Balance 67 (SNES)

Balance 67 is a homebrew game for the Super Nintendo. Fill, empty and pour water between jugs until you measure exactly the right amount, then balance a scale with the same water on both sides.

No timers. No enemies. Just water, jugs and your head. Every level has a best solution. Can you find it?

🧩 How to Play

• Jug levels: get the TARGET amount of water in any jug (for example TARGET 4L IN ANY).
• Scale levels: one jug on the left pan, two jugs on the right pan. Put the TARGET on each side at the same time (TARGET 7L / SIDE). The scale tilts to the heavier side.
• Pouring stops when the source jug is empty or the other jug is full.
• NO TAP levels have no water supply: you can only pour and empty.
• Every fill, empty or pour is one STEP. PAR is the fewest steps that solve the level.
• Finish at PAR for 3 diamonds, up to PAR + 2 for 2 diamonds, anything else for 1.

🕹️ Controls

Button	Action
Left / Right	Move the arrow between jugs
Y	Fill the jug from the tap
X	Empty the jug
A	Pick the SOURCE jug
B	Pour the SOURCE into the jug under the arrow
SELECT	Undo the last step
START	Pause menu: A restarts the level, SELECT goes back to the title
L / R	Change level (unlocked levels)

✨ Features

• 67 levels, each with a different solution, all proven solvable
• Two puzzle types: classic water jugs and a balance scale
• A gentle learning curve: every new idea gets its own easy level first
• Up to 201 DIAMONDS for perfect solutions, plus undo and level select
• Original music and sound effects
• Battery save for your progress and best scores, and a few hidden secrets to discover

💾 How to Run

Download Balance67_v1.smc (LoROM, NTSC, 128 KB with battery save) and open it in a Super Nintendo emulator. Tested on the Snes9x and bsnes emulator cores (as used in RetroArch).

🏆 Achievements Suggestions

The suggested set. All of them can be earned in a single playthrough.

• First Drop — Clear level 1.
• Even Steven — Clear level 2, the first scale level.
• Getting the Hang of It — Clear level 10.
• Twenty Liters — Clear level 20.
• Halfway Full — Clear level 34.
• Fifty Pours — Clear level 50.
• Balance 67 — Clear level 67, the final level.
• The Real Six Seven (Easter Egg) — Some measures are more than just numbers.
• Liquid Gold (Easter Egg) — Before you even start, count to six on one shoulder and to seven on the other.
• Lucky Seven — Clear level 7 (7L / SIDE) with 3 diamonds.
• Dry Run — Clear a NO TAP level with 3 diamonds.
• Sharp Mind — Clear a level with par 10 or more with 3 diamonds.
• Scale Master — Clear a scale level with par 10 or more with 3 diamonds.
• No Take-Backs — Clear any level from level 30 onward without using undo.
• Perfect Finale — Clear level 67 with 3 diamonds.
• Diamond Mine — Clear a level with 100 or more diamonds saved.
• Flawless — Clear a level with all 201 diamonds saved (3 on every level).
• Overthinker — Go 10 steps over par on any level.
• Read the Manual — Read all 4 pages of How to Play.
• Thanks for Playing — Watch the credits right after the ending.

📝 Version

v1 — October 2026: initial release.