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<h2>Overview</h2><p>Daedalian Opus is a single player puzzle game originally released in July of 1990. The game was developed by <a href="/vic-tokai-corporation/3010-1478/" data-ref-id="3010-1478">Vic Tokai Corporation</a> and published by both <a href="/karoshi-corporation/3010-2136/" data-ref-id="3010-2136">Karoshi Corporation</a> (<a href="/msx/3045-15/" data-ref-id="3045-15">MSX</a> release) and <a href="/vic-tokai-inc/3010-643/" data-ref-id="3010-643">Vic Tokai</a> (<a href="/game-boy/3045-3/" data-ref-id="3045-3">Game Boy</a> release).</p><p>The MSX version of the game was developed and released in 2006 by Karoshi Corporation as part of the MSXdev'06 competition.</p><p> </p><h2>Gameplay</h2><p>The goal of each level is to completely fill in the area of a shape using only the puzzle pieces provided. These shapes were penominos, like Tetris blocks, and could be rotated in a similar manner. While lacking a modern "save" feature, upon completion of each level, the player was provided with a password they could enter later as a level skip.</p><p> </p><h2>Interesting facts</h2><ul><li>"Daedalian" is taken from the mythical Greek craftsman "Daedalus" who was responsible for contrusting the Labyrinth.</li></ul><ul><li>The password system was somewhat flawed, in that each password was a guessable four-letter English word.</li></ul><ul><li>The "ultimate" password that gives access to a level selection screen is "ZEAL". It is revealed upon completion of the final level.</li></ul>