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The different types of blocks interact in various ways with the play field for example, one type might remove all the blocks in a row. Some versions introduce new types of blocks. In some variations, blocks can be removed when connected to blocks of the same color diagonally, not just horizontally and vertically. Bubblets Tilt for iPhone OS uses this approach.

The blocks fall to the left or right side, but the player must rotate the field back to portrait orientation (which is fixed).

NeoSameGame for iPhone OS uses this approach. The orientation switches between portrait and landscape.

The left and right sides become the bottom and the top, and the blocks fall to the new bottom.

Some versions allow the player to rotate the playing field 90 degrees clockwise or counter-clockwise, which causes one of two things to happen: 'Cubes' for iPhone OS uses this approach. In three-dimensional variants, the playing field is a cube (containing smaller cubes) instead of a rectangle, and the player has the ability to rotate the cube. In some variations, such as Bubble Bang, circles or balls are used instead of blocks-which alters the gameplay, as the balls form different shapes than square blocks. If they reach the top and overflow, the game is over. Blocks fall down to the playing field, and must be removed before they reach the top. In one variation, the game starts with no blocks on the field.

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Some versions, including some versions for Windows Mobile, include both portrait and landscape orientations. The game ends if a timer runs out or if no more blocks can be removed.

For example, on some implementations for the iOS, this can be done by shaking the device. Sometimes the player can control the number and timing of blocks that drop from above in certain ways. However, some implementations gradually push the rows upward or drop blocks from above. In most versions, there are no time constraints during the game. The goal of the game is to remove as many blocks from the playing field as possible. Blocks that are no longer supported will fall down, and a column without any blocks will be trimmed away by other columns always sliding to one side (often the left). By selecting a group of adjoining blocks of the same color, a player may remove them from the screen. SameGame is played on a rectangular field, typically initially filled with four or five kinds of blocks placed at random. Gameplay Game mechanics Īn initial playing field for KSame, part of kdegames Deciding the solvability of 5-column 3-colour Clickomania is also NP-Complete. Deciding the solvability of 2-column, 5-colour Clickomania is NP-Complete. proved that deciding the solvability (whether all blocks can be removed) of 1-column (or 1-row) 2-colour Clickomania can be done in linear time. It was the basis for the Same Gnome and KSame variations created for Linux. This version has some gameplay differences-three, instead of five, colors-and is probably the most widely distributed of the original series. In 1994, Takahiro Sumiya ported it to Macintosh.

#Match falling blocks games software

This version was translated into English by Hitoshi Ozawa, and is still available from his software archive. In 1993, it was ported to Windows 3.1 by Ikuo Hirohata.

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In 1992, the game was ported as SameGame to Unix platforms by Eiji Fukumoto, and to the NEC PC-9801 series by Wataru Yoshioka. It was distributed for Fujitsu's FM-8 and FM-7 platforms in a Japanese monthly personal computer magazine called Gekkan ASCII. SameGame was originally created as Chain Shot! in 1985 by Kuniaki Moribe. It has since been ported to numerous computer platforms, handheld devices, and even TiVo, with new versions as of 2016. SameGame ( さめがめ) is a tile-matching puzzle video game originally released under the name Chain Shot! in 1985 by Kuniaki Moribe (Morisuke).