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Elena (Puzzle) by Franz Lankes If you like puzzle games, this may be what you're waiting for! Based off the old tetris idea in a cylinder (used in Tetris On-line for the Dreamcast and conceptually in the N64's Tetrisphere), you basically move and rotate the normal host of colorful shapes in order to fill the cylinder all the way around and thus remove the line. Of course, bonuses are awarded if you get rid of multiple lines together, just like regular tetris. Upon turning on the game, you are greeted by a screen that gives you one option, Start. The title screen is nice enough and gives you a good idea of what the graphics will look like. After you hit start, the game begins. There's a good amount of control in this game, as you can rotate your view of the cylinder by tilting it back (Right shoulder button), tilting it forward (Select button), Zooming out (A button), zooming in (B button) and simply rotating around the cylinder. Since you're playing the game holding your GP32 vertically, the movement of the piece and cylinder is done by pressing left, right or down on the control stick (while holding it vertically) and the piece is rotated with either the Start button or by pressing up on the control stick. This allows you to confortable handle the GP32 vertically without having to reach for the A or B buttons unless you want to change your view. I found the control scheme to be quite comfortable. It may take a little time to get use to the perspective, but once you do, it'll be just like playing tetris again (albeit harder). The play screen shows your Score, the High Score and the lines remaining that you must complete before continuing on to the next level. The graphics are sharp and colorful with a beautiful mosaic type background. The movement is very fluid, with not jumping or skipping. The music is relatively high quality, but doesn't come with much variety. Of course, this is free, so for the price, you've got a real winner! I still prefer 2D tetris, but this is a great rendition of re-imagined classic. Go try it! Download Elena from GP32x.de Download Elena from PDRoms.de
Review by Rhihanion Nov/05/2004. |
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