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- │ PUZZLE, LOGIC, STRATEGY, & JIGSAW TYPE GAMES. │
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- │ INDEX: this section is divided into several │
- │ categories, listed in the order below: │
- │ 1) Those suitable for any monitor │
- │ 1) Those for CGA (or better) monitors │
- │ 2) Those for EGA (or better) monitors │
- │ 3) Those for VGA or sVGA monitors │
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- PUZZLERS FOR ANY MONITOR Ages 7-Adult
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- G144: STRATEGY GAMES (menued) - get you thinking! 7-ADULT. ****
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- THE WALL (90): "tear down the wall" by removing bricks in turn with another
- player (or PC). Weak, normal and heavy bricks in various sizes are worth
- different amounts. Mouse/keys. Sound on/off. 8+. 260K; $5; ANY MONITOR. ****
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- CASCADE 2.8 (90): you're presented with a maze of letters topped with a row
- of balls. Remove certain letters & try to get balls to bottom. options. 7+;
- 70K; £?(buy £10 pack); ANY MONITOR. ***
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- G221: PC-JIGSAW v2.1 (menued) '90 ALIVE
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- Nice jigsaw with 4 pictures. No. of pieces 9 (young kids) to 81. Score given.
- Mouse option. Print picture. 4-ADULT. 180K; $15 (update, 32 puzzles, PCX
- import, send a photo etc); HERC. CGA. MCGA. EGA. VGA. ****
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- CGA PUZZLERS Ages 7-Adult
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- G142:CGA PUZZLERS (menued)
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- RIMTRIX (1991): guide colour balls through tiles into correct dishes. Control
- ball's path by moving & rotating tiles. 8+; 30K; £4.99(more games); CGA.***
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- BLOX (1991): push 3 blocks into line, they change! Rotate screen etc. to get
- three in a row. 8+; 25K; £5.00(more games); CGA. EGA. Tandy. ****
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- STAINED GLASS (1990): remove all panes of glass but one. Pass one over
- another & they change colours. Primary colour over primary makes a blank.
- Must understand primary/secondary colours. Frustrating! Save/restore,
- undo, hints, help & examples. 9+; 190K; $25(update); ANY MONITOR. ****
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- CONNEX(1991):nice version of Connect 4 with added option of "playing to lose"
- (ie try not to get 4 in a row). 7+; 40K; £? (buy a program pack); CGA. ****
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- G143:CGA BRAINTEASERS (menued) - guaranteed to keep you up late!
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- GJID (90): great puzzle from Holland. You are a robot & your job is to push
- all the crates on each level into the disposers. Not easy! 12 levels. Sound
- on/off. 8-ADULT; 100K; $10; CGA. *****
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- AMADO v1.0 (90): match scrambled squares to a random pattern in the fastest
- possible time. Squares change colour when others are moved over. Various
- board sizes & skill levels. Sound On/Off. 9-ADULT; 104K; $17; CGA. ****
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- ARGH! v3.0 (89):three "exquisitely difficult" sliding block puzzles. Save/
- restore. 8-ADULT; 34K; $10 (solver); ANY MONITOR. ****
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- BLOCKOUT (89): play PC or 1-3 human players. Each player has coloured/
- patterned blocks. Get similar blocks adjacent to each other and/or prevent
- opponent from doing so. Mouse/keys. 7-ADULT; 21K; PD; ANY MONITOR. ***
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- DOMINATION (90): board game where one player trys to own all the pieces. More
- than one piece is allowed per square, this leads to chain reactions of colour
- changes. 1-4 players. Alter speed, colour. Sound on/off. 8+; 27K; PD; CGA.***
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- G139: AMAZING MAZES (menued)
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- MAZE30 (89): mind bending maze puzzle. You're trapped in a random maze (you
- specify size), a 3D view is shown from the inside. Try to escape, use compass
- & drop markers wherever you like. Play solo or race others. Print or display
- maze map with solution. 8-ADULT; 120K; $10(update); TXT. HERC. CGA. EGA. ****
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- AMAZING (91): two part maze game. Guide piece through a normal maze. Then
- through another, different "blind" maze where you can only see walls once
- piece has moved past. Work against the clock. Sound on/off. Print to solve on
- paper with GRAPHICS.COM. 5 levels. 6-ADULT; 55K; £10(extras); CGA. ****
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- AMAZE (87): generates random mazes (you specify 2-159 paths in width) and
- solves them. Use Prt.Sc to print maze and/or solution. 7+; 54K; $0; CGA. ***
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- AMAZE (89): small version of a crazy, colourful maze game called "Insanity"
- (disk G086). Work out puzzles, avoid enemies & get out! 6+; 30K; £0; CGA. ***
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- TREASURE HUNT (1986): another rather nice 3D maze game. Collect treasures on
- each floor. Press key to show map with/out footprints. 7+; 32K; $0; CGA; ****
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- EGA PUZZLERS Ages 7-Adult
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- G162:EGA PUZZLERS (menued) - three games requiring concentration! Age 8+.****
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- CUBER v1.0 (90): catch cubes as they fall and place them in proper column so
- that colours match. Quite difficult but addictive when you've got the hang of
- it. 9+; 200K; $12 (update); EGA. ****
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- UNGARIA (92): place multicoloured dominoes on the board so adjacent edges
- match in colour. Rotate or mirror them if it helps. English or Portugese. 3
- board sizes, various choices. Mouse/Keys. 8+; 50K; $10; EGA. ****
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- CHAIN REACTION (90): board game for 1/2 players, try and takeover the board.
- Mouse or keys. 9+; 110K; £5.00; EGA. ****
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- G094: EGA LOGIC GAMES (menued) - four puzzlers for all ages. 7-ADULT. ****
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- SUPERMAXIT v1.10 (1990) maxit is played on a number grid ; you move
- horizontally and the computer moves vertically; each tries to get the highest
- number in a row and to leave the other "stranded". Sounds simple but it's an
- addictive, thought provoking game. This is "super" maxit with negative
- numbers and some variations on the traditional board size/shape (or make your
- own). Excellent graphics. Many options. 8+; 85K; $15 (update); EGA. *****
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- BOXES (91) remember that game you played at school, joining up dots on a
- piece of paper? Here's an excellent computer version with lots of options
- such as grid size, timed/untimed game, play computer or another player. Sound
- on/off. Very good graphics for such a simple game. Also supports CGA but
- graphics aren't as good. 7+; 56K; £8(games); CGA. EGA. ****
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- KALAHA (90) African "bean game" played against computer. Each player has 7
- bowls, six contain beans. Try and get as many as possible in the 7th bowl.
- Six levels, undo, alter colours, mouse support. 8+; 53K; $10; EGA. ****
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- LEONG v1.1 (90) move 50 pieces across a board trying to get to the goal. Not
- easy as there are hidden pitfalls which appear in different spots each time
- you play. Sound on/off. 7+; 103K; $5; EGA. MOUSE. ***
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- G251: RESCUE ROVER v2.0 (93) GAMERS EDGE
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- An arcade/puzzle game, rescue Rover from robots; rush around deflecting
- lasers etc. 10 increasingly exasperating levels. Joystick option. 8-ADULT;
- 320K; *REG* (£13.00; 19 extra levels, hints, tips & cheats); EGA. ****
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- G030A/B: MOSAIX v1.0 (89)
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- Jigsaw puzzle for EGA/VGA, also supports CGA pictures (PCX) although none are
- provided on disk. 3 pictures, all are scanned photos and are quite difficult
- even at the easy level (25 pieces). Levels 2 & 3 50/100 pieces. Mouse/keys,
- pieces actually move with mouse so you can see if it looks OK, before
- "clicking" into place (helpful for younger kids). Lots of help and hints.
- Use your own PCX pics. 6-ADULT. 710K; $35 (update, customised); EGA. VGA.****
- [2x5¼"DD,1x3½"DD or 1xHD disk]
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- H026: PICTURE PUZZLE v1.2 (91) SOFTWARE CREATIONS
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- Brilliant jigsaw, huge skill range (4-1400 pieces). This latest update comes
- with 6 PUZ pictures including photographic images, fun cartoons and a really
- superb T.Rex. Lots of optional help - move piece to correct place, fill place
- with correct piece, finish identical pieces (bits of blue sky etc) when rest
- is complete, display small finished picture in corner (PUZ pictures only).
- Optional beep if piece is correct. Grid on/off. Will display PCX files (EGA
- type only ie.350x640x16), also GIF files (needs utility). Save unfinished
- games. Keeps statistics - no of moves, wrong pieces etc. 4-ADULT; 400K(800K);
- £13.00 (update,10 pictures); MOU. EGA. *****
- [3½"DD (£2.00) or 5¼"HD (£3.00) only]
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- VGA PUZZLERS Ages 7-Adult
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- H245: HEXXAGON (93) Software Creations
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- Animated strategy game with 256 colour graphics, digitised sound (Sblaster).
- Play PC or friend. 9+; 600K(800);*REG*(£18.00;Hexxagon II); VGA. 286+. ****
- [3½"DD(£2.00) or 5¼"HD(£3.00)only]
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- G294: VGA PUZZLER SPECIAL
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- SQUAREZ DELUXE (93) SOFTWARE CREATIONS - rather like "upside down" tetris but
- you must complete 3x3 squares not lines. Lookout for bombs & spikes.
- Adlib/sblast. 8+; 200K; *REG* (£12.50 & 2.50;more features);VGA. ****
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- GOTCHA (93) D.HERRING - reminiscent of Xonix (G006) - cut off bits of the
- screen without getting hit. Simple fun! 7+; 60K; $10(more levels); VGA. ****
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- FALLOUT (92) B.P.TAYLOR - brilliant VGA version of Columns (G006), a tetris
- type game where you must line up 3 or more squares of same colour. Super
- graphics, choice of block styles (alphabet, dice, colours, pictures etc) -
- harder levels may have two styles at once! 8-ADULT; 50K; $10; VGA. *****
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- H232: SIMPLE SIMONS PHOTO SCRAMBLE (92) JUST FOR ME
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- Unusual sliding block puzzle with 5 lovely VGA photos. 1) Unscramble pictures
- - various difficuly levels. 2) "Follow the Leader" - copy computer step by
- step. 3) "Reverse What I Do" - computer scrambles one piece at a time, you
- reverse the actions. Good for all ages, requires concentration and patience!
- 4-ADULT; 300K(600); $14.95 (personalised with your own photo); VGA. *****
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- G166: VGA JIGSAW (91) ALIVE
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- More excellent graphics from ALIVE. Choice of 3 pictures. Use mouse, keys or
- joy. Four diffficulty levels from "Kids" (16 pieces) to Expert (64). 4+;
- 340K: $22 (more pictures, load your own PCX/GIF files); VGA. ****
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- H280: P.U.Z.Z.L.E (93) TEAM 200 (Iceland)
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- Fantasic VGA puzzle with proper jigsaw shaped pieces that can be flipped
- round, just like the real thing! 5 pictures (4 photos,1 cartoon). Each can be
- tackled at 4 levels (easiest allows unlimited goes, top level scrolls through
- pieces twice only with a time limit & is almost impossible!). 5 sizes; tiny
- (156 pieces) to huge (25). Challenging & compulsive for all ages. Completely
- mouse driven. Optional sblaster. 7-ADULT; 400K(800); $29 (Save/restore;
- extrasc); VGA. 286+. 500K free RAM. *****
- ` [3½"DD(£2.00) or 5¼"HD(£3.00)only]
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