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** The UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor version has the unlockable minigame "Picture Matching", where the player has to match a series of picture pairs within a time limit.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongLand3'', the Game Boy follow-up to VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble (the Land trilogy don't have their own pages here for some reason) has such a mini-game at Bear's Sheepy Shop. You can win DK Coins and Stopwatches from it, which are both needed to access the final world.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey's]] Memory Challenge'' is a game released for DOS in 1990 and ported to UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} three years later. In this game, you can choose one or two players to match cards of either Creator/{{Disney}} characters or objects (this can also be done with either two pictures or one picture and one description), whether to have eight, fifteen, or twenty-four cards to match, and how many bomb or wild cards are in this game. The seven franchises featured in this game are ''Mickey Mouse'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', and ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''.

* ''VideoGame/HiddenCity'' has Cards of Fate, where the players must match numerous cards within a set amount of time. Sometimes, a "Moves" anomaly might appear, and the player have to match all the cards within a certain number of moves.

* In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', research involves matching pairs of elements to discover new potion recipes.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongLand3'', the Game Boy follow-up to VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3 (the Land trilogy don't have their own pages here for some reason) has such a mini-game at Bear's Sheepy Shop. You can win DK Coins and Stopwatches from it, which are both needed to access the final world.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' [[VideoGame/MinecraftAdventureMaps adventure map]] ''Diversity 3'' features a mini-game like this in its Puzzle branch. There are matching pairs of mobs on each side (such as a red Mooshroom on one side and a brown one on the other, or a zombie wearing a skeleton skull and a skeleton wearing a zombie head), and you get a limited amount of guesses to match them all together.

* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'': Ancient Egypt has a minigame where groups of zombies carrying large camel pictures appear. Tapping the pictures turns them around to reveal a symbol. Match two symbols and the corresponding zombies are defeated.

* ''VideoGame/SlayTheSpire'': The match and keep event has you playing with the in-game cards. You get 5 tries, any cards you match are added to your deck, including curses.

* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}:'' In the King's Court where the boss fight against King Dice takes place, the [[PuzzleBoss puzzle miniboss]] Mr. Chimes starts off invulnerable, and there's a grid of cards in the background. You use your parry move to flip cards. If you flip two cards that ''don't'' match, then Mr. Chimes speeds up, but if you flip matching cards then he becomes vulnerable to your attacks. He switches back to invulnerability after you damage him enough, and the fight is designed so you have to match all the cards to do enough damage to beat him.

* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}:'' The [[PuzzleBoss puzzle miniboss]] Mr. Chimes starts off invulnerable, and there's a grid of cards in the background. You use your parry move to flip cards. If you flip two cards that ''don't'' match, then Mr. Chimes speeds up, but if you flip matching cards then he becomes vulnerable to your attacks. He switches back to invulnerability after you damage him enough, and the fight is designed so you have to match all the cards to do enough damage to beat him.

* ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'': In the GBA entry Power Tour, one of the minigames used to [[RPGElements level up your stats]] is Instinct Drill, where you have to match pairs of cards in 60 seconds, with the twist that you can use ESP to see the underside of the cards.

A stock MiniGame where you flip over two tiles and try to find matching pairs. Sometimes the gameplay is partially justified by having you match items that actually appear in pairs (it's almost never explained why you can only look at two at once), but most games don't bother or just have you play an in-universe board game. Some variations spice things up by adding panels that don't match with anything, panels with special effects -- helpful or otherwise -- or by add a ShellGame-like mechanic where the tiles get shuffled around. If the mini-game awards in-game prizes, they'll often be tied to the matches you find.

This type of gameplay is the basis for several common tabletop games, which have inspired many a designer to add it to their video games. It also helps that it's easy for the player to learn, and easy for the developer to implement. Another point in its favour is that it works as both a solitaire game (which may have a move limit or [[TimedMission time limit]]) and as a competitive game, and that it has elements of both luck and skill.

Compare CardGames, ShellGame and SimonSaysMiniGame for similar stock mini-games. Contrast PopQuiz. See also BettingMiniGame, which this mini-game is sometimes used as. See also DigitalTabletopGameAdaptation.

* ''VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice'': One of the Playground Minigames you can randomly play from a Minigame Panel is called "Match 2", which involves [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin matching two pairs of cards]]. The player is presented between 8-12 face down cards at the start and, depending on what number they roll on the die from 1-6, will reveal the exact number of cards they rolled for a head start. If the player succeeds in matching all pairs, then the last pair they matched becomes their prize. However, they only have three attempts to do so, and because the minigame is hosted by [[{{Troll}} Marie Poppo]], losing the minigame outright will cause her to select a random prize for the player out of their control which can be either good or bad.

* ''VideoGame/SlayTheSpire'': The match and keep event has you playing with the in game cards. You get 5 tries, any cards you match are added to your deck, including curses.

* ''VideoGame/WarioWare'': Some installments feature a minigame that involves turning over pairs of matching cards. As a microgame, there are only four cards (due to the game's rapidfire nature) while ''Gold'' features a stand-alone game with ten pairs on the board.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongLand3'', the Game Boy follow up to VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3 (the Land trilogy don't have their own pages here for some reason) has such a mini game at Bear's Sheepy Shop. You can win DK Coins and Stopwatches from it, which are both needed to access the final world.

* This is one of two {{Hacking Minigame}}s in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', with the player having to match multiple pairs of symbols within time limit. In a twist, the minigame takes place on a stylized circuit board, whose conductive traces provide visual hints regarding which (randomly placed) pins should be connect to each other.

* ''Series/{{Concentration}}'' is a GameShow that has the players reveal two hidden panels, and rewards players for revealing matching pairs.
* ''Series/OddSquad'': The episode "Put Me In, Coach" opens up with Oprah playing this game, only with pictures of villains. She has three matches, but doesn't match either card she flips over next (Fladam and Odd Todd), causing her to give a growl of frustration before and Olympia and Otis walk in.

* ''VideoGame/FableI'': One of the in-universe pub games has you match eight unique card pairs in a 4x4 grid within a time limit. Matched pairs stay visible, but unmatched cards immediately flip back face-down. You can bet on your performance to earn money.

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