Puzzle Reviews

P>This is simply a classic-- you are stranded on a desert island and you must fight animals and collect an amalgam of foods (such as fruits and fish) and supplies (a kindling and working matches) to stay alive. In this game time passes, and the weather changes as well. This is important in the game; for example you can't light a fire and cook your food when it's raining. This game is not easy to beat-- there are eight possible endings and rumors of a "bonus game" when you uncover all eight.

This game is phenomenal. It's both fun and educational--good for most ages (10 and up). Kids will love it because of the concept and the challenge. You must monitor your fatigue, hunger, thirst, and health levels and replenish them when they get to an unsafe level. Parents will love it because it's very educational. It may teach you how to survive should you actually get stuck on a desert island.

Overall, this game is simply one of the best I've played in my short yet consequential life. It's a shame that this game isn't made anymore. You'll simply have to buy a used one!

Imagine you as a kid ore on an ocean liner with your dad who is a great explorer. The ocean liner crashes while you are sleeping and when you wake up your on an island with no other humans to help you. What can you do? I love this game because it is a mix of harvest moon (which is also great) and the book Lord of the Flies. you use the concept of being hungry, thirsty, and tired instead of having health. At first you can only eat berries and get water from a stream but you can come up with other means. If you find a stick and a metal piece you can merge them into an axe. This concept provides ways to make usful items to help you survive. Once you are comfortable with your food and water supply you canthink about getting home. You can also find other items such as a radio ( batteries included in your backpack which you brought with you and other things...) to use. The other thing is that you can not only merge, eat, sleep, and drink but other means of fun are to be had. If you merge yourself a bow and arrow you can shoot game like Link in Legend of Zelda: Links awakening. Anyway it's a really fun game and it's great for the average kid in New York who has never been on an Island. ( kind of like a show on cartoon network called Mike Lu and Og but that is irrevelent...)

My daughter really enjoyed this game. It kept her entertained for hours on end. We sold it, but she wants it back, again! Which proves that it may be played many times, before one is through with it.

This is the best game I've played since Rubik's CD Challenge.
You don't have to compete worldwide as you do with Rubik's but more with yourself. I love puzzles and I never expected this much of a challenge when I purchased this game. Once you start you just can't seem to stop. You want to go on and on and on until you put everything that has escaped from Pandora's box back in. Then a few months later I started over, and was shocked to find I was not doing the same puzzles over again. Some of them were the same, but not all. It all depends on what you pick to solve. I love this game, and it sure takes your mind off of anything else that is bothering you. You get completely lost in it's solving. You can time yourself if you want, but you don't have to. Well worth purchasing. Does anyone know any more like this?

And hours of entertainment! The graphics are gorgeous and the satisfaction of completing beautiful photographs and art one after the other is well worth the price. I can't pick a favorite puzzle type because I enjoy playing most of them (except Rotascope). I also liked how there is a quest to fulfill: chase the tricksters around the world and get them back in Pandora's Box. But its' not so time consuming and involving that you can't step away from the computer when reality calls. I love gaming but as a mother of two kids under 3 years, I want to be able to walk away and not worry about being killed in the game. If you only have time to play a puzzle here and there, its' prefectly fine. If you get stuck, you have free-solve tokens to get past those puzzles you don't like, reducing frustration and the GAAH!!! effect. But they're generally not so difficult as to be near impossible to solve for the average person. Each puzzle type is very easy to learn so you don't spend all the time trying to figure out how to get around and can get down to actually playing. I'm going to keep this one around as I think it also provides an exciting geography/cultural/art/mythology "spring board" lesson for children and would be lots of fun for a parent and older child (maybe 9+?) to play together.

Loved the game. Still do. I have played it many times before, just to get a better understanding of the different puzzles included in the game, and also to try and better my personal scores. If there is a better puzzle game out there, I would like to see it. It has kept me captivated hours on end each time I open up a new account for play, and I will keep playing it for years to come for that reason.

I got this for my 2 year old niece for her birthday. Both she and her older 4 year old sister absolutely loved it. I should have purchased 2, one for each of them. This is a simple but great toy!

This was the first puzzle I ever put down in front of my son (he was under 2 at the time) and almost 4 years later he still loves it. In fact all of his friends do. It's really lasted. It's also a fun way to teach the names of various sea creatures. The pole part of the fishing pole got lost, so now we just use the string with the magnet. This puzzle is worth the money.

OH what a terrific idea! This is by far the best puzzle I've ever seen! It comes with a fishing rod to take the fish out of the puzzle and return them to their proper positions. It teaches great manual dexterity and shapes. It's just so much fun and keeps our toddler busy for quite some time. What a great purchase!

Are you looking for a game that is awesome fun for video-game-on-the-brain friends as well as for a visiting relative that's never heard of Playstation? Well, Puzzle Fighter may be just what you've been searching for.

A cross between Tetris and traditional fighting games, Puzzle Fighter is simple to learn. You can easily play without having to memorize a gazillion special moves and secret codes. In one one-minute lesson from someone sitting on the floor in front of the television you can learn enough about the game to challenge an expert, and perhaps win!

But wait! Expert gamers shouldn't shy away from this one -- set yourself to a higher level and you'll even find that even grandma can be a challenging opponent. The fast pace will keep you hopping and your palms sweating.

Puzzle Fighter is a great game to play alone or with a house full of guests -- someone always want's to challenge the winner! Watch out though, Puzzle Fighter can be addicting!

Reviewer: Cheryl Mahfouz

If you like puzzle games like Tetris, well, this makes those other games look like last night's dinner (after a bit of digestion)! Ya, I know the game is rather expensive.... know why? IT IS WORTH EVER PENNY! Think you can find this game used at the local game shop? Try again! People who own this game WILL NEVER SELL IT unless they really need the money or they some how came across one cheap and only intend to sell it.... as I did! So you pay 90 or even 100 dollars........ BIG DEAL. New games cost around 50 dollars and most are not even as fun as Super Puzzle Fighter! You can literally play this game for hours on end when you get into competition with your friends. Single player is no bore either. There are lots of things to unlock in "Street Mode" and the replay value on this game is infinite. You will NEVER TIRE of this game!

Got the game in good condition and got it really quick!

This is a great puzzle, it's very durable, the handles are big and great for little hands. My daughter loves to take the pieces out and bang them together like cymbals. Under each shape is a picture of something of that shape, you know stop sign under the octagon, etc. However, there is a house under the pentagon and it drives me nuts - whose house is pentagon shaped!?!!?

I purchased this puzzle for my daughter at 17 months old. I like the fact that she can handle the pieces in her little hands. It is made very well.

I bought this for my 13 month old son. He is a premmie and is behind in his congitive and motor skills. He abosultely adores it. The large nobs are very easy for small hands to grasp. This is a very thick puzzle thicker then most wood puzzles I've seen. The large thick shapes make it easy for yound children to slide the pieces into places. Within 2 days of getting this he could put one of the pieces back in. And now a month later he can do them all and match the shapes up. It is wonderful we are so pleased with this item.

Hey, it's Tetris Attack, the greatest puzzle game of all time--in Pokemon wallpaper! A treat for Pokemon fans, a treat for puzzle game funs--one of the best games on the GameBoy color. The colors are brilliant, the control is tight, and there are many modes of play. Nearly infinite hours of gameplay and replay. I love this version more than my N64 version because it includes Gold/Siver Pokemon like Pichu and Togepi and I can take it with me anywhere. A must-buy for Pokemon fans and Puzzle game fans.

I got this as an Christmas present and I love it. It's so much fun. It's like a Gold and Silver version of the Pokemon Puzzle Leauge for the N64. If you like puzzle you should buy it. Even if you don't like Tetris games like me you'll still love the game.

Don't be turned off by the cutesy Pokemon theme. This is "Tetris Attack" (from the SNES), but with lots of extra modes. The creators took advantage of the Pokemon world to create some neat challenge modes. This game is extremely addictive. I recommend playing this on a Gameboy Advance SP so that you'll have a lighted screen. If not, you may have some eye strain trying to see the small blocks.

We played Mystify at our recent game night with friends and family. Here is the scoop. Mystify is a game based around word and number scrambles. The object of the game is to be the first to solve the word or number scramble. There are 5 different card categories and for each category hints are given as to what the scramble might be. For instance, hints might be - Literary Figure; Popular First Name; Brand Name Product; Popular 70's Movie; Living Creature; Part of a human body, etc. The card reader reads out the letters or numbers (which are scrambled) and players race against each other to solve the scramble. Whoever blurts out the answer first wins the round and is able to advance on the board. The great thing about this game is that everyone plays every round. This keeps all players interested and with a vested interest in paying attention at all times. Since everyone plays at the same time this is a fantastic party game. You really can't go wrong if you want an all inclusive game to play at your game nights!

We love word games, but all word games are based around forming words -- this game changes all that. The premise of the game is based around solving word scrambles and number scrambles. There is a clue provided with each category so that the players know what direction to look in. I highly recommend this game.

This is a great game to play in groups. We had about 10 people playing at once. Nobody got bored because everyone played every round (we rotated the card reader each round). We love games like this one with a timing element. Once the timer was turned and the clue was given, the fun began with players screaming out answers to be able to advance on the board. The great fun about this game is the head to head challenge between all players. We definitely recommend it, you won't be disappointed!

My daughter got a few of these Melissa & Doug peg puzzles for Christmas, she is now 16 months old and has mastered all of them by now so I keep buying new ones, I love that she loves to sit down and do them, It is so wonderful to sit and help her and watch her learn! I think these are wonderful! She gets so excited to play with her puzzles!

My son received this as a gift (via Amazon). He loves it. The colors are bright, the pictures are clear and the puzzle is very durable.

Like all puzzles, once children have mastered them, they're ready to move to other toys. However, I recommend this for 2 year olds. The parent can play along and use it to build vocabulary (where is the dog? what sound does the dog make? let's put the dog puzzle piece in . . .).

Here is the thing about puzzles: Puzzles develop eye and hand coordination. Also, little children do not memorize a puzzle, do it one time and that is it. Little children will do a puzzle over and over again. Ask any teacher who teaches younger grades. Puzzles are great.

Personally, I look for toys that are fairly quiet, easy and fun. If they are educational that is good too. I prefer toys that will grow with a child, foster independence and creativity. Puzzles are great!

These puzzles with knobs are excellent for clumsy little fingers to play with. The little knobs make it easier for the child to get the pieces in the spot.

I particularly like the bright pictures with the matching picture in the hole. After the child outgrows these, you can buy the puzzles that are not individual pictures (but rather each piece is part of a whole!) You can graduate to more pieces in a puzzle and few visual clues. So, this puzzle is a great introduction to other puzzles as well.

Another way to make this more challenging is you can mix up several puzzles and let your child work on three or four at once.

Wonderful. This is one toy I'm glad we have in our house!

Red, Blue, Yellow, TGC, Pinball, Stadium, Snap. How many pokémon games can one player have? Well if your choice is limited, you should definitely make room for this smash hit. Pokémon Puzzle League is the next installment in the poképhenomenon, but you should be warned that it bears about as much resemblance to pokémon battles as the latest FIFA game.

That's not necessarily a bad thing though. If you're an avid gamer, you'll have probably found out by now that PPL is based on the excellent puzzle game, Tetris Attack. For those of you who've played it, you'll have probably discovered how amazingly entertaining and addictive it is. If you've never heard of it, Tetris Attack is a wonderfully playable game that bears no more resemblance to Tetris than the name. The idea is simple: Blocks of various colours rise from the floor and it's your task to get rid of them. You continuously switch blocks around the screen to try and match three or more of the same colour at which point they disappear and the blocks above fall down. Of course, in the event that the rising blocks should reach the top of the screen, it's Game Over for you, mate!

The strategies are much, MUCH more complex than Tetris and the game is infinitely more playable. Tetris Attack is to Tetris what Chess is to Snakes and Ladders. Like Chess, it's often the player who can see the most moves in advance who wins. Unlike Chess, there's a lot of emphasis on speed too and you'll be dripping with sweat as you try to prevent the mountain of blocks from reaching the top of the screen.

Like all the great puzzle games, PPL is deceptively simple to get into, but astonishingly tough to master. Clearing four blocks at once is not all that hard to do, but pulling off multiple combos requires all the brainpower of three supercomputers. That's no easy task when you have an opponent continuously dumping blocks on your screen. The computer AI shows an astonishing level of intelligence and can execute tricks that humans can only dream of. PPL also gives us our first definitive look at Ash on a game (unlike that masked gray haired individual in Stadium) and it also features Ricky: an obscure trainer from the cartoon who befriends Ash at the championships. So at least you know you're not fighting alone against the onslaught of blocks.

In the end, you know that the pokémon license alone will sell this game by the millions. Thankfully, it's actually worth all the hype.

I am a huge fan of both Pokemon (It's not just for little kids, you know.) and Tetris, especially Tetris Attack, the most addicting Tetris game in history. (My mom even liked it, and she doesn't like playing video games.) This game is the newest version of Attack, and it is much better. The 3D mode adds a lot of challenge and fun to the game. The 3D mode seems awkward at first, but after about ten games of it, you will be able to play it with ease. The 3D mode itself would have made this game worthwhile. The one player game seems to be focused more on Pokemon, but the Pokemon cinema scenes and humor make it a lot more fun than just plain ordinary Tetris. The spa service mode is the best and most challenging part of the game. It seems ridiculously easy at first, but halfway through it I found myself playing most of the levels at least twice. The 2-Player mode is fun, and is more focused on the Tetris part of the game. The main focus is on winning, but some Pokemon related things are found in this mode. I found the Pokemon and Tetris themes to be perfectly balanced. The game wasn't too focused on either element. Everyone should try this game. It is a great investment with a lot of replay value.

Even if you hate Pokemon, but like puzzle games, you will love this! It's very addicting, I really enjoy playing it! It's even better than Tetris! Give it a try!

The Lemmings are back and they've brought with them more of the addictive, puzzle-solving gameplay that has made the series famous in Lemmings Revolution, which returns to the classic 2D side-scrolling action of the series in a fancy new 3D world.
For those unfamiliar with the game, the object is simply to get a set number of Lemmings from point A to point B in side-scrolling fashion. Of course, many obstacles stand in the way, and because the Lemmings are not very bright, they will continue to walk in a straight line even if it means their demise. In order to guide the Lemmings to safety, you assign them specific tasks to overcome the various obstacles-make a Lemming a Basher, for example, and he will bash through walls, while a Builder can build stairs to reach higher levels. What it all comes down to is a game that is simple to play, but which has a complexity that will have puzzle fanatics glued to their screens and impatient gamers ready to toss their monitors out the window. Some of the later puzzles in particular can take hours to complete, and the trial-and-error gameplay will cause some folks to simply give up in frustration. Fortunately, the non-linear level selection allows you to go back to easier levels when the difficulty gets too high. The point-and-click interface is easy to use and a zoom function lets you get right up close to the action for precision aiming. The game can be paused at any time, which comes in handy when several dozen Lemmings are wandering around the level. The goofy music and helium voices of the Lemmings fit perfectly with the gameplay, and the Lemmings make a lovely splat when they fall to their doom. The 3D graphics, though not spectacular, are pleasing to look at and are a nice update to the classic Lemmings style. With over 100 levels, Lemmings Revolution has enough gameplay to have puzzle fans scratching their heads for hours. Anyone looking for an addictive game should give Lemmings Revolution a spin.

This game doesn't do too much to the Original Lemmings so maybe 'Revolution' was not an appropiate name for it. It does look and feel fantastic to play on the turning wheel mechanism with a very easy earling curve and interface.

But beware - It DOES get tough and you will do well to complete all 200 levels (yes 200!)

Reviews of this game were not to hot but this is one of the most addicitve games I've played in ages. Even my girlfriend (who is not a big games fan) is hooked and wont stop till the level is completed!!

Theres not much to this game but the levels are well designed and its great for all Lemmings fans.

The game hasn't evolved too much with 3d advances, new ideas and originlity. Many people may decide that this is just a cash in but I got mine for £19.99 so it wasn;t at full price.

Its definitely more of the same with great graphics and gameplay.

Pure addiction! Goodbye social life!

You can't imagine how long I waited for a sequel to lemmings; the classic wich'll never die. Years. And finally I found out there's Lemmings Revolution. I bought it immediately. And loved it.

This game is absolutely great; almost as great as the original's, but pretty close it gets. And that's quite much, considering the "hype". It has the same skills as the original, but with few new twists--- I won't spoil them to you :)

This game is a puzzle; and a hard one. Me, as a veteran of Lemmings -games, finished this but it took a fine two weeks. And many many hours. For beginners this is gonna be tough one. If you have never heard of lemmings let me brief you. In lemmings you control a group of helpless cuties; Lemmings ( of course :) trying to lead them to the exit from the start. It sounds simple, but it isn't... You're gonna agree :) Buy this, because Lemmings never die...

A classic, worth five stars. Buy this and the originals as well ( I saw a window 95 -versions package of them )