Game: Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Publisher: Capcom
The first puzzle game to be inspired by a beat-’em-up is Capcom’s Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, which, in spite of its title, isn’t actually a sequel. Instead, it’s a two-player, columns-style puzzle game, released in 1996, that pays homage to the publisher’s beat-’em-up heritage: the title is inspired by Super Street Fighter II Turbo and the super-deformed characters are drawn from the Street Fighter and Dark stalkers series. A year later, Capcom released what is the only beat-’em-up based on a puzzle game when it broughtout Pocket Fighter, using the same character sprites.

Guinness World Records Gamers’ Edition 2009.