Shariki
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| Developer(s) | Eugene Alemzhin |
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| Release date(s) | 1988 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Platform(s) | PC |
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Shariki (Russian: Шàрики) is a puzzle game by Russian programmer Eugene Alemzhin, developed for DOS in 1988. The goal of the game is to collect max score by matching three or more balls of the same color in line (vertical or horizontal). These balls will explode and a new ones will appear. The game will be over when you use up all available combinations on the game field. In future this game mechanics will be called Match 3. Nowadays a lot of Casual games based on this mechanics from Shariki game.
[edit] Remakes
Original game mechanics from DOS version was used in some remakes, that was collected on game fan-site
[edit] Clones
Shariki game mechanics are unique and fun, so it's not surprise, that after sometime, appeared many games that based on this mechanics. Collectively known as "match three" games, these all revolve around the mechanic of creating a three-in-a-row line of identical pieces. They include:
- Bejeweled by PopCap Games
- Jewel Quest created and published by iWin
- Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords developed by Infinite Interactive and published by D3 Publisher
- Aurora Feint game for the iPhone and iPod Touch
and so on.
