Basic Game Play

Starting the Game

When you first start the program, the game is Paused. To start the game, press the "Start" button. The button changes to read "Pause." Pressing it will then pause the game and change the button back to "Start."

The basic idea is to get three or more pieces which are touching. They don't have to be in a row, however. They can be in an S-shape, an L-shape, or virtually any other shape. Only the top, bottom, or left or right side touching counts, however. Corners touching does not.

If you clear an entire column, the columns to the right of it shift left.

Move Examples

Below are a few examples of shapes that would be moves. There are many, many more, however.

Points and Bonuses

You get more points for each touching piece when you remove them. You get 10 points per piece removed. You also get a bonus of 20 points for the fourth piece, 25 for the fifth, 30 for the sixth, etc.

Bombs

There are also bombs in the game. A black bomb, , blows up itself and each piece to the top, bottom, left and right of it.

Color bombs, , which come in each color of the pieces, blow up ALL pieces of that color on the board.

Special Bombs

When you move up in the game, you will occasionally find "special" bombs showing up. These bombs are as follows:

Area bomb

An area bomb blows up itself and THREE pieces to the left, right, top and bottom. You will find area bombs appearing occasionally when you are on level 5 or above.

Row bomb

Row bombs blow up the entire row they are in. You will find row bombs appearing occasionally when you are on level 10 or above.

Column bomb

Column bombs blow up the entire column they're in. You will find column bombs appearing occasionally when you are on level 15 or above.

Row and column bomb

Row and column bombs blow up the entire column and the entire row they're in. You will find row and column bombs appearing occasionally when you are on level 20 or above.

Shatter bomb

Shatter bombs blow up everything from the row they are on on up. If you do this on the bottom row, everything on the board will be cleared. You will see shatter bombs appearing occasionally when you are on level 12 or above, and have cleared the board at least once.

Atomic bomb

Atomic bombs clear the board. Period. You will see atomic bombs appearing occasionally when you are on level 20 or above, and have cleared the board at least 3 times.

Moving up a level

You move up a level whenever you complete a certain number of new rows. For Level 1, you have to complete 30 rows. For Level 2, 31 rows, for Level 3, 32 rows, and so forth.

What is that little thing at the bottom?

The miniboard at the bottom is not clickable. Its purpose is to show you what pieces will be moving in to the main board very soon. Use it to plan out your strategy of what you will be doing when the next row shifts in.

Levels

Clearing the Board

Game Over

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