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  developer Mir - Dialogue
  publisher Microsoft Games
  designer Alexey Pajitnov
  released 1997
  genre Puzzle
  modes Single Player
  platforms PC Windows 95 , Game Boy Color
  media CD-ROM
  requirements Windows 95/98/ME/XP, 486DX2 (66MHz) or higher , 8 MB RAM, 30 MB of available hard-disk space , Single-speed or faster CD-ROM drive, Super VGA display (800x600 resolution), Local or PCI-Bus SVGA Display capable of 256 colors
  input Keyboard and Mouse


Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection is a collection of Puzzle Computer Game s developed by Mir - Dialogue and published by Microsoft Games . The creator of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov , designed some of the games featured in the pack. It was released on CD-ROM for Windows 95 .

A version was made for the Game Boy Color . It features six of the games from the PC version (Fringer, Charmer, Mixed Genetics, and Muddled Casino have been omitted). {Link without Title}


PRESENTATION

Each game in the collection runs in a window using 256 Colors . They use MIDI background music and digitized sound effects. Controls vary from game to game - they either use the Keyboard or the Mouse .


GAMES

  • Fringer - Untie all the knots in a stage before a knot is pushed to the bottom of the screen, at which point the game ends.


  • Finty Flush - Fill a 4x4 grid with predetermined combinations of marbles before the screen fills up with too many marbles.


  • Mixed Genetics - Breed mutated animals to fix their mutations without any of the three bred animals having repeat mutations.


  • Rat Poker - Arrange rats in patterns (such as three, four, or five in a row) while the rats are moving around a stage and must "free" a certain number a rats before the stage is overrun.


  • Lineup - A row of various sports balls must reach from end to end to clear the row before there is no place to place the next ball.


  • Jewel Chase - Steal as much loot as possible before the other robber does and get to the exit first or you lose.


  • Color Collision - Control a ray of light and hit sun when they are smiling, "turned on," or about to explode, etc., without running into the immovable bars.


  • Charmer - Charm snakes to a vine to make the pot their in disappear without letting the lids fall and create another pot.


  • Spring Weekend - Arrange the garden critters into a certain pattern before your moves run out.


  • Muddled Casino - Figure out how to move the cards off the table in the correct order to beat the house.



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