When did Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R release?

Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R was first released on June 1, 1994.

Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R

Jun 1, 1994PuzzleArcadeSega Mega Drive/Genesis Sega Game Gear Sega Saturn PlayStation 2

Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R on?: Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R was released on Arcade, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Sega Saturn, PlayStation 2.
When did Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R release?: Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R was first released on June 1, 1994.

About Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R

Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R (also known as just Ichidant-R (イチダントアール?) is a puzzle video game developed and released by Sega in 1994 for the Sega System C. It is the sequel to Puzzle & Action: Tant-R and is the second of the three games in the series. Gameplay is similar to Tant-R, in that the player must complete a series of mini-games, although its crime theme is replaced with a mediaeval theme. The game was ported to the Sega Game Gear in 1994, Mega Drive in 1995, and released with Sega Ages compilations for the Sega Saturn and the PlayStation 2 (Rouka ni Ichidant-R and 2500 Vol.6 respectively). The game was released for the Wii Virtual Console in 2007. The game was re-released worldwide as part of the Sega Ages line. The third and final game in the series, Puzzle & Action: Treasure Hunt, was released in 1997.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Arcade, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Sega Saturn, PlayStation 2
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Fake risk
Sega Genesis	1995	$22	$50	—	Low

Also released on: Arcade · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Sega Game Gear · Sega Saturn · PlayStation 2. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29

Loose

$22

few sales

Complete

$50

few sales

Sealed

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How often it sells

Loose: about once a year
Complete: about once a year
Sealed: rarely — fewer than one recorded sale a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $23 in Apr 2021, $23 five years ago, and $22 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2022	$21	$46
Jan 2023	$21	$43
Jan 2024	$22	$43
Jan 2025	$22	$57
Jan 2026	$22	$50
Oct 2026	$22	$50

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number
Japan	13 January 1995	G-4128

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Mega Drive software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published where both agree on the same cartridge dump, or from the libretro records alone where MAME lists no number for that dump. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: JP
Released: 1995
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages, the Genesis Mini and Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Sega Genesis prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A quirky Sega mini-game collection with a medieval theme that came out only in Japan, and an average-priced Japanese cart.

Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R is the second game in Sega's Puzzle & Action series and the sequel to Tant-R. It is a collection of mini-games in which the detectives of the first game return as knights in a theatre play, replacing the earlier crime theme with a medieval one. The Mega Drive version came out only in Japan, on 13 January 1995, after the arcade original. Like Tant-R, it has a free mode for practicing the individual games.

How the Sega Genesis version differs

The Mega Drive version has a free mode for practicing the mini-games, as in Tant-R, and adds a new RPG-style quest mode.

Also on other platforms

Arcade · Game Gear · Sega Saturn · PlayStation 2

Arcade. An English arcade version exists that replaces the Japanese voices with English ones.
Sega Saturn. The Saturn release came on the Sega Ages Rouka ni Ichidant-R compilation.

Before you buy

Among Japan-only carts it sits about at the middle. Sega Retro lists it as supporting Sega's Team Player adapter. Japanese cartridges are a different shape and do not fit a Western console without an adapter or removing two plastic tabs in its slot.