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"Lines" redirects here. For the school punishment, see Writing lines.
Color Lines Developer(s) Oleg Demin Publisher(s) Gamos Designer(s) Oleg Demin Platform(s) MS-DOS Release date(s) 1992 Genre(s) Puzzle Mode(s) Single Player Rating(s) N/A Color Lines (aka Lines) is a computer puzzle game, invented by Oleg Demin and first introduced as a video game by the Russian company Gamos (Russian: Геймос) in 1992.
Game rules
The game starts with a 9×9 board with three balls chosen out of seven different colours. The player can move one ball per turn, and the player may only move a ball to a particular place if there is a path (linked set of vertical and horizontal empty cells) between the current position of the ball and the desired destination. The goal is to remove balls by forming lines (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) of at least five balls of the same colour. If the player does form such lines of at least five balls of the same colour, the balls in those lines disappear, and he gains one turn, i.e. he can move another ball. If not, three new balls are added, and the game continues until the board is full.
Lines for Windows (1995)
In 1995 the first Windows version was developed by Igor Nedelko and Adrey Akselrod for the AbrewSoft company as a shareware. This was a faithful remake of Color Lines, with 256-color graphics and a custom window with buttons for all the functions. The characters on the pillars, champion and pretender, were still there, but in a modern office instead of a medieval setting. The figurines to the right was ever so slightly animated, blinking and tapping a hand now and then. The ball with the four cyan arrows was for moving the window around. A new concept of a four-color balls on advanced levels was introduced with this version.
External links
Categories:- Video games developed in Russia
- Puzzle video games
- DOS games
- Windows games
- 1992 video games
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