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March 6, 2002 9:14 AM Subscribe
Collapse: Here's an amusing little time-waster from Shockwave.com.
I found myself playing this yesterday for far too long. As I got higher up my eyes started to bleed. I got a score of 127,000 or so, so I would like to know if that's average or not.
posted by remlapm at 9:36 AM on March 6, 2002
posted by remlapm at 9:36 AM on March 6, 2002
you can get pretty far just by randomly clicking.
posted by panopticon at 9:37 AM on March 6, 2002
posted by panopticon at 9:37 AM on March 6, 2002
This game should be called Tetris for Dummies. (Not that I didn't enjoy it.)
posted by internal at 9:42 AM on March 6, 2002
posted by internal at 9:42 AM on March 6, 2002
330,576. Miguel, you should be getting a bill from my physician soon for contributing to the aggravation of my carpal tunnel. Not like games such as 'JT's Blocks' over at Yahoo or 'Big Money' over at PopCap have helped, but... *ow*
posted by digital_insomnia at 10:12 AM on March 6, 2002
posted by digital_insomnia at 10:12 AM on March 6, 2002
The Tetris connection is closer than you think.
This "collapse"-style puzzle game was originally released as BreakThru!, created by Tetris-man Alexey Pajintov.
posted by Down10 at 10:40 AM on March 6, 2002
This "collapse"-style puzzle game was originally released as BreakThru!, created by Tetris-man Alexey Pajintov.
posted by Down10 at 10:40 AM on March 6, 2002
297,904... and now I'll just get the defibrolater, cause my heart stopped on about lvl 7.
posted by phalkin at 10:48 AM on March 6, 2002
posted by phalkin at 10:48 AM on March 6, 2002
i can't play the game (or even see it) because of my evil employer's deadly firewall/proxy server setup, but if it's anything like cabeem (which it sounds to be from everyone's descriptions), i'd imagine that it's highly addictive and terminally damaging to productivity.
posted by mlang at 11:01 AM on March 6, 2002
posted by mlang at 11:01 AM on March 6, 2002
mlang: It's like cabeem, but here you get a new line every couple of seconds, and like Tetris if it reaches the top of the screen, you lose.
posted by riffola at 11:05 AM on March 6, 2002
posted by riffola at 11:05 AM on March 6, 2002
oh, and let's not forget kick-ups!
I was trying to, dammit. *shakes fist, then stops when it becomes too painful*
posted by digital_insomnia at 11:18 AM on March 6, 2002
I was trying to, dammit. *shakes fist, then stops when it becomes too painful*
posted by digital_insomnia at 11:18 AM on March 6, 2002
I am gonna get thrown out of school for this
posted by sahrens428 at 11:20 AM on March 6, 2002
posted by sahrens428 at 11:20 AM on March 6, 2002
damn you kickups!!! damn you! damn cubicolor, kung fu chess, and that java snake game, for wasting so many hoours of my life... while you're at shockwave, make sure to check out dj-fu, just for the kung fu samples.
posted by lotsofno at 11:29 AM on March 6, 2002
posted by lotsofno at 11:29 AM on March 6, 2002
Popcap had their game first, called Big Money. That game was addicting to no end. However, my fioncee's dad liked this one better because 'it's slower'.
posted by sachmet at 11:46 AM on March 6, 2002
posted by sachmet at 11:46 AM on March 6, 2002
The key is to eliminate all but one color in the first few levels. That way you get to eliminate several dozen like colored blocks in one fell swoop. This strategy got me 576,393 pts
posted by JonahBlack at 1:23 PM on March 6, 2002
posted by JonahBlack at 1:23 PM on March 6, 2002
mlang, as I went to this thread I thought, "now, what was that game with the ball that drove me out of my tiny mind?"
Thanks, thanks a lot!
posted by BT at 1:27 PM on March 6, 2002
Thanks, thanks a lot!
posted by BT at 1:27 PM on March 6, 2002
I scored 1,000,321 (Level 9) the second time out.
It's not even challenging until Level 5.
posted by briank at 7:57 PM on March 6, 2002
It's not even challenging until Level 5.
posted by briank at 7:57 PM on March 6, 2002
Lotsofno, you tease, what are the URLs of all those games? (Not Snake, though, I play enough of that on my Nokia cell phone already.)
posted by werty at 6:39 AM on March 7, 2002
posted by werty at 6:39 AM on March 7, 2002
It's kinda fun, especially once I downloaded the trialware. (They scored differently, which is why I was pulling out a measly 50,000 when playing online ... and the Java version puts the colored bombs out hella more often.) Anyway, though it's fun enough, I was rather amused that they expect people to pay $20 for this. I mean, that's half a war game.
Anyway, a similar game that I did feel was worth the money was bubblet -- although it is a strategy game; it doesn't have the action aspects of Collapse.
posted by dhartung at 9:13 AM on March 7, 2002
Anyway, a similar game that I did feel was worth the money was bubblet -- although it is a strategy game; it doesn't have the action aspects of Collapse.
posted by dhartung at 9:13 AM on March 7, 2002
658914
posted by krakedhalo at 8:20 PM on March 8, 2002
posted by krakedhalo at 8:20 PM on March 8, 2002
880,653.....i'll quit when i hit a million, i swear
posted by rorycberger at 12:14 AM on March 10, 2002
posted by rorycberger at 12:14 AM on March 10, 2002
1, 319, 857....so i lied about that whole quitting thing....
posted by rorycberger at 12:32 AM on March 10, 2002
posted by rorycberger at 12:32 AM on March 10, 2002
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