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Puzzle Mix (Puzzle) by Oankali  This is a very popular game for the GP32, and it's not surprising since the presentation and game execution is of a very high standard and is actually better than many of the commercial games (the ones you PAY for!). It comprises four game types, all involving blocks, or shaped blocks, which you can choose yourself if you so desire. The main game of the pack is called "Same", there are several clones of this game but none, that I have found, are better than this. You must "pop" blocks of the same colour that are touching and the object is to clear the whole screen, sounds easy? No, but you can choose factors to make the game easier or harder by using extra coloured blocks and/or bigger plafields, and each setting comes with it's own high score table for you to show off with. Tri-Blocks is a Columns clone, we've all seen this before, like tetris but with 3 colour vertical bricks that you must match up 3 colours in a line to clear them. It's a nice game, but in my opinion, Columns clones are all much of a muchness. Shift is similar to Columns where you must match 3 colours in a line, only the blocks move up the screen in whole lines and you must slide each layer left or right to match up the blocks. Swapit is the final game that is a kind of combination of all game types already listed, you have a full screen of random coloured blocks and you can "swap" 2 adjacent blocks when it will match a line of 3 and "pop" them. The problem with this game is that the game goes on until there are no more to pop, and tactics are hard to create when there are so many blocks on the screen. You will most likely find yourself playing "Same" the most as it is extremely satisfying, the other three are still good, but haven't quite got the edge. All games use the same graphics and sound and the sound when you pop the blocks definately adds to the feel of the games. This pack really sparkles, simply because time has been spent on the presentation and options, it's a great way to modernize old game concepts and give them a new lease of life. For me, this game pack rightfully deserves ranking highly among the best games for the GP32, if you haven't yet tried it,.. why are you still reading this? Download Puzzle Mix from GP32x.de Download Puzzle Mix from PDRoms.de
Review by frolik Nov/17/2004. |
