Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine[a] is a falling block puzzle video game developed by Compile and published by Sega.

The plot sees Sonic antagonist Doctor Robotnik kidnapping residents from Beanville and turning them into robots.

Doctor Robotnik conceives a plan to bring terror to the world by kidnapping the citizens of Beanville and turning them into robot slaves, and eventually creating an army that will help him rid the planet of fun and joy.

Putting his plan into motion, Robotnik sends out his Henchbots to gather all the bean-like creatures and group them together in dark dungeons so they can be sent to the Mean Bean-Steaming Machine.

[5] The rest of the game's story revolves around the player character, "Has Bean",[6] and their journey to stop Robotnik's henchmen by breaking into the dungeons and freeing the bean-like creatures.

[citation needed] On each player's grid, groups of beans fall from the top of the screen and can be moved and rotated until they reach the bottom.

[34] Lucas Thomas of IGN enjoyed the game's array of puzzles and recognised that its design was intended to encourage two-player competition.

[8] Reviewing the Mega Drive version, Damien McFerran of Nintendo Life similarly echoed Thomas' opinion of the game's intention to encourage two-player competition, and also noted that it provided a "decent" challenge despite viewing that a single player could get bored easily.

[33] In contrast, Andrew Webster of Gamezebo criticised the high level of difficulty and the game's general accessibility due to its "ancient" password save system.

[16] A reviewer from Jeuxvideo.com questioned the game's originality, saying that "stacking beans to make them disappear is not a new concept" but would still satisfy fans of the genre.