Cleopatra Fortune (クレオパトラフォーチュン), released in North America as Cleopatra's Fortune, is a 1995 arcade puzzle video game created by Taito in association with Natsume Co., Ltd.

Cleopatra Fortune
Developer(s)Taito
Natsume Co., Ltd.
Publisher(s)Taito
Altron
Designer(s)Kenji Kaido (Taito X-55)
Makoto Fujita
Seiichi Nakakuki
Shuya Takaoka (Arcade)
Programmer(s)Moriyuki Kanaya
Artist(s)Yasunobu Kosokabe
Isao Inoue
Kana Hirano
Kazuhiko Kawai
Composer(s)Shuichiro Nakazawa
Hideki Takahagi
Platform(s)Taito X-55, Arcade, PlayStation, Saturn, Dreamcast, Mobile, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows
ReleaseTaito X-55
  • JP: December 1995
Arcade
  • JP: September 1996
Saturn
  • JP: February 14, 1997
PlayStation
  • JP: May 17, 2001
  • NA: 2003
  • EU: February 7, 2003
Dreamcast
  • JP: June 21, 2001
Mobile
  • NA: September 5, 2003
PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Windows
  • WW: November 23, 2022
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemTaito F3 System

Gameplay

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The gameplay is similar to Tetris in which the player has to direct blocks of stone, mummy and/or treasure to create closures which eliminates the treasure and adds to the player's score. Also if a full line of stone blocks, treasure blocks or mummy blocks is formed they will disappear in a similar fashion to Tetris and also add to the player's score.

Release

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The game was initially released in late 1995 for the Taito X-55, a home karaoke machine that was able to download music and games over a phone line.[1] An arcade port was released the following year, followed by a PlayStation version and a Sega Saturn version that were released in Japan, along with a Dreamcast version in 2001. The PlayStation and Dreamcast versions were developed and published by Altron and feature redrawn graphics and a remixed soundtrack. The PlayStation version was released in the U.S. in 2003, while the original arcade game was included in Taito Memories Jōkan for the PlayStation 2 in 2005, and Taito Legends 2 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows in 2006. An arcade-only sequel called Cleopatra Fortune Plus was released in 2002 on the Sega NAOMI system. It was created in association with Altron instead of Natsume Co., Ltd. A port published by City Connection and based on the Saturn version titled Cleopatra Fortune S-Tribute was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Windows on November 23, 2022.

References

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  1. ^ "Taito X-55: Go! Go! Kill your phone bill with Ms. Amuro! - insert credit". forums.insertcredit.com. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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