Passion For Puzzles

Brilliant Blocks is a fun block dropping online puzzle game with an interesting twist by Mark Klocek
(thanks for the tip Mark!).

Think quick and drop the blocks to match either numbers or colors in this fun puzzle game with an interesting twist. Use the mouse to drop blocks. Clear blocks by matching lines of 3 or more numbers or colors either vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Clear the blocks until they are under the white line to receive more blocks, more time and higher scores. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Brilliant Blocks | Puzzle Game

Puzzle This is a 3D-ish puzzle game by AaronOfTomorrow.

Although there are just three levels it's a nice little 3D brain trainer. Try to get all the blocks into the 3D frame provided. More levels would be welcome, but as the 3D frames should get larger this is not really possible. Other problem I have is that the handling of the blocks into the 3D wire frame is not always as I expect to react. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Puzzle This | 3D Puzzle

Some of the joy of a puzzle is determining an effective strategy for solving it. However the Preposterous Puzzle makes us want to claim impossibility. At first glance you see a square completely filled with wooden pieces. then you are asked to insert a smaller square into the middle without removing any pieces.

Obviously there is just not enough space, but apparently no-one told the folks making this puzzle that it's inherently flawed and unsolvable. But is it?

Put this on your desk and watch as your friends and co-workers cry foul on the Preposterous Puzzle. It silently taunts them and they refuse to open their minds. The all wood construction looks sharp while your puzzle silently snickers.

Product Features
- Clever Puzzle seems impossible to solve... but is it?
- Not too difficult once you open your mind to the possibility
- Taunt your friends and co-workers as they cry foul
- All wood construction

[via ThinkGeek] Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Preposterous Puzzle | Wooden Puzzle

Fat Slice is a nice and addictive little puzzle game by Aaron Neugebauer.

Object of Fat Slice is to slice up shapes by dragging your mouse through them. Beat levels by slicing them down to a certain size. Avoid being hit by the balls bouncing around inside the shapes while slicing. Happy Puzzling

Tags: Fat Slice | Puzzle Game

Akinai Games, the downloadable games division of leading video game publisher YUKE’S Company of America, today released NEVES Plus on Nintendo's WiiWare game service. Dressed up with a new, fun Egyptian theme, the updated version of the classic Nintendo DS tangram-style puzzle game now includes four new modes, including Speed, Versus, Lucky Number and Party Trivia. More than 500 challenging puzzles await Wii owners, who can download the game now for 600 Wii Points.

"Thanks to WiiWare, we have the opportunity to introduce NEVES to a whole new group of game players that enjoy fun, casual puzzle experiences," said Ken Gratz, Director of Product Development at Akinai Games. "NEVES veterans will enjoy a host of new modes which provides a fresh way to experience the game with friends and family."

The new gameplay modes transform the solo NEVES experience into a four player party game appropriate for the whole family. Speed mode pits you against up to three other players to see who can solve puzzles the fastest. Versus mode pairs you up with another NEVES player to challenge a team of two to see who can solve a set number of puzzles the quickest. Lucky Seven mode awards points to players for finishing puzzles in the least possible number of moves, and Party Trivia is a game show style challenge where players guess the identity of NEVES Plus silhouette puzzles.

NEVES Plus is now available for download through the Wii Shop Channel for 600 Wii Points and has been rated "E" for "Everyone" by the ESRB.

More information on NEVES Plus can be found at http://www.yukes.us/nevesplus/

Tags: Neves Plus | Wii | Tangram

Crossoban is an original puzzle game that's related to Sokoban type of puzzle game, but is actually very novel.

Object is to group all blocks of the same color together. Game instructions can be found just below the puzzle. From level 8 onwards new elements like ice and conveyors are added. The levels start easy and gradually get more difficult each of the 35 levels, which is always a good thing. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Crossoban | Sokoban

Lab Mice Puzzles is a new puzzle in and is all about simultaneous mazes. Lab Mice Puzzles are created by Tom Cutrofello.

Although the rules are very simple, solving the puzzles is deceptively complex.
1. The mice have different start points and different end points.
2. The mice run their routes vertically and horizontally, never diagonally.
3. Furthermore, the mice never cross paths.

Each volume of Lab Mice Puzzles contains easy, medium and difficult problems. Solving Lab Mice Puzzles is an engaging form of brain calisthenics.

Volume one and two of Lab Mice Puzzles is now available and can be order via the Gotta Solve It Brainiac Puzzles. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Lab Mice Puzzles | Maze

Every family will delight in having a WEDGiTS Jumping Frog in their living room. Yes, your child will actually be able to construct a mechanical, jumping frog with their WEDGiTS Deluxe Set. WEDGiTS' offer creative challenges to the aspiring young engineers and scientists in your family. The open ended design of WEDGITS stimulates children's perception and reasoning skills as they experience different ways to stack, nest and align these rhombus and octahedron shaped toys. Kids can actually build a jumping frog, or, a water molecule through interlocking and levering of their WEDGITS. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: WEDGiTS | Kids Puzzle

Panda's Big Adventure online puzzle game is all about helping a panda get back to his own time period using the portaloo, the tardis equivalent of doctor whos time machine.

On a secret mission Panda discovers a time traveling 'portaloo' machine, but the Panda decides to go for a ride but things go horribly wrong as parts of the machine are scattered across time. Travel back as far as the Prehistoric ages to help Panda return home safely. Collect time machine parts items from each time period to slot into the portaloo. Use you inventory to store quest items. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Panda's Big Adventure | Puzzle Game

Dynamic Systems is an addictive physics puzzle game by King.com and is inspired by the Rube Goldberg Machines.

Use logic and skill to complete and fix the broken structures and try to get the metal ball into the old rust bucket using the metal rods and all other objects from the toolbox on the left side of the game grid. If things don't go your way click on reset to begin anew. There are 40 levels to solve. Happy Puzzling!

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DeBloc is an addictive Tetris look-a-like puzzle game.

Your objective in DeBloc puzzle game is to destroy the colored blocks by combining the bars in a horizontal and/or vertical line of at least three blocks. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: DeBloc | Puzzle Game

Samgine just released a new puzzle online Flash puzzle game called PaintBox.

The initial challenge of PaintBox is to turn all ten square to the color red by using the buttons in the right sequence. The second goal is to do this in as less moves as possible. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: PaintBox | Puzzle Game

Of you liked Loops of Zen than you will probably also like Colour Shift, which is a nice and addictive puzzle game with just extra colours.

The aim of Colourshift is to light all the lights by completing the circuit in each level. Lights are lit by connecting them to the correct colour source. A source is marked with a square. Not all colours will always be readily available at the start. Sometimes you will need to mix colours in order to get the correct colour. This will be your weekend time waster as there seem to be more than 200 levels. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Colour Shift | Puzzle Game

Zigmond III is a Sokoban type of puzzle game. In short moving boxes again.

Object is to clear your way out to the stairs to move to next of 50 levels. You do not only have to move boxes but also mirrors to redirect laser beams. As well the number of moves are counted as well as the time it takes to move to the next level. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Zigmond | Sokoban

Tetris Pots are some pots inspired by the famous game Tetris. This ceramic work was carried out in 2007 at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn.

With the Tetris shapes and Tetris colors inside each pot this will definitely be a center piece in your home. Happy Puzzling!

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Unify This is nice little puzzle game by Lee Haywood and looks a bit like online version of Katamino.

Object is to rearrange the colored shapes in the game grid to make a rectangle. Use your left mouse button to drag the shapes around the game grid.

When you generate a new Unify This puzzle, the computer splits a solid rectangle into the random shapes, then it scatters them around in the same way that you might if you were scrambling the puzzle. Thanks to this method, you can play puzzles that no-one else has ever seen before and you are still guaranteed at least one solution. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Unify This | Puzzle Game

Use Boxman is a fun and a combination between Cursor*10 and Shift, in short a fun platform puzzle game by Greg Sergeant.

Object is to find a way to the exit point by casting simple-minded clones to do tasks for you: use boxmen, a fun platform puzzle game by Greg Sergeant. Can you complete all levels without using the Use Boxman walk-through? Levels range from very simple to very hard. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Use Boxman | Puzzle Game

iHex Puzzle is Tetris-like game that requires strategy, concentration and quick thinking. It uses the accelerometer very precisely to move your pieces into position.

This game has a huge learning curve that will keep you entertained for a long time. The speed increases gradually to push your senses to the limit. You'll train your brain to make decisions faster and faster.

Goal is to explode as many hexagons as possible by carefully moving them (and turning them) to connect to their matching colors.

There are three Modes:
- Basic: Only uses the accelerometer. All you need to use is your wrist.
You simply twist your wrist to tilt your Iphone or Ipod touch to the left or to the right to guide the falling hexagons. Matching colors explode when they touch.

Duo: Same as basic, but you also need to turn the the hexagons in a way that the contact pins are connected.

Trio: A mode for the experts. You need to connect all pins of 3 hexagons of the same color to make them explode. [via AppShopper]. Happy Puzzling

Tags: iHex | iPhone | iPod |

After the successful puzzle game Perfect Balance it's time for the sequel called Perfect Balance : New Trials.

Objective is the simple and the same as in the first edition of Perfect Balance, try to stack all items to achieve 'Perfect Balance'. Use the 'A' and 'D'-keys to rotate the shapes and the mouse to put them in the right position. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Perfect Balance | Puzzle Game

Power Sudoku² is simply the easiest way to play Sudoku on a white board.
The Power Sudoku Kit² comes with:
- White board material, pre-printed with the Sudoku grid
- Dry-Erase pens included
- Quick and intuitive for beginners
- Color coding system provides added advantages for experts
- Small and portable—same size as printer paper
- Complete kits with everything you need to master or improve your Sudoku skills

Power Sudoku² is available via Erasable Games a company specialized in white board products designed to make games like Sudoku easy and fun.

Tags: Power Sudoku | White board

Tile Swap Puzzle is a small tile swapping puzzle game for kids.

In this little Flash game a picture will be chopped into 36 pieces and the pieces will be messed up, you will need to move the pieces to recover the original picture. You move the pieces by swapping the positions of two pieces, click a piece to select it, and then click another piece to swap the positions of the two pieces. The faster you finish the puzzle and the fewer moves you made, the higher your score. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Puzzle | Kids

Pupzzle is yet another great puzzle game by PencilKids.

Object is to help the puzzle pup called Pupzzle to complete all his little tasks in this fun and cute little point and click puzzle game. Use your mouse to click on objects (collect five bones each level for extra score) and locations on the screen to progress through the game. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Pupzzle | Puzzle Game

Pingz is a marble style puzzle game and a Puzzle Bubble look-a-like puzzle game with pinball inspiration.

Control the ball's speed and direction by mouse. Click mouse button to launch the ball. Use level features to collect maximum coins while avoiding the black holes. Solve all 50 levels. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Pingz | Puzzle Game

Back in the 80s, there was one thing that caused millions of badly-dressed people to laugh, sob and gnaw their knuckles in utter frustration. No, not Simon Le Bon's dancing, the Rubik's Cube. This infuriatingly addictive multi-colored puzzle was a true superstar back in the day, and the quest to match its colored faces remains as challenging as ever.

But even icons need a makeover once in a while, so some bright spark has taken the basic cube concept and given it a Noughties revamp. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the ultra-sleek Magic Cube. This electronic version of the world's greatest arthritis-inducing brain-mangler is set to become a post-millennial puzzling sensation, and it's even more compelling than the original.

Built in games:
- Land mine Game: 6 players take it in turns to push a button until they hit a land mine... Kaboom!
- Memory Game: Try and remember the color sequence set by the cube - Simon style!
- Noughts and Crosses: Using one side only - it's first to three in a row!

Basically the entire digital shebang is crammed with color-changing LEDs, so instead of manually twisting segments you press buttons to move the colors in the desired direction. Genius. But wait, there's more: the Magic Cube contains other games, including Land mine (six players take it in turn to push a button until they hit a 'land mine'), Noughts and Crosses and a Simon-style follow-my-leader challenge.

On the off-chance you tire of fiddling with this smart, take-anywhere block of unadulterated brilliance you can activate its mood light function and gawp in wonder as its internal LEDs illuminate randomly. The effect is really rather relaxing. Which is just as well because you might be tempted to chuck the Magic Cube out of the window and drop a grand piano full of anvils on it after you fail to solve it for the kajillionth time. You can't even cheat by peeling off the colors and gluing them back in the right place. Not that we ever did that, you understand.

The original twisty-turny cube won countless design awards back in its heyday, and we fully expect this hi-tech version to follow suit. It really is a beautifully put-together object. All you have to do is solve it. [via Firebox] Happy Puzzling!

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Spot The X is a nice puzzle game by Pencil Kids.

Object is to find X-spot and click it. Play your way through 25 original puzzles as quickly as possible. Remember, the X-spot can be represented in any shape or form and at any time during each level. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Spot The X | Puzzle Game

This years World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 is the 5th World Championship and will take place on October 9/10/11, 2009 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine, and is renowned for its many events and also for its fashion and trade fairs. More information can be found at the World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 website. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: WCA | Rubik's Cube

Stonehenge Decoded as an informative puzzle game about Stonehenge by National Geographic.

For 5,000 years, the purpose of Stonehenge has remained a mystery, but archaeologists have uncovered a theory to explain this architectural riddle. To promote a TV program about this monument the National Geographic website has a webpage with photo's, video's and logic puzzle games like Rush-Hour and Tangram to reveal the real story behind Stonehenge. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Stonehenge Decoded | National Geographic Channel | Puzzle Game | Rush Hour | Tangram

Catastrophic Construction is a fantastic great Flash puzzle game by MiniJuegos.

First of all, stay calm, that's the best way to compete all eight levels. Object is to complete the shape outlined with a dashed line with the all available buidling blocks. The movement of the blocks influenced by, as it looks, real gravity are very realistic. [via MicroSiervos]. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Catastrophic Construction | Puzzle Game

NineGaps is a Math Puzzle Game, just like Sudoku but different, for the iPhone. If you like Sudoku or Ken-Ken puzzles you'll probably also like NineGaps.

NineGaps has three different levels and an unlimited number of math puzzles for you to solve. Use your brain to place numbers from 1 to 9 in the missing gaps, while matching the math operations presented on sides of the puzzle. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: NineGaps | Math Puzzle | iPhone | iPod

Room Bath is yet another Japanese point and click escape the room puzzle game.

This time you are locked in a bathroom and you need to escape the bathroom by collecting all items and solving puzzles. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Room Bath | Escape The Room

At WikiHow you can find a simple but detailed instruction about How to Make a Puzzle from a Metal T Strap known as Two On One, Wedding Vows and Two Lovers Puzzle.

You can make this puzzle yourself with a T-shaped metal connector, two washers (or two of anything with a hole in the center) and a piece of string. It's simple to make, but difficult to solve! The washers begin at opposite ends of the metal fitting, and your objective is to bring them together on one side without untying the string.

No so handy? Wedding Vows Puzzle is available via Puzzle Master Inc. or when you're looking for the solution of Wedding Vows Puzzle you can receive it by email. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Metal Puzzle | DIY

Want to exercise your brain power and have fun at the same time? Play Numbrix, PARADE Magazine's hit puzzle by Marilyn vos Savant. Numbrix consists of a 9x9 matrix puzzle board in which several of the squares are filled in with numbers. To solve each puzzle, you must complete the number matrix using logic and memory. Just fill in the puzzle so the numbers follow a horizontal or vertical path from 1 to 81 (no diagonals). Each puzzle has a unique solution, and no math or guesswork is involved!

A timer is provided to let you keep track of how fast you can solve each puzzle. When you correctly complete the puzzle, the puzzle will highlight the squares in the correct order. If you fill in all of the squares but the solution is incorrect, you can keep playing until the puzzle is correctly solved. Upon correctly completing the puzzle, your time will be displayed and you will have the option to enter your name for inclusion on that puzzle's leaderboard. The 10 fastest times for each puzzle will be displayed on the high scores screen.

The game costs $4.99 and comes with 100 puzzles that you can play immediately, and you will automatically receive new puzzle updates when either your iPhone or iPod Touch is connected to the Internet. There are three levels of difficulty available, providing puzzles for both the Numbrix beginner or expert.

If you enjoy other puzzle games like Sudoku, Trism, Bejeweled, or Kakuro, you will love Numbrix! Download and play Numbrix for the iPhone today for hours of brain-bending fun!

Note: During gameplay, you will be asked to submit your best times and current location to the Numbrix leaderboard, which will keep track of the best times worldwide and in each region of the world. If you do not wish to participate in the regionalized leaderboard, simply answer "No" when asked if the application can use your current location. [Via Parade.com]

At the Parade.com website you can also find online Numbrix Puzzles to solve. For more Numbrix puzzles just search for Numbrix on their website. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Numbrix | iPhone

Grid16 is all about: Prioritizing, reflexes and timing and is yet another game by ArmorGames.

Grid16 is a sixteen in one logic/puzzle game: Avoid Green, Shoot Lines, Bad Red Ball, Hit The Ball, Line 'Em Up, Match Arrows, Run Away, Shot Block, Keep Falling, Keep It In, Shoot Boxes, Keep Bouncing, Keep Jumping, Avoid Walls, Avoid Blocks and Shield Center. Each getting harder and harder as time speeds up. Survive as long as you can in the grid.

Use the arrow keys to perform in all the games. You must use your instincts to beat each of the games. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Grid16 | Puzzle Game

Remember crossword puzzles? Those delightful little grids of trivia fun that both validated your esoteric knowledge and made flight time pass quickly? Thanks to the ubiquity of iPods, Amazon Kindles and in-flight WiFi, poor puzzles have withered into being an old man's Sunday afternoon activity. But they're back! Kind of!

On Wednesday June 24 2009, the Wifi-enabled fleet of Virgin America's planes invite their passengers and those on the ground to whip out their critical thinking and put the credit cards away for a day of free puzzle challenges. It's being called the "Day In the Cloud," and although details are still fuzzy on exactly what sort of games we'll be playing, they assure us that practice tasks will be shared beforehand.

As for the prizes for top scorers, they're pretty sweet: things like a new HP netbook, 1 terabyte of Google Account storage, and a year of flying free on VA with complimentary WiFi. According to them, playing along will be simple as all you'll need is "a net connection, a Google Account, and the warm, comforting glow of your computer screen." Since we've long been devotees of good old in-flight puzzles, you know we're game. Sign up now at the Day In The Cloud website. [via jaunted.com] Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Day In The Cloud | Challenge | Virgin America | Google Apps

Dots is a great online puzzle game that looks like Reversi and Othello inc which you play against the computer.

Object is simple: Connect the dots and try to make more boxes than the computer. Click two dots to make a line, and make boxes filled with your color. Don't let the computer create more boxes than you otherwise you will lose the game. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Dots | Puzzle Game

Mochi Media and Dictionary.com today announced that they are accepting submissions for the Word Play Flash Game Contest, a new word puzzle Flash game contest sponsored by the leading online dictionary, Dictionary.com. The top five games will be featured in the game section on Dictionary.com and the winning developers will be awarded total prizes of $15,000.

From now until Aug. 14, game developers can submit original word games for evaluation by a team of expert judges including Mochi Media and Dictionary.com employees. All games must incorporate Mochi Media's advertising and leader board technology. Dictionary.com will provide a lexicon of words for developers to use in their games. Five finalists will be selected from the submissions and awarded a total of $15,000 with the following distribution pool:
- One $7,000 first place winner
- One $4,000 second place winner
- One $2,000 third place winner
- Two $1,000 honorable mentions

"Word games are a fun and hugely popular part of our Flash game library," said Justin Wong, Vice President of Business Development for Mochi Media. "It's thrilling to see Dictionary.com engaging our creative Flash developer community to encourage novel and imaginative word games."

"More than 35 million people come to Dictionary.com each month and our word games are one of the most popular features of our site," said Doug Leeds, President of Dictionary.com. "We are excited to work with Mochi Media's extensive game developer network to create new, innovative and fun word games for our word enthusiast community."

Full details and rules about the contest can be found at http://www.mochiads.com/contest. [via MarketWire]

Tags: Word Play | Puzzle Contest

More than a year ago I wrote about Picross for Wii, now at Passion For Puzzles we can offer you every week a Nonogram thanks to Rasto from Griddlers.net.

Two formats are available, Griddlers and the large Griddlers.

Griddlers are logic puzzles that use number clues around a grid to create an image. Each clue indicates a group of contiguous squares of like color. Between each group there is at least one empty square. The clues are already in the correct sequence. Groups of different colors may or may not have empty squares between them. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Griddlers | Nonograms | Picross

Isora is back with Isora 3. After Isora 1 and Isora 2 it's time again for 60 more levels.

Object of Isora is still the same: clear the map by stepping on every tile and returning to the red one before time runs out. Control your block with the arrow keys, press the space bar to return to the menu or R to restart the level. There are also purple tiles (pushable) and green tiles (warp tiles which take you to the other green warp tile). Happy puzzling !

Tags: Isora | Puzzle Game

The social networking service Twitter is becoming a popular method of connecting with people and tracking events. Could it become a popular medium for puzzles, as well? Puzzazz, the puzzle site from Seattle entrepreneur Roy Leban, is venturing into that space.

Puzzazz this week extended its reach by launching new "successive reveal" puzzles on Twitter. People who follow the @puzzazz Twitter account will see clues for each puzzle in a series of tweets. The first person to figure it out and tweet the solution will get public credit in a reply tweet from puzzazz, and on the puzzle's page on Puzzazz.

Some of the puzzles combine elements of "Wheel of Fortune" and trivia games, such as, "Clue 1 of 11: W _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C _ _ _ _ D _ _ ?" -- which would be progressively revealed to say, "WHERE IS THE SPACE NEEDLE?"

Other puzzles will offer a series of trivia-based clues, such as "The second model of it is in Brazil," and "It was patented in 1879." (The answer to that one was the Statue of Liberty.)

Leban plans to continue offering a few clues after a correct solution is submitted, to continue the challenge for Twitter users who haven't yet figured it out or seen the solution on the Puzzazz puzzle page. The separate daily and Sunday puzzles will continue on Puzzazz itself, in addition to monthly "supersized" puzzles.

Puzzazz also created a special tech crossword puzzle for TechFlash last month, and we're exploring ways of publishing more of those. Happy Puzzling!

[via TechFlash]

Tags: Puzzazz | Twitter | Puzzle

Squzzle is an exciting online logic puzzle game by BusyBeeArcade.

This logic puzzle game will have you at the edge of your seat frantically trying to place pieces as the game progresses. Fill the rectangles with Tetris like shapes. With the space-bar you can rotate the pieces and with the mouse you can please them in one of the four squares. How far can you go before you get Squzzled? Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Squzzle | Puzzle Game

After Karoshi there is finally Super Karoshi part 2 a game by Jesse Venbrux and made available online by ArmorGames.

Play the sequel of Karoshi called Super Karoshi 2. Turn into superman on your travels and complete each puzzle level by trying to launch yourself on the sharp spikes and help others to spike themselves as well. There are around 60 levels to solve (press 'r' to reset if you're stuck. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Super Karoshi | Puzzle Game

The original Color Lines is back and this time for iPhone and iPod Touch, thanks to Piston Games.

The legendary Russian casual game Color Lines (beside Tetris) is back, but there's something special about this particular version. It's an original version of year 1992. It's not a clone or remake, It's 100% authentic Color Lines of DOS times spawned hundreds of remakes.

Interesting facts about the game for iPhone and iPod:
- 100% authentic, without any changes in memory of original 16 years old. Special present for fans and special chance to point where it all began (they even kept the old speakers sound).
- One of the most addictive time wasters. Color Lines is very easy to learn but hard to master. As soon as you learn to clean almost full board of balls you'll experience truly addictive game play.
- They added an undo button for the sake of game play. Beside that all interface carefully recreated from the original game. It wasn't easy to put this all into iPhone screen but they hope they managed to do it the best way possible despite some minor glitches.
- As in the original you're playing to become a king.

Watch the Color Lines iPhone Trailer via YouTube. Buy Color Lines via the App Store. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Color Lines | iPhone

Redstar Fall Pro | Armor Games is a physics based block removal puzzle game by ArmorGames.

After the original puzzle game Redstar Fall there is now finally Redstar Fall Pro. This version has 20 harder levels than the first version. Your goal is to put red star on a platform as fast and as less clicks as you can. But be careful, don't let the Redstar fall down from the platform. Use your left mouse click to remove shapes, use 'space bar' or 'r' key to restart level. For now this is my favorite time waster. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Redstar Fall Pro | Puzzle Game

Bango is a great platform puzzle game by A10.com

In this platform puzzle game you have to remove all the blocks by touching them. But this is not so easy as you'll have to find the right way and knock all blocks down to reach the next level. You can remove a block by stepping on it. While standing on it, it will be highlighted. When you step off, it will fall away.

Game instructions are simple: Left/Right = Move and Space = Jump. Happy Puzzling!

Walkthrough Bango Level 1-10
Walkthrough Bango Level 11-20
Walkthrough Bango Level 21-30

Tags: Bango | Puzzle Game

After blogging about Loops of Zen in September last year we now reached already Loops of Zen III, an online puzzle game all about harmony.

Object is again to solve the entangled loops until perfect harmony is reached for each of the 35 levels available. When left clicking a tile it will rotate 120 degrees clockwise. Click on tiles to rotate them until you have all of the tiles in a level with no open ends visible. Use left and right arrow keys to navigate through levels already finished.

If you like Loops Of Zen you probably also like Plumber and Rotate². Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Loops of Zen | Puzzle Game

Gridshock is a match three kind of puzzle game by Bowler Hat Games. Only this time blocks (lights) don't fall down from the top but move in from the left of the game grid.

Match three or more lights of the same color, in any direction, and don't let the grid fill up! Simply click each row on the grid to activate new lights. Keep the grid from overflowing by matching connected lights in groups of three or more. Control the tide as the timer fills up and new columns are activated automatically. Get big cascading combos for the maximum possible score and a maybe even place on the leader board.

Match a set of three or more adjacent lights to clear them from the board. A set of matched lights need not appear in a straight line. Players can earn more points by creating multiple matches at once. Click a row with the mouse to activate a new light. Alternatively, use the 'up' and 'down' arrow keys to navigate the rows and the 'space bar' to activate a new light. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Gridshock | Puzzle Game

A few days ago I finally received the Dodek Duo Puzzle from and made in the USA by the Dodek Puzzle Company.

The Dodek Duo Puzzle consists of twelve separate, sturdy plastic puzzle pieces that can be assembled to create a twelve-sided, regular dodecahedron. Magnetic elements inside the puzzle pieces snap the puzzle pieces into the correct position where they stay until a gentle force breaks the magnetic bonds.

Dodek Duo Puzzle can be solved in two different ways:
The first challenge is to assemble the twelve Dodek Duo puzzle pieces into a regular dodecahedron by matching colors across each of the thirty edges. Only one solution exists to the color challenge.
The second, more difficult game is to assemble the twelve Dodek Duo Puzzle pieces into the dodecahedron by matching the small inset geometric shapes across each of the thirty edges. The colors may or may not match. Focus only on the inset geometric shapes.

With a Dodek Duo Puzzle you have a good quality 3D puzzle with great colors (by using the additive color system). For me there is only one question left and that's: 'why is it called a Duo puzzle' as for me both ways to solve puzzles are the same, the only difference is to use the shapes and non matching colors or only colors. As well for me the shapes solution is a more difficult than colors, but that's just how my brain works and of course related to the number of solutions possible.

Dodek Duo Puzzle is also available via Amazon.com. Happy Puzzling!

UPDATE (feedback received from Dodek Puzzle):
During development, we realized that the single solution for matching colors is not that difficult to find. We added the additional challenge of matching the inset shapes as a second, alternative puzzle (hence the "Duo" name). With three shapes to match instead of five colors, solving the shape challenge is much, much more difficult that solving the colors (even though multiple solutions for the shape challenge exist).

Tags: Dodek Duo Puzzle | 3D Puzzle | Additive Color