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H2O is a fun action/puzzle game that adds nice twists to the tried-and-true Tetris clones. As the name suggests, H2O is about water-- lots of it. Drops of water fall from the top of a scrolling playfield. ... experience. Highly recommended, although puzzle fans who despise arcade elements should be warned about the VERY hectic later levels which require split-second decisions and Godlike reflexes.
HamsterJam is a superb Windows remake of Commodore / Spectrum ZX game called Rockman, originally released by Mastertronic in 1985. As the official site explains, "...the idea of the game is to collect ... effects. The interface is very intuitive, and the animations are very smooth. A good mix of arcade and puzzle fun, HamsterJam comes highly recommended to anyone who loves Repton or Boulderdash games.
Review 1: Heartlight Deluxe is one of the better Supaplex clones, although level design leaves much to be desired. Your task is to guide the little elf Percival through 60 levels, each of which is full ... ask you to use your reflexes often as some levels can only be completed by fast and precise movement. Heartlight Deluxe is a great game for bot the beginners and the experts alike. You will enjoy it!
A fun and original puzzle game, Heaven and Earth is essentially a collection of three seperate types of puzzles: an original card game, a slightly arcade-ish game called "pendulum," and a collection ... "tournament" called the "pilgrim," which contains the most difficult puzzles of all three types. The card game itself is worth the price of the whole game. Highly recommended!
Helious is a fun and unique arcade-style puzzler that is very hard to describe. Essentially you must maneuver a balloon through 18 different worlds (9 in Helious 1, the shareware version, and the other ... is well worth a look, especially if you enjoy other "new age" style games such as Vaxine. Note: formerly released as shareware, Helious is now freeware thanks to its designer, Sean Puckett.
Hextris is an excellent Tetris clone that introduces hexagonal (beehive-shaped) blocks as the name suggests. The edges of the playing area are also hexagonal-shaped to fit the blocks. The game is more ... even though this PC version is quite bare-bones with no pretty backgrounds or nice soundtrack. Recommended for die-hard fans - as well as anyone who likes difficult reflex-oriented puzzlers.
A good PC version of an oldie TV game show of the same name. In this novel combination of gambling and trivia, 2 contestants compete to remove numbers off a 3x3 grid by rolling a pair of dice. To begin ... for fans of gambling games who want a touch of trivia in their games, and trivia fans who want an element of randomness to spice up the challenge. Definitely one of Box Office's better releases.
HitBlock is a fun puzzle game that started life as a remake of C64 game Crillion but ended up offering much more than its predecessor. The premise is simple: use the arrow keys to bounce a ball around ... moving enemies, colored deathbringers, and more obstacles and special blocks. If you enjoy ball-bouncing games that require more brains than brawns, HitBlock fits the bill. Highly recommended!
The legendary Steve Meretzsky (author of Spellcasting games, among others), turned his wacky sense of humor to this charming collection of puzzle games cleverly strung together in a big quest: as either ... on old favorites such as Battleship and Solitaire, but some are unique. Despite annoying commentaries (which luckily you won't hear in the CD-rip here), it's a great game for the whole family.
Hollywood Squares is a solid computer version of a popular TV game show starring celebrities, recently revived by Whoopi Goldberg. The game is basically a tic-tac-toe game with celebrities in the grid. ... easy, since it doesn't require top-notch AI to make the game interesting. Overall, this is one of GameTek's better game show conversions, and great fun for all game show fans. Highly recommended!
Honey Lines is a neat little puzzler from Russia's Nikita, one of the country's oldest and largest developers that went out of business in 2002. The game is a decent variant of Gamos' superior Color Lines: ... more limited than Color Lines. Still, if you are a puzzle expert, you will find Honey Lines more than a welcome challenge compared to most games of its type. Recommended, but not for the uninitiated.
Based on classic TV comedy series of the same name, The Honeymooners is long on atmosphere but short on gameplay. Although graphics is only in 4-color CGA, the many cutscenes taken from the show are well-executed, ... puzzle games with arcade elements, slapped together under the common premise of the TV show. Although this is probably a keeper for The Honeymooners fans, it's not of much interest to anyone else.
Hosen is a nice freeware puzzle from Japan that offers an innovative twist to Pipe Mania and similar games. Instead of connecting pipes together to channel water to the destination, your goal in Hosen ... previous game that is similar in concept, except you are given all the rails at the beginning of the game and must move them one by one (like in sliding tile puzzle games) to make the correct route.
Hua Rong Dao is a great PC version of classic Chinese sliding-tile puzzle game with a simple premise: on a 2D board, rearrange rectangular and square blocks of varying sizes to get the biggest square block ... could escape. Overall, if you enjoy brainteasers like Rubik's Cube or the Towers of Hanoi, you'll find Hua Rong Dao a fun and challenging diversion that is great for those 5-minute coffee breaks :)
Review 1: The Humans 2 is great puzzle game in which you have get a couple of caveman guys who don't know a THING about stuff around and you must help them. In every mission you must do something like, ... the cavemen discover them, and co-ordinating activities of two or more cavemen, to pass the level. Too bad the latest game Evolution: Lost in Time is bogged down with extremely frustrating puzzles.
Some of the most original puzzle games ever created, similarities to Psygnosis' Lemmings notwithstanding, The Humans games let you help our predecessors the cavemen "progress" from the stone ... the cavemen discover them, and co-ordinating activities of two or more cavemen, to pass the level. Too bad the latest game Evolution: Lost in Time is bogged down with extremely frustrating puzzles.
Review 1: The Humans 1 is a fun but rather hard puzzle game. The game takes place when the humankind was all new and when all people looked like cavemen. You control some different humans and you will ... the cavemen discover them, and co-ordinating activities of two or more cavemen, to pass the level. Too bad the latest game Evolution: Lost in Time is bogged down with extremely frustrating puzzles.
Another excellent ASCII game by Scott Miller of Apogee game, IBM Basic Quiz was included on Softdisk's "Big Blue Disk" number 28. Here's a summary of plot and gameplay from the game's instructions, ... with 100 questions, it will take at least a few hours to finish the game. Try all three games in his trivia series (Computer Quiz, IBM Basic Quiz, and Astronomy Quiz) -- they come highly recommended.
One of the best and most unique puzzle games ever made, Icebreaker is the brainchild of Andrew Looney (no, I'm not making his name up), eccentric puzzle game designer who has a penchant for all things ... Century Fox. Unfortunately (again), Icebreaker was released just as the bottom was dropping out of the CD-ROM market, so it wasn't a success on those platforms either, despite critical acclaim."
Review 1: The culmination of the incredible (pardon the pun) Incredible Machine series combines the ingenious puzzles of its predecessors with the wacky, animated parts from Sid & Al's Incredible ... once again, there is background music and it runs well. Besides, if you install the bigger file, it'll freeze your game. So enjoy the game and I hope it keeps you guessing what the heck goes on next!
Review 1: Ever wondered about those weird machines they build in cartoons? Like those enormous mouse traps Tom builds to catch Jerry? I know you all ask yourself why do they make it so complicated? But ... almost 100 levels you will be playing for hours on end (I know I always do!) So if you like inventing and solving puzzles, you will LOVE to play the Incredible Machine! Go ahead and test it out :)
Incredible Toon Machine is the sequel to Jeff Tunnell's quirky Sid & Al's Incredible Toons, updated for Windows 95 and enhanced with many new devious levels. As in the predecessor, ITM is an addictive ... until the wee hours. Fans of The Incredible Machine series who find the games a bit too dry and static will tremendously enjoy the cartoons in this installment. A must-have for every puzzle fan.
IQ Marathon is a great little puzzle game from Q-Lympics of Germany, coded as a stand-alone Macromedia Flash game. The idea is simple: on each level, you must maneuver a white cow to reach a fire hydrant. ... ever come across, and a great puzzler to entertain you for 5-10 minutes at a time during those coffee breaks at work. Download includes both the original game and a sequel called Winter Marathon.
Review 1: Almost philosophical game. Not just a simple puzzle-game. The rules itself are simple: when you place a stone it has to match the surrounding stones in either color or symbol. Relax while playing. ... Like all good board games, Ishido is deceptively simple. The more stones that your stone touches, the more points you earnfor that stone. Oriental music and good graphics also add to the atmosphere.
Review 1: One of the longest-running game shows in existence today, Jeopardy! has attracted millions of faithful fans worldwide. The show's charismatic host Alex Trebek becomes one of the -- if not THE ... to play even to this day. Review 2: The gameshow on your PC. The show is a bit different as an usual gameshow, because in this game you get the answer and have to give the corresponding question.
One of the longest-running game shows in existence today, Jeopardy! has attracted millions of faithful fans worldwide. The show's charismatic host Alex Trebek becomes one of the -- if not THE -- most recognizable ... While the early CGA versions don't stand up well with time due to blocky graphics and grating PC speaker sounds, VGA releases such as Super Jeopardy! remain a lot of fun to play even to this day.
One of the longest-running game shows in existence today, Jeopardy! has attracted millions of faithful fans worldwide. The show's charismatic host Alex Trebek becomes one of the -- if not THE -- most recognizable ... While the early CGA versions don't stand up well with time due to blocky graphics and grating PC speaker sounds, VGA releases such as Super Jeopardy! remain a lot of fun to play even to this day.
One of the longest-running game shows in existence today, Jeopardy! has attracted millions of faithful fans worldwide. The show's charismatic host Alex Trebek becomes one of the -- if not THE -- most recognizable ... While the early CGA versions don't stand up well with time due to blocky graphics and grating PC speaker sounds, VGA releases such as Super Jeopardy! remain a lot of fun to play even to this day.
One of the longest-running game shows in existence today, Jeopardy! has attracted millions of faithful fans worldwide. The show's charismatic host Alex Trebek becomes one of the -- if not THE -- most recognizable ... While the early CGA versions don't stand up well with time due to blocky graphics and grating PC speaker sounds, VGA releases such as Super Jeopardy! remain a lot of fun to play even to this day.
Joe is a fun brainteaser that requires precise timing as well as reflexes and strategic planning. You control Joe, a Pac-Man-lookalike who has to get to the exit on each level. Along the way, Joe must ... can interact with. Overall, I had a lot of fun with the game, although the huge playing area and frustrating difficulty will make puzzle novices think twice before attempting this freeware old game.