Palamedes: 1990
Developer: Hot-B Co., Ltd.
Genre: Puzzle
Palamedes Game Manual

Palamedes is a puzzle-shooter… a refreshing new type of video game for which you’ll need sharp wits and quick fingers to escape the lines of dice that come rapidly plummeting down on you. Your objective is very simple, destroy the cascading lines of dice before you are squashed under their weight. The pace is fast and the action intense. Palamedes is not for the weak or for the meek.