When did Puzzle & Action: Tant-R release?

Puzzle & Action: Tant-R was first released on December 31, 1992.

Puzzle & Action: Tant-R

Dec 31, 1992PuzzleArcadeWii Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Sega Game Gear Sega Saturn

Puzzle & Action: Tant-R — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Puzzle & Action: Tant-R on?: Puzzle & Action: Tant-R was released on Arcade, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Sega Saturn, PlayStation 2.
When did Puzzle & Action: Tant-R release?: Puzzle & Action: Tant-R was first released on December 31, 1992.

About Puzzle & Action: Tant-R

Puzzle & Action: Tant-R is a Sega System C puzzle game developed and published by Sega. It is the first in Puzzle & Action series, and has subsequently been ported to the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear. Though the arcade version of Tant-R reached South Korea, the Mega Drive version remained exclusive to Japan and no versions of the game have ever made it to North America or Europe. Tant-R borrows its graphical style from Bonanza Bros., and is therefore often seen as a spin-off. The two were paired with the game's sequel, Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R in volume 6 of the Sega Ages 2500 series for the PlayStation 2. Tant-R was also paired with Quiz Shukudai wo Wasuremashita for a compilation on the Sega Saturn. A spinoff Saturn game – Sega Ages Vol.1 Shukudai ga Tant-R – was also made.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Arcade, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Sega Saturn, PlayStation 2
Developer: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
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	1994	$9	$35	—	Low

Also released on: Arcade · Wii · 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

few sales

Complete

$35

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 $0.99 in Apr 2021, $0.99 five years ago, and $9.38 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2022	$7.00	$26
Jan 2023	$10.00	$26
Jan 2024	$9.39	$13.69
Jan 2025	$9.38	$25
Jan 2026	$9.38	$35
Oct 2026	$9.38	$35

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

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number	Barcode
Japan	1 April 1994	G-4118	4974365541187

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: 1994
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 Japan-only party of timed mini-games starring the Bonanza Bros. detectives, and an inexpensive import.

Puzzle & Action: Tant-R is a puzzle game from Sega that began in the arcade on Sega System C and is a spin-off of Bonanza Bros., with the Bonanza Bros. characters Robo and Mobo as detectives. The Mega Drive version came out in Japan on 1 April 1994. A prison escapee is chased through a series of timed mini-games, and in the Mega Drive version you locate his hideout on a map.

That version adds a free mode for practicing the mini-games and a Competition mode.

Also on other platforms

Arcade · Game Gear · Sega Saturn · PlayStation 2

Sega Saturn. The Saturn version arrived in 1996 as part of the Sega Ages Shukudai ga Tant R compilation.
PlayStation 2. An updated PlayStation 2 version on Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 6 needs only one heart piece for an extra life, and the Sega Classics Collection was the only English localization.

Before you buy

Japanese cartridges are a different shape from Western ones and do not fit a Western console without an adapter or removing two plastic tabs in its slot. Sega Retro lists it as supporting Sega's Team Player. Among Japanese carts it sits below the middle, so it is an easy cart to buy.