'''''Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine''''' is a puzzle game for the [[Sega Game Gear]] and [[Sega Master System]]. It is similar to its [[Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine|16-bit counterpart]] for the [[sega:Sega Mega Drive|Sega Mega Drive]], but contains an additional Puzzle Mode that is not present in the Mega Drive version. This version was included as an unlockable game in ''[[Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut]]'', and later as a default game in the compilation [[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]] (which itself featured in later compilations).
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'''''Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine''''' is a puzzle game for the [[Sega Game Gear]] and [[Sega Master System]]. It is similar to its [[Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine|16-bit counterpart]] for the [[sega:Sega Mega Drive|Sega Mega Drive]], but contains an additional Puzzle Mode that is not present in the Mega Drive version. This version was included as an unlockable game in ''[[Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut]]'', and later as a default game in the compilation ''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]'' (which itself featured in later compilations).
For information on the storyline and gameplay common to both versions of the game, see [[Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine|the article about the 16-bit version]].
For information on the storyline and gameplay common to both versions of the game, see [[Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine|the article about the 16-bit version]].
This is the game's story mode, in which Has Bean must "Battle Robotnik's ranks of robot flunkies in order to save Beanville!" The player competes against computer-controlled characters in 13 stages. Most of these characters are also found in the pilot and 1st episode of the show, and each one is based on a corresponding character from the original Puyo Puyo game. The pilot even has a scene that looks striking similar to the continue screen in this game.
Compile took the puzzle mode from Nazo Puyo, released a few months earlier, and added them to this version of Mean Bean Machine. The Puzzle Mode unique to this version requires the player to solve increasingly difficult puzzle challenges.