Buffalo must be run from an unlocked disk. Copy the Buffalo Folder in the Games/Board&Card folder to your hard disk.
Buffalo is a sliding-tile game that uses some of the elements from the classic "Fifteen" puzzle. Veteran Mac users will feel at home with Buffalo, because Apple based the original "Puzzle" DA on the "Fifteen" puzzle.
Rather than ordering 15 letter or number tiles, as in the “Fifteen” puzzle, in Buffalo you must arrange 24 multi-colored tiles so that only identically colored edges are adjacent. There are many possible solutions and each one is extremely difficult to find. To make the task more interesting, you have a limited number of moves.
There is a reward for the adroit and persistent: Those who are
victorious in the Buffalo Challenge receive "Championship Buffalo" which includes a set of tiles based on a different geometry — essentially a whole new game.
With either set of tiles, a multitude of starting setups and solutions
make each game of Buffalo a new endeavor. Buffalo will provide you
hours and hours of diversion.
Complete and detailed instructions are provided in the Help menu.
Buffalo is freeware. It requires 256 colors and System 7 or better.
Quick Start
• Double click on the 4-colored-tile icon.
• Use the arrow keys to slide a tile into the empty space,
• Click on a tile to slide it into the empty space.
• When only edges of the same color touch each other, you win.
• If the "Remaining" counter falls to 0, the game has you Buffaloed.
Choose "Buffalo Help" in the "?" menu for additional, important instructions.
Notices
Although this version of Buffalo is freeware, Buffalo is not in the
public domain. Buffalo is copyright 1996 Thornley Jobe. If it is
unchanged and includes this file, Buffalo may be distributed freely or
included on CD-ROM compilations.
Buffalo has been extensively tested. However, you use Buffalo AT
YOUR OWN RISK.
The author may be contacted at thornley_jobe@hbtpc.com, but will not provide hints, tips or solutions.
