
tournament	O
"	O
mode	O
against	O
AI	B-Application
opponents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
six	O
sides	O
and	O
numbers	O
on	O
the	O
dice	B-Language
,	O
making	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
match	O
all	O
the	O
numbers	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
eliminating	O
them	O
a	O
challenge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
by	O
HOT-B	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japan-only	O
sequel	O
,	O
Palamedes	B-Application
2	O
:	O
Star	O
Twinkles	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
by	O
HOT-B	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Palamedes	B-Application
on	O
their	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
1990	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
sixteenth	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Famitsu	O
magazine	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
,	O
scoring	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
22	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
