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Author:	Shen
Added:	13/03/2003
Overall:
Average:	8.25/10

You can make a few great games when you're bored, and this fairly original arcadey puzzler from Rhys Davies isn't half bad. The trouble with these games, although well pulled off, is that they tend to be rather short and get boring easily. Anyway, on to the review.

Gameplay: 8/10
The idea isn't bad. You move a diamond-shaped thing with four different colours on it, which you can rotate with the Z and X keys. You match coloured falling balls with the top colour on the diamond thing. Get the right colour and you get some points, miss or get it wrong and you lose a life. It's a good original concept and well implemented.
This game starts off easy, but it eventually gets much harder with two or more balls at one time, and you have to miss a few on purpose eventually as it's hard to catch up.
It was fun to play and I couldn't find any bugs or errors in it. However, sometimes the balls take a long time to create, which is annoying.

Graphics: 8/10
The graphics are nicely done and well-animated. They aren't amazingly super-detailed, but it's a simple game so they don't have to be. The backgrounds are simplistic and work well, and the balls and diamond thing are nicely drawn. Good job on the graphics.

Sound and Music: 6/10
The sounds and music were on the whole good. There wasn't many of them, but I think they're original. The music was good and works well in the background, so you don't start humming it for ages afterwards. Could be some other ones though, like random ones being played ingame.

Lastability: 5/10
This is meant to be a mini-game, so I can't talk about extra levels or characters or anything. Anyway. Currently it has no high-score system, but an on-line is due to be implemented soonish. There could still be a small local high-score system though. It can also get boring quite quickly, and would do well as a Vitalize Arcade game.

Overall: 7/10 (not an average)
A good mini arcade game. It can get a bit boring quite quickly, but with a high-score system it could be much better. Good job, Rhys