

You can freely swap between four grids in case you need more space to work with, but once you run out of room the game's over. When you fill up an entire grid by rotating and placing the balls, the grid wipes clean. This unique puzzle game is another "Tetris" variant where you have to fit vertical ball groupings onto four different grids. The game ends when you run out of space on the grid.įinty Flush. And in harder levels, you have to put up with neutral spots on the board. In later levels you can rotate pieces using bonus moves, but these opportunities are few and far between. You can't rotate the pieces early on, so it takes careful placement to form the lines ¿ when a line is formed, all the groups that were responsible for the line disappears. Microsoft's own style of Tetris without the moving pieces ¿ you've got to fit groups of five beads on a grid, trying to form complete vertical and horizontal lines of beads. Early levels are a snap, only requiring one or two steps, but wait until you get into the teens. It's a challenge much like Rubik's Cube, since aligning one icon in the right position before the others wouldn't be the right strategy to take. You have to rotate the series of icons to form the same pattern of icons that's in the upper right of the screen. This game's a lot like those slide-tile puzzles with a slight twist.literally. If he gets out of the level before you do, the game's over.

The game is a lot of fun, but you have to make sure you play it on any difficulty other than beginner ¿ only then will there be a challenge, since in harder difficulties will there be a computer opponent to beat. You'll have to snag keys to unlock gated areas, and you can only leave the level once all the items have been picked up. The hook is, you can only move on the same colored platforms ¿ the only way to get to a different colored set of platforms is to find a block that's your current color and a different color. Control a gloved hand around a maze of color, grabbing all the valuable items before heading to the exit. Microsoft Puzzle Collection is a six-pack of highly-enjoyable, well-produced brainteasers that originally made the gaming circuit as tiny Windows applications ¿ but instead of taking up a floppydisc amount of space on your hard drive, they've been smooshed onto a Game Boy Color cartridge.
